Written answers
Thursday, 19 September 2024
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Promotion
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide for the establishment a stand-alone tourist promotion campaign for the mid-Cork area of County Cork; and if she...
- Sport and Recreational Development
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by her Department to increase the sporting potential of County Meath. [36895/24]
- European Capital of Culture
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 957 of 23 July 2024, if the external evaluation and financial audit of the Legacy Programme...
- Artists' Remuneration
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends to extend the basic income for artists and art workers; if so, to provide a costing for such a measure; and if she...
- Sports Facilities
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider building more 400-metre athletics track and field arenas in County Cork following the success of the athletics...
- Sport and Recreational Development
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the National Swimming Strategy 2024-2027; the supports that will be provided under this strategy to increase...
- Film Industry
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any discussions with the Minister for Finance in advance of Budget 2025 in relation to ensuring that continued and...
- Tourism Schemes
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the effect of the 'Hidden Heartlands' brand in terms of increasing tourism to the counties in this region. [36951/24]
- Arts Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how Ireland compares with other EU Member States with respect to the percentage of GDP expended on the arts; and if she will make a...
- Tourist Accommodation
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of short-term lets in operation in Galway city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36734/24]
- Media Sector
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a fund can be created to support local and community radio stations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Film Industry
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update following the recent holding of a stakeholders forum for section 481; and if she will make a...
- Culture Policy
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh a Roinn ag cur aon tacaíocht ar fáil d’Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne atá le reachtáil i mBaile...
- Film Industry
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the changes she is proposing following the film industry stakeholder forum earlier this year, particularly in relation to secure...
- Sports Facilities
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the development projects announced for the national sports campus; when the national velodrome and badminton...
- Television Licence Fee
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the reforms planned for the future of the TV licence fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36971/24]
- Arts Centres
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are funding opportunities for an arts centre (details supplied) to carry out upgrades to its facilities; and if she will...
- Online Safety
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the work of Coimisiún na Meán to protect children against harmful online activity. [36752/24]
- Tourism Promotion
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by her Department to increase the tourism potential of County Meath. [36894/24]
- Tourism Schemes
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether there is sufficient innovation in local tourism offerings in areas such as heritage culinary, historical and...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén maoiniú agus cén tacaíocht atá á gcur ar fáil trí Údarás na Gaeltachta chun...
- Irish Language
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to reopen the Irish college in Carrigaholt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37026/24]
- Swimming Pools
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider fast-tracking funding for the building of a 50-metre swimming pool in Sligo given there is no 50-metre pool in...
- Olympic Games
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that will be provided for Irish participation at the Olympic and Paralympic games in Los Angeles 2028, following the...
- Online Safety
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Coimisiún na Meán’s online safety code will be finalised. [36750/24]
- Irish Language
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that will be taken to meet the target of at least 20% of the staff recruited to public bodies being competent in Irish...
- Broadcasting Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates and times of any discussions she has had with radio broadcasters to improve the amount of Irish music on radio and to...
- Tourism Promotion
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals to intensify co-operation on an all-Ireland basis in expanding our tourism product, and the marketing of Ireland as a...
- Tourist Accommodation
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of tourist accommodation to facilitate both visitors to the country and the local...
- Arts Centres
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports being made available to establish arts centres in towns and villages in rural Ireland; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends to further increase funding to the arts, culture and sports to bring this funding in line with EU averages; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses which have been refurbished through the vacant property refurbishment grant to date. [36744/24]
- Special Areas of Conservation
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position on the draft management plan to be published for circulation by the stakeholders for an area (details...
- Housing Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that are being taken to negate the need for over-reliance by local authorities on expensive schemes such as HAP and...
- Housing Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to help first-time house buyers; the impact of these over the past twelve months; and if he will make...
- Housing Provision
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason inter-county social housing transfers are no longer allowed in general or even under special circumstances (details...
- Rental Sector
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the tenant-in-situ and cost-rental tenant-in-situ schemes are a demand-led programme, and that any house...
- Housing Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the total number of...
- Energy Conservation
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his Department's retrofitting programme; the reasons solar PV has not comprised a significant component of...
- Housing Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg West SDZ. [37055/24]
- Housing Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being provided for housing adaptation grants for older people and disabled people in 2024; and if he will make a...
- Defective Building Materials
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to assist the homeowners approved for the concrete defective block scheme that are unable to...
- Water Supply
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Water Supply Project, Eastern and Midlands Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rental Sector
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a step-by-step explanation of how the Housing Agency’s cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme operates,...
- Housing Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to reduce the housing waiting list in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36994/24]
- Housing Schemes
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he is providing for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36882/24]
- Housing Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the urgent steps being taken to address the crisis in homelessness in Ireland, with 14,429 people, including 4,401 children, in...
- Vacant Properties
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent figures which show that local authorities received 1,165 notifications to convert vacant commercial...
- Housing Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is proposing to increase the social housing income eligibility thresholds, and the problem of people being removed from...
- Planning Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1173 of 23 July 2024, the status of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas;...
- Housing Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the pipeline of applications for the first home scheme to date in 2024; how it compares to the same...
- Rental Sector
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct the Residential Tenancies Board to take a proactive approach to tackling the widespread illegal rent increase...
- Housing Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give an update on commencement figures for the latest date possible. [37051/24]
- Housing Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to stimulate the opportunity for people to rightsize, where people wish to consider such options; and if he will...
- Development Contributions
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the further extension of the temporary waiver of development contributions beyond December 2024; the number...
- Housing Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he continues to investigate the manner whereby houses continue to be snapped up by investors, thus...
- Housing Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans for affordable housing schemes in County Louth; if there has been a review of the...
- Housing Provision
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of cost rental homes in Oscar Traynor Road and O'Devaney Gardens. [37054/24]
- Housing Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take measures to accelerate the processing time of housing applications and disability or medical information...
- Water Services
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the engagement to date from Cork County Council with his Department in advancing a project (details supplied); and...
- Defective Building Materials
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme for multi-unit developments. [37053/24]
- House Sales
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes prevented from bulk sale in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/24]
- Rental Sector
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Residential Tenancies Board rent index report released recently; the measures he is taking to address...
- House Sales
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the difficulty of developing multi-unit residential properties for sale to owner-occupiers, particularly in...
- Housing Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to ensure that the affordable to purchase housing at Shanganagh, and on all other...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a replacement foreign birth certificate will be expedited (details supplied); and the current waiting times for...
- Foreign Conflicts
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his engagements to promote an end to the conflict in Sudan; to outline Ireland’s ongoing humanitarian...
- Foreign Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions with his Department and his counterpart in Colombia with regard to the operations of a company (details...
- Foreign Birth Registration
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade . [37194/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Renewable Energy Generation
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the latest auction for onshore renewable energy; if he is aware that the volume that was delivered (1,146...
- Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the offshore renewable energy technology roadmap, which has 3.2 gigawatt hours (Gwh) as its baseline target...
- Water Pollution
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Infrastructure
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the Government has invested in battery storage capacity from 2020-2024; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parking Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a disabled parking permit will issue to a person in County Cork (details supplied). [37140/24]
- Bus Services
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider installing a bus shelter in the centre of Ballybunnion town, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37078/24]
- Driver Licences
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the staff recently employed on visas by a company (details supplied) have full Irish driving licences; if not, how they are carrying...
- Renewable Energy Generation
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the five ports outlined in the recent announcement of European Investment Bank advisory co-operation agreement to assess capacity, demand...
- Bus Services
129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to set up community bus services during the day, to offer school bus drivers more paid hours during the day in order to...
- Road Tolls
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of tenders received for the major system upgrade of the tolling system at the Dublin Port toll tunnel, which has been...
- Road Projects
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a project (details supplied) will go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37124/24]
- Driver Licences
132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the forms of photographic ID required to apply for a driver’s licence and, specifically, the reason for photographic ID supplied...
- Road Network
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities, and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, where applicable, are responsible for the maintenance of all public roads...
- Road Projects
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to fund improvements to the N84 Headford Road, Galway to Castlebar, to help cope with the increase in traffic volumes;...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Coverage
135. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is legal for insurance companies to refuse a person a policy based on a previous criminal record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37126/24]
- Budget 2025
136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission (details supplied); his views on the requests therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37113/24]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the OPW of providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form;...
- Public Appointments Service
139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a specific issue concerning the Public Appointments Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Procurement Contracts
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the identity of the main contractor on installation of a project overseen by the OPW (details supplied). [37154/24]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Regulation
141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with a company (detail supplied) about the impact of its operations on indigenous communities and their lands in...
- State Bodies
143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he or Enterprise Ireland have taken to safeguard the future of a State entity (details supplied); the amount expended to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health and Safety
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department will take to make safe a school (details supplied) in terms of the designated pedestrian gate to which they have no...
- Schools Building Projects
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37116/24]
- School Transport
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide school transport for a number of students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a child (details supplied) is not being supported at school; if she will intervene to address the matter; and if she will...
- School Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rate of capitation for pupils at national school for the current year and for each of the five previous years; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Mayo with a diagnosis of autism who are currently awaiting a national school place for the current school year; the...
- School Textbooks
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns from local businesses regarding the free schoolbooks and stationery scheme (details supplied); the way her Department plans...
- Residential Institutions
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an article (details supplied); when it is expected that the works will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision by Bus Éireann not to allocate school bus tickets for four children (details supplied) after the payment deadline was missed...
- School Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given to a school (details supplied) for an application for funding for solar panels; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Admissions
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school place for a child (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37228/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Broadcasting Sector
159. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to independent radio stations; if this funding can be ringfenced for independent radio; if there will...
- Sports Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce sports capital funding allocations to those groups that have applied; and if she will make a...
- Tourism Industry
161. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an overview of her plans to increase tourism accommodation throughout Ireland; and if she will make a...
- An Ghaeltacht
162. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoin gclár de chuid Iniúchadh TG4 darb ainm “Níl aon tinteán” a...
- Tourism Industry
163. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which provision is being made to ensure that the hotel and leisure industry is adequately prepared for the winter...
- Sports Funding
166. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is intended to offer grant assistance to major and minor sporting activities throughout the country,...
- Sports Organisations
167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sporting organisations throughout the country that were impeded from meeting their targets arising from previous sport grant...
- Tourism Promotion
168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent, if any, to which particular emphasis is being placed on business tourism/international conferences in Ireland, with a...
- Gaeltacht Policy
170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to promote Irish language and culture in Gaeltacht areas throughout the...
- Culture Policy
171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her office continue to encourage cultural projects at local and national level, with a view to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to tackle the number of vacant houses, both public and private, across the State. [36745/24]
- Housing Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had, or is planning, with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of the...
- Wastewater Treatment
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on making his Department's sewage infrastructure for unsewered villages pilot scheme a multi-annual scheme; and if...
- Defective Building Materials
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to improve the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the purchase of designated medical property with South Dublin County Council, if he will confirm whether properties...
- Water Supply
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a grant available for a farmer hoping to sink a well where there is no public water network available; and if he...
- EU Regulations
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first- and full-year costs of implementing measures under the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a...
- Energy Infrastructure
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 876 of 9 September 2024, if his Department received the report referenced in the PQ...
- Wastewater Treatment
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in the delivery of the wastewater treatment system for Craughwell, County Galway; if there is a site...
- Vacant Properties
187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average turnaround time for a void property to be refurbished in Limerick city; the steps that are being taken to shorten...
- Housing Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it might be possible to make an urgent provision to facilitate renters who have been in situ for more than twenty years in...
- Heritage Projects
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of heritage projects currently in hand or listed for attention in terms of projection and restoration; and if he...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding an application for the one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Public Services Card
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a public services card can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the free fuel allowance entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal (details supplied). [37115/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a decision on the fuel allowance given changed circumstances (details supplied). [37139/24]
- Social Welfare Rates
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an increased child benefit for the third child and above by €10, €15,...
- State Pensions
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reforming the means test for the State pension (non-contributory) in order that the...
- Social Welfare Rates
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of increasing all social welfare payments by €10 per week, €20 per...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the weekly income disregards of the carer's allowance to €500,...
- Social Welfare Rates
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for paying a full rate of domiciliary care allowance for every child that qualifies, when the same logic is not...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost to the Exchequer of expanding the eligibility of the carer's benefit to include self-employed people; and if...
- Social Welfare Rates
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €25 per year, €50 per year, €75 per year and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of extending the back-to-education allowance to those who are in employment. [37187/24]
- Social Welfare Rates
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of introducing a new half-rate fuel allowance for those with an income of...
- Pension Provisions
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of introducing an occupational pension scheme for Tús, the rural social...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost to the Exchequer annually of reverting the rural social scheme to the pre-2012 rules in regard to the length...
- Employment Support Services
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to rollout disability awareness training to all Intreo staff. [37191/24]
- Social Welfare Appeals
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to change residency status from Stamp 1 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Citizenship Applications
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in determination of an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a preclearance, long stay application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the reason the date tracker has not...
- An Garda Síochána
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures that are in place to ensure that a person who is blind or vision impaired can safely identify a member of An...
- Visa Applications
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the absence of a person (details supplied) getting a visa renewal on time for their honeymoon, arrangements are possible...
- Work Permits
233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for work permission will issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37144/24]
- An Garda Síochána
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the State for maintaining the Garda fleet of vehicles since a company (details supplied) won the contract, by year,...
- Citizenship Applications
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for citizenship, previously refused, can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Residency Permits
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the necessary extension to residency status might be provided to facilitate employment in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position and likely progress in processing the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37245/24]
- Citizenship Applications
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for citizenship can be accepted from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the payment date for the fodder transport measure support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37080/24]
- Departmental Offices
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a report on his consolidation plans for his Department's offices in Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that balancing payments for ACRES will issue without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37172/24]
- Veterinary Services
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make it compulsory that microchip verifications by veterinarians are carried out during routine visits, to confirm...
- Animal Welfare
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data available to his Department regarding the problem of stolen dogs in Ireland; the obligations under existing dog welfare...
- Food Industry
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which food and food products such as beef, lamb, pigmeat, diary or poultry have been imported into this country in each...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Youth Work Projects
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will allocate €10 million in Budget 2025 to establish 34 universal youth work hubs and uplift the...
- Youth Work Supports
256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the additional €15 million in funding needed for the youth work sector to meet...
- Public Sector Pay
257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason some organisations and workers are being excluded from the section 39, section 56 and section 10 pay...
- Disability Services
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to an application for the provision of annual core funding to an organisation in County...
- Budget 2025
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received a submission (details supplied); his views on the requests therein; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason funds allocated to successful applicants of the children’s disability service grant fund have...
- Childcare Services
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1345 and 1441 of 9 September 2024, if it is correct that a centre...
- Disability Services
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a previous Parliamentary Question (details supplied) was not answered in full; the reason the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an updated timeframe for when a decision will be made on the applications for a fee review by...
- Disabilities Assessments
265. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an urgent assessment of need can take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Health
- Health Strategies
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered positive health psychology and lifestyle medicine as part of an integrative healthcare strategy to prevent chronic disease; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products
268. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) is on the approved list of drugs; if funding is available for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37069/24]
- Hospital Staff
270. To ask the Minister for Health when additional staff will be recruited for a health service (details supplied); if he will ensure that the lack of such staff will be addressed with urgency;...
- Child Protection
271. To ask the Minister for Health if and when Tallaght Hospital can recognise the rights of the child and discharge the child into the care of their mother (details supplied); and if he will...
- Health Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37092/24]
- Dental Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a senior post (details supplied); if he is concerned about the potential knock-on impact of this in the...
- Tobacco Control Measures
274. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that many retail staff are aged between 18 and 20 years and may have to refuse to sell cigarettes to persons older than them, due to his...
- Hospital Appointments Status
277. To ask the Minister for Health if a urology appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37102/24]
- Home Care Packages
278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision not to fund additional home care hours for existing service users who have been clinically assessed as needing them; if the...
- Public Sector Pay
279. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some organisations and workers are being excluded from the section 39, section 56 and section 10 pay deal agreed in October 2023; the number of...
- Budget 2025
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that there will be an increase in investment in mental health in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37108/24]
- Mental Health Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for CAMHS-ID; the number that have been seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37127/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
282. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a child (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37128/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
283. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (details...
- Home Help Service
284. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the development of National Standards for Home Support Services; the expected timeframe of the public consultation on these...
- Hospital Staff
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an appointment will be made without delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37170/24]
- Health Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of his visits in 2024 to the United States of America regarding treatment abroad for children; the details of his flights, accommodation, and...
- Health Services Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of flying medical specialists from the United States of America to Dublin for a clinic on 6 September in Crumlin Children's Hospital regarding...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in detail his proposals for a comprehensive independent inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland; when the terms of...
- Dental Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent dental appointment for surgery will be issued to a person (details supplied) in the Dublin Dental Hospital, given their exceptional medical...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Contracts
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when issues will be resolved in relation to contracts for education providers (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a...
- Further and Higher Education
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the universities or third level colleges that are under investigation for any matters of concern, including investigations relating to financial...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
292. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will approve a community centre investment fund application (details supplied). [37071/24]
- Swimming Pools
293. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider making it mandatory for all public swimming pools, including hotel pools, to have lifeguards during opening...
