Written answers
Thursday, 26 September 2024
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to increase the number of Gardaí in the State. [37986/24]
- Legislative Measures
6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of concerns raised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties about the planned removal of juries from defamation...
- Courts Service
10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the issue of enduring cuts to criminal fees, which is...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to stop convicted sex offenders circumventing their monitoring through the use of a name change by deed...
- International Protection
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has put in place plans to prevent an encampment developing outside Mount Street international protection...
- An Garda Síochána
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Community Gardaí in County Roscommon and County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37482/24]
- Air Navigation Orders
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times her Department was contacted by the Department of Transport and or the Department of Foreign Affairs in...
- Departmental Policies
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she remains satisfied that the public are adequately protected in situations where public demonstrations exceed permissible...
- Social Media
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to allow families to avail of the digital right to be forgotten by erasing the social media profiles of a...
- An Garda Síochána
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of reports that Garda recruits were not vetted in time for them to enter Templemore in the most recent intake;...
- Immigration Policy
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the CEO of the Irish Refugee Council (details supplied) has said that a recent increase in prosecutions of...
- An Garda Síochána
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to support Gardaí in tackling road traffic offences; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to restrict the right to be forgotten under GDPR by convicted sex offenders; and if she will make a...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her request of the Oireachtas Justice Committee that it examine the recommendations and conclusions of the Haughton...
- An Garda Síochána
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda numbers across the Limerick divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38127/24]
- Drug Dealing
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being taken to interrupt the sale and supply of crack cocaine in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the new drones being trialled by An Garda Síochána. [38031/24]
- Drug Dealing
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the adequacy of legislative measures to deal with the scourge of drugs and associated criminality throughout the...
- Crime Prevention
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to expand the youth diversion programme in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- International Protection
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the new processes she has introduced in 2023 and 2024 to designate 'safe countries of origin'; and if she will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the discussions that have taken place between her Department and An Garda Síochána about establishing...
- Deportation Orders
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders effected to date in 2024, including the number of people who have voluntarily departed, as well...
- Immigration Policy
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on the single application procedure for a combined employment and residence permit; and if she will make...
- Legislative Reviews
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1123 of 09 September 2024, when the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law...
- An Garda Síochána
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí within the East Clare – North Tipperary functional area; the number of Garda vehicles...
- Citizenship Applications
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plan to reduce the wait time for citizenship applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38106/24]
- An Garda Síochána
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision is being made to ensure a sufficient increase in the strength of An Garda Síochána to...
- Visa Applications
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the waiting time for visas is over one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38146/24]
- An Garda Síochána
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí for Cork city and county as of August 2024; the number of Gardaí in August 2023 for Cork city and...
- Probate Applications
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address delays in processing probate applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Work Permits
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant general employment permit holders full access to the labour market after two years, rather than five years...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on progress in respect of the 50 safe houses; the number that have been completed; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Policies
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when local community safety partnerships will be established in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Measures
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on efforts to ban face coverings at protests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37609/24]
- An Garda Síochána
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38189/24]
- Prison Service
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people currently incarcerated in Mountjoy Prison; the level to which the prison is considered over capacity; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Mental Health Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider establishing a specific farmer's mental health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38175/24]
- Common Agricultural Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals under consideration by the EU Agriculture Council to have additional funding provided for CAP; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Supports
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his proposals to support the mushroom sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37614/24]
- Nitrates Usage
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with An Taoiseach that tax funds from a company (details supplied) should be spent on attempts to retain the nitrates...
- Agriculture Industry
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a possible fodder shortage this coming winter; if he is considering introducing a fodder production...
- Budget 2025
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with Government colleagues ahead of Budget 2025 in relation to the possible reduction of VAT on vaccines...
- Renewable Energy Generation
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to increase the production of renewable energy on agricultural land; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Climate Change Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an economic assessment of the likely monetary impact on Irish agriculture of 1.5%, 2% and 3% of global heating; if his...
- Fishing Industry
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1249 of 09 September 2024, the updated number of salmon that escaped from a cage at a site in...
- Agriculture Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to an increase in ANC supports. [36484/24]
- Nitrates Usage
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues and the European Commission regarding Ireland's nitrates derogation;...
- Farm Costs
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department tracks trends in family farm incomes on a multi-annual basis, taking account of increased inputs, costs and...
- Agriculture Industry
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an update on the adequacy of fodder stock ahead of the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/24]
- Tillage Sector
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to ensure that the percentage of land used for tillage farming is increased, and to ensure...
- Control of Horses
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996; what progress...
- Trade Agreements
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the Mercosur trade deal will have negative effects for the agricultural community here; and if he will make a...
- Veterinary Services
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the move of veterinarian services from local authorities to his Department; the provision that has been put in place...
- Common Agricultural Policy
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on any potential changes to the Common Agricultural Policy; the impact this would have on payment rates; and if he...
- Agriculture Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the "farm successor scheme"; if he will outline the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Aquaculture Industry
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given for an emergency financial support package to assist the Irish aquaculture operators affected by...
- Common Agricultural Policy
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions to date to reduce the regulatory burden and associated paperwork on farmers participating in different...
- Regulatory Bodies
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints received by the agri-food regulator; the outcome of these complaints and any sanctions levied; and if he will...
- Agriculture Industry
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if participation in the Nature Restoration Law will be voluntary for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36776/24]
- Agriculture Supports
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he is supporting the horticultural sector to grow vegetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38149/24]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in percentage terms the amount of last year's reported reductions in agricultural emissions that can be attributed to...
- Nitrates Usage
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the recent visit of the European Commission in relation to the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Industry
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the agri-food industry continues to remain competitive and remunerative, and is continuing to grow, keeping in...
- Energy Infrastructure
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1644 of 23 July 2024, the actions he has taken, or intends to take, as a result of the case...
- Water Quality
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures underway to improve water quality in County Louth due to nitrates runoff to comply with the nitrates directive, whereby...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update in relation to the ‘Ireland House’ model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/24]
- Irish Aid
95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff, and their grade currently, employed within Irish Aid, highlighting if they are employed on a part- or full-time basis,...
- Departmental Staff
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff, and their grade currently, employed within his Department, highlighting if they are employed on a part- or full-time...
- Diplomatic Representation
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a breakdown of the Irish embassies which are considered ‘hardship postings’, highlighting either the points allocation or...
- Departmental Staff
100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the system of tax-free allowances paid to civil servants assigned to Irish missions abroad; the way in which they are...
- Foreign Policy
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the engagement he and his Department have had with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2022 to...
- Ministerial Staff
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are and or were attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors,...
- Human Rights
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Republic of Iran has stepped up the number of executions of those convicted of offences arising from protests...
- Foreign Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he made no public statement in relation to Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel, which have been ongoing since October 2023, but...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Programmes
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scope and objective of the INFOMAR hydrographic survey work being carried out under Marine Notice No. 6 of 2024;...
- Energy Conservation
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the current waiting times for applications for the SEAI warmer homes scheme (details supplied),...
- Renewable Energy Generation
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure, by regulation or other means, that there will be unhindered access 24/7 for all health and emergency...
- Ministerial Staff
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State...
- Post Office Network
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to ensure that detailed consideration is given to the submission of a union (details supplied), taking into...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Staff
110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by...
- Departmental Contracts
111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of applications for tenders for military contracts received in each year from 2010 to date; and the number of such applications...
- Defence Forces
112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports, if any, that would be available to a member of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Metro North; the timeline for completion, the current status and costing to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a direct bus route connecting the greater Dublin 15 area with the airport. [38238/24]
- Road Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to resurface a road in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38239/24]
- Bus Services
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reliability concerns on a bus route (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with the...
- Taxi Regulations
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any consideration is being given to changing the ten-year rule for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38270/24]
- Planning Issues
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities have the power to grant planning permission for the development of new entrances (domestic/residential/agricultural)...
- Taxi Licences
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the increasing prevalence and cost of taxi plates to rent, and that, in some cases, multi-plate owners are renting...
- Ministerial Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors,...
- Traffic Management
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sufficient clarity exists in legislation in relation to whether motorists or cyclists have priority or right of way at traffic...
- Road Projects
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the upgrade of the N59 between Newport and Derradda in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38426/24]
- Bus Services
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it has not been found possible to extend the bus service from Naas to Blanchardstown to cater for outpatients attending...
- Department of Finance
- Revenue Commissioners
124. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter can be rectified as soon as possible for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38432/24]
- Apple Escrow Account
125. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the €13 billion company tax bill (details supplied), if there are plans to re-instate the National Pension Reserve Fund, which was...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans to introduce a scheme with an initial fund of €5 million to defray governance costs for charities with audited accounts (details supplies);...
- Insurance Industry
128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that an insurance company (details supplied) that recently entered the market provides insurance for thatched properties in its home market of...
- Tax Code
129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that many couples, particularly those over 65 years, have combined incomes slightly higher than the €36,000 tax exemption threshold, and...
- Departmental Policies
131. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is planning to support the continuing growth of capital equity markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38302/24]
- Tax Code
133. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the projected cost in 2025 of revenue foregone, if plans to impose a capital gains tax liability on the transfer of family-owned...
- Budget 2025
134. To ask the Minister for Finance decisions on excise on tobacco in Budget 2025 will address the concerns set out in the Tax Strategy Group papers regarding the scale of illegal cigarette...
- Economic Policy
137. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Government can ensure that Irish capital markets can prosper and compete with other EU markets in the case that proposals for an EU capital...
- Tax Code
138. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on deemed disposal tax; if he considers that it imposes undue administration on smaller investors and taxes unrealised gains; if he is considering...
- Ministerial Staff
139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by grade, duration...
- Housing Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Finance if availing of a shared equity scheme either through first homes or through a local authority scheme can hamper the extent to which help-to-buy entitlements...
- State Bodies
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the Fiscal Advisory Council (FAC), from 2020 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this cost can be justified in view of the fact that...
- Tax Data
142. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the various incomes of taxpayers by income decile; and the estimated breakdown on the number of taxpayers within each decile. [38391/24]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent by the OPW in rent to private property owners for the accommodation of State bodies in each of the past five...
- State Bodies
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list the State bodies which are entirely accommodated in State-owned property as of September 2024. [38347/24]
- Ministerial Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the IDA has issued in grants, loans or incentives to companies that are no longer operating in the State for each of the...
- Ministerial Staff
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a matter regarding class sizes in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38229/24]
- School Facilities
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38241/24]
- Schools Building Projects
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will commence for a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery and completion of this project; and if she will...
- School Facilities
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent attention will be given to an issue in a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Funding
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for mental health/counselling support provided to a school (details supplied); the number of hours this translates to; and if she...
- School Transport
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the implementation of school transport for a pupil (details supplied) from their home to their school; and if she will...
- Ministerial Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to her, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by...
- Education Policy
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to bring driving lessons and driver education classes into second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an ASD unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38395/24]
- Education Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on opening reading classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38397/24]
- Schools Building Projects
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the ownership of the field adjacent to a school (details supplied); the timings for the extension and remediation works for the...
- Children in Care
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will coordinate with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure a cross-Government approach to...
- School Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be put in place for nurses and boarding staff made redundant at a school (details supplied), given the school’s...
- School Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of badly needed funding for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38425/24]
- Special Educational Needs
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [38427/24]
- School Admissions
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate, notwithstanding replies to previous Parliamentary Questions on the matter, if a second level school place can be found for the son...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Ministerial Staff
170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to her, to include Ministers of State special...
- Broadcasting Sector
171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Irish film channel, which was intended to be established by the Broadcasting Act 2009; and the steps taken since...
- Departmental Functions
172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role that her Department has in nominating members to the board of the Irish National Opera. [38389/24]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Generation
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the marine mammal observer process as it relates to offshore wind development activities; and if he will make a...
- Defective Building Materials
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the defective block scheme ancillary grant payment will be raised above €15,000, which is insufficient given the...
- Insurance Industry
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to enabling the owners of thatched properties who undertake an inspection by a fire officer or...
- Housing Schemes
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability. [38255/24]
- European Union
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that Ireland was subject to an EU infringement procedure regarding the failure to progress a sewerage scheme for the...
- Approved Housing Bodies
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies in operation; the amount expended per annum; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to develop planning guidelines for utility scale solar development; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Approved Housing Bodies
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been made aware of an approved housing body that has allegedly been overcharging its tenants (details supplied); if...
- Hare Coursing
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will heed the calls of animal welfare and environmental groups to abolish the issuing of hare coursing licences; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State...
- Departmental Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38400/24]
- Water Services
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure the necessary funding to facilitate the Kilteel group water scheme upgrade in the County Kildare to a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Insurance
186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reducing employers’ PRSI by 1.5%. [38428/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address a matter concerning receipt of a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38231/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) now qualifies for fuel allowance given any recent changes to qualification criteria; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability benefit (details supplied), now under review, will be restored immediately; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Code
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if urgent consideration will be given to increasing the household benefits package, which has not been increased since 2012;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to request a decision on a carer’s allowance review as soon as possible in the name of a person (details supplied)....
- Ministerial Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to her, to include Ministers of State...
- Social Welfare Payments
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit continuously since December...
- Pensions Reform
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider implementing pension reforms to ensure that foster carers are not financially penalised in later life for their...
- Social Welfare Code
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals she has to increase the income disregard pertaining to carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason and circumstances in which adult dependent allowance was ceased in the case of a person (details supplied); if the...
- State Pensions
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way a person (details supplied) might qualify for partial old age pension based on their contributions notwithstanding...
- Family Law Cases
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrangements might be made to deduct at source any maintenance due to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out an urgent review/appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); if this review could be carried out...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is deemed that a person (details supplied) received a PUP payment irregularly; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1042 of 9 September 2024, the information provided through Garda vetting of an individual...
- Social Welfare Benefits
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal basis on which non-means-tested benefits are being provided to Ukrainian nationals in a manner that appears to...
- Ministerial Staff
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to her, to include Ministers of State...
- Departmental Policies
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal status of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Ireland and Europe; and whether she is considering...
- Female Genital Mutilation
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal status of female genital mutilation in Irish law; and whether it is permissible for minors to be brought out of the...
- Citizenship Applications
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if urgent steps might be taken to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if urgent steps might be taken with a view...
- Residency Permits
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the relevant update of residency authorisation or GNIB card might be provided in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) continues to be subjected to continuous harassment and abuse from their former spouse,...
- Citizenship Applications
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position in regard to citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Immigration Status
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to join spouse can be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38456/24]
- Legal Aid
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to address the financial threshold for qualification for legal aid, with particular reference to the fact...
- Courts Service
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which further measures in relation to bail are required in order to combat crime while on bail; and if she will...
- Departmental Functions
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which backlogs in respect of applications for asylum, citizenship, naturalisation and updates of residency status...
- An Garda Síochána
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current total number of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38462/24]
- Antisocial Behaviour
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which crime levels of an anti-social nature in County Kildare continue to be addressed; and if she will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 18 September 2024, to outline the methodology used in assessing financing as being...
- Agriculture Schemes
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the start of the ACRES (geese and swan) which is due to start from 1 October 2024, by two to three weeks; and if he...
- Veterinary Services
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in an effort to try and tackle dog theft, he will consider the introduction of compulsory microchip verification by veterinarians...
- Harbours and Piers
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special...
- Agriculture Schemes
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an appeals process in relation to the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/24]
- Climate Change Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to strive to ensure that climate emission targets can be achieved without damage to the agri-food...
- Agriculture Industry
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons currently employed directly or indirectly in the agri-food sector in each of the past four years to date;...
- Dairy Sector
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the dairy sector continues to expand worldwide in terms of exports; the plans to enhance this sector in the...
- Climate Change Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which, in comparison with other agri-food producing countries throughout the globe, Ireland continues to make progress...
- Pigmeat Sector
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which a specific plan for the pig meat industry continues in this country; the progress being made in this particular...
- Beef Sector
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can confirm the future of the beef industry in this country, with particular reference to production...
- Fishing Industry
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the viability of the fishing industry for the benefit of families dependent on...
- Poultry Sector
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which conditions in the poultry industry continue to be lucrative from the producer's point of view; the degree to...
- Food Industry
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which markets remain lucrative throughout Europe and further afield for Irish lamb and lamb products; and if he will...
- Animal Diseases
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which animal diseases such as bovine TB continue to be eliminated in a meaningful way; the extent to which any...
- Harbours and Piers
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the state of disrepair of Purteen Harbour, which a group (details supplied) has been established to advocate for;...
- Agriculture Schemes
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who are members of ACRES will be paid; when his Department will issue outstanding scores to farmers; and if he will make...
- Fishing Industry
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the integrity of the scientific advice behind the closure of pollack fishery; and whether his Department has conducted a...
- Agriculture Schemes
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detail on the dedicated funding which will be made available for the upcoming tranche of the organic farming scheme. [38492/24]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Projects
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress and current work programme of the child law reporting project. [38327/24]
- Mother and Baby Homes
248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors, if those deemed eligible for redress are...
- Irish Sign Language
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is mandatory for hospitals to have staff who can communicate in sign language for those attending the...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric OT services in the Tralee and west Kerry area;...
- International Protection
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing complement and the annual budget of the International Protection Procurement Service since its...
- Childcare Services
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare providers that have signed a core funding scheme contract for any one year are under any legal...
- Public Sector Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a summary of the training currently in place throughout the civil service and public sector to ensure...
- Health Services
257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will see an occupational therapist and psychologist; and if he...
- Freedom of Information
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the Freedom of Information publishing log for his Department has not been updated since January 2023;...
- Commissions of Investigation
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an exact date as to when the final report from the Farrelly commission of investigation...
- Housing Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the total budget allocated by Government to develop and implement the rapid-build housing programme...
- Children in Care
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the pilot for supports for parents whose children are taken into care. [38325/24]
- Childcare Services
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, the procurement process for engaging...
- Ukraine War
269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legal basis on which non-means-tested benefits are being provided to Ukrainian nationals in a manner that...
- Childcare Services
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the possibility of a higher subvention under a scheme (details supplied) for childcare...
- Ministerial Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers...
- Childcare Services
274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role that will be fulfilled by the Childcare Development Agency, which he has established on an...
- Children in Care
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide additional funding to cover essential expenses for foster carers, including placement...
- Disability Services
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he expects appropriate services can be made available in the case of a person (details...
- Health Services
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to indicate, in respect of the ten-year-old daughter of a person (details supplied), if the appropriate level of...
- Family Resource Centres
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that necessary financial resources are allocated for 2025 to establish new family resource...
- Childcare Services
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional measures that will be implemented in 2025 to increase childcare places throughout the country, in...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that section 39 workers who are funded by her Department were excluded from the pay restoration agreement between the Workplace Relations...
- Mental Health Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO7 currently awaiting assessment for mental health services, in tabular form. [38226/24]
- Home Care Packages
286. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a home care package approved in April for a person (details supplied) has not been approved or put in place yet; if he will review the case urgently...
- Mental Health Services
287. To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter with regard to a mental health support service (details supplied). [38236/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38240/24]
- Mental Health Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on statutory funding streams which may be available to a stand-alone counselling service in Tullamore (details supplied) with...
- Hospital Appointments Status
291. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38256/24]
- Health Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health if the memo issued by the CEO of the HSE in October 2023 (details supplied), and the later communication from the national director of community operations...
- Hospital Appointments Status
293. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied). [38284/24]
- Health Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Measures
295. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the enactment of the National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38293/24]
- Hospital Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider cardiac patients in County Donegal with Non-STEMI being given the option of treatment in Altnagelvin Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the drug ozempic available on the drug payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/24]
- Hospital Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish an onsite neurology service at Mayo General Hospital; if he is aware that the national Neurology Model of Care, as well as a report...
- Ministerial Staff
299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by grade, duration of...
- General Practitioner Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health the earnings index that is used to update the median income used for setting the income threshold for GP cover; the period over which the index is measured;...
- Nursing Homes
301. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake of the concession in the fair deal means test (details supplied); and if he has considered further changes in the light of experience. [38393/24]
- Medicinal Products
302. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current shortage of a medication used for cancer treatment (details supplied) with supply issues due to last until July 2025; if he is...
- Children in Care
303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will coordinate with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure a cross-Government approach to supporting foster...
- Health Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health the delay in issuing a refund to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
305. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who, having been referred by her GP to University Hospital Limerick for a hip operation has...
- Nursing Homes
306. To ask the Minister for Health where on the list for a long-stay bed a person is (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38424/24]
- Medicinal Products
307. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the inclusion of ozempic in the drug payment scheme for purposes other than management of type 2 diabetes; if he has considered this in...
- Healthcare Policy
309. To ask the Minister for Health taking into consideration the findings from national and international research, the measures that will be implemented to deal with the impact of loneliness on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
312. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate, in respect of the ten-year-old daughter of a person (details supplied), if the appropriate level of assistance including physiotherapy and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to ringfence 10% of the national training fund for the charity sector to support digital upskilling (details supplied). [38264/24]
- Third Level Education
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the student intake number of non-EEA students in both UCC and TCD dental schools for the years 2006 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [38274/24]
- Education and Training Boards
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of craft apprentice instructors which have been recruited by the education and training boards to date, as part of the new recruitment...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of craft apprentices currently waiting to undertake phase 2, 4 and 6 off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by...
- Grant Payments
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maintenance payments and student contribution concessions which are now available to post-graduate students; if the exact same means...
- Departmental Data
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the studies or reports he consulted in advance of his recent statement criticising single-sex education; and in particular to outline...
- Grant Payments
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grant scheme operated by SUSI for further and higher education students is the only grant source for supporting students in colleges in...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
327. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to expedite the multi-annual funding proposals for the charity sector as outlined in her Department’s...
- Ministerial Staff
329. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to her, to include Ministers of State special...
