Written answers

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is taking to tackle textile waste. [41392/24]
    • Energy Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he supports designating liquefied natural gas infrastructure or data centres as strategic infrastructure; and if he...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on renewable energy production in Ireland to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Centres
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria under which new data centres can be approved for connection and permitting; whether a long-term pathway for...
    • Energy Policy
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to address the legal weaknesses of the Government "moratorium" on liquefied natural gas...
    • Litter Pollution
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures, if any, that will be introduced to deal with littering problems throughout the country; and if...
    • Climate Change Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, including in relation to RTÉ; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the expansion of the production of renewable energy in the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has circulated potential targets under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 to stakeholders...
    • Water Quality
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on addressing the risks posed by public water supplies in the Environmental Protection Agency's...
    • Energy Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will commission an independent risk assessment of all current and future gas supply and storage, taking into...
    • North-South Interconnector
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the North-South Interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41412/24]
    • Recycling Policy
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Re-Turn has carried out the consultative process it committed to carry out to examine any accessibility issues for...
    • Energy Conservation
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria that a contractor or builder must meet in order to be listed on the SEAI's website; how often these are...
    • Energy Policy
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what steps he will take to ban liquefied natural gas infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Quality
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concern of businesses trading in household energy products due to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the National Broadband plan rollout will be complete in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/24]
    • Climate Change Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on how best to establish a new collective quantified goal on climate finance at COP29; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his efforts to address the ongoing high cost of energy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41378/24]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Reviews
      87. To ask the Taoiseach 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 same of...
    • Public Inquiries
      88. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Covid inquiry and its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of each staff member. [41170/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      90. To ask the Taoiseach the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these campaigns; the cost of...
    • Official Engagements
      91. To ask the Taoiseach the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation, since the formation...
    • Departmental Reports
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the first- and full-year cost of the full implementation of the Report of the expert group on conveyancing and probate, broken down by recommendation. [41624/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if RTÉ received funding from the Global Ireland Media Challenge Fund to boost media coverage of major geo-political developments and the...
    • Passport Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time paper passport applications received in 2024; the number for which additional documentation was not sought; the...
    • Gender Equality
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 18 September 2024, the intended form and timeline of consultation he intends to conduct in...
    • Middle East
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the statement by an organisation (details supplied) reporting on evidence of the use of depleted uranium munitions; his...
    • Passport Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can provide an update on the passport application of a person (details supplied). [41066/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade...
    • Departmental Advertising
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of...
    • Passport Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine an issue regarding the issuing of an Irish passport under a name legally changed by deed poll and where proof of usage...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to ensure that an Irish resident (details supplied) can come home to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 11 June 2024, to provide an indicative date for when an application for foreign birth...
    • Official Engagements
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government...
    • Passport Services
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Foreshore Issues
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the consequences of non-compliances with conditions of foreshore licences; how adherence to conditions is...
    • Waste Management
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any proposals by the Government to bring in a scheme to help farmers pay for the cost of disposing of...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the Celtic Interconnector project; the estimated timeline for completion; the amount of State...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the targets set out for increasing onshore wind, solar PV and offshore wind energy generation in GW by 2030;...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline long-term battery storage capacity currently in Ireland; and to outline any State funding provided on an...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      114. 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 repowering windfarms in...
    • Energy Conservation
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual Exchequer funding provided to incentivise tradespeople to register for the one stop shop retrofitting...
    • Recycling Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to change the way waste is collected in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40995/24]
    • Environmental Policy
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, under the environmental liability Directive and its iterations, environmental liability insurance exists; if there...
    • Pension Provisions
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that the increase given to retired An Post pensioners in January of 2024 has still not gone into...
    • National Broadband Plan
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will expedite the provision of fibre broadband through National Broadband Ireland to a new-build housing estate...
    • Inland Fisheries
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will revoke the pike conservation by-law (No. 809) and the coarse fish conservation by-law (No. 806) from 2006,...
    • Departmental Staff
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been any personnel changes to the position of principal officer within the inland fisheries division of...
    • Inland Fisheries
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no appropriate assessment screening was conducted for the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Ballysadare...
    • State Bodies
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how long more Inland Fisheries Ireland, which operates under his aegis, will be led by a carousel of deputy CEOs; and...
    • Inland Fisheries
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is national policy to conserve invasive escaped farmed salmon in special area of conservation waters that are...
    • Departmental Staff
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff who worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in...
    • National Broadband Plan
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre optic broadband will roll out to service an address (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make...
    • Control of Dogs
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide support for a deployment of a nationwide DNA dog testing trial, given the ineffectiveness of existing fines,...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the implementation of the recast renewable energy directive; the legislative process required to...
    • Energy Conservation
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes funded for retrofit in 2024 for Cork city and county councils, respectively, under the warmer homes...
    • Energy Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take the address the legal weaknesses of the Government moratorium on liquefied natural gas...
    • Climate Change Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the status of Ireland’s membership of the Joint Taskforce on International Taxation, now...
    • Official Engagements
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part...
    • Waste Management
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address issues like reduction, reuse and recycle;...
    • Recycling Policy
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the success of the deposit return scheme for plastic bottles to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephone services remain good when compared with other European Union member states or...
    • National Broadband Plan
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the ongoing steps to support remote working through the roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband connections,...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland’s emissions have been reduced in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which deficiencies in the availability of adequate broadband facilities continue to be identified in all...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which wind and solar electricity generating targets are being realised at present; the extent to which...
    • Climate Change Policy
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he continues to liaise with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that both...
    • National Broadband Plan
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he is satisfied regarding investment in broadband infrastructure; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of...
    • Defence Forces
      152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when it is proposed to change the colourblind requirements for entry to the Defence Force as approved by the board review; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of contracts a company (details supplied) had with his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of services provided to his...
    • Official Engagements
      155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received applications from Cork County Council for improvement grant aid towards the R572 each year since 2000; and...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the Road Safety Authority's five-year analysis of drivers involved in fatal and serious injury collisions undertaken in...
    • Bus Éireann
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Bus Éireann, whose contract is up for renewal in December...
    • Driver Test
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait time for a driving test in test centres in Dublin, in each of the past three years; and the efforts that are being made...
    • Public Transport
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers using all public transport options in the Kildare area, broken down by route, type – train/bus, for the...
    • Bus Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus shelters currently under consideration for installation in the Kildare area, their locations and cost, in tabular form....
    • Public Transport
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers using all public transport options in the Kildare area, broken down by route, type, that is train/bus for 2022....
    • Bus Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus shelters currently under consideration for installation in the Cork area; and the location and cost of each, in tabular...
    • Coast Guard Service
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works to construct a new Coast Guard station (details supplied); the stage matters are currently at; the estimated...
    • Departmental Meetings
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with the representatives referred to in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the number 11 bus route’s critical role in serving the elderly population and students in Dublin...
    • Departmental Staff
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose...
    • Greenways Provision
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is proposed to fund the Mallow to Dungarvan greenway from Exchequer funding; to provide an update on monies spent on all aspects of...
    • Road Tolls
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department carries out reviews in respect of the effectiveness of individual toll booths and bridges; if so, where such reviews...
    • Driver Test
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that people are receiving driving test appointment at a test centre (details supplied) after a six month wait; what his...
    • Road Safety
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to improve safety at the N22 at the turn for the L6212; and whether funding has been released for same. [41307/24]
    • Public Transport
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made in recent months on the provision of new public transport facilities from Loughrea via Oranmore to...
    • Transport Costs
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if commercial bus operators will be included in the continued 20% fare reduction in support of their important contribution to the...
    • EU Funding
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Ireland has, or intends to, access funding from the European Investment Bank’s Clean Bus Initiative; and if commercial bus...
    • Electric Vehicles
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the use of tax and subsidy schemes support the uptake of battery electric vehicles in other EU Member...
    • Rail Network
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Northern rail line, including the northside DART service, will be closed for the second consecutive year during the Dublin...
    • Public Transport
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of expenditure on the transitioning of the public transport system to be fully accessible for those with disabilities in 2023;...
    • Official Engagements
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government...
    • Rail Network
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if QR code tickets are available on the Dundalk to Connolly Station service; if leap cards can be used; his plans to address overcrowding...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has considered using the tax system to incentivise the repair and restoration of buildings over their demolition by adjusting the VAT rate applied...
    • Departmental Records
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received permission from the director of the National Archives to destroy records relating to the liquidation of IBRC; if he has sought or is in...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance when the alleged drug trafficking ship the MV Matthew will be sold and moved from the care of the Port of Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Exemptions
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings, on a first- and full-year basis, of restricting the employer PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration to SMEs, taking into account...
    • Tax Reliefs
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs specifically applicable to members of the Defence Forces [41049/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of each staff...
    • Departmental Advertising
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these campaigns;...
    • Housing Schemes
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider an increase to the property price threshold under the help-to-buy scheme. [41245/24]
    • Housing Policy
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if an issue affecting first time buyers (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41277/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registrations of L1e-A and L1e-B e-mopeds since the legislation changed in May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41300/24]
    • Tax Code
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply the lower VAT rate which is planned for gas and electricity to include renewable fuels such as native produced fire wood and wood pellets...
    • Tax Reliefs
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance how he intends to apply the test on the person transferring the land within the context of the agriculture relief changes announced in Budget 2025; and if he...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of the reports that social media platforms are possibly being used to illegally offer the sale of non-duty-paid tobacco products;...
    • Tax Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of a 0.5% reduction in the 0.5, 2%, 4%, 8% and 11% rates of USC post the enactment of measures announced in Budget 2025. [41490/24]
    • Tax Credits
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to provide a €100 tax credit per person from the age of 16 to 20 for proof of continued club membership of a sport club post the...
    • Tax Code
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to capital acquisitions tax the estimated cost of a further €65,000 increase in Group A, a further €7,500 increase in Group B and a...
    • Tax Credits
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to introduce a €1,000 tax credit for legal, surveying and valuation fees for first time buyers post the enactment of measures...
    • Tax Rebates
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the introduction of an additional green rebate scheme where the licensed haulier can apply for a rebate of all the excise paid on the...
    • Tax Code
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to apply the 9% VAT rate to e-bike rentals. [41507/24]
    • Tax Credits
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of a therapy tax credit allowing parents of children with disabilities to reclaim therapy-related expenses. [41508/24]
    • Tax Code
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield of increasing the betting tax levy from 2% to 3%. [41509/24]
    • Tax Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that Revenue is currently seeking tax returns, covering a number of years from retired PAYE workers (details supplied). [41513/24]
    • Departmental Strategies
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the national payments strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/24]
    • Banking Sector
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance when he, or his predecessor, became aware that the Central Bank was to become the ‘home’ country for Israeli bonds within the EU; the engagement...
    • Official Engagements
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation, since the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the total expenditure on help-to-buy grants in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41622/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will give consideration to the impact that the Revenue Commissioners’ implementation of a case (details supplied) is having on those...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all renovation and upgrade projects completed by the OPW on their offices from 2020 to date, by project...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will finalise the approval of pension increases for the 11,000 retired Eir staff and the over 6,000 An Post retirees (details...
    • Office of Public Works
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is proposed to commence work on the Garda station in Newcastle West; if an update on the project will be provided; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose...
    • Flood Risk Management
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the person responsible for works to be carried out to assist with flooding issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Office of Public Works
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the schedule of works for the OPW renovation works at the Round Tower, Kells, County Meath; the estimated cost of this work;...
    • Civil Service
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments made from the 2022 principal officer panel in the past 12 months; the number of appointments made to this...
    • Public Appointments Service
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the advertisement budget allocation to the Public Appointments Service in 2023 and 2024; and the budget allocated to same for 2025, in...
    • Flood Risk Management
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works on improving the culvert system in Bantry will begin; the stage of the process the works are currently at; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pay
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost associated with a ten cent rise in the minimum wage for both the civil service and the wider public sector. [41562/24]
    • Official Engagements
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Redundancy Payments
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if avenues are available for an employee to still avail of the national redundancy scheme. [41139/24]
    • Consumer Protection
      253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware of the recent findings that tampons contain measurable concentrations of heavy metals, including lead, as...
    • Work Permits
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a general employment permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the...
    • Business Supports
      266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline possible State aid funding for businesses which face pressures following the no-reduction decision on VAT taken in...
    • Trade Sanctions
      267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale for Ireland’s vote in support of EU tariffs on Chinese EV imports, noting the tariffs may results in increased...
    • Business Supports
      268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports which will be made available for businesses in Cork which were affected by recent flooding; and when they will be open...
    • Official Engagements
      269. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to provide solar panels on every school roof. [40921/24]
    • School Enrolments
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment numbers for a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form. [40933/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide extra time for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties in second level examinations to...
    • Parental Leave
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any plans to extend the parental leave scheme to allow it to be taken in blocks of less than seven days; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 24 September 2024, the reason why a person (details supplied) has still not been provided with...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a closed former school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40962/24]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process through which parents can access an assessment for their child through the National Educational Psychological Service. [40970/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41004/24]
    • School Transport
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 1 October 2024, the reason it appears a new route has not been considered in light of the fact that...
    • School Funding
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will adjust the current cleaning service grant at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41060/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of places available in reading schools in the Dublin area for children with severe dyslexia, given these places...
    • Departmental Strategies
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a national advisory group on school library provision; her plans to develop a national strategy on school library...
    • School Staff
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason why a teacher (details supplied) who notified her Department of a change in their banking arrangements has not been paid their salary...
    • School Funding
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure full funding for the emergency works application in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for school transport for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41108/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision that was made for a grant for assistive technology for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport run can resume from September 2025 at a location in County Mayo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appointment will be made available for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41200/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total additional cost, per year, of the City Connects pilot programme in Dublin's northeast inner-city in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular...
    • School Equipment
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a service will resume for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41225/24]
    • State Examinations
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for additional time for those sitting State exams who have dyslexia and dyscalculia. [41242/24]
    • School Admissions
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that admissions allocation for a school (details supplied) last year was 180 students for 2024/2025 and has now been reduced...
    • Departmental Bodies
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and capital allocation to An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [41257/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the annual allocation to a scheme (details supplied) in 2024 and 2025. [41258/24]
    • State Examinations
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41276/24]
    • School Transport
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in respect of an application for special needs school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school in Clare (details supplied) can expect to receive approval to progress to construction works on a new building; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the shortage of autism class spaces at both primary and secondary school level (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Admissions
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the reduction in second level school places in the Citywest area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will withdraw the new SPHE curriculum following revelations of the explicit nature outlined to SPHE teachers in a DCU course designed to...
    • State Examinations
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of possibly expediting the State Examinations Commission...
    • School Transport
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the failure to provide a school bus service (details supplied); the actions she will take to work with Bus...
    • Special Educational Needs
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41393/24]
    • School Transport
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41432/24]
    • School Accommodation
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals mechanism in place with regard to a school's application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to re-open applications for new rounds of works under the summer works scheme in 2025. [41467/24]
    • School Transport
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41512/24]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of DEIS for schools is being allocated. [41520/24]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works scheme will reopen this year for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41521/24]
    • Teacher Training
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the course provided by DCU to teachers regarding the SPHE curriculum was paid for; if her Department authorised or initiated the course;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the provision of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); the current status of current pending project plans; the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 1 October 2024, when a child (details supplied) will have their cognitive assessment and educational...
    • School Transport
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41571/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to introducing extra time in second-level examinations for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning...
    • Budget 2025
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the €1.3 billion funding allocated to her Department under Budget 2025; if any funding has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a full update on her Department's plans to expand and build new primary and secondary schools to cater for the rapid expansion on the...
    • School Enrolments
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to guarantee if a child (details supplied) can be considered for a school placement. [41581/24]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can be considered for a NEPS assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41583/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines exist with respect to the provision of lifts in multi-level new school builds for wheelchair users and for those with a disability;...
    • School Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann regarding school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Official Engagements
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government...
    • School Accommodation
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm receipt of a Stage 1 report in respect of a major extension ASA project at a school in County Cork (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41642/24]
    • School Transport
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport pick-up point could be changed to address safety concerns (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not suitable for the major capital works scheme. [41648/24]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Staff
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocations in 2024 and 2025 for initiatives (details supplied), in tabular form. [41254/24]
    • Election Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of the last Údarás na Gaeltachta election held. [41255/24]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of restoring the scéim na bóithre in Gaeltacht areas. [41256/24]
    • Sports Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital grant will be payable to club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41291/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department maintains a policy on ensuring that residents of Northern Ireland have equal access to Irish sporting events,...
    • Tourism Revenue
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of Tourism Ireland's marketing fund that has been spent in the first nine months of 2024 and for the same period in...
    • Official Engagements
      343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps she is taking to assist landlords whose tenants are subletting without their permission; her views on the escalating...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of windfarm guidelines will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41411/24]
    • Planning Issues
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the national planning policy and guidelines in relation to battery storage sites; the last time a review of this framework...
    • Land Development Agency
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if LDA capital expenditure and LDA commercial borrowing is on the Government balance sheet; and his views on any balance sheet...
    • Deposit Protection Account
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on deposit protection systems will be published and the recommendations enacted; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that local councils are continuing to include child maintenance as part of the income calculation when people...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible to combine all three schemes, that is, the HTB scheme, the first home scheme and council mortgage, when...
    • Animal Welfare
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the tender process for the provision of an update to the 2014 guidance to manage risk to marine mammals from...
    • Environmental Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how applications for derogation licences are assessed; what provision is made for public consultation and participation in the...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government body in charge of receiving and reviewing marine mammal observer (MMO) reports and ensuring that MMO reports...
    • Environmental Policy
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department last filed the most recent two-year derogation licence reports to the European Commission under article...
    • Derelict Sites
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has issued notices or directions to respective local authorities under section 12 of the Derelict Sites...
    • Local Authorities
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide this Deputy with a copy of the most recent social housing unit cost ceilings as provided to local authorities....
    • Departmental Staff
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024;...
    • Waterways Issues
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are including a separate budget figure for drainage and maintenance of rivers when submitting their...
    • Development Contributions
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local development levy waiver on new houses has been extended beyond December 2024. [41238/24]
    • Defective Building Materials
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total annual expenditure on the defective concrete block grant scheme for each year the scheme has been in operation, in...
    • Budget 2025
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the €245 million for the cost rental equity loan allocated in Budget 2025; if this is all capital...
    • Housing Schemes
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown, by each local authority of the number of applicants for housing adaptation grants; the length of time each one...
    • Local Authorities
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Cork City Council for preventative maintenance in 2024. [41306/24]
    • Water Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 917 of 11 September 2023, if Offaly County Council has supplied the information sought...
    • EU Directives
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that he adhered to the provisions and timelines of the Habitats Directive, in particular Article 4, when he signed...
    • Housing Schemes
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of LIHAF applications received for Louth since its inception; the number that were approved and not approved,...
    • Official Engagements
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to the awarding of basic allowance or appropriate award in the case a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection where, in the event of a person having money in a pension fund that is paying a monthly pension, the capital sum is invested,...
    • State Pensions
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (non-contributory) and the State pension (contributory), broken down by their...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance from the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2024; the amount...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the €400 cost-of-living lump sum payment is paid to a person (details supplied). [41038/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the work and access programme run by her Department can be extended to include schools (details supplied); and if she will...
    • State Pensions
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 1 October 2024, if she has plans to make a symbolic or compensatory payment to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the means test for the fuel allowance can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41124/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024;...
    • Widow's Pension
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to legislate to allow unmarried couples access the widow’s or widower’s pension on the death of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41212/24]
    • State Pensions
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is vigorously pursuing the only next of kin (details supplied) for overpayments made by her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case regarding cross border child benefit (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2025
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €400 one-off payment announced in Budget 2025 will be given to an individual (details supplied) who was in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application that has gone to appeal over a year ago (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for carer’s allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if any recent...
    • Social Welfare Code
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any plans to extend the part-time job incentive beyond the current 12-month eligibility period (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial assistance is available for a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if time spent on a community employment scheme counts towards entitlement for fuel allowance and double payment benefits in...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application submitted to the local welfare office in Kilkenny in May 2024 relative to the cost of the funeral of a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive benefits of the cost-of-living payments as a matter of urgency. [41408/24]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the locations of Intreo offices that currently have public toilet facilities on site, in tabular form. [41468/24]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost in 2025 of increasing the half rate carer's allowance payment to 75% or a full rate respectively; the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way she plans to address the increasing number of people who lose out on eligibility for the fuel allowance due to a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41485/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will...
    • State Pensions
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that all calculations for the purpose of determining an entitlement to an increase for a qualified adult...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into eligibility for household benefits can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant's income from part-time work will be disregarded as part of reckonable income assessed. [41572/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be likely to be reached in this case, given...
    • Official Engagements
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of...
    • Budget 2025
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 8 October 2024, which made no mention of percentages but sought information as...
    • Birth Certificates
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 8 October 2024, in an instance whereby there is no living person to act as...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied) will be urgently expedited, given the circumstances....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to an amendment to the bankruptcy legislation to allow a person on the bankruptcy register to...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years 2016 to 2024; the number of drivers involved per year; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members assigned to roads policing units; if her Department will update the website with publication of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for when citizenship certificates will be sent to all those who attended their ceremony in September; if new...
    • Deportation Orders
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of reports of International Protection Office staff warning those in receipt of a deportation order or those...
    • National Security
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if ministerial offices are routinely checked for covert surveillance devices; if any such devices have ever been discovered...
    • Child Protection
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the work engaged in by her Department to review the findings and recommendations of the UCD SERP...
    • European Union
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the European Commission infringement case against Ireland (details supplied) for the failure to transpose Council...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41111/24]
    • Public Sector Pay
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that community prison link workers did not receive pay increases at a rate of similar roles in the HSE or...
    • Departmental Staff
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41204/24]
    • International Protection
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection who have applied for international protection status; and if she will make...
    • An Garda Síochána
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in Cork. [41235/24]
    • Coroners Service
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of the Coroner Service following the closure of public consultation in January 2024; to...
    • Visa Applications
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1127 of 9 September, the average processing time per de facto application given the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a naturalisation certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who attended his ceremony in June 2024;...
    • Visa Applications
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) whose parents and siblings have lived in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired in the Mayo district in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive. [41354/24]
    • Coroners Service
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the significant delays in the completion of toxicological analyses for coronial autopsies due to...
    • Departmental Policies
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the main policy achievements of her Department since 1 January 2023. [41473/24]
    • Budget 2025
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of funding allocated to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal in budget 2025. [41477/24]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm receipt of an application for naturalisation (details supplied); if further supporting documentation is...
    • Visa Applications
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 visa might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on Laytown Garda station; the number of hours it is open per day each week; the number of gardaí working...
    • International Protection
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been received for international protection from Palestinians in 2023 and to date in 2024;...
    • Visa Applications
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if every effort can be made to grant a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Coroners Service
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide clarification in relation to the recruitment process that is currently in place for coroners in view of the...
    • Crime Prevention
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the roles of the newly appointed local community safety partnership chairpersons, their annual renumeration and the...
    • Visa Applications
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent decision could be made on an application (details supplied) considering that the applicant has an extremely urgent...
    • Official Engagements
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the...
    • Visa Applications
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if advice will be provided to a person (details supplied) in respect of a visa matter; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Food Security
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains committed to ensuring and safeguarding agri-food production in this country while at the same time...
    • Departmental Bodies
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Exchequer funding allocated to each State body under his aegis in 2024 and 2025, including Bord Bia, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of returning a payment, by amounts (details supplied) for two schemes combined, based on the most recent...
    • Horticulture Sector
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all horticulture sector supports in 2024 and 2025, per scheme, in tabular form. [40982/24]
    • Pigmeat Sector
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all pig sector supports in 2024 and 2025, per scheme, in tabular form. [40983/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of returning a payment for both of two schemes combined (details supplied), based on the most recent...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all aquaculture sector supports in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown, per scheme. [41032/24]
    • Tillage Sector
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all tillage sector supports in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown per scheme; and the annual cost of...
    • Organic Farming
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all organic sector supports in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown per scheme. [41040/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual cost of supports currently being provided for supports (details supplied). [41041/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual cost of a scheme (details supplied). [41043/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Exchequer funding allocated to the sustainability support and advisory programme in 2024 and 2025; the 2024 funding allocation,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount invested over the 2020 to 2024 period in current and capital expenditure in local piers and harbours, by relevant...
    • Departmental Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual funding provided for incentives (details supplied). [41047/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all poultry sector supports in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown per scheme. [41050/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all agri-environmental schemes in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown per scheme. [41051/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all animal welfare supports in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown per scheme. [41052/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all horse and greyhound supports in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [41071/24]
    • Veterinary Laboratories
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current and capital costs associated with upgrading regional veterinary laboratories; and the planned allocation in...
    • Tree Remediation
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline all current grants, schemes and supports available for the removal of trees with ash dieback, in tabular form; and the...
    • Fishing Industry
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all fishing/marine sector supports/schemes in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the annual current and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest update on the forgotten farmers scheme, following the recent funding announcement in budget 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff who worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the...
    • Animal Welfare
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure for a pet owner travelling with their pet dog between Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that do not allow for the division of a holding or land parcels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Horticulture Sector
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the overall reduction in support for the investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if persons (details supplied) can be added for an ACRES payment for 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Statutory Instruments
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tolerances applied when testing fertiliser under SI 248 of 1978; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/24]
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will test individual fertiliser samples for farmers who are concerned in relation to the quality of the fertiliser...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the clarification sought by a person (details supplied) on the status of their ACRES payment can be provided; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken as part of its investigation into the abuse of calves exposed in a television exposé...
    • Live Exports
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take in response to the revelation that Irish cattle are being shipped to Israel while disguised as being of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 areas of natural constraints payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Children in Care
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently living in care homes managed and operated by private contractors; the number of...
    • Care Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications for respite care made in Donegal over each of the past 18 months, detailing whether...
    • Disability Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to continue funding an organisation (details supplied) into 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) persons living in County Tipperary at...
    • Departmental Schemes
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) who was a child in a school can expect redress; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child and Family Agency
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise Tusla that further detail is needed to be provided to the Department of Social Protection directly or...
    • Health Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 2 October 2024, the reason that there are no standard diagnostic...
    • International Protection
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of reports of International Protection Accommodation Services staff warning those in receipt of a...
    • Departmental Projects
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the work engaged in by his Department with the Department of Justice to review the...
    • International Protection
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has made progress on any efforts to seek contributions from international protection...
    • Disability Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to expedite an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41030/24]
    • International Protection
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection that have been issued with a notice of eviction by the...
    • Disability Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on all waiting lists under the children disability network teams, including the number...
    • Childcare Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the maximum base rate allocation for larger childcare service providers; the rationale for same; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years...
    • Departmental Advertising
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to...
    • International Protection
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government plans to move IPAS families currently being accommodated in a location (details supplied); and...
    • Childcare Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the funding proposal by NCE for a facility (details supplied) in Churchfield, Cork. [41236/24]
    • Disability Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure additional home help hours are provided for a person (details supplied). [41269/24]
    • Direct Provision System
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will implement the Government’s commitment to introducing an international protection child...
    • Disability Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by CHO, age category and...
    • Disability Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by CHO, age category and time waiting,...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation of the European Accessibility Act (Directive 2019/882); the nature of the work across...
    • Departmental Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information on resource allocation by his Department for the implementation of the National...
    • Disability Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when vital supports via the CDNT Kildare will be provided for the child of a person (details supplied) who...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if increased ECCE hours constitute a new service under the core funding scheme; and the method of calculating...
    • Disability Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when services (details supplied) will be made available by the HSE to a child; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of speech will be carried out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a full review will take place of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      563. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance...
    • International Protection
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection, and international protection applicants, currently residing...
    • Departmental Strategies
      567. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 8 October 2024, if he can provide clarity on whether, and how, his...
    • International Protection
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options available to a family (details supplied) in relation to access to supports and services; and if he...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Education
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any funding for those working and living in Gaeltacht areas wishing to study the certificate in nurse and midwife prescribing; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if a contribution towards the cost of a treatment for a person (details supplied) will be provided. [40932/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      571. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reasons HSE Grade 3 clerical staff who are on a panel for Grade 4 positions are not being appointed; and the reason agency staff are being...
    • Medicinal Products
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding a medication to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40937/24]
    • Departmental Meetings
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40938/24]
    • Medical Cards
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) was closed in view of the fact that the requested documentation was submitted to...
    • Health Service Executive
      575. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of HSE-owned buildings that are vacant or not running at full capacity in a town (details supplied); if there is a HSE building in said town...
    • Vaccination Programme
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of a non-MRNA Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); the engagements he has had with the European Medicines Agency...
    • Hospital Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to implementing recommendation eight of the National Radiation Therapist Review report (details supplied); if not, to outline his rationale;...
    • Ambulance Service
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and 2024; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [41024/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the status of all capital projects currently being constructed by the Government and the HSE, through any means, in tabular form, segmented by construction...
    • Mental Health Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a CAMHS assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41068/24]
    • Departmental Reports
      588. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the implementation of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist review report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      589. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed list of the diabetes care technologies that enable remote monitoring and early intervention to patients; the estimated annual cost of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      590. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in light of current budget constraints, the steps being taken to remote monitor patients to keep them out of GP surgeries and reduce the risk of...
    • Home Care Packages
      592. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and 2024; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [41096/24]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the status of all capital projects currently being constructed by the Government and the HSE, through any means, segmented by construction phase, design phase,...
    • Ambulance Service
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Cork in 2023 and 2024; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [41102/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41113/24]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the way the €2.3 million funding to community addiction services will be allocated. [41115/24]
    • Vaccination Programme
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when the full health technology assessment of immunisation against RSV will start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41122/24]
    • Hospital Procedures
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full mesh implant removals that have been performed in Ireland by HSE-employed surgeons since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification regarding the effect of the HSE’s staffing ceiling on physiotherapy services in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if...
    • Health Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health what collaboration, if any, is being done with international health agencies to monitor and regulate the safety of menstrual products in light of recent...
    • Departmental Staff
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of each staff...
    • Departmental Advertising
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these campaigns;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update and timeframe on the provision of a minor injury in Athlone, County Westmeath. [41191/24]
    • Hospital Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the future use of the St. Vincent’s Hospital building in Athlone, County Westmeath (details supplied). [41192/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      613. To ask the Minister for Health when evenity (romosozumab) will be made available a person (details supplied) suffering from osteoporosis; if evenity will be covered by the drugs payment...
    • Nursing Homes
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home facilities that have closed and ceased operations, by name and location, since January 2020; if any of the nursing homes...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      615. 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. [41199/24]
    • Eating Disorders
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinic will be set up in Limerick for children with eating disorders; where it will be based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41209/24]
    • Substance Misuse
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the World Health Organisation’s recent report (details supplied); if he accepts the WHO findings; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 29 May 2024, the reason for the delay in appointing a temporary consultant for the pain clinic at SUH (details...
    • Hospital Facilities
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if it is envisaged to reopen the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital when the temporary consultant is appointed in early 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to fill the two vacant consultant anaesthetist posts in the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on the provision of dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT) to adult mental health patients in Wicklow; when DBT will be available for mental...
    • Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the work-able solutions pilot service to be rolled out beyond the initial pilot sites, to cover the rest of the country. [41226/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      627. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 29 May 2024, the number of patients referred to the pain relief insourcing initiatives (details supplied) to the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      628. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for a scoliosis operation in the Mater Hospital; their position on the waiting list; and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of an issue with a GP card (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41230/24]
    • Health Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41262/24]
    • Disease Management
      631. To ask the Minister for Health how his Department intends to address the gaps in information and awareness regarding metachromatic leukodystrophy among healthcare professionals and the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an MRI appointment for a person (details supplied). [41268/24]
    • Dental Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case when it comes to dental costs (details supplied); if there is any assistance through his Department for a person on social welfare who has...
    • Departmental Schemes
      635. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair that an applicant for the long-term illness scheme diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (initially incorrectly diagnosed with type 2...
    • Care Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for respite care made in Donegal over each of the past 18 months, detailing whether that application was facilitated or not and the...
    • Hospital Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of day care services at Killybegs Community Hospital; if the day care services are operating at full capacity; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of staffing levels over the past five years of each community hospital in Donegal, detailing any vacancies and the length of each vacancy, in...
    • Health Service Executive
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HSE’s purchase of 1D Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, D09 EW70. [41293/24]
    • Departmental Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick and left the hospital before receiving treatment, in each of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41314/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41317/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [41321/24]
    • Departmental Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [41322/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing...
    • Health Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be an injury clinic for Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41329/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device which is currently available to type 1 diabetics will be made available to people with type 2 diabetes who are insulin dependent;...
    • Hospital Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to provide a multidisciplinary specialist functional neurological disorder clinic in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons why the aims of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, including the right to identity of donor-conceived children, cannot be achieved by...
    • Mental Health Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for the investment and restructure of the model of care for adults with ADHD while the waiting list is closed; what progress has been made to date on...
    • Departmental Funding
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department on social inclusion groups, including allocation by care group...
    • Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide dialysis treatment in Wicklow soon to accommodate people from the areas of Wicklow and Wexford who have to travel to access...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure for reimbursement of continuous glucose monitors on the approved medical device list for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024; and...
    • Health Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a section 39 care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/24]
    • Medical Cards
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that medical card holders are regularly being charged for sick notes and other letters that were once provided free of charge by GPs; his views...
    • Health Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO8; and the projects completed since June 2022, in tabular form. [41464/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41465/24]
    • Cancer Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 463, 469, 474, 486, 488, 499 and 508 of 1 October 2024, if he will commit that the recommendations of the review will be...
    • Medicinal Products
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if botox treatment for primary and secondary hyperhidrosis is fully funded by the State; the public hospitals where it is provided to public patients at no...
    • Medical Research and Training
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason non-EU applicants to the HSCP MSc ultrasound programme in UCD were initially offered a place on the course with a fee exemption; the reason they...
    • Hospital Staff
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sonographers employed within each public hospital; the number required to provide adequate staff levels within each hospital; and the duration of...
    • Ambulance Service
      677. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provisional ambulance service from Kenmare to the surrounding areas. [41514/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41524/24]
    • Medical Cards
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary card will be issued to a person (details supplied). [41542/24]
    • Health Strategies
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if the health service tests for Lyme disease for all blood transfusions; the accuracy of the test for Lyme disease in these tests; and if there is a danger...
    • Suicide Prevention
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the HSE to ensure that funding is provided to SOSAD Ireland, the organisation that does so much work regarding suicide awareness and...
    • Official Engagements
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation, since the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or grants are available to help persons who need a permanent oxygen machine with the electricity costs of running oxygen machines required as part...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if recent improvements announced with regard to his Department's IVF scheme allow couples who already have one child, regardless of whether this child was...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41619/24]
    • Home Help Service
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of the number of people and the length of time they have been waiting for home care hours in Dublin west; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual Exchequer funding provided to enable plumbers to upskill as heat pump installers via apprenticeship training or continuing...
    • Grant Payments
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if applications for SUSI grants will be reconsidered in the case of family members (details supplied); when this review will commence; and if he...
    • Further and Higher Education
      690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-Leaving Certificate students registered in a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form....
    • Grant Payments
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason why a person (details supplied) who has never applied for the SUSI grant is automatically classed as a dependant applicant by SUSI,...
    • Departmental Staff
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these...
    • Third Level Fees
      695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case (details supplied); if the eligibility for fee support can be reviewed in this case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved to facilitate an increase in rates of pay for motor mechanic apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and the status of their SUSI application. [41552/24]
    • Official Engagements
      698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Harbours and Piers
      699. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding allocations in 2024 and 2025 for initiatives in relation to harbour infrastructure for islands; and...
    • Rural Schemes
      700. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects under the CLÁR programme in County Cork will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Men's Sheds
      702. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding for Men’s Sheds in County Cork will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40979/24]
    • Tidy Towns
      703. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when tidy towns grants for County Cork will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40980/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      704. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024; the...
    • Rural Schemes
      706. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the school (details supplied) is located in the blue CLÁR mapping area in order to submit an application; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      708. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the Exchequer amount allocated between current and capital allocations in 2024 and 2025 to schemes and programmes (details supplied)...
    • Control of Dogs
      712. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the dog control statistics for 2023 will be published by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/24]
    • Community Development Projects
      714. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated required increase in funding to the community services programme, in line with an increase by €0.80 to...
    • Official Engagements
      715. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the...