Written answers

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there is any potential for her Department to coordinate with other agencies to inquire as to the welfare of a person...
    • International Protection
      5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is the position of the Department that the non-application of means tests regarding supports for persons seeking...
    • Budget 2025
      6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there are plans to enhance long-term social welfare support for one-parent families in the upcoming Budget 2025. [37654/24]
    • Programme for Government
      9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the Programme for Government commitments under the remit of her Department; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to extend eligibility of carer’s benefit to include people who are self-employed; and if she will make a...
    • Budget 2025
      14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether weekly social protection rates should be treated equally in terms of increases in Budget 2025; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 9 September 2024, if she will outline the policy and budgetary context in which...
    • Community Welfare Services
      20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the performance of processing ‘hubs’ for community welfare and other services; whether her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the "working week" for working age payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37485/24]
    • Departmental Data
      23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type, of those residing in the State and those...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection given the pressing need for enhanced support in drug and alcohol services in north-inner city Dublin, the specific measures...
    • Budget 2025
      26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there will reportedly be no increase to jobseeker’s allowance in Budget 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Citizens Information Services
      27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that workers in Citizens Information Service (CIS) companies are provided with a pay...
    • Child Poverty
      28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how her Department assesses the effectiveness of child benefit and back to school allowance payments in reducing child...
    • Parental Leave
      29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the recent extension to paid parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37612/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the recent expansion to the fuel allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37611/24]
    • State Pensions
      32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of family carers that have applied for, and been approved for, the new State pension for carers via the long-term...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to increase the income disregards and earnings thresholds for disability allowance and carer’s allowance;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional needs payments made, by reason, in Cork, in the first six months of 2022 and the first six months of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the use of the supplementary welfare allowance for transport to necessary hospital appointments by constituents, to...
    • Supreme Court Rulings
      37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current stage of legislation that will allow for the enactment of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow a cohabitant...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance, or jobseeker's benefit, who had their payment withdrawn in each...
    • Rural Schemes
      39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the rural social scheme/Tús top-up to at least €12, to keep pace with other social...
    • Parental Leave
      40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on introducing a parental benefit for parents availing of unpaid parental leave; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Priorities
      41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider developing an age friendly mark which could be adopted by both public and private bodies, which would...
    • School Meals Programme
      42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the hot school meals programme is not serving disabled children as the prescribed menu does not have...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase employment participation levels among those in receipt of one-parent family payments from...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to a Social Welfare Appeals Office appeal (details supplied), and the outcome of the Workplace Relations...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the work her Department has undertaken to improve access to the carer’s allowance. [37633/24]
    • State Pensions
      46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of allowing pro-rata pensions for those that currently have insufficient contributions to...
    • School Meals Programme
      47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up to date position regarding the roll out of hot school meals in schools in Cork; the number of new schools that are...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on ending discrimination against young unemployed people in terms of jobseekers’ payment rates in Budget...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how her Department ensures that recipients of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit are available for and...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decision of the Workplace Relations Commission (details supplied) in relation to employment status of...
    • Disability Services
      52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to address the situation regarding both the needs of clients of the National Advocacy Service and the...
    • Budget 2025
      53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on permanently increasing both child benefit and qualified child payments in Budget 2025; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Freedom of Information
      54. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total number of such requests that were...
    • EU Funding
      55. To ask the Taoiseach the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds drawn down to date in each...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline, in response to over 500 days of the conflict in Sudan, which has caused almost 10 million to be forced to flee their homes making...
    • Passport Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to escalate a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37418/24]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application (details supplied) made under the foreign birth register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37421/24]
    • Passport Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the figures for 2023 for Irish passport applications from individuals living outside of the State, and specifically figures from...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will press for conclusions on Sudan at the next meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council; if he will seek an extension of the arms...
    • Passport Services
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a passport can be processed as quickly as possible in the case of a person (details supplied); if every effort can be...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of special envoys appointed in the years 2000 to date; the appointment process by which they were chosen; the funds allocated in...
    • Freedom of Information
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such...
    • EU Funding
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds...
    • Diaspora Issues
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for the diaspora affairs fund increased by 50%. [37837/24]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Policy
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a conclusion to the energy security review; if he will be bringing forward legislation on a strategic...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by gas installers regarding the introduction of the...
    • Freedom of Information
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the provisions of the renewable energy III Directive, that were required to be transposed by 1 July 2024, will be...
    • EU Funding
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience...
    • Energy Policy
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national heat policy statement, which was due to be published at the end of 2023; when he expects it...
  • Department of Defence
    • Freedom of Information
      80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such...
    • EU Funding
      81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds...
    • Departmental Properties
      82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of lands in his Department’s ownership in County Longford, by the location, folio, acreage and current use. [37810/24]
    • Defence Forces
      83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a progress report on the establishment of an office of veteran affairs (details supplied); if he will commit to providing better...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a bus stop was removed from the top of the Old Bog Road, Kilcock, County Kildare, (L50572), with particular reference to the...
    • Road Projects
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on the Ardee bypass; the timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37285/24]
    • National Transport Authority
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific steps that have been taken by the National Transport Authority to address taxi licensing issues, such as cars with tinted...
    • Traffic Management
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37314/24]
    • Bus Éireann
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to the creation of a Bus Éireann intra-city route that will service Glasgow Park Limerick; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if ahead of the upcoming Budget, money will be allocated for noise mitigation/sound barriers to mitigate the impact of major motorway...
    • Road Safety
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding can be allocated to Galway County Council to investigate the possibility of speed control, speed reduction and hard engineering...
    • Bus Services
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reports received by Bus Éireann regarding driver safety and working conditions in Cork, in each of the past 12 months...
    • Road Safety
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that nearly 5,000 people did not turn up for their driving test to date in 2024; if this is a record number; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals in place to update the N84 from Galway to Headford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37535/24]
    • Taxi Regulations
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the National Transport Authority to secure vehicle license extensions for taxi drivers who registered from 2015 to...
    • Bus Éireann
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann regarding concerns in relation to a bus route in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of...
    • Driver Test
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of each of the driving test centres in the State, in tabular form; the average and longest ongoing waiting times...
    • Active Travel
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the rollout of secure bike lockers at commuter train stations including Greystones and Wicklow town; and if...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Transport Infrastructure Ireland funding for national primary and secondary roads has been frozen; and if he will make a statement...
    • Greenways Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for consideration in providing a greenway from a village to a forest park (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Funding
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the...
    • Rail Network
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the integration of a new DART station at Croke Park; if he will engage with Irish Rail, an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Departmental officials will respond to correspondence from the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine...
    • Public Transport
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce free public transport for students in Budget 2025 to alleviate the high travel expenses faced by students; if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce the horse-drawn carriages Bill, which was listed on his legislative programme for summer 2024. [37958/24]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the exclusion of mead, categorised often as other fermented beverages, specifically those sold under CN code 2206, from the small cider...
    • Tax Code
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the income threshold for personal income tax from €18,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37399/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that changes to tax requirements under Section 1008A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 for general medical practitioners under general...
    • Tax Code
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the points raised in correspondence regarding tax treatment of exchange traded funds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Redundancy Payments
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the €200,000 lifetime limit on ex-gratia lump-sum payments for those at risk of redundancy (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Freedom of Information
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such requests that were...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if dog handlers attached to the Revenue Commissioners, customs and or detection sections can avail of the installation of kennels at their private residence;...
    • EU Funding
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds drawn down to...
    • Tax Code
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 3% USC surcharge on income in excess of €100,000 for the self-employed will be reviewed to bring it in line with that of the employed; and if he...
    • Departmental Priorities
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is planning to protect Ireland's equity capital market and to support the large number of professional services firms and jobs that are...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are arrangements in place with the Revenue Commissioners and airlines in respect of the exchange of information (details supplied). [37822/24]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person on a community employment scheme is entitled to apply for the cycle to work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/24]
    • Tax Code
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the standard fund threshold by €100,000, €500,000 and €1 million respectively, in tabular form; and if...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Minister who is directly responsible for the Office of Public Works (OPW); and the procedures that exist for holding senior...
    • Freedom of Information
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of...
    • EU Funding
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the...
    • State Properties
      137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a listing of any lands owned by State departments and agencies in County Longford, by location, folio, acreage and current...
    • Office of Public Works
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified fire engineers employed by the OPW as of 1 January 2022 and 18 September 2024, in tabular form. [37835/24]
    • Public Appointments Service
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will run a general civil service competition for persons with fluency in Irish at executive officer...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for Enniscorthy, County Wexford. [37867/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide information in relation to the development and construction of the new Clonmel Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel,...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Visa Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37379/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37389/24]
    • Freedom of Information
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number...
    • Business Supports
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small businesses that are still struggling with high energy costs; if additional supports will be...
    • EU Funding
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme;...
    • Legislative Measures
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can provide an update or commit to renewing the process on changes to the casual and occasional trading licence legislation...
    • State Bodies
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 18 September 2024; the estimated...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Admissions
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second level school place might be secured for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37262/24]
    • School Staff
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to move school cleaners/janitors onto public sector pay scales, as was done with school secretaries and school caretakers; and...
    • School Facilities
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced with the implementation of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied); the reasons for...
    • Child Abuse
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government plans to fully implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case taken by a person (details supplied),...
    • Schools Administration
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been told she may not be paid for six weeks; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to the Educational Therapy Support Service, and what areas are they in. [37338/24]
    • School Facilities
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider incorporating an all-weather, multi-use sports pitch in conjunction with their new build for a school build...
    • Education and Training Boards
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for the establishment of a separate ETB with a remit for the national schools and second level colleges under the patronage of...
    • School Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special needs assistant (details supplied) is not on a permanent contract despite being the school’s sole special needs...
    • School Textbooks
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free schoolbooks for primary age children are available for students using home tuition grants, many of whom do not have an appropriate school...
    • Public Sector Pay
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with a person (details supplied) regarding pay scale concerns and queries; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school transport pilot projects; the budget for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37426/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37427/24]
    • School Transport
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Bus Éireann to allocate school bus tickets to siblings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Funding
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the capitation grant for both primary and secondary schools; the last time they were reviewed by her Department; if her...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the average primary school class size in County Wicklow; the way it compares to the national average; the efforts that are...
    • Irish Language
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will take the first step towards the commitment from the current Programme for Government to develop an Irish language policy in the...
    • School Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will authorise payments to a school (details supplied). [37499/24]
    • Departmental Priorities
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is making any contingency plans for the possibility of having to provide school places for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland...
    • Child Abuse
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline, given recent reports of historical sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools, what course of action can be taken by victims of...
    • School Transport
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to escalate a new school bus route (details supplied) and grant approval for same. [37545/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a special needs school for County Monaghan, following her recent meeting with parents. [37549/24]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37552/24]
    • Gender Recognition
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for her views that gender transitions "have to be medically led", as mentioned in an article (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • School Staff
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the restoration of posts of responsibility in primary schools, as called for by an organisation (details supplied); and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of principals in special educational needs primary schools (details supplied); if this is under...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school in County Louth (details supplied) will be granted DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37578/24]
    • School Transport
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Bus Éireann to allocate a school bus ticket to a pupil (details supplied), given the upheaval that will be forced upon...
    • Freedom of Information
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such...
    • Special Educational Needs
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for the secondary school education of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37639/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for a new building, having witnessed its seriously inadequate school facilities and...
    • School Funding
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to primary schools across the State to provide important life skills such as swimming lessons. [37641/24]
    • School Transport
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the correct school bus ticket will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37642/24]
    • School Facilities
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when modular classrooms will be installed at a school (details supplied) in Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37649/24]
    • Child Abuse
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the correspondence from a family (details supplied), which has been sent on seven separate occasions since August 2021,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the three proposed schools, one secondary and two primary, in a location identified in the Donabate local area plan (details...
    • EU Funding
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects and programmes with her Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds...
    • State Examinations
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the reasonable accommodation policy for exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37804/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the announcement that she is planning on banning mobile phones from all second-level schools, if she has considered the financial costs...
    • School Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home school liaison support workers in Donegal in 2024; and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [37841/24]
    • School Enrolments
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary schools that have an enrolment figure of 500 students or more. [37842/24]
    • School Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kerry at present; and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [37843/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building programme in Louth. [37844/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in County Leitrim. [37845/24]
    • School Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE special educational needs organisers currently in place in County Wexford. [37846/24]
    • Departmental Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of schools in County Laois that applied for STEM grants in 2023. [37847/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classrooms available to children with special needs attending national schools in the Dublin 4 area; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the optimal figure of enrolment her Department has in place for second-level schools in the State; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allow a late application for the 2024 Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (details supplied). [37385/24]
    • Irish Language
      205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support measures to deliver additional funding for the Irish language and Gaeltacht, including an additional...
    • Freedom of Information
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total...
    • Culture Policy
      207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a funding stream is available for local, smaller-scale theatrical productions, such as Christmas pantomimes, and so on; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the equipment-only element of a sports capital grant application can be approved for a club (details supplied). [37758/24]
    • EU Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects and programmes with her Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience...
    • Irish Language
      210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allocate €1.2 million to fund a radio station (details supplied) to secure an FM licence and increase funding...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to the retention, extension, and expansion of the basic income for artists scheme in Budget 2025, to ensure...
    • Arts Policy
      212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase funding for youth theatres at a local level in Budget 2025, to support the development of youth theatre...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Child and Family Agency
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland does not have a child support agency that pursues and collects child maintenance for the children and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reducing the fee of €950 for those who are applying for naturalisation through marriage who have...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to install further CCTV cameras on Blessington Street in order to manage the rise in incidents of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all is in order with residency status in order to facilitate an application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Deportation Orders
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she might consider on compassionate and humanitarian grounds the proposal to deport in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to regularisation of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an application for citizenship/regularisation of residency might be entertained in the case of a person (details...
    • International Protection
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total budget allocation for the International Protection Office and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in Budget...
    • An Garda Síochána
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of sworn Garda members to 16,000 by the end of 2025. [37299/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a citizenship application for a person (details supplied) which has been ongoing for a long...
    • Departmental Staff
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in a hybrid manner in her Department, and all State agencies under the aegis of her Department; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tachograph readings that have been carried out by An Garda Síochána in each of the past ten years....
    • Residency Permits
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a residency permit renewal for a person (details supplied). [37407/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra training and supports provided to members of An Garda Síochána to action their new powers to tackle the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of UK and Northern Irish citizens that have applied for Irish citizenship since Brexit. [37433/24]
    • International Protection
      318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider closing the International Protection Office on Mount Street and establishing smaller application centres...
    • Stardust Fire
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the figure of €24 million is accurate in relation compensation being offered to the families of Stardust victims; if...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been briefed on the war and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan; whether she is aware than two million refugees...
    • Citizenship Applications
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date with an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely...
    • An Garda Síochána
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda traffic watch phone number, 1890205805, has been discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Freedom of Information
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total...
    • Prison Service
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sexual offenders currently taking part in sexual offence rehabilitation programmes in Irish prisons; if she is...
    • EU Funding
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projects and programmes with her Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation to the work of Garda juvenile liaison officers; the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers, by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for Garda members to join the Garda band will be launched before end of 2024. [37832/24]
    • Parole Boards
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times documents or written indications of relevant information furnished to the Interim Parole Board in respect...
    • Residency Permits
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant stamp 2 residency permits for the entire length of international students' courses and expand the student...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1594 of 23 July 2024, the status of the implementation of the Third National Strategy on...
    • International Protection
      331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 July 2024, the number of people who have been refused leave to land at a port,...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine issues regarding soler PV approvals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37386/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the arrangements and locations for the suckler carbon efficiency programme courses, given the difficulty for many...
    • Animal Welfare
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to establishing a mechanism to validate the registration status of the owner’s address for...
    • Animal Diseases
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when additional measures will be implemented to address the outbreaks of bovine TB in parts of the country; if there are sufficient...
    • Animal Welfare
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay with Horse Sport Ireland issuing equine passports under their new e-passport registration system "Horse...
    • Freedom of Information
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number...
    • Fisheries Protection
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the state of affairs in relation to the pair trawling issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37750/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if force majeure will be accepted on a suckler carbon efficiency programme application by a farmer in County Kerry (details...
    • EU Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme;...
    • Greyhound Industry
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 20 January 2021, in which the Minister stated "it can be interpreted that those involved...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agricultural appeals pending, by month; how long an application is taking for a final decision; how long an application...
    • Animal Welfare
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the shortages in black-leg vaccines for farmers; the measures he has explored to address the issue; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a measure under TAMS to facilitate the structure for a gallop to train horses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how officials from his Department and Bord Iascaigh Mhara can engage with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to ensure that...
    • Brexit Supports
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding allocated to Galway County Council under the Brexit adjustment local authority marine infrastructure scheme 2022-2023...
    • Fishing Industry
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects that a quota in white pollock will be available to the Irish fishing fleet next year. [37956/24]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Care Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 18 September 2024, to provide a detailed response on the costs of...
    • Childcare Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to resolve the crisis in after-school childcare in Kilkenny, where there are no places available for...
    • Health Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending the CHO4 primary care...
    • School Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of on-site school therapists operating in each special school, by county; and their grade and level,...
    • School Enrolments
      353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget line for school therapy places available; and the amount spent in 2023 and to date in 2024. [37319/24]
    • Education Policy
      354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Minister responsible for school therapy places at Cabinet. [37322/24]
    • School Facilities
      356. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will instruct the HSE to release funds to allow interim funding arrangements to be progressed for a school...
    • Childcare Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a serious shortage of childcare placements in an area of Dublin mid-west (details supplied);...
    • International Protection
      359. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding a HSE inspection (details supplied) carried out in September 2024; the actions he will...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      360. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the establishment of the advisory council in relation to the mother and baby...
    • Childcare Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if siblings (details supplied) are entitled to be recognised as individuals and therefore receive separate...
    • Care Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home care packages allocated to CHO2 since 2021, in tabular form. [37448/24]
    • International Protection
      364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons at present being provided with accommodation by IPAS that have been granted or refused...
    • Childcare Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on childcare services in County Meath; the number of childcare places available in the county;...
    • Disability Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on respite for children and adults with disabilities in County Meath; if he will provide an update on...
    • International Protection
      368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the decision to relocate beneficiaries of temporary protection from the Franciscan Friary and...
    • Home Care Packages
      369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when approved home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal deemed clinically...
    • Ukraine War
      370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale behind the decision to cancel a contract which is not due to expire until February 2025 for the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue, and his views on pre-Budget 2025 request from an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Childcare Services
      372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 May 2024, for data underpinning the figures provided in Table 1...
    • Freedom of Information
      378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Ukraine War
      379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons...
    • EU Funding
      381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and...
    • Disability Services
      382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support hours provided to persons with disabilities in each LHO area in each of the years...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the situation of a person (details supplied) who was put on the waiting list in 2023 and told...
    • Disability Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to improve disability services in County Westmeath. [37838/24]
    • Equality Issues
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of equipment issued under AIMS to date in 2024; the type of equipment issued; and the time it took...
    • Health Services Staff
      388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staffing levels of CDNTs in Longford. [37840/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of waiting lists that the HSE operate for children requiring therapy assessments and therapy...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who have had an assessment of need completed and are on a waiting list for therapy...
    • Childcare Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide funding or provide details on funding options for an organisation (details supplied); and if...
    • Family Resource Centres
      395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider funding a new family resource centre in Carrickmacross; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Parental Leave
      397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans, to change the arrangements for maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave; if any of these...
    • Special Educational Needs
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the special schools pilot, which will provide delivery of in-school therapy supports to children...
    • Youth Work Supports
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support an organisation's campaign by advocating for a €15 million increase in youth work...
    • Health Services Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of pay increases for section 39 employees following the pay agreement reached in October 2023; and...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Care Packages
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative nursing home care will be provided for a person (details supplied). [37411/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within Meath CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently within the Meath CAMHS services; and the vacancies that are...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list for each local health area as of 1 September 2024, or latest date available; the number waiting less...
    • Mental Health Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists and CAMHS therapy services waiting list; and the total number in each CHO and LHO, in...
    • Departmental Policies
      405. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the Law Reform Commission report on a framework for adult safeguarding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new stoma patients referred to the community intervention team from Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of visits that have been provided...
    • Medical Cards
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if all the circumstances have been taken into account in deciding the eligibility of a person (details supplied) to a discretionary medical card; if the change...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department has to replace a facility (details supplied); the timescales for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37275/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will continue to run and keep open a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37280/24]
    • Health Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if a contraception drug (details supplied) is available on the free contraception scheme for women under 35 years; and if not, whether he will add it to the...
    • Ambulance Service
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to the proposal to significantly reduce the ambulance cover in Kerry (details supplied). [37304/24]
    • Disability Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2043 of 23 July 2024, the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending the CHO4...
    • Nursing Homes
      413. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the needs of residents and their families in a care facility (details supplied) on the Dingle Peninsula; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with haemochromatosis that have an ongoing requirement for maintenance treatment to keep their blood iron at the recommended safe level, and who...
    • Departmental Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have applied for compensation from the Hepatitis C and HIV Tribunal; the number that have been paid; the number that are...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the location of the new genomic laboratory; the timelines for when the decision will be finalised; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to attend for genetics services and cancer genetics services respectively, by waiting time period (0-6 months, 6-12...
    • Health Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend for genetics services and cancer genetics services respectively, by waiting time period (0-6 months, 6-12...
    • Nursing Homes
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the rates the National Treatment Purchase Fund pays to a number of nursing homes (details supplied). [37361/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the solutions available to people who are unable to source a GP in County Wexford to take them on as a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Register
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the Medical Council registration process takes from application to decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37364/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of GPs currently practicing in County Wexford; the number of GPs practicing in County Wexford in 2004 and 2014; the number of current...
    • Health Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 2 July 2024, the exact monetary amount for allowances for post-mastectomy products, by county, in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [37390/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to expanding the public health service employees sponsorship scheme, which seeks to train up HSE workers as nurses and midwives, given the...
    • Health Service Executive
      433. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he will examine this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision is expected on the prospective reimbursement of a medication (details supplied); if a decision can be expedited given the unmet treatment needs...
    • Ambulance Service
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the proposed changes to the National Ambulance Service in Cork and Kerry; the way this will impact on ambulance availability,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      437. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1749 of 9 September 2024, to outline the policy of the HSE in relation to an employee who has been potentially exposed to...
    • Health Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37419/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if a post for a dietitian in Killorglin will be filled as there are people in the area waiting for an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget for Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [37442/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in emergency medicine at Mayo University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37443/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [37446/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for urgent calls made in County Donegal in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37449/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to provide a minor injuries clinic in Kerry. [37450/24]
    • Health Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that attended each outpatient clinic at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37451/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Cavan primary care service in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37452/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on Tullamore Regional Hospital since January 2022; the number...
    • Health Services Staff
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologists based at Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37454/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37461/24]
    • Departmental Records
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the amount generated through sales at the public restaurants and cafés at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Health Services Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists in each primary care psychology services in Waterford, by grade, to date in 2024. [37463/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons at Galway University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37466/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Kildare each year since 2022, in tabular form. [37467/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses working at the Mater Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37468/24]
    • Hospital Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the average turnaround time at Portlaoise emergency department in each month of 2024, in tabular form. [37469/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37470/24]
    • Health Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in Wicklow in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [37471/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists at Mullingar Regional Hospital to date in 2024. [37472/24]
    • Health Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the minor injury unit at Ballinderry, Mullingar, County Westmeath will not treat patients under the age of 16 years when this service is offered in...
    • Health Service Executive
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if it there are plans to offer a HSE-owned property (details supplied) to State stakeholders, for sale to the community or for private sale; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review the threshold for the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37491/24]
    • Health Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he is making contingency plans for the possibility of having to provide health services for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due...
    • Hospital Staff
      476. To ask the Minister for Health to specify the causes behind the reduction of patient and client care practitioners at the University of Limerick Hospital (UHL) Group between December 2019...
    • Health Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health to follow up on an approval request by a company (details supplied) who wish to be granted access to Healthlink HL7. [37529/24]
    • Legislative Programme
      479. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 5 March 2024, if his office or Department have had consultation (details supplied) in relation to examining the...
    • Medical Cards
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a discretional medical card was removed from the daughter of a person (details supplied); if their card will be reinstated as soon as possible; and...
    • Emergency Departments
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if the new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital has proceeded to the developed design stage; if an application for planning permission has been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation that was scheduled in 2022-2023 will be expedited for a person (details supplied) given the circumstances. [37551/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to ensure the continuous supply of the drug, pancrease, to patients that do not get relief from substitute drugs such as...
    • Gender Recognition
      484. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2247 of 23 July 2024, the reason the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda uses the 2014 guidelines...
    • Health Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2033 of 23 July 2024, if the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda is aware that the guidelines do...
    • Gender Recognition
      486. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 2 July 2024, when the treatment abroad scheme changed to requiring evidence of multidisciplinary sign off for...
    • Departmental Reviews
      492. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of the subject matter expert colleagues who are assisting the clinical lead for transgender services in reviewing the Cass review. [37564/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery have been assessed; the number of recommendations implemented; his views on the...
    • Freedom of Information
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such requests that were...
    • Mental Health Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting list for CAMHS for the month of August, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37638/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the renovation of the laboratory in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, will take. [37664/24]
    • Emergency Departments
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been admitted through the emergency department in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan for each of the past ten years. [37665/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have bypassed Navan in an ambulance for each of the past five years. [37667/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, at all employment levels, that are employed at the emergency department in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan for each of the past ten years; and...
    • Emergency Departments
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the budget of the emergency department at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan for each of the past five years; and the budget plan for the next five years. [37669/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo has been fully lifted at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [37670/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls to create a commissioner for older people; his views on the merits of creating such a position; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37757/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be called for an appointment at University Hospital Kerry soon; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Recognition
      509. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 9 July 2024, the date on which the visit of the mentioned person to the National Gender Service occurred. [37764/24]
    • Health Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2012 of 23 July 2024, to provide a list of all audits initiated by the National Gender Service with its audit question,...
    • Medicinal Products
      512. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 23 May 2024, if he is aware that recent guidance from an organisation (detailed supplied) has led to valid EEA...
    • Gender Recognition
      513. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 805 of 9 May 2024, to confirm that the requests mentioned in the clinical governance committee minutes of the National...
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the addition of metachromatic leukodystrophy to newborn screening testing; the actions he has taken since his initial request to amend...
    • Insurance Coverage
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the reason private health insurance companies only cover the cost of a stay in psychiatric hospitals for a maximum of 100 days, with unwell and vulnerable...
    • EU Funding
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds drawn down to...
    • Emergency Departments
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that patients in Beaumont Hospital A&E who are left on chairs awaiting admission do not have access to pillows or blankets; if he will...
    • Hospital Staff
      520. To ask the Minister for Health when a position will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37820/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the payments made by the HSE to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to manage the various national clinical programmes in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he or the HSE promote in relation to breastfeeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37825/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of times the HSE has written to Members of the Oireachtas, including Ministers, seeking a correction to the record of the House, over the past...
    • Health Strategies
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding the injection ozempic to the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37854/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied). [37855/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to progress the provision of GP services to the Adamstown and Lucan areas of Dublin mid-west given the rapid expansion in...
    • Care Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the matter of respite care offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37858/24]
    • Cancer Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for increasing the number of persons accrued to cancer clinical trials given that the 6% target outlined in the National Cancer Strategy is not being...
    • Health Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended an urgent colonoscopy in each of the years since 2019 including to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37862/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if a pre-Budget 2025 submission by an organisation (details supplied) has been received and reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37868/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for treatment in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [37870/24]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if work is underway to draft a new national drugs strategy given 'Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025', the current national strategy, comes to an end...
    • Health Service Executive
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the HSE west/northwest region has abolished all posts in the community that were vacant at the end of 2023; if a similar policy is...
    • Medicinal Products
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if semaglutide is licensed and approved for use for insulin resistance, weight management or any other purpose in the State; if it is approved or under...
    • Health Service Executive
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to reviewing the HSE funding allocation to an organisation (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurological specialists, by CHO region; the number of vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37893/24]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish drug and alcohol liaison nurses in every higher education institution, to address substance use among students through comprehensive harm...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Budget 2025
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate €2 billion in Budget 2025 to fund the building of 30,000 student accommodation units to address the severe shortage of...
    • Mental Health Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate €6 million in multi-annual core funding for mental health services in higher education institutions and invest to...
    • Student Accommodation
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to address issues in relation to the criteria for students in rented accommodation to qualify for SUSI (details supplied), such as...
    • Further and Higher Education
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of college places across Ireland to study medicine; and the number of these places filled from CAO applications in the past five years...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ukrainian and migrant students in Irish schools are eligible for the cross-Border fees arrangement with universities in Northern Ireland; and...
    • Freedom of Information
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such...
    • EU Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects and programmes with his Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme; the funds...
    • Further and Higher Education
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered qualifying veterinary students in Hungary for student grants, similar to the process of allowing students in Northern...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove apprenticeship registration fees, with an estimated cost of €11.39 million, and increase income and allowances for...
    • Further and Higher Education
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will double the funding for access to e-books through transformative agreements and increase funding for open education resources to...
    • Departmental Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate additional funding for period products and the fund for students with disabilities; if he will establish a Government-funded...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Welfare Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet with management of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will provide this much needed resource. [37803/24]
    • Air Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated costs of starting an air service to Inishbofin; and the estimated full-year costs associated with running such a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      568. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet with a group from Donegal (details supplied) that requested a meeting in Q4 of 2023; and if she will make a statement...
    • Freedom of Information
      569. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to her Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of...
    • Community Development Projects
      570. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the application for a community centre investment grant by a facility (details supplied). [37779/24]
    • EU Funding
      571. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects and programmes with her Department which have been allocated funding under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Programme;...
    • Departmental Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided under the town and village renewal scheme, including streetscape enhancement measures, in each county...

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