Written answers

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Staff
      1. To ask the Taoiseach 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 role held...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Government’s Global Ireland 2025 strategy under his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to assist Palestinian citizens who have been cleared to evacuate from the Palestinian region of Gaza and come to Ireland...
    • Official Engagements
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with his Japanese counterpart during the recent UN General Assembly. [38606/24]
    • EU Meetings
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when discussions on strengthening ties between the EU and Malaysia are next scheduled to be discussed at an EU Foreign Affairs Council...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the consul general based in Los Angeles has met or spoken formally with either the undersheriff or sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan...
    • Foreign Policy
      10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will openly and clearly oppose any further moves towards the accession of Georgia to the European Union in light of the stringent...
    • Official Engagements
      12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last spoke formally with the New Zealand Ambassador to Ireland. [39032/24]
    • Foreign Policy
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements and efforts in relation to the treatment of women in Afghanistan by the Taliban government; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Transport regarding the illegal transfer of arms through Ireland; and if he will...
    • Middle East
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Israeli government; if he has raised the illegal trafficking of arms through Ireland bound for...
    • Ukraine War
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 25 July 2023, and recent reports on the illegal trafficking of arms through Ireland, if he is...
    • Presidential Elections
      18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 6 March 2024, the Programme for Government commitment to hold a referendum on extending the...
    • Official Engagements
      19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Fuel Quality
      21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current standard of testing for diesel fuel EN590; when in the supply chain testing is undertaken; and if he will...
    • Recycling Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review correspondence (details supplied); and if these items are returnable under the scheme. [38513/24]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to address concerns around energy storage systems (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the transposition into Irish law of the Network and Information Systems Directive II...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the regional renewable energy strategies; when these will be translated into county level...
    • Just Transition
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the establishment of a just transition commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bord na Móna
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that Bord Na Móna pays its yearly dividends to shareholders in one lot and not over a space of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Middle East
      60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the next steps for the highly-trained soldiers on peacekeeping duties in Lebanon, given the deteriorating situation between Israel and that...
    • Departmental Policies
      61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has carried out a SWOT analysis or any other detailed analysis on Ireland joining the European Sky Shield Initiative; if he has any...
    • Middle East
      62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are contingency plans in place to ensure the safety of Irish Defence Forces deployed with UNIFIL in Lebanon; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any members of the Defence Forces in Lebanon have had to pay for their own flights home in the past six months; the number of members to whom...
    • Middle East
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to reports that weapons of war bound for Israel have been illegally trafficked through Ireland, if he has conducted an analysis as to...
    • Official Engagements
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the...
    • Defence Forces
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his engagement with veterans' associations; the work of his Department to support veterans; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Consultations
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the OPW will carry out certain works (details supplied) arising from damage caused as a result of the serious flooding event in the...
    • Vehicle Testing
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tests that have been undertaken under the commercial vehicle roadworthiness regulations or any other relevant regulations...
    • Bus Services
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns regarding the infrequent bus service to Rocky Island, Cork, which serves in excess of 250 personnel living in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a club (details supplied) not included in a scheme can apply for these EV charging points; how the successful clubs were selected; the...
    • Rail Network
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of plans for dedicated bike lockers and sheltered bike storage for Wicklow train station; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Projects
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has instructed all local authorities to withhold planned road improvement...
    • Bus Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person, and their rank or position within the National Transport Authority or Dublin Bus, who did not make an application for the...
    • Rail Network
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bike spaces on trains available on each intercity rail route; and if the new intercity carriages coming onboard over the...
    • Dublin Bus
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tickets that were sold for the Dublin Bus ‘hop on, hop off’ services in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and...
    • Driver Test
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review has been undertaken on the decision to reduce essential driver training (EDT) to six hours instead of 12 hours, as instructors...
    • Electric Vehicles
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options available to install an EV charging point outside a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38700/24]
    • Bus Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus service will be provided for Palatine village to facilitate travel to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown, by gender and location, of all driving test failures to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Active Travel
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for active travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38723/24]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an increase to a pension (details supplied) can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38755/24]
    • Bus Éireann
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the scheduled Bus Éireann service from Waterford to Rosslare Ferry, which is scheduled to arrive at Rosslare Port five...
    • Rail Network
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the provision of secure bike lockers at commuter rail stations; if he will consider creating a ringfenced budget...
    • Bus Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position with a new rural link service in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected timeframe involved; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of providing free public transport for all third level students. [38899/24]
    • Bus Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to address the irregularity of the No. 9 bus service on St. James Road, Greenhills,...
    • Public Transport
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on talks between the National Transport Authority and Local Link to provide improved public transport connectivity in the...
    • Rail Network
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the reduction in the direct services on the Grand Canal Dock to Hazelhatch-Celbridge at rush hour times; if the previous...
    • Tree Remediation
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the number of landowners across the country who have trees which are non-commercial plantations impacted by ash dieback...
    • Driver Test
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the manner in which he can assure that driving tests, either theory or practical, are conducted in line with required standards; if such...
    • Rail Network
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding resumption of catering services onboard Irish Rail intercity services; and when is it expected these...
    • Bus Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take in relation to the increasing reports of no-shows of the No. 59 bus (details supplied); if a report on this...
    • Official Engagements
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014;...
    • Departmental Consultations
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...
    • Driver Test
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times, and the number of people on the list, for those seeking to take a driving test in counties Louth and Meath. [39192/24]
    • National Car Test
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times, and the number of people on the list, for those seeking NCT tests in counties Louth and Meath. [39193/24]
    • Rail Network
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for a new train station in north Drogheda; if he has had discussions with the National Transport Authority on this...
    • Public Transport
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Drogheda and east Meath will be included in the reduced fares Dublin commuter zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reduction of morning rail services from Drogheda to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39196/24]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Credits
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of taxpayers who are eligible to claim the rent tax credit; the number of renters who have claimed the tax credit in each year since its...
    • Tax Code
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the VAT liability on mobility aides (details supplied). [38552/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compliance interventions made by the large-case high-wealth individuals division of the Revenue Commissioners; and the money recouped as a...
    • Middle East
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Israeli national bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland; the total value and the yearly breakdown (both purchased in that year and total...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investigations and prosecutions undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to diesel fuel standards from 2022 to 2024 inclusive; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the threat of vulture funds given their resistance to dealing with the original borrowers in a fair manner; if he will consider eliminating...
    • Electric Vehicles
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if, given the drop in EV car sales and the requirement of carbon reduction under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, he will in Budget...
    • Tax Code
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if capital acquisitions tax is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38859/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent a room scheme allows for the renting of rooms to immediate family members. [38958/24]
    • Tax Code
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38961/24]
    • Financial Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the work underway within his Department to strengthen obligations on regulated financial service providers to prevent and address actual or suspected...
    • Departmental Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars sold with an open market selling above €70,000 and above €100,000 in the first eight months of 2024. [39044/24]
    • Official Engagements
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these...
    • Departmental Consultations
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will issue regarding a pay agreement and expenditure requirements for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE structural engineers, by grade, employed by the OPW in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [38616/24]
    • Flood Risk Management
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if repairs will be carried out to the bank of the river Maine in County Kerry (details supplied) to prevent further flooding of lands;...
    • Office of Public Works
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the duration, timings and cost per annum of all leases at Bishop's Square; the timings and duration of all fit outs; the reasons for any...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging points at Leinster House recently; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on potential actions he will take to deal with the large amount of birds on the OPW Jamestown Road workshop...
    • An Garda Síochána
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within Carlow-Kilkenny division that were refurbished by the OPW and where the costs are in excess of €100,000...
    • Legislative Measures
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Engagements
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014;...
    • Departmental Consultations
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Legislative Measures
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2004 (as amended by the Copyright and other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019)...
    • Industrial Development
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA visits with potential employers to each county in each of the years 2013 to 2023, in tabular form. [38732/24]
    • EU Directives
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the transposition into Irish law of the Platform Work EU Directive; when this is likely to take...
    • Export Controls
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 18 September 2024, the number of dual use export licences he has granted in the past 24...
    • Work Permits
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline, since the announcement on 3 July 2024 regarding the quota of 150 general employment permits for the role of sea fisher,...
    • Budget 2025
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to pre-Budget 2025 submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he received an employer’s permit application (details supplied); and when it is expected that a decision will be made on...
    • Export Controls
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 18 September 2024, and further to reports of arms being illegally trafficked through...
    • Official Engagements
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January...
    • Departmental Consultations
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Disabilities Assessments
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will have their cognitive assessment and educational assessment completed. [39120/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38485/24]
    • School Accommodation
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to allow for the building of a long-planned ASD classroom; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide details of any forthcoming ASD units; the units under development in planning for any primary schools in Rush or surrounding...
    • School Accommodation
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) moving to a permanent location. [38512/24]
    • State Examinations
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of allocated time for students with dyslexia doing the Junior and Leaving Certificate (details supplied); the...
    • School Facilities
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to assist with the reduced play area at a school (details supplied) due to extensions and a growing school population in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for students of national schools with dyslexia, given that class sizes are expanding; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on works on the extension of a school (details supplied) and the development of other schools on the site. [38573/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special education classes will be opened in four Dublin 12 schools (details supplied); and to provide a response on each individual school,...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the present allocation for the FUSE programme; and the number of schools and teachers benefitting at present. [38583/24]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the primary pupil-teacher ratio by one point, two points, and three points. [38584/24]
    • School Facilities
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of establishing new Junior Certificate school library programmes in ten additional schools and in 50 additional schools. [38586/24]
    • School Funding
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the rate of general capitation by 10%, 20% and 30%. [38587/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of expanding the present mental health counselling pilots to include 1,000 additional pupils. [38588/24]
    • School Staff
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of cost of increasing the PME incentive scheme by €2,000. [38589/24]
    • School Curriculum
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide modern foreign language education at primary level. [38590/24]
    • School Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of hiring an additional special needs assistant; and the cost of hiring an additional special education teacher. [38591/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of expanding the summer programme to include more schools and more students. [38592/24]
    • School Staff
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of hiring an additional home-school liaison co-ordinator. [38594/24]
    • School Textbooks
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of expanding the free schoolbooks scheme to all remaining students. [38596/24]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on the summer works programme since 2020. [38597/24]
    • School Facilities
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the scheme to install solar panels for schools; the number of applications that have been received and processed...
    • Education Schemes
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will participate in the bringing live arts to students and teachers programme in the 2024-2025 academic year. [38618/24]
    • School Funding
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of doubling the transition year grant. [38623/24]
    • State Examinations
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans for the introduction of extra time as a reasonable accommodation for dyslexic students in State...
    • School Enrolments
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with additional or special needs in each county that are waiting enrolment in a school; the number therein waiting...
    • School Transport
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the establishment of a dedicated school transport service that picks up students in Ballyboughal village (details supplied)....
    • Schools Building Projects
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the works at a school (details supplied); the expected completion date for the construction works; the timeline...
    • School Transport
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that transport is provided to a student with additional needs attending a special school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Teacher Training
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will waive fees for the master's course to teach in secondary school in the immediate as part of Budget 2025, given the teacher shortage;...
    • Departmental Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the scoping inquiry into sexual abuse in schools, if she will provide a list of organisations that offer support to survivors, per...
    • School Admissions
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person will be assisted with a school placement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38709/24]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the establishment of the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools. [38711/24]
    • State Examinations
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department to take urgent action ensuring the introduction of extra time for students with dyslexia and other learning...
    • School Transport
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Recommendation 4.3.b of her Department’s Review of the School Transport Scheme - Report 3, which was to be implemented in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to establishing an autism class at a school (details supplied) in time for the school year 2024-2025. [38727/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the application by a school (details supplied) can be expedited for a much-needed extension to the school in order to accommodate the growing...
    • School Accommodation
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be reached in respect of a stage 1 application, in view that the school (details supplied) is awaiting the outcome of this...
    • State Examinations
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to allocate extra time for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties in second level education...
    • Special Educational Needs
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in hand to address the lack of special classes in secondary schools in north Kildare; whether additional classes will be made available...
    • School Accommodation
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38850/24]
    • State Examinations
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to introduce additional time during State exams for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and so on; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sports Facilities
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Topical Issue debate No. 2 of 25 September 2024, the technical advice and reports that her Department has received which has led to...
    • School Facilities
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to establish a national advisory group on school library provision and to develop a national strategy ensuring every school...
    • State Examinations
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for the immediate expansion of the Junior Certificate school programme demonstration library project, by school; how the...
    • School Facilities
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to address Ireland’s lag in school library provision compared to European neighbours and other developed...
    • School Enrolments
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level, and the number enrolled at post-primary level, as...
    • Special Educational Needs
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants and special needs teachers working under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her contacts with a school (details supplied) in respect of the proposed building programme at the school; and if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) does not have DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38950/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when written confirmation will issue authorising a project (details supplied) to proceed with Stage 2A; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received the Cineáltas flag; if she will ensure the flag is provided without delay; and if...
    • School Funding
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to help avoid a potential issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38979/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the significant disparity between primary school special classes and secondary school special classes in terms of school...
    • School Transport
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate additional resources to Bus Éireann post-primary school transport scheme to allow a larger bus on a school bus route...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be included in the schools energy retrofit pathfinder programme, rather than substantial funding being...
    • State Examinations
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce extra time as a reasonable accommodation for certain students (details supplied) in second-level examinations; and if she...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate the support services for children in DEIS rural schools. [39016/24]
    • State Examinations
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issue of extra time at State examinations for students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia; the reason the State Examinations...
    • Special Educational Needs
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on an SEN reconfiguration project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39031/24]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2025 to recruit 50 additional WTE psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [39035/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quantity surveyors and senior quantity surveyors employed by her Department in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 25 September 2024, if she will revisit her response and indicate if the school identified can be...
    • Official Engagements
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the...
    • School Transport
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has corresponded with Bus Éireann in respect of that company’s arbitrary rule that prevents drivers aged 70 and over from...
    • Departmental Consultations
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications...
    • Budget 2025
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence from a principal (details supplied) ahead of Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39163/24]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount provided by her Department in 2023 which went towards supporting the art of dance; and the amount of money provided by...
    • Commemorative Events
      234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason is it taking so long for the announcement on when and where the Irish An Gorta Mór Commemoration Day will be held...
    • Brexit Supports
      235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a full breakdown of how the Brexit Adjustment Fund funding allocated to her Department was spent, by project, in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of students who will participate in creative schools in the 2024-2025 academic year. [38598/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of the applications from Dublin who received grant aid under 2023 night-time economy noise migration scheme, and the...
    • Sports Facilities
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a progress report on each of the locations selected under the 2021 €19 million allocation to build world-class...
    • Departmental Programmes
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of expanding the creative schools programme to benefit ten more schools. [38619/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to explain the decrease in funding for applicants to the arts grants funding scheme in 2024, given the increase in funding for the...
    • Departmental Policies
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has any plans to introduce targeted regional supports for the TV and film production sector, particularly in the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs created with the intervention of Údarás na Gaeltachta in each Gaeltacht area in each of the years...
    • Sports Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of sports capital applications will likely open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38879/24]
    • Television Licence Fee
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of TV licences collected, the cost to the Exchequer of TV licence collection, distinguishing the payment to An Post,...
    • Commemorative Events
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the next overseas national famine commemoration day. [38949/24]
    • Sports Funding
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any supports available for groups who have received sports capital funding to assist with the expensive professional...
    • State Bodies
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of the State agencies under the remit of her Department that have yet to issue her Department with their most recent...
    • Official Engagements
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January...
    • Departmental Consultations
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...
    • Sports Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed response on the reasons why a grant application for a sports club (details supplied) was refused; when this...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Schemes
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the pricing of homes under the affordable purchase scheme is based on an open market valuation, rather than the...
    • Departmental Policies
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to recent media comments he made in County Louth, whether the Government has now reviewed its position on the matter...
    • Housing Schemes
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which sufficient funds and staff are available to each local authority throughout the country, including Kildare...
    • Defective Building Materials
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed increase in the maximum grant rate under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme will be applied...
    • Departmental Budgets
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subheading A.16 of the Revised Estimates for...
    • Electoral Process
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of spoiled votes in each electoral area in County Mayo in the 2024 local elections, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Housing Schemes
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the present closing date for the vacant house grant, the croí cónaithe scheme, in view of delays in getting work...
    • Local Authorities
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a degree (BSc) in construction management, combined with an assistant engineer qualification from a body (details...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his officials in the National Parks and Wildlife Service will confirm that pike are an invasive fish species in...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the long-proposed updating of the planning guidelines for wind turbine development; if he plans to make...
    • Housing Policy
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied at the adequacy of existing tenant in situ regulations; and his plans to revise the ACG in respect of new...
    • Septic Tanks
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38811/24]
    • Fire Service
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the progress of the Fire Service Capital Programme 2021-2025, with direct reference to delivery to date of the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delayed process of establishing the National Parks and Wildlife Service stakeholder forum; if he will...
    • Defective Building Materials
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the limits for the ancillary grant under Section 22 (1) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged...
    • Housing Schemes
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider broadening the eligibility terms and conditions for the first home scheme in order that individuals who,...
    • Defective Building Materials
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently engage with the Housing Agency on the need to pause all of its decisions to overturn the recommendations...
    • Official Engagements
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since...
    • Departmental Consultations
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an...
    • Land Issues
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of ongoing issues in relation to the State regarding boundary disputes arising from the digitisation of land...
    • Derelict Sites
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria to determine if a building should be designated as being derelict; the actions that can be taken because of any...
    • Departmental Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE conservation architects directly employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing lists in counties Louth and Meath. [39184/24]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who are homeless in counties Louth and Meath. [39185/24]
    • Housing Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses that have been built in County Louth in 2023 and to date in 2024, with specific details for...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Citizens Information Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will sanction the Citizens Information Service's pay claim, which has been recommended by the...
    • Irish Sign Language
      288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues with the voucher scheme run by the Sign Language Interpreting Service and Citizens...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new jobseeker's allowance scheme will be available to persons recently made redundant; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that arising from an adjudication hearing of 23 February 2024, her Department was directed to engage with a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow an applicant in receipt of disability allowance to transfer directly to an invalidity pension if they have...
    • Social Welfare Code
      300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the consultation that has taken place to date between Department officials and the Office of the...
    • State Pensions
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department records the number of long-term family carers who are excluded from the State pension (contributory) scheme...
    • Gender Equality
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the progress to achieve the objectives of the report of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Gender...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays in application and appeal decisions relating to the domiciliary care allowance; and the efforts that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in light of the review report in Nature Medicine in August 2024 (details supplied), if she will review the wrap around...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a method of payment will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizens Information Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38985/24]
    • Social Welfare Code
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the age from 66 years for the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39007/24]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when permission for a short-stay (C) multiple-entry visa in the case of a person (details supplied) will issue; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38488/24]
    • Asylum Applications
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has recently reviewed the designation of South Africa as a safe country for asylum applicants; the number of other EU...
    • Citizenship Applications
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, where a family is applying for citizenship, they can all apply under the same certified birth, marriage and death...
    • Visa Applications
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a decision has not been reached to date on a family reunification visa appeal (details supplied) in view of the...
    • Middle East
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Palestinian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in the Palestinian regions under...
    • Ukraine War
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ukrainian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in Ukraine under Russian attack, as...
    • International Protection
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees that have been given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland, as programme refugees, under the family...
    • Family Reunification
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied), in view of the serious safety...
    • An Garda Síochána
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda operation Saul; the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation; and if this...
    • Departmental Policies
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recent developments arising from the establishment, a number of years ago, of an office on Capel Street in Dublin which was...
    • Prison Service
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unhindered full-time addiction nurse posts within the prison service. [38670/24]
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on the situation of a person (details supplied). [38766/24]
    • Asylum Applications
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of an asylum case for persons (details supplied); if the Minister will instruct her Department to grant asylum,...
    • Public Inquiries
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received correspondence of behalf of the families of those killed in an explosion in Creeslough, County Donegal on 7...
    • Departmental Strategies
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Zero Tolerance Strategy implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38804/24]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is on track to engage with relevant Government fora and departments to inform the development of public...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to extend the eligibility criteria of citizenship by naturalisation to include time spent in Northern...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an Irish citizen currently incarcerated in a French prison (details supplied); and the status of transferring the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications still without a decision who had applied in in each of the years 2020 to 2022, broken...
    • Legislative Reviews
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the publication of the review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Visa Applications
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a study visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the OPW of providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past ten years, in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application will be completed, in view that it is 23 months since the application (details supplied) was...
    • An Garda Síochána
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí within Carlow-Kilkenny division that are currently trained in the usage of drones. [39033/24]
    • Official Engagements
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any Minister or official in the government of Israel since...
    • Departmental Consultations
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the scoring for the ACRES, if farmers can be advised of what their scoring is; if farmers will be given time to...
    • Harbours and Piers
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his officials will ensure that the installation of any proposed floating pier at Inchagoill Island in Lough Corrib special...
    • Agriculture Industry
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to ensure that a herd number transfer request (details supplied) which was submitted over 12...
    • Agriculture Supports
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason many young farmers (details supplied) are being denied young trained farmer grants and supports; if he proposes to change...
    • Harbours and Piers
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for urgent works on the slipway at Renard Pier, Caherciveen (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of the horses due for slaughter since an abattoir (details supplied) was closed down. [38753/24]
    • Agriculture Industry
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the deadline for spreading slurry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38765/24]
    • Fishing Industry
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if draft net licence holders are eligible under any of the recently announced fisheries grant schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on training programme places (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38788/24]
    • Agriculture Industry
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the deadline for slurry spreading to 15 October, as in previous years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual renumeration for members of the Forestry Appeals Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38827/24]
    • Animal Passports
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when equine passports will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38861/24]
    • Food Industry
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in tonnes of grain, such as maize, soya, wheat, and barley, that were imported into Ireland in 2023; the countries...
    • Tax Code
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38962/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 balancing ACRES payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 25 September 2024, if he will confirm that his Department proactively seeks evidence on...
    • Official Engagements
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January...
    • Departmental Consultations
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to alleviate the pressure at a centre (details supplied) which has resulted in one of the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 18 September 2024, the number of people who have attempted to apply...
    • Disability Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons resident in a congregated setting, by county, local age and type of residence...
    • Nursing Homes
      382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will release the necessary funding to continue to fund transitioning those under 65 years out of nursing...
    • Disability Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite centres that stopped being operational in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE forensic accountants employed by his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Schemes
      386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projected cost of expanding the in-school therapy pilot scheme to include five additional schools. [38626/24]
    • School Transport
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance will be provided to a family for transport of a person with special needs (details supplied); and...
    • Childcare Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a crèche (details supplied) will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38690/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the baby bundle initiative; the number of sets of new parents that benefitted from the initiative;...
    • Family Resource Centres
      391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is concerned that there is no family resource centre serving the people of Dungarvan and west Waterford;...
    • Disability Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for residential placement; when such a...
    • Childcare Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, if he will investigate the fact that...
    • Maternity Leave
      397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, when the legislation allowing ill women to defer maternity leave is passed, this will be backdated; and if...
    • School Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a case for funding for a school (details supplied). [38790/24]
    • International Protection
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has been in consultation with the owners of the property (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Legislative Measures
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to safeguard institutional archives; and if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to expedite a mother and baby home compensation claim (details supplied). [38808/24]
    • Childcare Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to ensure that providers are remaining in the core funding model (details supplied);...
    • Disability Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the nearest children's disability network team for residents on the Navan Road area, Dublin; and the waiting...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on resolving any outstanding issues with the enduring powers of attorney online...
    • Disability Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently on waiting lists for essential therapies such as occupational therapy,...
    • Childcare Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the planned universal expansion of the national childcare scheme will extend to the case of a person (details...
    • Disability Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 18 September 2024, the reason for the reduction in service...
    • Child and Family Agency
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any relevant criteria were considered ahead of the purchase of a property (details supplied) by Tusla; the...
    • Disability Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken in Carlow CDNT to address significant and entrenched recruitment issues; the date by...
    • Care Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider amending the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older...
    • Disability Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider amending the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for...
    • Official Engagements
      415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of...
    • Disability Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the proposal for the provision of day services for young adults based in a currently unfinished...
    • Departmental Consultations
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice...
    • Childcare Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the milestones for the establishment of the Early Childhood and Childcare Agency; the range...
    • Patient Transport
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if CHO9 will be provided with funding for patient transport to hospital appointments or respite services in...
    • International Protection
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he intends to respond to the recent High Court ruling declaring that the State's failure to meet the basic...
  • Department of Health
    • Care of the Elderly
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons currently on the waiting list for healthcare assistants/home support workers in County Donegal, in tabular form. [39085/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants/home support workers per home support resource manager in every county across the State, in tabular form. [39088/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the provision of continuous glucose monitoring sensors for a person in Meath (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the person within the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board that signed off on the tender contract for the National Children’s Hospital, and...
    • Hospital Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigations into the suitability of the Palmershill site for the development of a community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; to...
    • Health Service Executive
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to address an issue in relation to vacant posts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38502/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38518/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will address an issue in relation to a director of nursing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38520/24]
    • Tax Code
      438. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is an important public health aspect to excise duties for both alcohol and tobacco which account for the external societal cost...
    • Medicinal Products
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug interferon alfa (pegasys) is in short supply and unavailable for those who are living with MPNs; if the drug besremi will be made available...
    • Primary Care Centres
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a primary health care centre for Santry, Whitehall, and Beaumont, Dublin, given the significant growth in population in these areas; and...
    • Gender Recognition
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of work time of the clinical lead for transgender services which is dedicated to clinical practice at the National Gender Service; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if there is full cover for CAMHS and for adult mental health and psychiatry patients in the Dungarvan area in County Waterford, or if it is only emergency...
    • Pension Provisions
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address a pension abatement liability being faced by a worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38575/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the former Baggot Street Hospital, which is not being used, and could be a very useful community facility; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      446. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current policy regarding the acceptance of referrals from private hospitals to the new community care and rehabilitation centre in Nenagh,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an appointment with HSE eye clinics for children in the CHO9 area. [38615/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      448. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the engagements his Department has had with scoliosis advocacy groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38642/24]
    • Health Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all the scoliosis-related surgical procedures carried out for each of the past ten years by Children’s Health Ireland or, previously,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children, per county, who are waiting on scoliosis treatment; and if he will provide a breakdown of the time spent on the waiting lists, per...
    • Healthcare Policy
      454. To ask the Minister for Health when an investigative report will be published (details supplied) on the use of unauthorised springs in spinal surgeries at Temple Street Hospital; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for completion of the internal audit review into the allocation of €19 million to Children’s Health Ireland to tackle waiting lists...
    • Health Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the Paediatric Spinal Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38652/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if a site (details supplied) will remain in HSE ownership, in all or in part; the amount of the land is owned by the HSE; if the HSE has plans for the lands;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      464. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the costing of long-Covid clinics from 2020 to date, in tabular form; if he is aware of patients experiencing cancelled appointments reported as due...
    • Legislative Measures
      465. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to reform section 14 of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if there are planned changes to Garda training and policy related to same. [38692/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/24]
    • Cancer Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the recently published National Radiation Therapist Review report and recommendations, when the recommendations essential for delivery of radiation...
    • Ambulance Service
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of ambulance stations in County Monaghan; if he proposes to provide additional ambulance stations in the county; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cancer Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapy staff at each radiation oncology unit; the number required to adequately staff each unit for each of the past five years, to...
    • Care Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated and spent in each CHO for each year from 2022 to date in 2024, on intensive home care packages and dementia-specific packages; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the consultant psychiatrist position at Dungarvan, County Waterford; the length of time to date the position has remained vacant; when...
    • Pension Provisions
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise regarding correspondence received in relation to abatement of public service occupational pensions from the Department of Public Expenditure,...
    • Nursing Homes
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of HSE audiologists conducting visits to HSE-owned nursing homes to ensure that residents can have their hearing checked and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that a person (details supplied) will have their surgery carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund without any further delay. [38761/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      483. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a new base for the National Ambulance Service in Athlone. [38762/24]
    • Medical Cards
      484. To ask the Minister for Health to review medical card eligibility (details supplied) for a 16-year-old constituent who suffers from the life-long illness, Tetralogy of Fallot disease, and is...
    • Departmental Reports
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38786/24]
    • Health Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the needs of this child will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      490. To ask the Minister for Health in light of the review report in Nature Medicine by Dr. Al-Aly et al in August 2024 (details supplied) if he will review the public health measures around...
    • Care Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a care service withdrawn for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38848/24]
    • Budget 2025
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm receipt of the pre-Budget 2025 submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38856/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can avail of a compensation measure to confirm their nursing qualifications; the opportunities available to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the provision of a new hospital in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38868/24]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens working in the north of Ireland and living in the south of Ireland are entitled to a medical card as a frontline worker; and if he will make...
    • Medicinal Products
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that linaclotide (constella® 290mg) is not covered by the drugs payment scheme or for persons who are in receipt of a medical card; and if he...
    • Hospital Facilities
      498. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a hospital building (details supplied) to be ready to accommodate residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38873/24]
    • Cancer Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept and fully implement the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report to ensure adequate staffing levels for radiation...
    • Health Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 24 September 2024, the position regarding his commitment to ask that metachromatic leukodystrophy is added to...
    • Medical Cards
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent review can take place regarding the refusal of a discretionary medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment can be offered as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38932/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) was refused a sensor technology device for type 1 diabetes; if this decision can be reviewed, given the positive impact...
    • Mental Health Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts advertised in the Cork/Kerry primary care child and adolescent psychology services since January 2024; the date those posts were...
    • Hospice Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current...
    • Cancer Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on...
    • Home Help Service
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if the full allocation of home help will be granted to a person in county Kerry (details supplied); if the home help hours will be provided earlier in the...
    • Hospital Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, the reason, given that there was a signature from the person (details supplied), that an...
    • National Children's Hospital
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the contract for IT infrastructure for the National Children's Hospital recently awarded to a company (details supplied), in tabular form;...
    • Health Service Executive
      513. To ask the Minister for Health further to funding commitments made in 2004 to develop national electronic healthcare records, how the electronic health records in St. James’s Hospital...
    • Medicinal Products
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure those who rely on peginterferon á to manage blood cancer, among other diseases, are not losing out while its...
    • Mental Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional 164 acute psychiatric beds in view of the HSE's report on acute bed capacity this year; and the estimated...
    • Hospital Procedures
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of kidney, heart and lung transplant procedures carried out within the State to-date in 2024. [39039/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      518. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, given the pending sale of a nursing home (details supplied) to a for-profit private care provider, the efforts his Department, the older...
    • Official Engagements
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any Minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these...
    • Hospital Facilities
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2024, in tabular form. [39090/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2024, in tabular form. [39099/24]
    • Medical Cards
      541. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to include the MRI pelvic gynae scan on MRIs covered by the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health his views on long-stay beds at the Dean Maxwell Unit in Roscrea; if long-stay beds at the unit will remain in place indefinitely or if they will remain in...
    • Mental Health Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) was taken off a CAMHS priority list, purely on the basis of their change in address; and whether they will be...
    • Hospital Equipment
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if any request has been made by Monaghan Hospital to either the Cavan and Monaghan hospital group, or the HSE, for consideration for the provision of either an...
    • Departmental Communications
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or...
    • Mental Health Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the TrakCare system in the National Forensic Mental Health Service; to report on the improvement to services as a result of its use; and if he...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      547. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the integrated community case management system that was to be developed for services such as primary care; the cost of this system; and if he...
    • Social Workers Register
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing period for an applicant from Northern Ireland to receive their recognition of qualifications from CORU in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to...
    • Health Services Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, by grade, in tabular form; if he will provide an update on the recruitment process to fill...
    • Mental Health Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide a list, detailing the numbers on the waiting lists for CAHMS in Drogheda and South Louth broken down by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-month...
    • General Practitioner Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Drogheda; the number of GPs that are required to deal with the ongoing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39182/24]
    • Dental Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health how many adults are awaiting public dental treatment in counties Louth and Meath; and to provide details of how long they are awaiting treatment. [39187/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      557. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the number of people on waiting lists and a breakdown of the average waiting times they are experiencing in each outpatient department at...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if more support will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38483/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts his Department had with a company (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of services this...
    • Third Level Education
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of places available on speech and language therapy courses. [38624/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reintroduce the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme to assist recruitment in the construction trades; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Training
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for additional funding for the diploma in special education; if he is satisfied at the adequacy of current resourcing to...
    • Climate Action Plan
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on actions JT/24/1 and JT/24/2 under the Climate Action Plan 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/24]
    • Education and Training Boards
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SOLAS has fully funded education and training boards to provide for the regularisation of tutors employed in its adult, community and further...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme for employers to €5,000, €7,000...
    • Third Level Costs
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of doubling the number of speech and language therapy training places in third level; and the cost of...
    • Third Level Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of reducing the staff/student ratios in further and higher education by one point, two points and...
    • Education Schemes
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing funding for Northern Ireland students' EU mobilities to €4 million, €6...
    • Research Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing co-centres programme funding to €100 million for all-island research and...
    • Third Level Education
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of providing a €250, €500, €750 and €900 placement grant for third level...
    • Further and Higher Education
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills ask the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of expanding FET...
    • Third Level Education
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the Student Assistance fund by €2.5 million, €5 million and...
    • Departmental Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the fund for students with disabilities by 25%, 50%, and 75%. [38903/24]
    • Third Level Education
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of raising PhD stipends to €25,000, €30,000 and €35,000. [38905/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of abolishing student contribution fees for apprenticeships. [38906/24]
    • Education and Training Boards
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SOLAS has not provided funding to Cavan-Monaghan Education and Training Board, which has resulted in the postponement of some autumn...
    • Third Level Education
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the available grant options for intending students who wish to pursue part-time master's degree courses, given the fact that many people are not...
    • Further and Higher Education
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if allowances can be made for students applying for SUSI grants if they are from defective block homes and availing of the enhanced defective...
    • Official Engagements
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of funding issues within the Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board that resulted in adult education tutors and students...
    • Departmental Consultations
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Animal Welfare
      588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of reports of an increasing number of XL bully dogs being abandoned across the country; and if she will make a...
    • Community Development Projects
      590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with a project in County Kildare (details supplied); the expected completion date; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Communications
      591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she, or her Department, has received or sent any correspondence to/from Eirgrid, ESB, ESB Networks, or major projects in relation...
    • Community Development Projects
      592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are any grant supports available for community groups who are carrying out large infrastructural development projects to...
    • Control of Dogs
      593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the requirement for third party liability insurance for XL bully dog owners who have obtained a certificate of exemption for their...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views with regard to the Charities Act 2009 as amended by Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 new section 54C which provides that the...
    • Official Engagements
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January...
    • Departmental Consultations
      604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external...