Written answers

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in relation to such cases....
    • Data Protection
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of the breaches....
    • Official Travel
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [41760/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      5. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41779/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41797/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      7. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41815/24]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      8. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [41854/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the appropriate pathway for an individual who wishes to obtain an Irish passport based on DNA evidence; the person within the Passport Service...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his...
    • Data Protection
      11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided...
    • Official Travel
      12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41768/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41789/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Consular Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to assist an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is having difficulty accessing funds in a bank in South Africa. [41994/24]
    • Middle East
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his Israeli counterparts in relation to alleged Israeli firing on UNIFIL positions at their headquarters in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Proposed Legislation
      18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status and progress of the heat Bill, which aims to establish a regulatory model for district heating to...
    • Waste Management
      19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the policy inconsistency regarding the landfill levy exemption for stabilised waste will be addressed in the upcoming...
    • Departmental Bodies
      20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the establishment of the carbon capture and removals working group, including details of its...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs...
    • Data Protection
      22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a...
    • Official Travel
      23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Consultations
      25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if State funding towards radon testing and remediation works in individual homes is being considered for the next phase...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason fibre broadband in Birr will take until 2026 to roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wind Energy Generation
      30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any recompense for a community living in the shadow of a wind farm in County Donegal (details supplied); and...
    • Energy Prices
      31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how electricity account credits are provided to households that use solar energy; if they will still receive this credit...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in...
    • Data Protection
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on...
    • Official Travel
      34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41766/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41784/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Defence Forces
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel for whom the Defence Forces are currently providing single living accommodation, broken down by county, in tabular form;...
    • Middle East
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to ensure safety of Irish peacekeeping troops stationed in Lebanon and in particular their monitoring of the blue line...
    • Defence Forces
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces have to pay for their air fares if they wish to return home for their three weeks leave while serving overseas;...
    • Middle East
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department maintains constant contact with families of Irish troops in Lebanon, given the rising tensions in the areas present evolving...
    • Proposed Legislation
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has plans to bring forward legislation relating to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40653/24]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42456/24]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • School Funding
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a fund to provide funding for schools seeking safety measures/safe parking outside schools to ensure...
    • Transport Policy
      52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of expanding the Leitrim integrated transport pilot project to every county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Military Aircraft
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to commence random inspections of civil aircraft to establish if they contain munitions of war; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his...
    • Data Protection
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be...
    • Official Travel
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41781/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41799/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Driver Test
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait time for a driving test in each test centre in the State. [41849/24]
    • Road Tolls
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount collected in toll charges at each toll bridge in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Public Transport
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most current timeline for phase 2 implementation of the Transport for Ireland 2024 fares determination; if there are any delays to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the legislation required for speed-limit reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can provide clarification on the decision to discontinue the number 11 bus route, which serves a vital role in...
    • Road Network
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase allocations for the upgrading and maintenance of rural roads. [29472/24]
    • Road Projects
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate funding to complete the design work on the Ardee to Castleblayney N2 road scheme. [29473/24]
    • Military Aircraft
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 11 September 2023, if he is confident that cluster munitions have not transited sovereign...
    • Coast Guard Service
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the acquisition of search and rescue helicopters from a company (details supplied); if he is aware that the fixed...
    • Military Aircraft
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his efforts to ensure that no further flights transit Ireland trafficking arms in support of Israel's genocide in...
    • Road Safety
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline all measures being progressed on the N22, Macroom to Ballincollig road, to address all safety issues relating to right-turn...
    • School Funding
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a fund along with the Department for Education to provide funding for schools seeking safety...
    • Proposed Legislation
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is intending to introduce any legislative changes or measures to improve pay and working conditions in the Irish aviation sector;...
    • Road Safety
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce road fatalities. [38161/24]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42464/24]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make changes to capital gains tax in order that a loophole concerning properties owned by individuals in nursing home care, availing of the fair...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in relation to...
    • Data Protection
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of...
    • Official Travel
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41767/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41788/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41806/24]
    • Tax Yield
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT on energy bills in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41852/24]
    • Tax Code
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider revising the VAT regulations for small bus operators, particularly those involved in school transport, to allow them to reclaim VAT on the purchase...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41984/24]
    • Tax Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the standard fund threshold to €2.2 million from its current level of €2 million; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42062/24]
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax credits are available for the disposal of incontinence pads prices, given they add hugely to the cost of the black bin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for amending the definition of 'qualifying residence' in the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42090/24]
    • Tax Exemptions
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide additional information on 'qualified vouchers' that can be used small benefit exemption; to provide a breakdown of the most commonly used vouchers;...
    • Legislative Measures
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for changes to the personal retirement savings accounts in the Finance Bill; the estimated savings to the Exchequer from the proposed changes;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals, including the number of people waiting to have their appeal reviewed; and if he will...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42458/24]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Schemes
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the independent property protection scheme is available to people living in Blackpool, Cork, who are awaiting flood relief in the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a reply will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his...
    • Data Protection
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be...
    • Official Travel
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41775/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Advertising
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42462/24]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his...
    • Data Protection
      108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be...
    • Official Travel
      109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41771/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Advertising
      112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Work Permits
      113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to add planners to the critical skills occupational list given the requirement for that discipline currently; and if he...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42466/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when site work will commence on a new special school project (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a school bus ticket application for a person (details supplied); the reasons this applicant is still on a waiting list for a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that plans for a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) are at the stage ‘architectural...
    • School Funding
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41691/24]
    • Psychological Assessments
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment from the National Educational Psychological Service. [41704/24]
    • Site Acquisitions
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will purchase a property (details supplied), to allow for the future expansion of schools given it has already been zoned Z1,...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by her Department in...
    • Data Protection
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on...
    • Official Travel
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the past five years and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41770/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41785/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Schools Building Projects
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous Parliamentary Question, whether or not the board of management of a school (details supplied) has ever approached her...
    • School Funding
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently examine the ancillary grant that her Department has removed entirely for a primary school in County Clare (details...
    • Education Schemes
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the City Connects initiative to all DEIS band 1 primary schools in Limerick city; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      130. 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...
    • Teacher Training
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 10 October 2024, the number of teachers who have taken part in the DCU course to date and the number...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with regard to the DEIS-Plus request from a number of schools in the Dublin region (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding phases two and three of the solar for schools programme; the timescale and counties involved; and if she will make a...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of her Department in the past twenty years. [42457/24]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by...
    • Data Protection
      136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will...
    • Official Travel
      137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41780/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Advertising
      140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred...
    • Data Protection
      142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown...
    • Official Travel
      143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Advertising
      145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any recompense for a community living in the shadow of a wind farm in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review on current guidelines for wind farms will include changes to the minimum distances from private residences; and...
    • Legislative Programme
      148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the legislative timeline for the introduction of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the operation of the interim remediation scheme for apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural...
    • Housing Provision
      150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to contact co-operative housing and DLR with regard to the new social housing development called St. Germaine, in Ballybrack...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years....
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • State Pensions
      152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the State pension by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred...
    • Data Protection
      154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown...
    • Official Travel
      155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Consultations
      157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Advertising
      158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance who stated that their previous employment was in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount paid out by her Department in pandemic unemployment overpayments as a result of fraudulent applications....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41871/24]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagements between officials from her Department and employer and unions representatives of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has to date not received the fuel allowance. [41889/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer’s allowance (CA), broken down by the number of recipients of a full rate CA payment,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a student is entitled to the back-to-education allowance to study a particular course at the same educational level as...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by...
    • Data Protection
      172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown...
    • Official Travel
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Consultations
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Advertising
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Prison Service
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently in prison who have previously served time in prison. [41818/24]
    • Departmental Data
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children admitted to women's refuges in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [41819/24]
    • Human Trafficking
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested, prosecuted, and convicted of human trafficking in the State in each of the past ten years and...
    • Domestic Violence
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda call-outs to instances of domestic violence in each county in the State, in each of the past five years, in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who were assaulted while on duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Data
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for fraud offences in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41826/24]
    • Missing Persons
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported missing in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the number of whom...
    • International Protection
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have sought international protection/asylum in the State in each of the past ten years and to date...
    • Departmental Functions
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when An Garda Síochána expects to complete the transfer of certain immigration functions to her Department; and if...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of her Department in the past twenty years....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Trade Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity and cost of peat imported and exported in each of the past fifteen years, in tabular form. [41708/24]
    • Livestock Issues
      192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live sheep imported to the State in each of the past ten years, by country of origin, in tabular form. [41709/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his...
    • Data Protection
      194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be...
    • Official Travel
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41764/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Advertising
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding allocated to the Bishopstown, Wilton, Glasheen and Model Farm Road area of Cork, from the Department for the years...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Health Service Executive
      200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the tender document for the management of the new IPAS centre at Thornton Hall was published; the number of...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the...
    • Data Protection
      204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if...
    • Official Travel
      205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Consultations
      207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to...
    • Child and Family Agency
      209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla to date in 2024; the source of the referrals, as was provided in...
    • Child Protection
      211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on the child protection notification system by Tusla in each of the past...
    • Children in Care
      213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently residing in special emergency arrangements under Tusla; and the number of...
    • Disability Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the increase in funding for specialist community based disability services (details supplied) in...
    • International Agreements
      219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied). [42078/24]
    • Ukraine War
      220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason Ukrainian nationals in receipt of accommodation under the temporary protection arrangements afforded...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past...
  • Department of Health
    • Misuse of Drugs
      222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing legislation to restrict the sale of nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as 'laughing gas', for personal use, and limit...
    • Hospital Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Health if a whole-time consultant neurologist will be assigned to Wexford General Hospital; the expected timeline on any such appointment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      224. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring 100 nurse specialists across neuro services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41683/24]
    • Emergency Departments
      226. To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter in the emergency department of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan (details supplied). [41701/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in relation to...
    • Data Protection
      228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of...
    • Official Travel
      229. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      230. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41773/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41791/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      232. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41809/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for ophthalmology appointments, by county; and the average wait time per county, in tabular form. [41829/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      234. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the State on the purchasing of ventilators from China which were unsuitable for use (details supplied); the amount of that cost which...
    • Departmental Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born with drug or alcohol addictions, by county, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [41831/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      236. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation by the HSE over the past fifteen years. [41832/24]
    • Hospital Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently in hospital despite being clinically discharged; and the details of the number who have been in hospital despite being...
    • Hospital Procedures
      238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer surgeries carried out in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41834/24]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs associated with the cyber attack on the health service in recent years; and the quantity and nature of material which was compromised or leaked...
    • Hospital Services
      240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled in the past five years in each hospital nationwide, in tabular form. [41836/24]
    • Health Services
      241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported to the National Incident Management System, by each hospital nationwide, over the past decade, in tabular form. [41837/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cyber security staff recruited by the HSE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [41839/24]
    • Debt Collection
      244. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or individual hospitals have engaged private companies for the purpose of debt collection from patients or former patients who have failed to pay...
    • Departmental Data
      245. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons diagnosed with cancer in the State, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [41841/24]
    • Emergency Departments
      246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who left emergency departments around the country without being seen in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, by hospital, in...
    • Ambulance Service
      248. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time in each county in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [41844/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      250. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs associated with the Covid vaccine passports in the past five years. [41846/24]
    • Vaccination Programme
      253. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the HPV vaccination catch-up programme extension review; to provide a timeline by which a decision will be reached; and if he will make a...
    • Abortion Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of cases taken against the HSE over the alleged abortions resulting from misdiagnosis of unborn children, since the Health (Regulation of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra beds to Ospidéal Pobail Corca Dhuibhne; and when he anticipates doing so. [41879/24]
    • Disability Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Health if a service is being removed from islands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41881/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student paramedics that will be recruited in January 2025 and at what locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41887/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      258. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered providing an ambulance shelter on Arranmore Island, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41888/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pumps initiated to patients with type 1 diabetes, by hospital, inclusive of all level 3 and level 4 hospitals for 2021, 2022, 2023...
    • Medicinal Products
      260. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a hospital the size of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda should be relying on an external supplier (details supplied) for...
    • Pharmacy Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in full the discussions that have taken place between him and a union (details supplied) in relation to the restoration of pharmacy fees and new...
    • Home Care Packages
      263. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41991/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of widespread concerns in relation to the inadequate and limited supply of HRT patches (details supplied); the measures that will be undertaken...
    • Health Services
      266. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure additional funding is allocated for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41997/24]
    • Pension Provisions
      268. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a ludicrous situation where the HSE will not pay the ex gratia payment to a widower of a former employee (details supplied); and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      269. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of plans to cease the use of a treatment for public patients at highest risk from Covid-19 (details supplied); the reason the HSE has taken this...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42460/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding course places on an annual basis across physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available to activate the apprenticeship increase payment that was agreed for introduction from 1 July 2024; and if he...
    • Data Protection
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on...
    • Official Travel
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and...
    • Grant Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sought the SUSI grant on the grounds of parental alienation in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41769/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41790/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his/her...
    • Budget 2025
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the €1,000 reduction in student contributions announced in the Budget 2025 is not available to students (details supplied) who...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42459/24]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      282. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of legal cases taken against her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by her...
    • Data Protection
      283. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be...
    • Official Travel
      284. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41776/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      286. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Advertising
      287. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Control of Dogs
      288. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the fact that there are three photographs on Gov.ie of Bull Breeds which are not XL Bully types; the reason these photos...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      293. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of her Department in the past twenty years. [42463/24]