Written answers
Thursday, 10 October 2024
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the United States recently approved the sale of $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel; if he...
- Foreign Conflicts
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to bring an end to conflict in Sudan; the assistance provided to civil society organisations in the country in light...
- Middle East
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 27 June 2024, the status of his engagement at EU level in relation to the February 2024 request...
- Legislative Measures
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain the Government's position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [40631/24]
- Northern Ireland
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his attendance at the British Irish Association Conference in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Middle East
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation between Iran and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/24]
- Diplomatic Representation
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to further improve our diplomatic relations with, and diplomatic presence across, Canada; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent characterisation by the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary of Russia as a ‘mafia state’; and if...
- Middle East
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he has discussed with his counterparts in the US the ongoing provision of arms and weapons to Israel which are being used in what the...
- Foreign Conflicts
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the current situation in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40485/24]
- Ukraine War
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the details of the €36 million package of support for Ukraine announced in September 2024; and if he will make a...
- Middle East
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the contacts he has had with UN and EU Member States concerning the urgent need to have a ceasefire in Gaza, in particular his...
- Overseas Development Aid
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has identified the need to alter the priorities in Ireland’s aid programmes, in view of the emerging global crisis points; and...
- Ukraine War
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s partnership with Lithuania to provide for the construction of bomb shelters in schools in Ukraine; and...
- Middle East
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail contacts with the Israeli embassy in relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 and over flights...
- Ukraine War
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding Ireland is providing to national Ukrainian organisations and the UNHCR for the provision of shelter and protection to millions of...
- Middle East
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Irish delegation did not join the many delegations that walked out during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
- United Nations
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his recent engagements at the United Nations high level week in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40482/24]
- Passport Services
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider providing same-day-turnaround services through the Cork passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40595/24]
- Middle East
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 27 June 2024, if he will respond to the revelations from a news publication (details supplied)...
- United Nations
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is preparing any diplomatic initiatives ahead of this year’s UN Climate Conference COP 2024; and if he will make a...
- EU Meetings
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/24]
- Middle East
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to mobilise international opposition to the huge increase in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank;...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that will be made available by his Department under the Shared Island Initiative for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Diplomatic Representation
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of diplomatic staff currently accredited to the Russian embassy in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40316/24]
- European Union
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which European institutions are aware of a visible drawing away from the principles and freedoms of Europe as previously...
- Passport Services
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40337/24]
- Legislative Measures
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department supports the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a...
- Northern Ireland
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his engagement with the United Kingdom government in relation to its commitment to repeal and replace the Northern Ireland...
- Middle East
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the Republic of Maldives Article 63 declaration to intervene in the case of South Africa v Israel before the International Court...
- Military Neutrality
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will commit to a referendum on enshrining neutrality in the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40654/24]
- Middle East
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken to ensure safe passage of Irish citizens from Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40483/24]
- Ukraine War
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking in the context of the particularly horrific impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine on women and children; and if he...
- Human Rights
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the gross human rights abuses carried out by the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/24]
- Northern Ireland
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the Northern Ireland secretary of state, and political parties in Northern Ireland, in relation to the...
- Foreign Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is working with like-minded colleagues in the European Union to develop a strategy to combat the rise of far-right actors across...
- United Nations
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s participation at the recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. [40491/24]
- Middle East
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40518/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications that have been made from Cavan and Monaghan under the community centre fund; where these projects are...
- Community Development Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address the need to resource and future proof the Public Participation Network by ensuring adequate core funding and staff...
- Rural Schemes
73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce successful projects under the CLAR programme for Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40583/24]
- Men's Sheds
77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce the 2025 funding for Men’s Sheds in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40597/24]
- Social Enterprise Sector
80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation within her Department for implementation of the National Social Enterprise Policy; and if she will make a...
- Tidy Towns
82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce the 2025 tidy towns grants for local groups in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Schemes
84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the report on the rural proofing pilots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40650/24]
- Control of Dogs
86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her Department’s provision for the additional funding and resources of veterinary services by local...
- Rural Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts her Department is making in dealing with rural isolation and loneliness; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Library Services
91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts underway to increase library membership and participation; and to provide an update on membership numbers at local...
- Island Communities
92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 2698 of 23 July 2024, the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin;...
- Rural Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the LEADER programme; the measures that have been funded for climate change mitigation and adaptation; the...
- Island Communities
99. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 2697 of the 23 July 2024, for an update on the status of the development of Inis Oírr pier:...
- Rural Recreation Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, given the current LEADER programme is worth €70 million less than the last programme, excluding the transition programme,...
- Island Communities
102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether it is intended to extend free travel for children under nine years of age to islanders up to nine years of age using ferry and...
- Social Enterprise Sector
105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambition for the new Trading for Impact: National Social Enterprise Policy 2024 -2027; and if she will make a statement...
- Rural Schemes
106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends extending the number of groups and participants taking part in the Community Services Programme; and if she will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can urgently issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in time for travel on 8 October 2024; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reviews
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten...
- Middle East
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he considers recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon to be a violation of Lebanon's sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Trade Relations
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he believes Ireland can improve its trade with the various African countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40905/24]
- Overseas Development Aid
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish Aid continues to be directed towards those for whom it was intended in all areas throughout the globe with...
- International Terrorism
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU and UN colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism; whether any particular...
- European Union
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent, if any, to which efforts are ongoing within the European Union to address the issue of Euro-scepticism; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the processing of passport applications is being expedited to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ukraine War
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland can influence the international community to direct further humanitarian aid to those suffering as a result of the invasion of...
- Human Rights
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community is focused on the need to address human rights abuses worldwide; the current level of activity in this regard...
- EU Enlargement
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if European enlargement continues to be encouraged strategically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40915/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Correspondence
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/24]
- Departmental Schemes
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the regulations under the warmer homes scheme to allow works to be grant aided to households that are...
- Pension Provisions
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 11 July 2023, if a decision is close to being reached as to the increase...
- Just Transition
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the Just Transition initiatives that specifically target women to maximise their employment...
- Departmental Reviews
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible...
- National Broadband Plan
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that has been undertaken by his Department and the agencies under his remit to address the issue of fibre...
- Energy Conservation
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full year cost of all home energy upgrades supports and schemes in 2024 and 2025; and the annual current and...
- Energy Policy
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline any analysis carried out by his Department, consultancy or State body, relating to the energy poverty action...
- Energy Conservation
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated annual cost of a scheme (details supplied). [40917/24]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the general scheme of a Bill to govern overseas deployments into the future; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reviews
136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport he is aware of the lack of EV charging points in the Rosslare Europort and Rosslare Strand tourist area; the plans to address this...
- Budget 2025
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there was no allocated supports for shared mobility providers offered in Budget 2025, considering these operators play a...
- Driver Licences
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a licence did not issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40767/24]
- Road Safety
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the addition of more personnel to a local authority (details supplied) to speed up the provision of pedestrian safety...
- Cycling Facilities
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of users on the Cork public scheme to date in 2024, and in 2023, broken down by station usage. [40809/24]
- Shannon Airport Facilities
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason three US aircraft on contract to the US military were approved to land at Shannon Airport, on their way to and from eastern...
- Departmental Reviews
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services
147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce individual savings accounts, similar to those in the United Kingdom, as a new savings vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would consider lowering the VAT rate for domestically and sustainably produced wood pellet products, firewood stove, pellet stove and pellet boilers....
- Prize Bonds
151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the maximum threshold of investment in prize bonds and apply some preferential rate of tax treatment in order that such a savings fund...
- Departmental Reviews
152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that be taken to improve the Flood Risk Management Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Procurement Contracts
154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be taken to end non-compliance with national procurement rules in all bodies that receive Government funding; and...
- Departmental Reviews
155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Consumer Protection
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that will be implemented to combat digital addiction; if he has had discussions at the EU Council of Ministers and/or...
- Trade Relations
157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which his Department continues to pursue trade and market opportunities throughout the European Union and beyond with a...
- Enterprise Policy
158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to pursue market opportunities for Irish products globally; and if he will make a...
- Trade Relations
159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to what degree he anticipates trade with the US to improve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40907/24]
- Departmental Schemes
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses that have cases ongoing in relation to rates revaluation, but are tax-compliant, will be excluded from the energy...
- Departmental Reviews
161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review of the salaries of bus escorts for schools; the last time their salaries were reviewed; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available to the parents of a person (details supplied) who were not able to secure a place in a special secondary school; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs in fees and accommodation paid by her Department to teachers attending the graduate diploma in social, personal and health...
- School Textbooks
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or any official from her Department has engaged with representatives of a company (details supplied) to discuss concerns related to the...
- School Accommodation
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application made by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation. [40746/24]
- School Enrolments
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports she is going to put in place in relation to the shortage of secondary school places in Citywest (details supplied). [40749/24]
- School Transport
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of pay rates for School Bus Escorts, due for completion by the end of 2024 following recommendations arising from the...
- School Facilities
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans for the construction of a new facility for a special school in Skerries (details supplied). [40762/24]
- Special Educational Needs
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40770/24]
- School Transport
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plan to progress the recommendation in the School Transport 2030 Review of the School Transport Scheme - Phase 3 Report to rewrite the...
- Scoileanna DEIS
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 24 September 2024, when the 2022 census findings in relation to classifying schools for DEIS status...
- School Facilities
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be permitted to proceed to tender for an additional accommodation and extension; and if she will make a...
- Education Policy
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to reducing the number of sraith pictiúr required for the Leaving Certificate higher level Irish examination...
- School Funding
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when outstanding grants will be paid to a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40830/24]
- Departmental Reviews
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has conducted a capacity review of her Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years...
- School Facilities
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40850/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Caiteachas Ranna
180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na haicmí deontais nabh bhfuil fógraithe fós faoin gClár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt;...
- Departmental Reviews
181. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has conducted a capacity review of her Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the...
- Sports Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which favourable consideration might be given to application for major sports grant in the case of a school (details...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Animal Welfare
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cubs born at a park (details supplied) in each year since 1984; and to confirm the fate of these animals,...
- Housing Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund applications were received for Laois and Offaly since its inception; how...
- Housing Policy
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a timeline for his Department to undertake its examination of the report reviewing income eligibility for...
- Rental Sector
187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans reform of RPZs on foot of the recommendations contained in the report of the Housing Commission; his views on the...
- Departmental Bodies
189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new posts for planning authorities sanctioned in Budget 2025; to confirm that these are entirely separate...
- Rental Sector
191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that the Residential Tenancies Board’s remit should extend to holiday lettings and properties that are...
- Departmental Schemes
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to increase the period of time over which successful croí cónaithe grants can be drawn down...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new National Parks Wildlife Service stakeholder forum will be established; when the first meeting of this forum will...
- Wildlife Regulations
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in establishing a sustainable hunting of wild birds stakeholder forum; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reports
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report on renters’ deposit protection systems will be published; if the recommendations of the report will be...
- Local Authorities
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total operating cost of town councils during their final full year of operation. [40823/24]
- Wastewater Treatment
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual Exchequer funding provided, current and capital, for projects (details supplied); and if he would outline current...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Exchequer funding provided to the National Parks and Wildlife Service to protect biodiversity in 2024 and 2025, in tabular...
- Departmental Reviews
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in...
- Defective Building Materials
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the working group of homeowner representatives and key stakeholders, established to address the...
- Housing Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will approve the purchase of a house with tenants in-situ in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected a decision will be made on an appeal by a person in County Cork (details supplied). [40670/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will be approved for carer’s allowance. [40674/24]
- Social Welfare Appeals
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in regard to a disability allowance appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Cost of Living Issues
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether persons on Fás, CE and Tús schemes will be eligible for the cost-of-living payments announced in Budget...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when cohabiting couples whose partner has died will be paid the bereaved partner’s contributory pension they are...
- Citizens Information Services
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on ongoing talks between her Department and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...
- State Pensions
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration has been given to the exclusion of women who have sacrificed careers to raise families from the...
- Social Welfare Code
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the commencement order to give effect to the introduction of the new pay-related benefit system for those eligible for...
- Social Welfare Payments
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for assistance with funeral costs in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and...
- Social Welfare Code
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial supports are available in cases in which a person who relies on disability allowance as their income has...
- Departmental Reviews
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has conducted a capacity review of her Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for...
- Social Welfare Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further consideration will be given to the decision to refuse free fuel allowance/back to school allowance in the case of...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to qualification for basic supplementary welfare allowanceand disability allowance in the case...
- Social Welfare Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the decision to refuse one parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Social Welfare Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange to review and revise the refusal by her Department of disability allowance in the case of a person...
- Social Welfare Code
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change of address in the case of persons (details supplied) can be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider granting an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Seekers
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people granted leave to come to Ireland from Gaza who are currently unable to leave Palestine. [40864/24]
- Immigration Policy
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, given that the last review of South Africa's designation as a safe country of origin occurred in 2021 in addition to the...
- Residency Permits
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mean, maximum and minimum timeframe for physical Irish residence permits being issued following immigration residence...
- Citizenship Applications
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current mean, maximum and minimum processing times, for the processing of minor applicants for Irish citizenship through...
- Work Permits
226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for labour market access permit applications and renewals; the point at which a person can apply for...
- Immigration Policy
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have been arrested, detained, prosecuted, and sentenced under sections 11 and 12 of the Immigration...
- International Protection
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the number of decisions made by the IPO in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of those that...
- Departmental Reviews
229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has conducted a capacity review of her Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in...
- Residency Permits
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Deportation Orders
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an order to deport can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if favourable consideration might be given to residency approval in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Schemes
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding announced (in the context of Budget 2025) for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025; the...
- Agriculture Schemes
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will have their standing ACRES payment issued. [40673/24]
- Gender Equality
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the initiatives to address gender inequalities in the agriculture and food industry and to promote female participation...
- Departmental Funding
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the €99.1million in taxpayers' money announced in the Budget that the horse and greyhound fund will now...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations review in relation to hedgerows; its planned...
- Horse Racing Industry
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to reduce the delays in the processing of equine passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Greyhound Industry
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the non-coursing greyhound births registered in the Irish Coursing Club’s stud book between 1 January 2023 and...
- Departmental Schemes
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide further information on the allocation made in Budget 2025 of €5 million for a forgotten farmers scheme; the details...
- State Properties
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when part of a building (details supplied) became vacant; the reason for the delay in offering it for tenancy under lease agreement...
- Inshore Fisheries
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the rules for inshore fishermen with vessels less than 20 metres, accessing Ireland's north-west herring quota (6A South)...
- Departmental Reviews
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that will be taken to ensure value for money in the rapid build programme of modular housing; and if...
- Childcare Services
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to protect parents when crèches who are registered for the national childcare scheme...
- Disability Services
254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update with regard to long-term residential care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Child Protection
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the father of a person (details supplied) has been denied access to try and obtain said assistance...
- Child and Family Agency
256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 9 September 2024, in which he states 'Tusla has confirmed that it...
- Disability Services
257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places for disabled persons that were available as of December 2021, December 2022,...
- Disabilities Assessments
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will arrange an immediate assessment with the CDNT in Kilkenny for a child (details supplied); the reason...
- Departmental Reviews
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Data
260. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the annual rate of the health levy contribution from 1990 up until it was merged into the universal social charge, any exemptions or exclusions that...
- Health Service Executive
261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties and specific locations that are vacant, and in the possession and control of the HSE; the number of such properties in County Wexford;...
- Hospital Equipment
262. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase the number of outpatient paediatric hospital rooms in Cork University Hospital that are fitted with a ceiling track hoist...
- Disabilities Assessments
263. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms available in the public system for children and/or adults to be assessed by a psychiatrist for ADHD in CHO7. [40849/24]
- Dental Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for dental care services to school-going children (details supplied); the age schoolchildren are currently called for check-ups; and the improvements...
- Hospital Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of cancer of the oesophagus presented to Saint James’ Hospital each year from 2016, and at what stage they presented in each year,...
- Health Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that all samples for familial genomic testing are sent to the same laboratory, be it in Europe or the United States, from...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
270. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 409 of 7 March 2024 and 2431 of 23 July 2024, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid...
- Health Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of laboratories within the HSE Dublin and Midlands Health Region operating genomics services for patients; the number of WTE and grades...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
276. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 409 of 7 March 2024 and 2431 of 23 July 2024, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid...
- Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of laboratories within the HSE West and North West Health Regions operating genomics services for patients; the number of WTE and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
278. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 409 of 7 March 2024 and 2431 of 23 July 2024, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid...
- Health Services
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of laboratories within the HSE South West Health Region operating genomics services for patients; the number of WTE and grades in each...
- Care Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given by his Department to the inclusion of care work in climate policy in line with the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
- Vaccination Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will now fund a catch-up programme for the chicken pox vaccine to allow all families avail of it on the public system. [40724/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
284. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred 12 months ago to the vascular unit at University Hospital Limerick, and continues to...
- Budget 2025
285. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Budget measure announced to cover the cost of HRT will cover any alternative medicines or supplements prescribed by a GP to manage...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
286. To ask the Minister for Health if Budget 2025 extends fertility supports to single women and same-sex couples; and if not, the reason. [40747/24]
- Health and Safety
287. To ask the Minister for Health what safety regulations are in place to ensure proper safety standards are in place with regard to people who are offering treatments in hotel spas. [40748/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
288. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an open letter presented to his Department (details supplied); and if, given that this group was advised by his office that it would be...
- Eating Disorders
289. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the mental health budget that has been allocated to eating disorder services. [40764/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
291. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40766/24]
- Hospital Overcrowding
293. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department has in place to try and avoid overcrowding in hospitals this winter; and if, in an effort to try and protect vulnerable patients, he...
- Hospital Equipment
294. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase the number of outpatient paediatric hospital rooms in Cork University Hospital that are fitted with a ceiling track hoist...
- Hospital Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that elective surgeries have been paused in a hospital (details supplied) for the months of October and November; if his attention has been...
- Addiction Treatment Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction detox beds allocated in Munster and Leinster, respectively; the location of each and any associated care providers; and if he will make...
- Cancer Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a report on the availability and specialist use of dermoscopy across the model 4 hospital network; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
300. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a report on the number of consultant dermatologists working within the model for hospital network, by each hospital; and if he will make a statement...
- Cancer Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health the training procedures that are in place for the use of dermoscopy as a clinical diagnostic within the model four hospital network; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
302. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at the urology department, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, given the GP referred...
- Seirbhísí Sláinte
303. To ask the Minister for Health cén uair a thógfar ionad sláinte nua ar Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40811/24]
- National Children's Hospital
304. To ask the Minister for Health if further discussion has been held in relation to the naming of the National Children's Hospital given that the last attempt to name it Phoenix Hospital was...
- Substance Misuse
306. To ask the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will include alcohol as a drug and the detrimental impact misuse of alcohol has on Irish life; if not, if it is intended to...
- Departmental Reviews
307. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the...
- Medicinal Products
308. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) is available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40851/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
309. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
310. To ask the Minister for Health the work the HSE has undertaken to include those living with HIV in the IVF treatment scheme; the reason this has not been resolved to date; the reason those...
- Vaccination Programme
312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making the administration of the flu vaccine free of charge to those working in education, given the large number of people working in such...
- Health Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health if all necessary back up and support services might be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
314. To ask the Minister for Health if and when medical card will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40890/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Schemes
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any subsistence grants available for Irish students who travel across the Border to study; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reviews
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
317. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce successful applicants for Cork county under the community centres investment fund; and if she will make a...
- Men's Sheds
324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce funding for men’s sheds in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40681/24]
- Tidy Towns
327. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce tidy towns grants for County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40684/24]
- Rural Schemes
330. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce successful projects under the community centres investment fund in Wexford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Tidy Towns
332. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce tidy towns grants for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40731/24]
- Departmental Reviews
333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has conducted a capacity review of her Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the...
- Departmental Policies
334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department can further enhance the extent to which people living in isolation in either urban or rural...
- Rural Schemes
336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to assist in the creation of digital hubs in order to recreate work place activity...
- Library Services
343. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she will continue to support, update and expand public libraries in the future including incorporating the use of...
- Rural Schemes
344. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she expects to be in a position to support local improvement schemes initiated by local authorities in the current year; and if she...
- Tidy Towns
345. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she expects to assist various tidy towns projects throughout the country in the current year; and if she will make a statement on...
