Written answers

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      22. To ask the Taoiseach To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education and Disability will meet next. [36565/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      24. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language processing, generative or...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements during his recent visit to Ukraine. [36233/24]
    • Climate Action Plan
      28. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of legacy actions from the CAP23 that are yet to be completed, by Department; how they are progressing; and the expected timeline for delivery....
    • Child Poverty
      30. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the publication of the summary report on the child poverty and well-being summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36891/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied). [36056/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be completed for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can issue in time for travel on 21 September in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe in which he intends to file a notice of intervention following the submission of South Africa’s memorial in the case of...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding reports of the illegal use of sovereign Irish airspace to...
    • Foreign Policy
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on Ireland’s third National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security; the progress made regarding the development of a...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his engagements with his European counterparts regarding their efforts to bring an end to conflict and alleviate the...
    • Passport Services
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice to resolve a problem whereby laminated certificates of naturalisation issued by the...
    • Sports Organisations
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail any funding allocated to sporting bodies for events or facilities outside the State in each of the past five years; and if he will...
    • Passport Services
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount collected in passport fees in each of the months of June, July and August in 2024. [36494/24]
    • Consular Services
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated relocation costs of the Irish Consulate General office in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36558/24]
    • Economic Sanctions
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will propose at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting that additional severe sanctions be applied by the EU to Iran due to its...
    • Departmental Meetings
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Germany during Quarter 4 this year. [36806/24]
    • Passport Services
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the information missing from the passport application by a person (details supplied) to conclude that the application was...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to refurbish the embassy of Ireland based in Singapore; and if not, the last time this embassy was refurbished. [36818/24]
    • Passport Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreign Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his predecessor’s welcoming the passage of the Yazidi female survivors’ law in March 2021, if he has engaged with...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Schemes
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a single individual or entity is eligible for retrofits on multiple residences under the SEAI’s retrofitting...
    • Energy Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the update to the guidelines for the community energy grant scheme in June to specifically allow for...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language...
    • Building Energy Rating
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2022, 2023 and...
    • State Bodies
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about workforce planning in the SEAI; to provide a breakdown of the full-year cost of employing one FTE, per staffing...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost for a renewable energy community to connect to the grid in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • State Bodies
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about workforce planning in the Environmental Protection Agency; to provide a breakdown the full-year cost of employing...
    • Departmental Schemes
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the retrofitting of solid fuel homes; the number of solid fuel homes that were retrofitted in 2020,...
    • Building Energy Rating
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the pre-BER and post-BER rating of heat pumps installed as part of the SEAI retrofitting...
    • Departmental Budgets
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimate for...
    • Departmental Funding
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of community energy grant funding awarded, broken down by eligible category in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a family (details supplied) cannot access their EIR connection due to their Eircode not being uploaded onto...
    • Inland Fisheries
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update in respect of the investigation by Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding a loss of farmed...
    • Departmental Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the criteria regarding having a child under seven came into force for people on disability allowance payment; and...
    • Energy Prices
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the removal of the standing charge on electricity supply bills for pensioners; and his views on...
    • Energy Usage
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total annual value of subsidies paid to large energy users under the large energy users rebalancing subvention, in...
    • EU Funding
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2023 and to date in 2024;...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) does not have broadband access in line with the national broadband plan; when...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has plans to repower the 76 windfarms across the country due to come to the end of their life by 2030;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Turbary Rights
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sheep allowed on The Curragh; and how much acreage is allowed for the sheep. [36021/24]
    • Defence Forces
      97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures the Government is taking in relation to the terms and conditions of Defence Forces personnel and in relation to their housing...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language...
    • Defence Forces
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way the amount was calculated for a former member of the Defence Forces (details supplied) to buy their way out of the Defence Forces to...
    • Naval Service
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant engineer room artificer technicians currently in the Naval Service; when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form;...
    • Defence Forces
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the musical instruments part of the Defence Forces School of Music are insured in the case of loss or theft; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 9 September 2024, the rationale for the Minister for EU Affairs being appointed as Minister for...
    • Defence Forces
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of males and females in each Army and Naval Service cadetship competition class during 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Air Corps
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military avionics technicians in the Air Corps as of 12 September 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 12 September...
    • Departmental Reviews
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department; and the date by which each study, review...
    • Defence Forces
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made in removing the blanket exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of the Working Time Directive; and if...
    • Departmental Budgets
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline, in relation to the commitment made to increase the defence budget to €1.5 billion in 2022 values by 2028, his current...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the “A spine” of the bus connects programme; and the expected commencement date of...
    • Road Projects
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the direction by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to all local authorities to withhold planned road improvement...
    • Quarrying Sector
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the development of a quarry at a site (details supplied), the measures being taken to ameliorate the deterioration of side...
    • Bus Services
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next set of BusConnects Cork proposals will be published. [36060/24]
    • Road Projects
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when resurfacing works due on the N22 Carrigrohane Road will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36061/24]
    • Bus Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will sanction a direct shuttle bus service between Cork Airport and Cork city centre; and if he will make a statement...
    • Traffic Management
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the delivery of a safe traffic plan for students and parents at schools (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural...
    • Public Transport
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the bus network and rail network, respectively that was accessible to disabled people in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and...
    • Taxi Regulations
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that are available to taxi operators for the provision of wheelchair-accessible taxis; the funding provided in the Budget to...
    • Driver Test
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Road Safety Authority operates a queue to access the online booking system for driving tests; the numbers accessing the...
    • Road Projects
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a tender for the Clones east pavement scheme; the timeframe in which it is intended to issue; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is his Department is aware of the advertising of possible fast-track Irish licence applications (details supplied); if his Department is...
    • Driver Test
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers employed in each of the testing categories across the National Driver Licence Service; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Éireann
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by Bus Éireann on private coach direct award contractors to deliver urban services in Cork city since 1 March 2024,...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on increasing the regulation of the sale of Irish vehicle number plates in order that the purchaser must present evidence of...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in parking charges at each carpark at Irish Rail stations, to date in 2024. [36495/24]
    • Taxi Licences
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the time to renew a taxi licence beyond the current 24 months, in cases in which the licenceholder has been through a...
    • Rail Network
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail’s DART+ Coastal North Project will be revised, given that Clongriffin DART station could be utilised instead to...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 9 September 2024, if he will specifically address the possibility of providing...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when there will be a pay increase for pensioners on the 1951 CIÉ pension scheme, given there has been no pay increases since 2008...
    • Road Safety
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the road safety hazard caused by ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36574/24]
    • Customs and Excise
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he or his officials last met directly with the director of US customs and border protection based at Dublin Airport; and when the...
    • Bus Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a replacement operator for the 418-bus route from Athenry-Galway city will be found following the ending of the current service; if he...
    • Electric Vehicles
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will prioritise further investment in both depot charging for commercial electric vehicles and an expansion of the EV charging...
    • Departmental Reviews
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department; and the date by which each study,...
    • Air Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the application from the City of Derry Airport to have Government support for the Derry to Dublin airlink...
    • EU Funding
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a progress report on the Trans-European Transport Network project for Donegal. [36936/24]
    • National Car Test
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the NCT and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to have concerns around employee suitability and...
    • Departmental Regulations
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to introduce new regulations and-or guidelines on the use of commercial drones; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Business Supports
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that banks will not give loans to purchase businesses in Blackpool, County Cork due to a lack of flood relief protection. [36358/24]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on possible changes to the primary medical certificate, referring especially to the inclusion of parents with children diagnosed with profound...
    • Tax Reliefs
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who did not pay any tax but paid PRSI and USC as PAYE workers, but were on such low pay they did not pay income tax, are not given tax...
    • Departmental Policies
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36059/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied). [36127/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language processing,...
    • Office of the Ombudsman
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff members at the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman’s Office allocated to deal with tracker mortgage complaints; if he has...
    • Tax Reliefs
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address in the Budget the lack of targeted regional supports for the film industry, particularly in light of the demise of the Section 481...
    • Insurance Coverage
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if flood insurance protection will be available following the Blackpool flood relief scheme; and for an update on same. [36360/24]
    • Consumer Rights
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules on exiting bankruptcy; the length of time this should affect a person’s credit rating when trying to obtain a mortgage; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the last occasion on which the tax band threshold rates for those over 65 years was increased; if he will consider in this context raising the tax band...
    • Business Regulation
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if all the relevant requirements have been complied with to facilitate the wind up of their company in order to enable them to obey laws for State supports,...
    • Tax Code
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to an organisation’s recommendation (details supplied) to reduce VAT to 5% in the reuse, repair, and recycling sectors...
    • Banking Sector
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the banks and financial institutions which received bailouts following the financial crash of 2010; the level of intervention received by each; the repayment...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of capital given to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) on its establishment; the repayments/dividend given to the State in the intervening...
    • Tax Yield
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue accruing to the Exchequer in each of the past three years to date from the various motor taxes, including fuel excise duty; the extent to...
    • Apple Escrow Account
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs incurred by the State in its appeal of the European Commission’s ruling in the company State aid case (details supplied); the total...
    • Tax Collection
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to understand how the Revenue Commissioners determined the profits payable in this country by the companies (details supplied) under...
    • Apple Escrow Account
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the legal and taxation advice provided to the Minister for Finance in 2016 following the European Commission’s ruling in the company...
    • Tax Collection
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of the companies who benefited from the 100 percent cap on capital allowances for intangible assets from 2015 to 2017 (details supplied), in...
    • Tax Code
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a reduced rate of VAT for the sale of hand-weaved or hand-knitted products in Ireland, to provide an incentive to maintain...
    • World Bank
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with the World Bank president since his appointment. [36801/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number staff assigned to each regional Revenue enforcement team for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and up to 30 August 2024; to list the ports and airports which...
    • Tax Code
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is examining measures to enhance the resilience of Ireland’s corporation tax base by supporting the scaling of growth of indigenous...
    • Departmental Reviews
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department’s review of the funds sector in Ireland. [36869/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost per annum of removing the €250 eligibility threshold for tax relief on individual donations to sports capital projects. [36909/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give detailed consideration to the issues relevant to his Department, and the agencies under the remit of his Department, raised by an assembly...
    • Apple Escrow Account
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a complete breakdown of expenditure on contesting the European Court of Justice view in relation to a state aid case (details supplied), from 2014...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Local Authorities
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints that have been submitted to the Ombudsman in respect of local authorities, by county, in tabular form; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level at which the Leinster House bike shed was signed off on within the OPW; and if he knew the cost of the project at any stage...
    • Office of Public Works
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed bridge across the River Liffey at the War Memorial Gardens; the timeline for construction; and if he will...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a full breakdown of the procurement timeline, process involved, expenditure incurred, and the amount initially budgeted by the OPW...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications received for the recently advertised position of chairperson of Rásaíocht Con Éireann; the...
    • Equality Issues
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on expanding the equality budgeting initiative to examine outcomes and expenditures as they relate to...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline all costs, including planning, preparation, consultants, construction and fit out, relating to a newly constructed building...
    • Freedom of Information
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a schedule of the number of FOI requests the Office of Public Works has received since 1 January 2023 and to date in 2024 in...
    • Heritage Projects
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the next meeting of stakeholders and the public in respect of Castletown House will take place. [36301/24]
    • Departmental Surveys
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the results of a survey conducted by a company (details supplied) in respect of Castletown House; the cost of the engagement of this...
    • Departmental Properties
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a list of vacant and derelict buildings and sites owned by his Department; and his plans to bring each of these buildings and sites...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the provision of a planned new Garda station in Laytown, County Meath; if he will provide a timeline for the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of development works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36492/24]
    • National Parks
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the previous commitment by the Office of Public Works to install planting on the north road in the Phoenix Park...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he received correspondence from this Deputy relating to a pension abatement issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Risk Management
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the planning application to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála with regard to decanting water from Lough Funshinagh,...
    • Heritage Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made over the holiday period with a view to resolution of the ongoing dispute at Castletown Estate, Celbridge, County...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of OPW works in Killarney Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36640/24]
    • EU Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current and capital projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood relief works at Holycross, County Tipperary are completed; if not, when these works will be completed; and the estimated...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in light of the recent increase in mandatory retirement age for members of the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, Prison...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to address systemic inequality after findings show that nearly half of all social enterprises were denied...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve awareness and understanding among policymakers and enterprise support agencies about the role and value of...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he plans to integrate social enterprises into a broader Government strategy for sustainable job creation and social cohesion,...
    • Trade Agreements
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36254/24]
    • Business Supports
      243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that some soft play centres that have a coffee shop attached which accounts for 80% of their turnover and the business...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has conducted assessments or studies on the job creation potential of social enterprises, as suggested by an...
    • Consumer Rights
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the track record of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, which clearly shows that State bodies are not...
    • Business Supports
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a children’s play centre in Donegal (details supplied) has been denied the second phase of the increased cost of...
    • Legislative Measures
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; if his...
    • Business Supports
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost in 2025 if the capital funding for Innovation Partnership increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the Enterprise Ireland office in Vietnam since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Business Supports
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost in 2025 if the capital funding for technology centres increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/24]
    • Business Supports
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost in Budget 2025 if the budget for the "Go Global 4 Growth Training Programme" was doubled. [36678/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has used an agency (details supplied) to carry out any works on behalf of his Department in 2023 and to date in...
    • Business Supports
      255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the digital start initiative increased by 50%. [36829/24]
    • Work Permits
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of work permits allocated for motor/auto mechanics; the number therein of the car mechanic quota and of the...
    • Employment Rights
      257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the drafting of legislation to remove the blanket exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of the...
    • Export Controls
      258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the circumstances under which he would not grant an export licence in relation to a commercial dual-use item with military...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for implementing Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy; the estimated cost of...
    • Business Supports
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cumulative value of the supports his Department has provided for business to tackle increased energy costs since 2022; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a solution can be found to assist a child with additional needs (details supplied) to continue to access his chosen school via private...
    • Special Educational Needs
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance with an application will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36015/24]
    • School Equipment
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to post-primary schools for the purchase of electronic pouch-type systems having regard to the proposed smart...
    • School Textbooks
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the additional time and resources school managements in post-primary schools must give during the school holidays for the...
    • School Transport
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can identify each school that provides school transport through Bus Éireann, and the stops each of these travels through on their...
    • School Staff
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher (details supplied) with 20 contract of indefinite duration hours and five substitute hours, has not been paid during the...
    • School Accommodation
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an emergency works application will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36045/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position in relation to the building of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36046/24]
    • School Transport
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be available for two students (details supplied), given that their tickets have already been paid for; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress of the new ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and to expedite the completion works in light of the delays to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the delayed commencement of a critical special education project (details supplied) can be examined; if she will expedite its progression; and...
    • School Transport
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the number of children in Ardmore and the surrounding districts who are unable to secure public or subsidised...
    • School Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional teacher; and whether she will grant this,...
    • School Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Schools Photovoltaic Programme; when this programme will be rolled out to all schools nationwide; and if she will make a...
    • School Textbooks
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to ensure that textbooks used in Irish schools do not negatively stereotype Irish people or Irish culture; the steps...
    • Schools Building Projects
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional secondary schools in a town (details supplied), with particular reference to the growth in population in the...
    • School Transport
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be approved for an international student in County Mayo (details supplied) in view of the fact that the host family...
    • Education Policy
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding a method of education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36114/24]
    • School Facilities
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 27 June 2024, to provide an update on the plans for the adjacent Department-owned site referenced,...
    • Planning Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on planning permission for a school (details supplied) for a permanent location; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language...
    • School Curriculum
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where ultimate responsibility lies for the drafting, preparation, settling and publication of a social, personal and health education curriculum...
    • Education Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36206/24]
    • School Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an extended school transport service (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role played by her Department and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) with regard to the textbooks used for social,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an additional post-primary school in County Laois (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Equipment
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary schools that require iPads or tablets as part of their school policy; the financial supports that are available for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of an extension at a school (details supplied). [36303/24]
    • School Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the selection process for the energy retrofit pathfinder programme; the criteria a school must meet to qualify for this programme;...
    • School Curriculum
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a review due to take place to update the Primary School Assessment Kit, in view of the fact that there is an increasingly diverse...
    • School Patronage
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the schools scheduled for divestment, as of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [36325/24]
    • School Funding
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering some financial support for schools that seek to implement a no-phones policy during the school day, in view of the fact...
    • School Transport
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an additional school bus from Upper Glanmire to a school (details supplied). [36346/24]
    • Physical Education
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any scope for a scheme that would allow fully vetted PE instructors to run programmes in fundamental movement in primary schools; and...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address concerns raised by parents regarding the weight of school bags for pupils attending national and secondary schools; and if...
    • School Transport
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement for school transport for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed given their circumstances; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the provision of extra accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in making a...
    • Departmental Properties
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any lands owned by her Department in the vicinity of a school campus (details supplied); her plans for the future use of these...
    • Special Educational Needs
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting approval for education assistive technology; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers employed in all primary and second level schools, respectively, on 1 January in each of the past five years; and...
    • School Enrolments
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in all primary and second level schools, on 1 January, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if...
    • School Staff
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers who were on career breaks from primary and second level schools, respectively on 1 January, in each of the past...
    • School Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available to post-primary schools to enable them to implement the mobile-phone ban, through the purchase of...
    • Budget 2025
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a pre-budget 2025 submission from an organisation (details supplied); her views on the three key objectives contained...
    • School Staff
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher vacancies at both primary and secondary level, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct schools (details supplied) to open ASD units, as they have the space to do so and there is a severe lack of ASD units in...
    • School Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of increasing the capitation grants for both primary and post primary schools by 10%. [36498/24]
    • Irish Sign Language
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language specialist classroom support will be launched in Q4 of 2024. [36499/24]
    • School Accommodation
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is intended to commence construction works for ASD classrooms at two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36554/24]
    • School Transport
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for...
    • School Staff
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any current or upcoming schemes that provide funding for the employment of additional cleaners in primary and post-primary schools,...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of primary and post-primary schools, respectively allocated to each educational psychologist employed in the National...
    • State Examinations
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a Departmental report into lower than average leaving certificate results in a school (details supplied) that was conducted in...
    • Education Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the Government’s announcement of plans to ban mobile phones across all second-level schools, if she has considered the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeline in years for the delivery of a new school in Ireland, from stage 1 to stage 5 and the final handover; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a school transport case (details supplied); if any seating has become free to accommodate this family; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 16 April 2024 and the subsequent debate, the progress made by her Department in establishing a new...
    • School Transport
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket application for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36789/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assisted technology application for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason this application has not yet been processed...
    • School Transport
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport services will be provided in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/24]
    • School Staff
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a case of incorrect ASC contributions causing debt issues for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no response has issued from her office regarding a previous question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to an error in the calculation of the FEMPI reduction in pensions for some teachers who had...
    • School Transport
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to ongoing operational issues on school routes (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the actions that she will...
    • School Admissions
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36880/24]
    • Departmental Reviews
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which each study, review...
    • Special Educational Needs
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that any proposed special school in County Monaghan does not have exclusionary admission criteria based upon any...
    • School Transport
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any guidelines exist relating to the maximum distance that a child should be required to travel for education; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Policy
      346. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has plans to regulate the short-term let sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37033/24]
    • Film Industry
      347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the lack of strategy around regional screen production since the lapse of the s.481 regional uplift; if she...
    • Budget 2025
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered a Budget 2025 submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model,...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail the participation level of disabled people in sport in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the work she...
    • Sports Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a sports capital grant application for a facility (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the allocation of language assistants to Irish-language schools in Cork. [36338/24]
    • National Governing Bodies
      360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to each national governing body of sport in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Arts Policy
      362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline her work to ensure the return of the entirety of the Hugh Lane bequest collection to Ireland; and if she will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      363. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the National Concert Hall. [36825/24]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the employers of artists who received grants from her Department, such as the LPSS or LPGRS, but who are found to have breached...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Schemes
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions available for MS sufferers to avail of housing adaptation grants, such as bathroom conversions, etc. to enable...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is proposed to re-open the caravan loan scheme; the reason for the delay with this when many Traveller families are...
    • Housing Schemes
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide for housing adaptation grants to allow for eligibility for the cost of necessary equipment for children...
    • Rental Sector
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguards that have been put in place to ensure that tenants living in multi-unit dwellings owned by real estate...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model,...
    • Housing Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if social welfare money can be taken into account when a tenant wishes to secure a local authority loan to purchase their...
    • Public Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, under section 26 of the Disability Act 2005, each public body is required to have an access officer; the number and which...
    • Housing Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that have been provided for disabled people in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Housing Policy
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is correct to calculate a studio apartment as one dwelling unit of density, when calculating the correct density, in...
    • Vacant Sites
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount levied, paid, collected, owed, cumulatively owed, assessed value of sites, number of sites, the number of new sites...
    • Rental Sector
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the work which was undertaken by the Housing Agency to examine the creation of a system of holding rental...
    • Housing Schemes
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial assistance or schemes open to persons (details supplied) to help them acquire a family home; and if he will make...
    • National Planning Framework
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the view of industry representative groups and civil society groups in Limerick and the...
    • Housing Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of the State-backed local authority loan mortgage protection scheme; if a verdict of death by suicide by one member...
    • Housing Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to reduce the number of guesthouses in Dublin city facilitated by a company (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE architects employed by his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by grade, in tabular form. [36497/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have a funding ceiling for the tenant-in-situ scheme; if not, if his Department will fund as many...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the nationality of persons who have registered as homeless in each of the past five years. [36528/24]
    • Land Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the quantum of land zoned under the residential zoned land tax; the quantum of that land being actively farmed, if known; if...
    • Housing Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of home completions in Tullow, County Carlow; the number of vacant properties brought back into use in Tullow; the...
    • Vacant Properties
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides any specific funding to local authorities for the purposes of refurbishment of vacant social...
    • Planning Issues
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time that a planning permission applicant for a single house has waited for a decision from An Bord...
    • State Bodies
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [36605/24]
    • Land Issues
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of a half-acre site zoned for residential use in rural Ireland, excluding cities. [36608/24]
    • Housing Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average construction costs for social housing incurred by local authorities, per house, in tabular form. [36609/24]
    • Local Government Reform
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider revising local election regulations in relation to the ability of an individual being able to be a...
    • Waterways Issues
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to publish the list of legal authorised developments along the Waterways Ireland system by a...
    • Rights of Way
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that local authorities will continue to be obliged to preserve public rights of way in their development...
    • Housing Policy
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of raising the current social housing income eligibility thresholds by €10,000 per year nationwide,...
    • Housing Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest figures on the number of households on the HAP and RAS schemes and rent allowance respectively; the cost of each,...
    • Rental Sector
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently privately renting their principal residence; the number of those households that are within...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to hold a referendum on the public ownership and management of water and the right to housing. [36788/24]
    • Fire Service
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the funding currently remaining under the fire services 2021-2025 capital programme. [36822/24]
    • National Parks
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital works scheduled to be carried out in national parks under the remit of his Department between now and the end of...
    • Derelict Sites
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated yield from an increase in derelict site levy to 33% in a full year. [36824/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure by his Department on the first-home scheme in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total number of...
    • Wildlife Protection
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop a new red grouse species action plan, noting the last plan was developed in 2013 and is now out of date;...
    • Departmental Reviews
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department; and the date by which...
    • Coastal Protection
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is implementing the recommendations of the report of the Inter-Departmental Group on National Coastal Change...
    • Defective Building Materials
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure the 10% increase in the cap for the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme is available to all...
    • Community Development Projects
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 13 June 2024, for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision...
    • Housing Schemes
      423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the cost-rental tenant-in-situ and the tenant-in-situ programmes, broken down by local authority; and if he...
    • Fire Safety
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action being taken to ensure that owner management companies are fulfilling their duty with regard to their responsibility...
    • Housing Policy
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the housing assistance payments are in respect of three kids and more; the reason it does not increase for any...
    • Rental Sector
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental inspections completed by local authorities, by county, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a visa application in relation to their PPS number (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plan to address the significant difference in earnings between those involved in the JI participation scheme and their...
    • Budget 2025
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the telephone package in Budget 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a farmer who is applying for farm assist has to have farm accounts done by an accountant (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason behind the inordinately long delays in processing carers allowance applications and appeals (details supplied)....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether €20,000 or €40,000 of savings is disregarded for a jobseeker’s allowance assessment for a...
    • School Meals Programme
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application to the school meals programme for a school (details supplied) was not successful; if she will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if urgent financial assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Poverty Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for people with disabilities. [36203/24]
    • Employment Support Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current employment rate for people with disabilities. [36204/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to review the conditions for the invalidity pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36248/24]
    • Widow's Pension
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if new legislative changes have been made in respect of criteria to qualify for the widows and widowers pension; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has reviewed the terms of the wage subsidy scheme; and if she has considered extending its terms to those who are...
    • State Pensions
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the State pension (contributory) will be examined; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has appointed access officers in accordance with section 26(2) of the Disability Act 2005; if so, if the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove nursing home costs from the means assessments for fuel allowance payments to alleviate the burden on...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an increase in monthly payment under the child benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has an entitlement to maternity benefit. [36471/24]
    • State Pensions
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a State pension (non-contributory) review (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on unpaid maternity leave is entitled to make contributions to a private pension during this period; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the latest date for lodging an appeal on a social welfare application is based on the date of the original decision or the...
    • Widow's Pension
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a widow’s pension for a person (details supplied). [36512/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal to an invalidity pension refusal by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide participants on the job initiative scheme with access to the fuel allowance payment; and if she will...
    • State Pensions
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of eligibility for illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if child benefit allowance increased by €10 per month. [36826/24]
    • Citizens Information Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is a delay in awarding the monies due under the Labour Court Case (LRC22987) to the Department, which in...
    • Social Insurance
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person earning minimum class A contributory losing all of the class S contributory; and if she will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for an increase for a qualified adult has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied);...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Traveller Community
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 22 November 2023, her views regarding the Irish Travellers Access to Justice...
    • Legal Aid
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a cut-off point for how much legal aid a person (details supplied) can acquire; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the levels of recidivism for drug offenders; and the supports that are in place to prevent re-offending on release, especially...
    • Coroners Service
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she can provide information in respect of the inquest into a person (details supplied); when the inquest is due to...
    • Work Permits
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the number of hours per week that non-EEA students holding Stamp 2 visas are permitted to work; and if she...
    • Citizenship Applications
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied); when same will be finalised; and if she will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a GNIB card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36089/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of intakes of recruits the Garda training college can facilitate in a year; and the maximum capacity in each cohort....
    • Alcohol Sales
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times she, or officials from her Department, have met with officials from the Department of Health in relation to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects a determination to be made on the naturalisation application made by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • International Protection
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for international protection; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that were accepted at interview and offered training but who did not take up their offer in 2024....
    • Prison Service
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the electricity cost, by year, for the old Cork Prison site since it closed, in tabular form. [36350/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update in respect of the review of Garda recruitment and retention; if this review is being conducted...
    • Visa Applications
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36370/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a citizenship application from application to decision; the average waiting time for a successful...
    • An Garda Síochána
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1553 of 23 July 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases dealt with by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau to date in 2024; the number of the cases dealt with...
    • An Garda Síochána
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1550 of 23 July 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Visa Applications
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that can be taken to assist a US citizen (details supplied) who visits Donegal on a regular basis and needs a visa...
    • Departmental Programmes
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider establishing a programme to provide safe passage via a humanitarian entry visa to Ireland for Palestinians...
    • Citizenship Applications
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department’s citizenship unit contacts authoritarian regimes in countries such as Iran, Russia, and Afghanistan...
    • Immigration Policy
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 July 2024, if the information can now be provided; and if she will make a...
    • Guardian Status
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1124 of 9 September 2024, when the paper specifically related to guardianship rights if a...
    • Visa Applications
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position in respect of work permit/visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which all necessary documentation towards an application for citizenship has been submitted in the case of a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will examine the outstanding endowment application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to community policing units in each district within Carlow-Kilkenny Division as of...
    • Legal Aid
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year costs of restoring legal aid payments to barristers and solicitors, working for the State, to pre-FEMPI...
    • An Garda Síochána
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Operation Dearoil; and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation. [36668/24]
    • Visa Applications
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the appeal of a decision to refuse a “join family visa” in the case of a person (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which an Irish citizen will be refused entry into the State; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether racial awareness training takes place on an ongoing basis for members of the judiciary and an Garda Síochána;...
    • Departmental Policies
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Council of Europe CM/Rec(2024)4, which impresses on Member States the importance of the need for the criminal...
    • An Garda Síochána
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorcycles attached to the Wicklow Garda roads policing unit as of 11 September 2024; and if she will provide...
    • Victim Support Services
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has taken any further action in relation to a situation (details supplied) where a victim of a crime has not...
    • Visa Applications
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the visa application of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed, with particular reference to the confirmation that they...
    • Departmental Reviews
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a farmer (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/24]
    • Harbours and Piers
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case for the provision of a floating pier at a location (details supplied) can be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural...
    • Departmental Funding
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that was allocated in the Budget to the social farming model in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [36190/24]
    • Invasive Species Policy
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any plans to highlight the dangers of the 'Asian hornet' in Ireland in a public campaign; and if he will make a statement...
    • Official Engagements
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that received an advanced ACRES payment in each county; the number within each county for which a clawback...
    • Tree Remediation
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to establish a compensation scheme to support farmers and landowners in removing roadside tress affected by the Ash...
    • Fishing Industry
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a decision by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to exclude certain companies from a scheme (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Food Security
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on recent progress with the Food Vision 2030 strategy. [36496/24]
    • Veterinary Laboratories
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new regional veterinary laboratory in Sligo will be ready to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/24]
    • Fiscal Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to Brussels in penalties and fines by the farming and fishing sectors, from 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Forestry Sector
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide clarity on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding carbon credits in the agricultural and forestry...
    • Land Issues
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a map of all reclaimed land in the country exists within his Department, showing land for which the nature restoration law may be...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any engagement with the European Commissioner for Agriculture on the topic of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments...
    • Trade Missions
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his recent trade mission to China and South Korea. [36671/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ACRES appeal (details supplied). [36716/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the extent of the delays under the fodder transport support scheme; and the reason a farmer (details supplied) has...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date by which the Government will issue an updated shareholder letter of expectation to Coillte; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the adequacy of the current reconstitution and underplanting scheme in light of the identification of the pseudips...
    • Departmental Reviews
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department; and the date by which each...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Schemes
      573. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the selection criteria in relation to a pilot scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Projects
      574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 February 2024, where these facilities are located; what capacity...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation regarding the eviction of refugees (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Functions
      576. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when appropriate therapeutic support and educational facilities can be offered to a person (details supplied)...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff available for respite cover at weekends for children with disabilities at a location...
    • Child and Family Agency
      581. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to contact Tusla if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and assistance provided; and if he...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large...
    • Disability Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to change the process for certifying the level of vision of a person receiving the blind...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average duration of the assessment of needs process, per report completed under the Disability Act 2005 in...
    • Disability Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled people who have been transferred from a congregated setting into a community setting in...
    • Departmental Strategies
      588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 28 November 2023, for an update on the findings of the scoping...
    • Disability Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new initiatives that have been developed since March 2020 that improve employment opportunities for people...
    • International Protection
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if apartments in Navan, County Meath have been cleared of residents for the purpose of making these apartments...
    • Parental Leave
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis upon which the number of weeks of parental leave that parents of the same employer can share is capped...
    • Childcare Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports or grants available to encourage more people to provide after school childminding services,...
    • Disability Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Áras Attracta trust in care investigation outcome, and costs, as of September 2024;...
    • Health Services Staff
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1365 of 9 September 2024, the number of the 495 applicants for clinical...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in CHO2; the breakdown of the time they have...
    • Departmental Strategies
      608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, concerning a press release (details supplied) issued by his Department relating to an online survey which...
    • Health Services Staff
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide funding for community neurorehabilitation teams in CHO5 and 8, in line with the 2019...
    • International Protection
      610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 231, 232, 233 and 234 of 1 May 2024, the date on which he will respond to...
    • Ukraine War
      611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans regarding modular units built and provided in non-hospitality locations as accommodation for Ukrainian...
    • Childcare Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a new creche in Dún Laoghaire has delayed its opening from...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications in CHO8 for assistive technology in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36493/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      614. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of waiting lists the HSE operates simultaneously for children who are waiting for therapy assessments...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      617. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a facility (details supplied) in Kilkenny; the time frame for works and a potential contract, as...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      618. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting list for assessment of needs in CHO5, in tabular form; and...
    • Care Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) is without their care package; his views on the obvious need for its...
    • International Protection
      620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a series of issues in relation to a new IPAS centre (details supplied). [36638/24]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      621. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expedite and review a school age service application submission (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning behind the decision not to include a school (details supplied) in the pilot scheme for the...
    • Health Services Staff
      623. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staffing levels of each individual CDNT; the specific roles which are yet to be filled in each; and...
    • Disability Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for initial appointments in each CDNT; and the length of time patients have been...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of persons eligible for the mother and baby institution redress scheme; the number of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the selection criteria in relation to a pilot scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for a delay in a bus service being provided to persons (details supplied); if this service can be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will facilitate a second-year early childhood care and education scheme place for a child (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the funding for community, voluntary and charitable organisations to cover this substantial...
    • Departmental Funding
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding that was provided in 2024 for additional development measures for children's services;...
    • Medical Cards
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person who wishes to apply for an enhanced medical card or health supports payment under the mother and...
    • Disability Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours of disability home support delivered to date in 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify if there are separate waiting lists in operation for those children awaiting assessments of needs;...
    • Disability Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of children on the service waiting lists for occupational therapy intervention, occupational therapy...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of children on the service waiting list for assessment of needs, and the time spent on that list,...
    • Disability Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the supports available to the elderly parents of children with special needs (details supplied) will be...
  • Department of Health
    • Healthcare Policy
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to ban the use of commercial sunbeds, given that research has shown the increased likelihood of melanoma in those who use them; if he is aware...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36003/24]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider changing the criteria for publicly funded IVF treatment, to allow couples with a child to avail of this service; the reasons for the...
    • Medicinal Products
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the purchase of medication (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36008/24]
    • Home Help Service
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support clients for 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down by CHO and LHO, compared to targeted delivery, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      643. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if and when former Department of Justice employees will be entitled to a medical card. [36026/24]
    • Dental Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a denture repair service (details supplied) could be extended to other nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36028/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds dedicated to older people in the year 2020 and 2024; the number of these beds that are operational; the number of...
    • Disease Management
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for increased funding for the extension and improvement of physiotherapy services for MS sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      650. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lower the cost of hormone replacement therapy medication for those going through the menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      651. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the banning of the use of sunbeds, given the high incidence of skin cancer in Ireland, with over 13,000 new cases diagnosed each year, and an...
    • Health Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in relation to the amyloidosis model of care submitted in August 2020 and approved in October 2022, the areas identified in the model of care that...
    • Disease Management
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the amyloidosis model of care submitted in August 2020 and approved in October 2022, preparations are underway to reapply for the new...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to increase payments to nursing homes under the National Treatment Purchase Fund to compensate for the higher payments due to health care...
    • Hospital Procedures
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason her appointment was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36067/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no increase to the National Ambulance Service’s personnel number in 2024, given the rate at which Ireland’s population...
    • Hospital Facilities
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has spent a large sum of money on a hospital (details supplied), only to increase patient numbers by approximately five patients, as a new...
    • Health Strategies
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if the free national bowel screening process ends at the age of 65 years; if so, his views on if this is best considering people over the age of 65 years would...
    • Hospital Staff
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no cardiologist based in Cavan General Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cardiologist previously in place has...
    • Alcohol Sales
      660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 11 June 2024, to provide an update on the regulations being developed under Section 23 of the Public Health...
    • Hospital Procedures
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if a young child (details supplied) will be prioritised for an urgent procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36105/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sanction and resources for the appointment of a physiologist to Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement and completion dates for the sanctioned new medical block at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36110/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Health his plans with regard to the appointment of additional advanced nurse practitioners in the area of cardiac care and other disciplines at Sligo University...
    • Health Strategies
      667. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and timeline to improve the newborn screening programme in order to bring us in line with newborn screening in other EU countries, with an average of...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language processing,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and family doctors are entitled to refuse to complete a HMD-Form 1 disability and or medical information form for their patients who...
    • Health Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36179/24]
    • Care Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made in advancing an updated national carers’ strategy. [36198/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health intellectual disability (MHID) teams in the State; the number of MHID’s in each CHO; if there are two MHID teams per 300,000...
    • Disability Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health how access to mental health supports have been integrated as part of disability service provision. [36209/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      678. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment embargo will be lifted within the HSE; his Department's plans for recruiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36226/24]
    • Dental Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of orthodontists in Dundalk HSE; if he expects children (details supplied) to avail of the cross-Border scheme as a result of lack...
    • Health Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of the unacceptable reduction in cross-Border scheme cataract reimbursement; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for chemotherapy since their first chemotherapy consultation in increments of one week, that is, the number waiting one week, two...
    • Healthcare Policy
      682. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the model of care for dual diagnosis; the funding given to the model of care; the roll-out plan for the model of care; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for staff in the West Kerry Community Hospital not being replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional home care hours are allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36240/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the HSE engages with the family of a person (details supplied) to consider the appropriateness of securing a place for them in a nursing...
    • Vaccination Programme
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE intend on rolling out a free vaccination scheme for shingles under the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE is refusing to employ recently graduated mental health nurses, despite the chronic shortage of mental health nursing staff in the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) previously sent to him will be examined; the actions he plans to take arising from same; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment in Manorhamilton Hospital for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36322/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS Wexford south in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and up to June 2024; the number of referrals to CAMHS Wexford north in the...
    • Hospital Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address a situation where a young child (details supplied) has been forced to spend many days in Crumlin Children’s Hospital...
    • Medical Cards
      692. To ask the Minister for Health his views on expanding the medical card or GP visit card schemes to cover the issuing of medical certificates for absence from work; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made by organisations to become section 39 bodies in 2023 and to date in 2024, including the names of the bodies; if any new section...
    • Mental Health Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 January 2024, when the two adult dual diagnosis services will open in 2024; if they will be open in Q3 of 2024;...
    • Disability Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; the prioritisation that has been given to the child; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a psychology appointment in CHO 2; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded posts which remain unfilled due to the staff ceiling placed on the HSE in the 2024 pay and numbers strategy; the number of these posts in...
    • Medicinal Products
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider the reimbursement of ibrutinib plus venetoclax for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccine will be made available to patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia via the medical card and drug payment scheme given that currently...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if the review by his Department of the medical cannabis access programme has commenced; if so, when the review will be concluded; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the policy for nursing homes support offices in respect of accepting applications for the nursing homes support scheme, also known as fair deal (details...
    • Hospital Staff
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund consultant neurology posts in the five regional hospitals that currently have no, or very limited, access to neurology services, in line with...
    • Hospital Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1921 of 9 September 2024, if the response will be reviewed given the matters raised were not fully addressed (details...
    • Hospital Facilities
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of palliative care beds and long-stay beds that are available in Valentia Hospital in Kerry; if all of these beds are in use; if not, the number...
    • Emergency Departments
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an emergency care facility (details supplied) is operating limited hours; the reason bloods are not being taken on site; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not have an osteoporosis programme, given it is one of the most prevalent and disabling diseases in Ireland and accounts for almost 10%...
    • Hospital Facilities
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason private DEXA facilities are being supported by the HSE with taxpayers' money when public DEXA systems are being closed or not used. [36459/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE claims to be saving €4 million per year using biosimilar teriparatide, when the cost of managing fractures is estimated to be...
    • Medicinal Products
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Irish patients are being denied access to the most effective medicine for severe osteoporosis (details supplied) when other European Union citizens...
    • Hospital Admissions
      713. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to solve the trolley crisis while ignoring osteoporosis which is one of the most frequent reasons for admission to public hospitals and one of the...
    • Hospital Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the reason osteoporosis and arthritis patients have to wait years for a physiotherapy or outpatient appointments when other diseases have access within weeks...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he spent so much on Covid when a similar number of patients fractured or suffered a fracture-related death during the same time period. [36464/24]
    • Disease Management
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many severe osteoporosis patients are unable to use a daily injection or take oral therapy correctly. [36465/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is not supporting best practice and standards for DEXA in Ireland and osteoporosis care. [36466/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria to qualify for the fair deal scheme; whether there are any income thresholds for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36476/24]
    • Medical Cards
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which a person (details supplied) can claim back moneys spent on medication while awaiting medical card approval. [36477/24]
    • Health Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal will be accepted on behalf of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36480/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the increased staffing investment he plans to make to address the waiting list crisis in primary care child and adolescent psychology services in CHO8; and...
    • Dental Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit 70 additional WTE dentists to work in the public dental service. [36502/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist gerontologists employed by the HSE working in CHO 8 in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36503/24]
    • Dental Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit 40 additional WTE specialist orthodontists for public dental service. [36504/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further...
    • General Practitioner Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when the e-learning module to enable GPs to prescribe PrEP privately through their surgeries was last available; when it will be available; and the number of...
    • Medical Cards
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an elderly medical card holder with a prescription from their GP for pain reduction patches (details supplied) is not entitled to this prescription...
    • Hospital Staff
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologist attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists in Carlow and Kilkenny as of 9 September 2024; if he will provide same figures as of 9 September 2021, in tabular...
    • Hospital Procedures
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the types of plastic surgery procedures that were performed at Beaumont Hospital in of 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of additional WTE senior special care dental surgeon for the Carlow-Kilkenny and South Tipperary area of CHO5;...
    • Pension Provisions
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a former employee (details suppled) has not been paid their pension which they believed was due to them; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the inclusion of long-Covid under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36575/24]
    • Hospital Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Health when the orthoptic services in St Joseph’s, Longford will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36586/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is currently looking to fill the vacant post of an orthoptist in St Joseph’s, Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36587/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the HSE for one hour of work from an agency nurse within the health service. [36594/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid, on average, to home care agencies by the HSE for one hour of care to a patient. [36596/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons recruited to work in the HSE via recruitment agencies in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36597/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [36599/24]
    • Health Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of ‘Did Not Attends’ which occur in the State each day. [36614/24]
    • Hospital Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of private patients who are treated in, or attend, public hospitals each year. [36615/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time for which Mayo University Hospital has been without a dedicated bereavement officer; the date upon which he anticipates one will be...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of genomic labs in the State and their locations; if his attention has been drawn to the proposed closure of the genomic lab in Crumlin; the reasons...
    • Health Services Staff
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services, by CHO area, at the end of 2023, in tabular form; if these vacant posts are still funded since the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for assessment and the waiting time for treatment at the pain clinic in University Hospital Galway; the number of people waiting for...
    • Departmental Funding
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated funding allocation for the development of the inpatient mental health support mother-and-baby unit has been agreed; if not, when he expects to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish an implementation plan for the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36634/24]
    • Legislative Measures
      754. To ask the Minister for Health if the Cabinet Committee on Health has concluded its consideration of the recommended legislative changes contained in the review of the operation of the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new Sláintecare action plan; the timeline he is working towards for publication of a new plan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in the waiting list for treatment of cataracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36639/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if it is considered good health policy to deny a person (details supplied) a contribution towards their treatment, who received private ophthalmic treatment...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the purchase of an atrial assist device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36644/24]
    • Departmental Data
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made by GPs under the PCRS for terminations of pregnancy, per month, between January 2024 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement wheelchair can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36647/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently a tender process for PCCs within CHO4, specifically for the north, north east, and north west Cork area. [36653/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeons based at Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36675/24]
    • European Investment Bank
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects under the remit of his Department that received funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Health Promotion
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that people are warned when entering publicly accessible lands of the potential dangers of Lyme disease, and of its possible...
    • Disability Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant challenges faced by children with disabilities in accessing timely and appropriate dental treatment, as highlighted by the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has a two and a half year wait for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36693/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons identified in the Maskey report as eligible for the south Kerry CAMHS compensation scheme; the number who applied to access the scheme;...
    • Departmental Data
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that have occurred during cardiac operations in University Hospital Galway compared to other hospitals preforming similar operations...
    • Hospital Staff
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment ban has been lifted in a hospital (details supplied); if so, when this ban was lifted; if the hospital has started recruiting since this...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a medical case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36715/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the effective recruitment embargo imposed in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); the reason for...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      775. To ask the Minister for Health when the new DEXA scanner at Portiuncula University Hospital will be operational; the number of patients currently on the waiting list for an appointment for...
    • Hospital Equipment
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36763/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of plans for the development of a new acute adult mental health unit to replace the existing unit at Roscommon University Hospital; and if...
    • Healthcare Policy
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if updated guidance for GPs on best practice prescription of codeine containing medicines has been issued recently; if not, if new guidelines are being...
    • Departmental Programmes
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for community, voluntary and charitable organisations to cover the substantial cost associated with the introduction the Automatic...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      782. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1807 of 9 September 2024, if the process for medical device refunds will be streamlined; to examine the case of a person...
    • Mental Health Services
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting a psychology report for mental health intellectual disability services in each of the CHO5 areas; the current expected...
    • Hospital Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the specialist ophthalmology surgery treatment that is not provided within the State and for which patients are sent to the UK or elsewhere abroad;...
    • Health Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours of the pharmacy at Tipperary University Hospital each week; and if a senior pharmacist is on call within the hospital on a 24-7 basis. [36795/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant vacancies in model 2 and model 3 hospitals since the consultant contract was introduced, in tabular form. [36815/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing two additional critical care ambulances to the HSE on a 24/7 basis. [36819/24]
    • Hospital Services
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital for each day of August 2024, in tabular form. [36820/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of halo traction chairs currently available for use in Children’s Health Ireland at present; and if there are plans to increase their...
    • Ambulance Service
      798. To ask the Minister for Health when an extra ambulance and a rapid response unit with extra staff will be provided to an organisation (details supplied), following a ten-year wait for same....
    • Hospital Services
      799. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1665 of 9 September 2024, if there have been any changes to the services provided in the dermatology units at either...
    • Legislative Programme
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the drafting, publication, and introduction of the proposed nicotine inhaling products Bill. [36873/24]
    • Health Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Health whether he intends to make provision for increased standard eye examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/24]
    • Hospital Investigations
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and-or Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) to publish the interim letter sent by...
    • Hospital Facilities
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report by the national critical care programme on critical care facilities at Letterkenny University Hospital, LUH,...
    • Medicinal Products
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of funding expended by his Department through its medical card scheme and other Department-funded schemes on the purchase of medications...
    • Ambulance Service
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if changes are being introduced to the ambulance service in Kerry (details supplied); if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36954/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support clients at the end of 2023 and to data in 2024, broken down by community healthcare organisation, CHO, and local health office, LHO,...
    • Health Services Staff
      820. To ask the Minister for Health for more details on the new roster system currently being implemented for HSE healthcare support assistants; how it differs from the previous roster system;...
    • Emergency Services
      821. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the emergency service response times for high-priority calls in CHO 7, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      822. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the number of waiting lists currently operated by the HSE for children awaiting therapy assessments and service, by service name, in tabular...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that applicants to the online certificates section of the HSE are having when asked to provide payment due...
    • Medical Cards
      826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the qualifying criteria for medical card eligibility for people with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases (details...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      827. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of plans to establish a public assisted human reproductive treatment centre; the status of these plans; the timeline he is working towards;...
    • Health Services
      828. To ask the Minister for Health when testing strips for gestational diabetes will be free (details supplied). [37025/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review into general practice being carried out by his Department; the number of submissions that have been made; the timeline for completion...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will make an application to the European globalisation adjustment fund to assist workers who have lost their jobs at a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language...
    • Education and Training Provision
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the access routes and inclusive education initiatives that have been introduced since 2020 for learners with disabilities; the number...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on action 8.3 of the Apprenticeship Action Plan; and the number of bursary programmes delivered to people with disabilities...
    • Third Level Fees
      836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 2596 of 23 July 2024, if he will respond to further concerns raised by a person (details attached) in...
    • Grant Payments
      837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no set criteria for the assessment of ‘irreconcilable differences’ in...
    • Departmental Funding
      838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the role of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the allocation of funding for higher education institutions and research; and...
    • Legislative Measures
      842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending education legislation, similar to the amendment to the Education (Fees and Student Support) (Scotland) legislation,...
    • Education and Training Provision
      843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for the Swords College of the Future, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36517/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for capital investment in further and higher education facilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2024; and if he will make...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected annual savings to the State if the employer apprenticeships grant were abolished. [36628/24]
    • Third Level Education
      849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has visited Trinity College since his appointment; and if so, the purpose of the visit. [36677/24]
    • Education and Training Boards
      850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a funding issue (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to this move by the education and training board in...
    • Education and Training Provision
      851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports his Department is providing to Tyndall National Institute in Cork; the plans that are in place to expand this support; and if he...
    • Third Level Admissions
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to return third level education after an extended absence; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by his Department; and the date by which each study, review...
    • Education Costs
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated under the student assistance fund, by institution, in each of the years 2010 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Island Communities
      856. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital spent from the islands allocation of her Department and predecessor Departments in each of the years 1998 to...
    • Animal Welfare
      857. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Local Authority Control of Dogs Statistics Report for 2023 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Artificial Intelligence
      858. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural...
    • Community Development Projects
      860. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application to the community recognition fund for a group (details supplied). [36181/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      861. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to her announcement of a ban on XL Bully dogs, if there will be a mechanism post-1 February 2025 whereby a person can apply...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      866. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the creation of a national body for social enterprise, similar to the multi-annual funding model for an organisation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      867. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key capital investments made by her Department in County Meath in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount of investment in...
    • Regeneration Projects
      868. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on projects under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund within County Carlow in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in...
    • Community Development Projects
      869. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 20 June 2024, the progress made to date with respect to the development of a project...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      871. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her position on the recommendation by an organisation (details supplied) to increase the audit exemption threshold for charities from...
    • Pensions Reform
      872. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will increase funding for community, voluntary and charitable organisations to cover the substantial cost associated with the...

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