Written answers

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to encourage more young people into apprenticeships and trades. [40066/24]
    • Third Level Education
      15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the engineering building in SETU, and progress of the bundle 2 procurement process; his plans to ensure a timely...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on how the recruitment campaign for craft apprentice instructors by the education and training boards is progressing; the number of...
    • Student Accommodation
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his strategy for addressing student accommodation shortfalls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40032/24]
    • Third Level Education
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the assignment of a new pharmacy school to applicant universities to address the significant shortfall of pharmacists...
    • Third Level Fees
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider abolishing third level student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40033/24]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      21. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Contracts
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of companies that applied for the contract to construct the new Ireland House in Chicago but were unsuccessful, in tabular form....
    • Consular Services
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish embassy in the United Kingdom offers the facility for a landlord of an Irish property to sign a statutory declaration under...
    • Middle East
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support being provided to persons (details supplied) to assist them in being evacuated from Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether a person who was born in the UK to an Irish mother, and was subsequently adopted by a UK family, is eligible for an Irish passport;...
    • Departmental Meetings
      27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a request from a family for an urgent meeting (details supplied); if he intends to meet the family in order to discuss...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40108/24]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of work-related credit cards that have been issued to each Irish ambassador, deputy ambassador or equivalent, and consul general,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the...
    • Middle East
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the plans, if any, of the European Commission to review the EU Israel Association Agreement in light of the atrocities in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Foreshore Issues
      34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received an application for a foreshore licence from Donegal County Council for a pontoon at...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the broadband outage (details supplied) that has impacted the Dunderrow area of Kinsale, County Cork will be...
    • Recycling Policy
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make a commitment to providing incentives for businesses to implement a paper cup collection scheme by...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of the reported 6.8% emissions reduction in 2023 that is contributed by imported electricity; what this...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to his commitment to increase the delivery of offshore renewable energy around the coast, in line with our...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the delay in the roll out of broadband in Kilcrea, Donabate given the rollout was to be completed in 2022 and...
    • EU Directives
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on progress in fulfilling the obligations in Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791; if...
    • Electricity Grid
      41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an investment of €750 million will be made in the electricity grid; what the mechanism for placing this...
    • Official Engagements
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bilateral meetings he had during his recent visit to New York for the UN General Assembly. [40134/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the...
    • Waterways Issues
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which ongoing restocking of lakes, rivers and waterways throughout the country takes place on a regular...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Coast Guard Service
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40301/24]
    • Road Network
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated to all road infrastructure and maintenance since 2020; and the breakdown of funding for roads, by local...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 19 September 2024, the criteria to be used by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the...
    • Driver Licences
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a licence can be exchanged (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39636/24]
    • Bus Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of reports in relation to consistent issues of overcrowding with the 15B bus; if he will improve this bus service, making...
    • Rail Network
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of signalling faults recorded at Connolly Station in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [39699/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charger points at each Irish Rail car park as of 30 September 2024. [39700/24]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of emails he and his secretary general have received 2 September 2024 from active members of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme,...
    • Public Transport
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed connecting Ireland route (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure this is prioritised...
    • Electric Vehicles
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants are available for approved housing bodies that wish to install electric charging points on their grounds for their tenants....
    • Driver Licences
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons with vehicles from Ukraine that have had their driving licences exchanged from Ukrainian to Irish licences; and if...
    • Rail Network
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to electrify any of the rail systems in the State; how soon he expects such systems to be approved and in place; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Topical Issue No. 2 of 10 July 2024, the action, if any, he has taken on the proposal to carry out a feasibility study on a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) regarding insurance premiums for electric vehicles; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to supply additional carriages from Midleton to Cork, Monday to Friday, between peak times of...
    • Driver Test
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a retest for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39855/24]
    • Public Transport
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of expanding the Leitrim integrated transport pilot project nationally. [39874/24]
    • Taxi Licences
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of extending the wheelchair-accessible vehicle taxi grant scheme to vehicles up to 8-, 10-...
    • Departmental Schemes
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of rolling out the travel assistance scheme nationally. [39876/24]
    • Airport Policy
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he acknowledges and accepts that Ireland’s airport capacity problem is fundamentally a policy issue rather than a capacity...
    • Rail Network
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposal to extend the DART to Wicklow town; the work that has been done to date to support this project; and...
    • Bus Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to increase capacity on the X27, X28 and 120 bus routes from Monday to Friday, with these routes being full before they exit the...
    • Rail Network
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the reopening of the Waterford to Rosslare rail line, given its inclusion in the All-Island Strategic Rail Review,...
    • Budget 2025
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated in Budget 2025 for the maintenance of existing active travel infrastructure, as opposed to the construction of new...
    • Bus Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct a company (details supplied) to take steps to address the numerous complaints made about the current state of the bus...
    • Rail Network
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if phase two of the western rail corridor can be delivered in the same manner as the Limerick to Foynes Port line without the need for a...
    • Road Projects
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the N4 Mullingar to Rooskey project; and when the first phase of this project will commence. [40060/24]
    • Driver Licences
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an amnesty for motorists who have expired paper-based licences (details supplied) and allow them to have a learner...
    • Departmental Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cruise ships that have visited and berthed in Irish ports in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [40128/24]
    • Airport Security
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest progress regarding the acquisition of counter drone technology for Shannon Airport to mitigate the threat of unauthorised drone...
    • Rail Network
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department and associated agencies have repeatedly omitted the Royal Canal railway line from Docklands to Broombridge...
    • Airport Policy
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 23 July 2024, if flight paths off the north runway which are currently in use are deemed...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the...
    • Coast Guard Service
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 2 October 2024, if he will provide a response to the question in relation to whether a private...
    • Road Network
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correspondence and funding applications the NTA/TII has received regarding a junction (details supplied) in Cavan; and if he will make...
  • Department of Finance
    • Official Engagements
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite the president of the International Monetary Fund to Ireland before the end of the year. [39708/24]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registrations for VRT that have been received from Ukrainian licence plates since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of introducing a tax relief of 20% for counselling and psychotherapy. [39835/24]
    • Tax Data
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dwellings purchased to date in 2024 where the 10% stamp duty was paid, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/24]
    • Tax Credits
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent tax credit can be extended to parents who are paying for their children’s rental accommodation while they study abroad; and if he will make...
    • Housing Schemes
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, broken down by county; the number of applicants associated with these claims; and the number of...
    • Tax Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the receipts from the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling involving Apple and the Irish State are split across 2024 and 2025 but booked...
    • Banking Sector
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered making individual savings accounts (details supplied) available to Irish savers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40081/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work...
    • Budget 2025
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if the increased rate of stamp duty announced under Budget 2025 will apply to properties which have already reached sale agreed. [40229/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the help to buy maximum grant by increments of €5,000 up to €50,000, in tabular form. [40255/24]
    • Tax Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first- and full-year revenue raised by an increase of the vacant property tax rate by increments of one additional multiple of the Local...
    • Tax Credits
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the first- and full-year cost of increasing the rent tax credit by €100 increments, in tabular form. [40260/24]
    • Tax Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first- and full-year cost of abolishing stamp duty for first time buyers. [40261/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the residential premises rental income relief to 2030. [40262/24]
    • Tax Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the eligible period for expenses incurred under the tax deduction for expenditure on retrofitting for landlords measure to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a response to Parliamentary Question Nos. 98 and 99 of 20 June 2024 with regard to the OPW preferred contractors list,...
    • State Properties
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 9 September 2024, if he will reconsider the response issued, given the further information...
    • Civil Service
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on a panel for principal officer grade within the Civil Service from the most recent...
    • Office of Public Works
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by the Office of Public Works that were non-compliant with...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Water Rock area near Midleton, County Cork was not included in the proposed Midleton flood relief scheme, given that the...
    • Office of Public Works
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been spent by the OPW on the procurement of historian services in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and...
    • Coast Guard Service
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a development (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/24]
    • Budget 2025
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason no spending review papers were published prior to the announcement of Budget 2025; if he will confirm when such papers are...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of listed IDA client companies and IDA backed companies with operations in County Kildare in 2023 and to date...
    • State Bodies
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken to address claims of unfair competition and market abuse by SOLAS in relation to the Safe Pass...
    • Departmental Bodies
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the governance arrangements for agencies under the Department's remit [39715/24]
    • State Bodies
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department will implement to address the potential conflict of interest arising from SOLAS acting in dual roles as...
    • Industrial Development
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proactive measures that are taking place to ensure IDA Ireland policy is prioritised in regions, and in particular County...
    • State Bodies
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies in Wicklow that have benefited from grants from Enterprise Ireland in the past five years, in tabular form; the results...
    • Industrial Development
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a skills audit for County Wicklow by IDA Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39742/24]
    • State Bodies
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland site visits to each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Local Enterprise Office (LEO)-sponsored companies per county; the number of jobs in LEO sponsored companies, by county,...
    • Industrial Development
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA sponsored companies per county; and the number of jobs in IDA sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Policies
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the abolition of mandatory retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39913/24]
    • Redundancy Payments
      154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will raise the 20-year-old cap on statutory redundancy payments in order to synchronise them with current wage levels; and if...
    • Business Supports
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of the number of businesses in each local authority that have been approved for the increased costs of...
    • State Bodies
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended by IDA Ireland on external legal fees associated with freedom of information cases in each of 2020, 2021, 2022,...
    • Business Supports
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when businesses that have not received the second payment of the increased cost of business scheme can expect to receive it; and if...
    • State Bodies
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, at the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 1 October 2024; the estimated full-year cost...
    • Legislative Measures
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify whether travel expenses are provided for in the Payment Of Wages Act 1991. [40162/24]
    • Budget 2025
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports and grants in Budget 2025 for a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Irish Language
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Gaeltacht areas that are now required to teach English as a first language; the number of teaching hours devoted to...
    • Teacher Training
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she gave permission for all of the content that was delivered on the SPHE teacher training in DCU from February 2023 to 2024; the reason she...
    • School Curriculum
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is fully aware of the explicit content of learning in the new Junior Cycle SPHE course; if she is in agreement with the learning content...
    • School Transport
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus issue will be addressed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39642/24]
    • Legislative Reviews
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will conclude; when the report will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation regarding a proposed new secondary in County Cork (details supplied). [39768/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide extra time for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties in second level examinations to ensure...
    • Schools Building Projects
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details regarding the most recent extensions to two school buildings (details supplied), to include expenditure and projected costs,...
    • Irish Language
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific steps that will be taken to ensure that the recommendations made during stakeholder consultations will be integrated into the final...
    • State Examinations
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the State Examinations Commission regarding the need to give second-level students with a diagnosis of dyslexia...
    • School Transport
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 24 September 2024, if this student can be offered a place on a school bus service (details...
    • School Curriculum
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of growing concern among parents and educators regarding what they perceive as the inappropriately sexualised context of the SPHE...
    • Child Abuse
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of interviewees for the scoping inquiry on historical sexual abuse in schools who had previously signed non-disclosure agreements...
    • School Equipment
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of schools in Wicklow that have commenced applications and have completed solar panel projects under the free...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to replace a roof in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39941/24]
    • School Accommodation
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in respect of an application for additional school accommodation devolved project submitted by a school (details...
    • School Textbooks
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of children, by local authority area, who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at second level at leaving...
    • Schools Building Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project brief for a school build (details supplied) has been determined; if the project has commenced into architectural planning; if not,...
    • State Properties
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of a potential property which has been identified for (details supplied); the details of the process; the timeline for this...
    • School Textbooks
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the effects that the free schoolbooks scheme will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the primary school site in Corballis, Donabate; if the ownership of the site has been transferred to her Department; when this...
    • School Staff
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence on the matter of special needs assistants and the current process involved in getting permanency in their post (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress and timeline for the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including sensory pods in the sensory room grant given schools that do not have the space or capacity for a room dedicated...
    • School Accommodation
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to parents in the Citywest area given the 60% reduction in first year intake of a school on the grounds of building works...
    • Irish Language
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is in receipt of a request for Irish exemption; and if she will provide an update on the request (details supplied). [40070/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update and completion timescale for an extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce additional time in second level examinations for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties; and...
    • School Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will release the circular pertaining to additional leave entitlements to special needs assistants, as agreed upon with a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to an application for an extension by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra supports and provisions available to students with dyslexia when sitting State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Admissions
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans or the plans of agencies under her aegis in the education field to increase post-primary school capacity or places to serve the general...
    • Schools Building Projects
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for a new school building (details supplied). [40109/24]
    • State Examinations
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the urgent need for the introduction of extra time in State examinations, specifically the Junior Cycle and Leaving...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will initiate the process to put the Dublin/Monaghan bombings history into the history syllabus. [40164/24]
    • School Textbooks
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the extension of the free schoolbooks scheme for secondary students to fee-paying schools, particularly in the Dublin 6...
    • School Staff
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher (details supplied) is considered an old entrant on the primary school teachers’ pension scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 729 of 23 July 2024, for an update on a building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by her Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature...
    • Budget 2025
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any additional funding provided to the school transport scheme in Budget 2025; and the level of funding provided for...
    • School Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40244/24]
    • School Transport
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a school transport case (details supplied); if she can provide clarity for parents on whether spaces are available on this; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a matter regarding extra time in second-level examinations for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she gave grants to three clubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39713/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for community groups that would support local cultural and physical activities, for example, a...
    • Sports Funding
      222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an outline of the sports grant application and decision for a group (details supplied); the details of the reason this group...
    • Official Travel
      224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to visit the west coast of the US before the end of 2024 to meet senior officials from major film companies to...
    • Budget 2025
      225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she anticipates opening the grant scheme for smaller cultural venues, as announced in Budget 2025. [40201/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by her Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged;...
    • Sports Funding
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason two organisations (details supplied) were unsuccessful in their grant applications. [40230/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in the €6 million that has been allocated for news and current affairs, ring-fenced for independent radio and TV...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wildlife Protection
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which various game birds or animals fall within the category of threatened or extinct species; the efforts being...
    • Vacant Properties
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the issue of asbestos in vacant properties, and the issue it causes in bringing properties back into use;...
    • Crime Prevention
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government her views on whether retail crime is becoming an issue in town and city centres; on how to ensure the public feel safe in town...
    • Regeneration Projects
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his priorities for city centre regeneration; the initiatives he is taking to support city centre renewal; and if he will make...
    • Wildlife Protection
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fallow deer, sika deer, red deer and muntjac deer in the country; how many of each have been killed here in the...
    • Hare Coursing
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 3,325 hares said to have been captured for coursing in the 2023/2024 season were all individual hares or if the figure...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of licences that have been issued in the past five years under Sections 23(6) of the Wildlife Act 1976 to...
    • Wildlife Protection
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 229 of 5 July 2022 and 105 of 14 June 2023, if the National Parks and Wildlife Service...
    • Waterways Ireland
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the powers that will be held by the resources contracted to augment Waterways Ireland staff (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes, if a small apartment building...
    • Housing Schemes
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will require an upward revision of income limits for social housing supports. [39809/24]
    • Fire Safety
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the fire cover review for an area (details supplied) and all costings explored. [39816/24]
    • Disability Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of doubling the housing adaptation grant. [39878/24]
    • Water Services
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason owners of newly constructed homes are currently ineligible to apply for grants under the water well grant scheme...
    • Housing Schemes
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow flexibility for houses adapted for medical need to be considered for purchase under the tenant purchase...
    • Local Authorities
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department sets out the income disregards for local authorities in calculating differential rent; and if so, to provide...
    • Estimates Publication
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a schedule of the 2025 estimates by sub head for Vote 34, itemising each provisionally agreed programme allocation,...
    • Land Development Agency
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to date to the Land Development Agency since its establishment, broken down by the amount and when it was...
    • State Bodies
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital provided to Uisce Éireann in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the amount allocated for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the review of the caravan loan pilot scheme was completed; when a replacement for this scheme with a...
    • Budget 2025
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm in relation to the vacant property refurbishment grant, whether or not the current level of funding is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company...
    • Water Services
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will intervene to ensure that the application made by an organisation (details supplied) under the multi-annual rural...
    • Planning Issues
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline policy and define clear planning guidelines with regard to future planning applications that may be submitted on...
    • Budget 2025
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that will be allocated for the capital assistance scheme in Budget 2025. [40253/24]
    • Housing Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing new build social housing delivery above current targets per 250-unit...
    • Planning Issues
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing planning staff in local authorities and An Bord Pleanála by 400 net, in tabular form....
    • Housing Provision
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing Housing First targets by 100 above current targets, in tabular from. [40272/24]
    • Water Charges
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of extending the development levy and Uisce Éireann connection fee waiver and rebate for a full year,...
    • Rental Sector
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of extending the tenant-in-situ scheme on a full year basis per target of 250 units, in tabular form. [40274/24]
    • Vacant Properties
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to the estimated cost of increasing the vacant property grant amount by €5,000 increments, in tabular form. [40275/24]
    • Planning Issues
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing local authority planning enforcement staff by increments of 25 additional staff, in tabular...
    • Housing Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of maintaining the HAP landlord payment guarantee to 2030. [40277/24]
    • Local Authorities
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the form a petition should take requesting the holding of a plebiscite under section 47 of the Local Government...
    • Rental Sector
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure landlords retrofit homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40332/24]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to include Travellers living in trailers, caravans and/or mobile homes in retrofitting...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Divorce Process
      275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason section 59 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 on the registration of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity has...
    • Budget 2025
      276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures, if any, in Budget 2025 which are aimed at decreasing the rate of unemployment among disabled people; and if...
    • Employment Rights
      277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of the 4,500 employer inspections in 2023 and the 2,300 employer inspections to date in 2024 identified wrongly...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department still issues letters to all free travel pass holders a minimum of 21 days prior to the expiration of the...
    • Birth Certificates
      279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way an individual can get their birth certificate amended when it has the wrong date of birth; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s allowance; how many of these are full-time (24/7) carers; how many are not...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a pensioner was refused an old age adaptation support to their home (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether a response (details supplied) is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39738/24]
    • Employment Rights
      285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to pay for bank and public holidays accrued while receiving illness benefit; and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason foster carers are exempt from the back-to-school allowance, given that these children are in the care of the...
    • Birth Certificates
      288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39798/24]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new PPS numbers that have been created by her Department to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the income limits for eligibility for the working family payment. [39810/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for greater pay parity and adequate pay for Tús, rural social scheme and community employment...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can address the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who receives the State pension (contributory) is not entitled to the treatment benefit and dental benefit...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals to carer’s allowance refusals received in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022. 2023 and to date...
    • State Pensions
      296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the State pension (contributory) can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected that a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal (details supplied). [39919/24]
    • Legislative Process
      301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to progress the Industrial Relations (Provisions in respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who submitted an appeal on 15 November 2023 with regard to benefit payment for...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will look at abolishing the carer’s allowance threshold (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider extending the fuel allowance payment options so that it can be received annually in order to enable...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if babies born in December 2024 will also benefit from the €420 baby boost payment; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide clarity around pension entitlements of retired members of the HSE and former health boards (details supplied)....
    • Employment Schemes
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the wage subsidy scheme is not being signed off by the Department for employers in order to encourage people with...
    • Budget 2025
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if concerns around disparity of treatment with respect to a child benefit measure announced in Budget 2025 (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40020/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of the fees paid to private commercial operators in the past five years for provision of transport under...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department recognises the UK personal independence payment as a disability payment for the purpose of applying for the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071/24]
    • State Pensions
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the normal average rule for calculating a State pension (contributory) can be used when a person continues to work between...
    • Budget 2025
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pay related announcements, announced as part of Budget 2025, that will be applicable to parents whose child will be born...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in respect of babies born in December 2024, parents will receive the newly announced €420 'baby boost' payment,...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the amount a person in receipt of disability allowance can earn and still receive disability allowance,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE appeals officers currently assigned to assess both applications and appeals, respectively for the State...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if officials from her Department will urgently pass all elements of a case file relating to the refused carer’s...
    • Budget 2025
      325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients that will receive the €200 living alone allowance lump sum announced in Budget 2025, by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that will benefit from the €60 per week increase in working family payment income thresholds...
    • Budget 2025
      331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of qualified social welfare recipients that will benefit from the October bonus and Christmas bonus announced in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension will be completed for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of recipients in that will benefit from the changes arising from the over-70s fuel allowance means test...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress being made regarding a pay agreement and expenditure requirements (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the carer’s support grant who qualify on account of receiving domiciliary care allowance...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider increasing the income limit for the back-to-school allowance, as the €60 increase to the working...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Prison Service
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a previous Parliamentary Question, the status of the transfer of a person (details supplied) to the Irish Prison...
    • Crime Prevention
      348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether retail crime is becoming an issue to town and city centres; to ensure the public feel safe in town and...
    • Residency Permits
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residency permit cards that were issued in each of the first nine months of 2024, in tabular form. [39710/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of oral fluids tests conducted at mandatory intoxication testing checkpoints that were set up in each Garda division...
    • Legal Aid
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update in relation to the civil legal aid review, in particular when she anticipates the report being available....
    • Citizenship Applications
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current situation regarding a citizenship application (details supplied). [39767/24]
    • Crime Prevention
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to combat petty crime and anti-social behaviour in Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation the enhanced powers given to An Garda Síochána to limit the anti-social use of scramblers...
    • International Protection
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the changes she proposes to the staffing, management and control of the International Protection Office and the site around it...
    • Citizenship Applications
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the 70 days for a person who is applying for Irish citizenship are consecutive days after the submission or 70 days...
    • Court Procedures
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends removing the in camera rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39935/24]
    • Residency Permits
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request an investigation into the reason a person (details supplied) was only given a one-year residence permit;...
    • Dissident Republican Activity
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a request submitted in 2021 for a commission of investigation (details supplied) was recently refused; if she...
    • Visa Agreements
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would consider allowing all individuals who have had a stamp 3 visa for over two years, and are in a dependent...
    • An Garda Síochána
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in each district in the Louth and east Meath constituency, including a breakdown of the number of...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of sexual offences have changed their name by deed poll since 2020. [40012/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person living in the UK (details supplied) seeking Irish citizenship; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Investigations
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to investigate an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40074/24]
    • Immigration Support Services
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delays in appointments in the GNIB office in Galway; the steps being taken to deal with this issue; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to An Garda Síochána for providing dog kennels in Garda dog handlers' homes, per kennel, in each of the past...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on her use of her powers under section 16 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended); and if she...
    • International Protection
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff in the International Protection Office and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal from January...
    • Budget 2025
      379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline how much of the money allocated to the prison service in Budget 2025 is for new measures, existing level of service...
    • Road Safety
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices issued by An Garda Síochána in Dublin for exceeding the speed limit, broken down...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by her Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company...
    • Legal Aid
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full restoration of criminal legal aid fees will be introduced next year as per her comments in an article (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the rules surrounding citizenship that relate to non-Irish spouses of Irish citizens; the residency or...
    • Deportation Orders
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time that a person who has received a deportation order remains in the State; and if she will make a...
    • Court Judgments
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality To ask the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 4 July 2024, when a detailed reply will issue to...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds registered as 'deceased' in the lrish Coursing Club's stud book for each of the years...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ‘stopped body restraints’ used by his Department to catch badgers are a trap or a snare under the Wildlife Act...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses used at this year's Galway Races festival that have been confirmed dead; if they were killed at the racecourse...
    • Greyhound Industry
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last time he met formally with the CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland; the issues discussed; and when is next scheduled to meet the...
    • Animal Welfare
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions that have been taken in Ireland for docking dogs' tails since the legislation prohibiting this was...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the proposed tillage incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/24]
    • Agriculture Industry
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the slurry dates for this year. [39765/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in which the horses that were due for slaughter in a facility (details supplied) between June to date are being held....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) to the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Aquaculture Industry
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he plans to implement the European Parliament recommendations (details supplied) in regards to providing the necessary...
    • Departmental Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about financial aid for potato farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40010/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the most frequent non compliances identified under each scheme for which farmers applied in 2023; the steps he is...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to enhance the powers of the agri-food regulator; if he has given consideration to correspondence from the office of the...
    • Forestry Sector
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of decisions the Forestry Appeals Committee made in 2023 and 2024 respectively, disaggregated by whether the hearing was...
    • Departmental Programmes
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the checks carried out by his Department on fertiliser in terms of N, P and K content; the number of samples and checks...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an oral hearing relating to an appeal to the agriculture appeals office will take place (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged;...
    • Fiscal Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 18 September 2024, if all costs were included or excluded including administration...
    • Fishing Industry
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the mackerel quota allocations within the Irish fleet, by boat size; and to provide the percentage of the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Special Educational Needs
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of investing €2 million annually in the augmentative and...
    • Budget 2025
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of recipients in each county that will receive the double payment of foster care allowance announced...
    • Home Help Service
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each quarter of each year...
    • Disability Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the situation where those who qualified with a four-year BA degree in children’s...
    • Disability Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when respite care will be provided for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Undefined
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the numbers of speech and language therapists employed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal for the years 2020...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce legislation to criminalise the destruction, alteration or failure to preserve...
    • Disability Services
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of implementing an authorisation scheme for disability home...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of rolling out personalised budgets nationally, including a...
    • Disability Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to a recent proposal implemented in a special school in County Wexford and known as the Wexford...
    • Childcare Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children accessing the national childcare scheme from 12 to 15 years old, when qualifying children...
    • Child and Family Agency
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the annual staff turnover rate in Tusla, broken down by local area; from 2020 to date in 2024, in...
    • Children in Care
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of children in State care residing in care homes, broken down by private and public; the...
    • Voluntary Sector
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of access for volunteers at a location (details supplied); the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an occupational therapy appointment; and if he will...
    • Budget 2025
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the €336 million announced in Budget 2025 for disability services into funds allocated...
    • Equality Issues
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 23 April 2024, when he will publish his Department’s...
    • Budget 2025
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the allocation of the additional €7 million for youth services announced as...
    • Departmental Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide detail on the funding available from his Department to participate in decision making within the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of recruitment agencies Tusla is currently on a contract with regarding employment of staff; and the...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Palestinian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in the Palestinian...
    • Childcare Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing wages to ERO rates in the early years sector in 2022 and 2024, for early years...
    • Direct Provision System
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the last time that a Department inspector visited Citywest to determine the number of persons from Ukraine that...
    • Children in Care
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the pilot programme for supporting parents of children in care. [40199/24]
    • Departmental Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024;...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether he will reiterate his commitment to sign the optional protocol of the UNCRPD within the lifetime of this...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his attention has been drawn to difficulties experienced by survivors of mother and baby homes in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); to outline any plans to provide such a facility here; if the...
    • Disability Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was discharged from CDNT, if a CAMHS report was...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of one inpatient rehabilitation bed. [39859/24]
    • Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a matter regarding funding for an occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation service (details supplied). [39903/24]
    • State Pensions
      487. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter regarding the pensions of retired HSE mental health nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/24]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the practical impact on retailers for staffing and retail security issues arising from the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment)...
    • Health Services Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the senior audiologist for Westmeath post has been vacant; and when this position will be filled. [39635/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the inclusion of a product on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied) for a wider group of patients; if there has been...
    • Vaccination Programme
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine that will be on offer as part of the HSE’s autumn/winter vaccination campaign; if it will be a three-in-one vaccine (details supplied); if...
    • Hospital Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and...
    • Health Service Executive
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [39658/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for each quarter of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024; the...
    • Dental Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024, by LHO; the number of dentists who submitted...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were assessed, by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation facilities in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [39695/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with spina bifida waiting for surgery on 30 September 2022 and 30 September 2024, in tabular form. [39696/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each of the regional fertility hubs, in tabular form. [39697/24]
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the schools in the CHO7 area that have received and completed, or not received and completed, the public eye care school screening service, in tabular form....
    • Health Service Executive
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE spend on recruitment agencies for recruitment functions for each quarter for each year 2019-2024 to date, in tabular form; the campaigns to which the...
    • Medicinal Products
      519. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by the HSE on the reimbursement of fenfluramine (fintepla) for the treatment of refractory epilepsy (details supplied); and if he...
    • Suicide Prevention
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides any funding to a local service (details supplied) currently or has provided funding at any time in the past; if not, if the HSE be willing...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/24]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that have approved a primary medical certificate, in each of the past five years, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns in relation to delays to the medicinal products seventh schedule in the context of the National Ambulance Service; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39766/24]
    • Pharmacy Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if, given that under the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 he is obliged to review the nature of community pharmacies services, he will engage...
    • Primary Care Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the person who made the decision to cut the psychology posts within primary care services in County Meath; the total number of posts that are being cut within...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39821/24]
    • Dental Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process through which pensioners in possession of a GP-only card can apply for funding to assist with costs for dental treatment; and if so, if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to reduce the waiting list for cataract operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39823/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has referred all children requiring orthotics who were attending St. Gabriel's, Limerick to the mid-west foot clinic, when the mid-west foot...
    • Health Services Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the salaries of all assistant psychologists to that of their peers in similar healthcare roles such...
    • Healthcare Policy
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the number of funded places in clinical psychology doctorate training by five, ten, 15, and 20...
    • Traveller Community
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the current spending solely dedicated to mental health supports for the Traveller community annually since 2020. [39831/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of funding dedicated mental health supports across all integrated care programme for older people teams. [39832/24]
    • Health Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the rollout of telehealth across all health regions to offer remote counselling and mental health...
    • Healthcare Policy
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of extending free primary care counselling to all GP card holders. [39834/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing acute psychiatric beds to the recommended 25 per 100,000 population. [39837/24]
    • Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of establishing the first ever in-patient mother and baby mental health unit. [39838/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the number of perinatal mental health midwife posts by five, ten and 15 posts. [39840/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing home care hours by one million hours annually. [39841/24]
    • Care of the Elderly
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of rolling out a scheme (details supplied) nationally. [39843/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of doubling funding for dementia day care at home. [39845/24]
    • Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of establishing five, ten and 15 more memory assessment support services teams. [39848/24]
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing funding for the national meals on wheels network by an additional €1 million per year. [39849/24]
    • Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of establishing five, ten and 15 new day care centres. [39850/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of one public nursing home bed. [39853/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of hiring one neurology nurse specialist. [39862/24]
    • Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is undertaking to assist individuals with long Covid, particularly financially (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) has been scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39892/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting home care support in County Tipperary; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Tipperary; the...
    • Health Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all respite beds in County Tipperary; the number of these beds that are currently operational and the number that are currently...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      563. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for an urgent hospital operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39901/24]
    • Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be provided for a respite care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry. [39905/24]
    • Suicide Prevention
      565. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review the critical position of a local suicide prevention service and ensure relevant engagement is progressed with officials within the HSE...
    • Medicinal Products
      566. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and ensure that a serious issue with regard to a high-tech medicine shortage (details supplied) will be resolved; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      567. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the appointment of a commissioner for ageing and older people; the benchmarking and indexation in law of the State pension; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to open a new doctor's surgery in Prosperous, County Kildare, given the vital need for such a local service in light of the expanding population in...
    • Health Services Staff
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues faced by a person (details supplied); if guidance will be provided on this matter and ensure that their return to work is...
    • Pharmacy Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were made under the hardship scheme for pharmacies in each county, by month, over the past three years; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of a consultant neurologist for Bantry Hospital; and the estimated date for their appointment. [39929/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      573. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all national ambulance service staff in the south west, by local station and role; the number of ambulance vehicles per station; and...
    • Hospital Charges
      574. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the abolition of the €100 accident and emergency charge for children with severe epilepsy, including Dravet syndrome, who may require...
    • Medicinal Products
      575. To ask the Minister for Health his views on publicly funding the drug fenfluramine in the treatment of severe seizures as experienced by infants and children with Dravet syndrome who have...
    • Clinical Trials
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date by the national clinical trials oversight group with regard to GDPR and the facilitation of clinical trials; if agreement has been...
    • Medical Records
      577. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that access to anonymised medical records operates to protect the vital interest of every citizen and in the public interest; and if he...
    • Health Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an overview of funding, initiatives and capital works that have been approved and delivered in County Kerry since the current Government took up...
    • Health Services Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts, under active recruitment, broken down across disciplines, including, but not restricted to, physiotherapy, occupational therapy,...
    • Health Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned memory assessment service for Mullingar; the number of the proposed team recruited; the number of vacancies existing and when the...
    • Nursing Education
      589. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 556 of 13 February 2024 and 1385 of 9 April 2024, if there are currently subsistence payments due from the HSE to an...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [39984/24]
    • Hospital Equipment
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the reason every hospital or health clinic does not have portable hoists to assist patients who need them (details supplied); and the policy the HSE has in...
    • Hospital Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 18,000 beds in hospitals nationwide that are closed, for example due to staffing issues, per hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the work-able solutions pilot service, which secured Sláintecare integrated innovation funding in 2022, for a 24-month pilot beyond...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise who he conferred with in relation to a request for help with vaginoplasty surgery in Ireland (details supplied). [39995/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will be appointed permanently to a post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40001/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the audiology clinic in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40013/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appeals were made to the HSE medicines management programme re Versatis in 2023, and the number that were upheld; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the current public health nurse staffing levels in the health clinics in Armagh Road, Old County Road, Curlew Road and Island Bridge; and what the staffing...
    • Medicinal Products
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a drug (details supplied) available on the drugs payment scheme; the current status of the cancer treatment in the drug reimbursement process;...
    • Health Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still not covered under the health care system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40086/24]
    • Substance Misuse
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if all drugs and alcohol task forces have been informed and funded to pay their workers (details supplied). [40102/24]
    • Disability Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to replace a pilot scheme (details supplied) that operated in certain areas with a nationwide scheme; if so, when this is likely to happen;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health how he plans to address the shortage of full-time provision of GP services in Coole, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40113/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nurses currently at University Hospital Limerick; and the timeframe in which each of the vacancies will be filled, in tabular form....
    • Pharmacy Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs of fully implementing a minor ailment scheme in community pharmacists. [40121/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE employees under the age of 50 years are able to retire on grounds of ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/24]
    • Disability Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1686 and 1687 of 9 September 2024, if he will provide clarity on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of Ireland’s target to achieve cervical cancer elimination by the year 2040, he will consider removing the requirement of a GP...
    • Hospital Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the organisation or company that will be responsible for recruiting and paying the wages of workers in the following services, cleaning, catering, running the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40187/24]
    • Pharmacy Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 28 February 2024, the status of his Department’s review of the pharmacy fee structure; the engagements he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work...
    • Health Promotion
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the publicity campaigns he has run during his time as Minister to highlight Lyme disease and its causes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/24]
    • Budget 2025
      617. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the budget allocation to eating disorder services in Budget 2025; whether funding will be allocated to increase the number of adult...
    • Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if access to the publicly-funded IVF programme is to be extended to those who have had more than one round of treatment to date; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is taking to address the phenomenon of ‘eco-anxiety’ in mental health services; and if he will consider collecting...
    • Hospital Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm what grades and disciplines the 21 newly sanctioned posts in St Michael’s Hospital referred to are; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices currently waiting for off-the-job training, broken down by type of craft apprenticeship. [40348/24]
    • Education and Training Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing training places for speech and language therapists by 5, 10 and 20 places. [39866/24]
    • Grant Payments
      626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to amend the SUSI grant to permit Irish students who study abroad within the European Union to be able to apply for student grants, on...
    • Third Level Admissions
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that Leaving Certificate re-corrections are not returned within the correct period, meaning those waiting on these re-corrections...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the 33% reduction in the craft apprentices student contribution charge is a once-off, and not on top of the reduction in the last budget;...
    • Education and Training Boards
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he aware of the situation in a number of education and training boards across the country, where staff were promised new contracts paying them...
    • Mental Health Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for expanding the current supports in terms of mental health services across third level education facilities; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a course (details supplied) is not covered for State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40080/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices waiting for off-the-job training, broken down by apprenticeship type and the number of months waiting, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Consultations
      634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature...
    • Departmental Meetings
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a meeting request has been received by his Office from a group representative of south east Oireachtas members in relation to SETU; and the...
    • Third Level Education
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if this jurisdiction is experiencing a shortage of graduates within a particular area that is likely to impact on the corresponding workforce in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeships currently available; the extent to which this is sufficient to meet requirements; his plans to introduce any...
    • Third Level Education
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure continued ease of access to third-level for all students seeking to avail of education at this level; and if he will make a...
    • Education Policy
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role he sees for the further and higher education, research, innovation and science sectors next year and in future years; and if he will...
    • Third Level Education
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he proposes to broaden the higher education opportunities for undergraduates with a view to maximisation of their...
    • Grant Payments
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Costs
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased/decreased over the past number of years; the extent of financial assistance now...
    • Third Level Education
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects science to play an increased role in the higher education sector with particular reference to ensuring an adequate...
    • Education and Training Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he continues to make provision for an increased number of technical graduates/apprentices in order to meet the needs of...
    • Education Policy
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual areas in the academic or technical sectors showing the greatest requirement in respect of graduates; the extent to which he and...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Priorities
      648. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her priorities for town regeneration; the initiatives she is taking to support town renewal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      649. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided under the connected hubs scheme for County Wicklow in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Library Projects
      650. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ringfence funding for a project of a new long promised library (details supplied). [39817/24]
    • Control of Dogs
      651. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional resources will be extended to local authorities to enforce the new regulations and exemption certs for restricted breeds...
    • Rural Schemes
      652. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available for community groups to apply for that would support social activities in rural communities, for...
    • Control of Dogs
      653. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the control of dogs statistics for 2023 and for January to October 2024, in tabular form. [40075/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next community support fund will open for applications; the costs this funding will support; if other funds due to open or...
    • Island Communities
      655. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to make arrangements with the ferry and air services servicing the islands that all island children under...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      656. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by her Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and...

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