Written answers

Thursday, 17 October 2024

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a report on the implementation of the Working Time Directive 2003 in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42010/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has conducted an audit of property owned by his Department and if he is satisfied that any land/buildings no longer required can be...
    • Defence Forces
      14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the functions formally performed by members of the Defence Forces which have been outsourced since 2020. [42016/24]
    • Official Engagements
      22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent attendance at the RACO Annual Conference. [42025/24]
    • EU Bodies
      24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has had any discussions with the president of the European Commission regarding the establishment of a commissioner for defence and...
    • Middle East
      26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he has taken to establish if any weapons that were used by the Israeli military to fire on UNIFIL positions recently passed through...
    • National Security
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on his Department's efforts to increase security infrastructure, including military radar and sub-sea surveillance systems;...
    • Budget 2025
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence budget allocation for 2025. [42022/24]
    • Middle East
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to his announcement that the Defence Forces would not be procuring military equipment or defence equipment or contracts with Israel, the...
    • Defence Forces
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to indicate the anticipated future role of the Defence Forces, Army, Naval Service, and Air Corps in future national and/or European defence...
    • International Agreements
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the international agreements or co-operation projects that Ireland has signed up to since he assumed office; the Oireachtas...
    • National Security
      36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is taking the lead on the future national Maritime Security Strategy. [42023/24]
    • Civil Defence
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the further development of the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/24]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints process in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a decision on a location for the Army Headquarters will be made; and if Athlone will be considered. [42006/24]
    • Proposed Legislation
      42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is planning draft legislation relating to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42109/24]
    • Defence Forces
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make an apology on behalf of the State to the families of the children killed and injured by an army shell in the Glen of Imaal in...
    • International Agreements
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ways in which Ireland has co-operated and collaborated with NATO since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the details of the intelligence...
    • Defence Forces
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will implement the Defence Forces working time agreement and make improvements to the post-2013 pension arrangements; and if he will make...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to advise how much additional funding Local Link will have in 2025 compared to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41352/24]
    • Dublin Bus
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Dublin Bus pilot scheme providing security guards on Dublin services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Policy
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan in County Carlow. [42027/24]
    • Road Projects
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the N4 Mullingar to Rooskey upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42008/24]
    • Rail Network
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his Department's work in relation to the implementation of DART+ Coastal North; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department supports road safety initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41893/24]
    • Public Transport
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that will be taken to improve service on the Luas red line; and if he will account for the current problems with the service....
    • Rail Network
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that safe permanent access to Clongriffin DART station is provided for residents of Baldoyle; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with Cork County Council in progressing EV charging points for housing estates and apartments without parking spaces in...
    • Bus Services
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his Department's work in relation to the implementation of BusConnects in Fingal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Greenways Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the concerns of County Louth farmers and members of an organisation (details supplied) that the proposed Carlingford...
    • Road Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the new N21 Adare bypass project; the timelines for the completion of the project; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met recently with representatives of Bus Éireann in Cork city; if he is aware of ongoing issues with delays and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the rules for e-scooters being used on secondary roads; if the rules applied are the same as cyclists; and if sufficient...
    • Public Transport
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the company (details supplied) recently awarded a lucrative contract of over €2 billion by the NTA to install...
    • Road Safety
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to local authorities to carry out safety works on regional and local roads; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take action ensure the DART+ Coastal North project retains direct DART services to Howth, Sutton, and Bayside; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the goal of free public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42043/24]
    • Rail Network
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made during his tenure of office with progressing the re-opening of the Western Rail Corridor from Athenry to Collooney and...
    • Road Projects
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to upgrade the road infrastructure leading to Castletownbere port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41897/24]
    • Bus Services
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to increase the capacity of the 109X Dublin to Cavan bus service which is oversubscribed; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will fund Local Link to allow it to extend their routes in areas where there is demand; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the Sligo to Dublin rail line is in real terms being downgraded (details supplied); if he is aware that there is now...
    • Public Transport
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the addition of an early morning train service between Longford and Sligo that would allow arrival in...
    • Rail Network
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will prioritise funding to increase track capacity on the northern line from two to four tracks; his best estimate on when this can...
    • Public Transport
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the rescheduling of rail commuter traffic is adequately managed to ensure arrival on time and regularity from the customer's...
    • Budget 2025
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the effect of Budget 2025 on the road allocations for the same year; the funding available for Transport...
    • Rail Network
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the delivery of a Waterford metropolitan rail network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42073/24]
    • Public Transport
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans to ensure the safety of passengers on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42053/24]
    • Transport Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is Government policy to not intervene in NTA decisions where there is a clear negative impact on both communities and on the use of...
    • Public Transport
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the lessons that can be learned from the implementation of the August rail timetable changes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the delivery of the Metrolink project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/24]
    • Bus Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals to increase capacity on a route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41896/24]
    • Proposed Legislation
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce the horse-drawn carriages Bill in the next month (details supplied). [42063/24]
    • Dublin Bus
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will act to increase capacity on the 15, 15B, S6 and S8 bus routes, which are frequently full; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 23 July 2024, the status of the feasibility study for light rail in Galway, and the status of...
    • Rail Network
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to upgrade the Dublin to Rosslare line, and for the electrification of the line to Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the development of a high-speed bus network for the Shannon Airport catchment area, to ensure fast...
    • Airport Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last discussed capital funding to extend the runway at Waterford Airport. [35588/24]
    • Budget 2025
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how funding provided for public transport in Budget 2025 will benefit County Carlow. [42028/24]
    • Road Projects
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends on progressing the N81 Tallaght to Hollywood crossroad improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Airport Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the potential impact on tourism numbers of the many difficulties facing Dublin Airport in recent years,...
    • Noise Pollution
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities are fulfilling their roles regarding the implementation...
    • Road Safety
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the funding in place to address dangerous junctions in Cavan on our national road networks. [41635/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • European Council
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparatory work within his Department in advance of Ireland assuming the presidency of the European Council in...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the...
    • Northern Ireland
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the need to tackle paramilitarism, taking into account...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if high-speed broadband will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 23 July 2024, if the final plan has now been submitted to his Department;...
    • Fuel Poverty
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 30 and 32 of 1 October 2024, what supports are in place for residents who are...
    • Energy Usage
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown, by fuel source, of the cost of importing energy in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Fisheries Protection
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his officials in the Inland Fisheries Division issue Section 14 authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation)...
    • Inland Fisheries
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a fisheries matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42187/24]
    • Angling Sector
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason why the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland established by himself in November 2020 has reached an...
    • Energy Conservation
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding an application under the warmer homes scheme for an elderly person (details supplied); whether...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total cost allocated by Government in subsidising wind energy each year from 2011 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Honours
      129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will support and facilitate a Dáil debate on the independent review group established in 2021 to examine and report on matters...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount...
    • Departmental Budgets
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 18 September 2024, if his Department has made any projections of its likely required budget out to...
    • Defence Forces
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which concerns in respect of pay and conditions affecting the Defence Forces have been resolved or are in the course of being...
    • Naval Service
      139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel, trained to the appropriate standard, are available for Naval Service missions; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces
      140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotions throughout the Army, Navy Service and Air Corps currently awaiting approval at each rank; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the first- and full-year costs of reinstating the grant rate of €5,000 for the purchase of EVs. [42196/24]
    • Aviation Industry
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost-benefit analysis that has been done by his Department to identify economic benefit of passenger jet aviation into each region of...
    • Road Projects
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocations to road projects contained within the NDP; if the funding has been spent in full during 2023; if not, the amount...
    • Bus Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans being considered for increased bus services from Headford to Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42135/24]
    • Public Transport
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the allocation of €116 million from the contingency fund to his Department in Budget 2025 will be used for the purpose of...
    • Driver Test
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive a date for their rescheduled driving test. [42152/24]
    • Public Transport
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when free travel for children under nine years will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/24]
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans to improve rail transportation services in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42226/24]
    • Public Transport
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is committed to making public transport in rural areas accessible to passengers with mobility issues; the improvements he is making...
    • Departmental Reviews
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the submissions to the All-Island Strategic Rail Review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42229/24]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the...
    • Military Aircraft
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civilian aircraft that had not applied for an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of all working groups within his Department that have been engaged in reviewing any air navigation policy matters in...
    • Local Authorities
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if urgent and favourable consideration will be given to a request from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he remains satisfied that urgently required road improvements and upgrades or new roads previously committed to will...
    • Rail Network
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he will encourage the modernisation of rail transport infrastructure by ensuring long-term investment to meet the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in use that are totally reliant on electricity propulsion; his expectations for the future in this regard; and if...
    • Public Transport
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the improvement, extension and upgrade of rural transport networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/24]
    • Noise Pollution
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when noise reduction improvements will be completed on the M4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42369/24]
    • Traffic Management
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which traffic congestion points have been identified throughout north County Kildare, with particular reference to...
    • Public Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has continued to evaluate rural transport requirements, with a view to bringing transport to persons rather than...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making the carer's allowance a tax-free payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42133/24]
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT at the standard rate will be applied to plant based milk substitutes such as those derived from oats, soya, coconut and almond; the reason for this;...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount allocated in...
    • Tax Code
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if the threshold for tax payment will be increased from €30,000 to €40,000 for persons on relatively low income who are eligible for 1.5 lump...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Heritage Sites
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of giving a free heritage card, which currently costs €30 for access to all OPW sites, for those aged 60 and over; and...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a charity (details supplied) is allowed to have an office in the National Concert Hall; and who decided that this facility...
    • Flood Risk Management
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 20 March 2024, to provide an update on the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation to the IDA in each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; the proposed allocation for 2025; and if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      187. 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...
    • State Examinations
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42141/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a limited number of NEPS assessments available to each school; if so, the number; if the number of available assessments will be...
    • School Accommodation
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42148/24]
    • School Transport
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a discretionary school bus seat was revoked for a student (details supplied). [42160/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a list of schools (details supplied). [42218/24]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by her Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount...
    • School Enrolments
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for the Blanchardstown Mulhuddart school area to ensure there are enough primary school places to accommodate the new...
    • School Accommodation
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the expenditure on new school buildings, and the refurbishment of existing buildings, since 27 June 2020; the...
    • School Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a UP80 form can be completed for a person in County Mayo (details supplied) in view of the very negative impact on this person’s...
    • School Transport
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child with scoliosis (details supplied) will be offered school transport. [42310/24]
    • School Admissions
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the efforts to date to find a second level school place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it might be possible to offer transport to school for the school of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Bodies
      203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the new National Archive Advisory Council will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42242/24]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by her Department in each year from 2021 to date in...
    • Television Licence Fee
      205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the monthly television license sales figures in respect of each month beginning with January 2022, including a...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of how often she has met the new chairperson of RTE; if these meetings were in person or via video link; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects an announcement on allocations in respect of the latest rounds of the large-scale sporting infrastructure fund;...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the refuge units delivered by her Department since 2020, and to provide in tabular form the cost of each...
    • Defective Building Materials
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a homeowner who has already been approved for funding vis-à-vis the defective concrete block scheme can expect to...
    • Fire Safety
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a complex (details supplied) in Inchicore has still not had a surveyor visit although this was expected to happen...
    • Inland Fisheries
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a fisheries matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42189/24]
    • Housing Policy
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing supports available to victims of domestic abuse to assist them leave the family home; and if he will make a...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections carried out each month by the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority since it was established;...
    • Departmental Data
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of prosecutions taken against landlords for breaches of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those in receipt of illness benefit, occupational injuries benefit, disablement pension or incapacity supplement will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time a domiciliary care application by a person (details supplied) has been pending; when a decision will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person from County Leitrim (details supplied) for a farm assist payment; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a table detailing the rate of all welfare payments in the years 2019 to 2024, and any increases due in 2025; the...
    • State Pensions
      231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of benchmarking the State Pension at 34% of average earnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42203/24]
    • Departmental Reviews
      232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the broad review her Department is undertaking of means testing; if any findings, provisional or otherwise, can...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of allowing those who are carers and in receipt of a full carer’s allowance retain the full carer’s...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on deliberations being undertaken by her Department following a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of giving the telephone support allowance to all those entitled to the household benefits package; and if she will...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by her Department in each year from 2021 to date...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale as to why a woman with three children and who is a widow, cannot receive illness benefit when she is entitled...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether an appeal to disallow invalidity pension appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed given it...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a one parent family payment might be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to a request and subsequent review of entitlement to an exceptional needs payment in the case...
    • State Pensions
      247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all contributions and employments have been taken into account in the application for and subsequent refusal of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when favourable consideration might be given to an application for jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Official Engagements
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to meet with the families of victims of the Creeslough disaster, as she has publicly committed to doing; whether...
    • International Protection
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 8 October 2024, how many of the 400 additional staff to be recruited in roles...
    • Immigration Policy
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the work her Department is undertaking to plan for the introduction of the EU Asylum and Migration Pact in June...
    • Ukraine War
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to deal with the end of the Temporary Protection Directive in March 2026; and if she will make a statement...
    • Budget 2025
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the new measures specified on page 126 of the Budget 2025 expenditure report, cross tabulated with the amount...
    • Visa Applications
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an appeal (details supplied) for a visa application was received; when a decision is likely to be reached; and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive their certificate of citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review correspondence (details supplied); the options available to this person; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first full-year cost of recruiting one thousand additional Gardaí in 2025; the full second year cost of those...
    • Departmental Schemes
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the annual average cost of a Community Safety Partnership; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of funding that has been allocated for the delivery of refuge units; to outline the delivery stream expected...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to community CCTV schemes in each year from 2016 to 2024; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the number of Gardaí stationed at Europol; for a breakdown of the costs associated with these...
    • Court Judgments
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act was passed in 2021, if the offence of perjury...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by her Department in each year from 2021 to date in...
    • Visa Agreements
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasoning for the decision to remove the 90-day visa-free travel to Ireland from South Africa for tourists; and whether she...
    • International Protection
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the application of a person (details supplied) for leave to work under the international protection programme;...
    • Residency Permits
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to residency/stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • International Protection
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action proposed to ensure the protection of a person (details supplied) if efforts can be made to ensure that the person is...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a person (details supplied) can be considered for naturalisation given that she is a citizen of an EU Member State; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether provision can be made to make paper application for citizenship and upgrade Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she might examine again the possibility of rescinding order to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Immigration Status
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a precise timeframe has been set for the mid-term review of the Irish Forestry Programme; his views on whether this is a matter of...
    • Animal Diseases
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when additional measures will be implemented to address the outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis in parts of County Tipperary; if there...
    • Animal Welfare
      286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage and provide assistance to an organisation (details supplied) with regard to any remedial works needed; if he is...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason lambs have to be double tagged (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/24]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024;...
    • Departmental Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what percentage of AMS notifications stated that the farmer had sown the wrong crop; his views on whether there is a problem with the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Childcare Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is possible for his Department to purchase a childcare facility (details supplied) in Mayo and run it as a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to give an update on the pilot school therapy supports in special schools; if he will provide a list of all...
    • Childcare Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he could provide a list of all childcare services in Dublin 1, 3, 9 and 11 that have withdrawn from core...
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure the reinstatement of The Child Law Project, a long-established court reporting...
    • International Protection
      295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the payments made in relation to international protection accommodation and/or associated costs at a...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from...
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Child Law Reporting Project; the annual cost of the project; to confirm that the necessary...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of courses that have been cancelled by Solas in 2024 to date that were offered in 2023; how many in total were offered in 2023 and...
    • Departmental Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the salary of the newly appointed Government science adviser; the number of candidates considered for the post; how a final...
    • Budget 2025
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason certain courses have been omitted from the €1,000 fee reduction, as detailed in Budget 2025 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify plans to shorten the timeframe for apprenticeship programmes (details supplied). [42212/24]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to advise when successful applicants will be informed under the community centres investment fund; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      351. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024;...