Written answers
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Urban Development
1. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the launched report of the Dublin City Taskforce. [45243/24]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon. [45242/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
5. To ask the Taoiseach to outline all capital investments made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020. [45408/24]
- Departmental Inquiries
6. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the distinctions between a promised Covid-19 inquiry and an ‘evaluation’, following recent statements by the Tánaiste. [45455/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
10. To ask the Taoiseach when details of the next round of funding for capital projects under the shared island initiative will be announced. [45471/24]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe in which he intends to join the case the South Africa has taken under the Genocide Convention against Israel at the...
- Human Rights
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to alleviate the repression of people, and in particular women, in Afghanistan; the engagements he has had...
- European Union
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the diplomatic and legal recourse available to the Government under the treaties of the European Union in circumstances...
- Middle East
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the obligations of contracting parties to the EU/Israel Association agreement arising from its necessitation of 'respect for human...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that will be made available by his Department under the shared island initiative for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Sector Pensions
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the increased payments to retired An Post pensioners have still not taken effect; the timeline for payment of...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020;...
- Energy Usage
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of national gas demand, by sector (details supplied); if he will provide data on the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the community renewable energy projects that have been energised and are exporting...
- National Broadband Plan
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Electricity Grid
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45445/24]
- Departmental Schemes
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of heat pumps installed in the warmer homes scheme and warmth and well-being scheme...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these...
- Data Centres
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the number of islanded data centres that are already connected to the gas grid; those that contracted to...
- Energy Conservation
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to establish a retrofit scheme specifically targeted at households reliant on solid fuel heating, in...
- State Bodies
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to clarify the statutory basis on which the just transition commission is established; and to outline the staffing and...
- Department of Defence
- Military Neutrality
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Grant Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the grant for electric taxis will continue in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45355/24]
- Driver Test
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason appointment dates keep changing for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45357/24]
- Road Projects
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 9 September 2024, if unspent funding allocated to a project in Kerry (details supplied) from...
- Public Sector Pensions
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to ensure that CIÉ pensioners will receive a cost-of-living increase, as no increase in CIÉ pensions has...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020; and if he will...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the provision of strategic park and ride facilities on the south bound carriageway on the M1 approaching Dublin,...
- Public Sector Pensions
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to changes to the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; when changes are likely to be implemented; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the DART project for Drogheda, the impact on future additional public transport needs expected by the designation and...
- Road Network
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that increased funding will be made available in 2025 for the non-national road network in counties Cavan and Monaghan...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the introduction of a tax on private jet travel, in light of the environmental impact and disproportionate carbon emissions associated...
- Tax Data
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised on a first- and full-year basis of ending the non-domicile regime on 1 April 2025; and if he will make a statement...
- Fiscal Data
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of the income volatility measure to support the farming sector outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Credits
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the unfair decision to exclude parents of students studying outside this jurisdiction from the rental tax credit as this and other measures...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Freedom of Information
52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 18 September 2024, if he will provide a further update on the same query; and the rationale...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if he will make...
- Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil sé beartaithe go mbeidh comórtais faoi leith do Príomhoifigigh Chúnta agus róil shinsearacha eile mar...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the second increased cost of business application by a business (details supplied) will be reviewed in order to avail of the Power...
- Trade Relations
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions the Government will be taking in relation to trade with the Kingdom of Morocco in light of the ruling of the Court of...
- Work Permits
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work permit application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45340/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all capital investments made by the IDA, if any, in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020; and if he will...
- Business Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason businesses that pay their commercial rates through their landlords are not eligible to apply for the Power Up grant; if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her officials have engaged with a school (details supplied) on the issue of future funding following the unilateral withdrawal of...
- School Staff
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of current staffing shortages in schools, particularly in the greater Dublin area, she has any plans to support the upskilling of...
- School Funding
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all of the grants and financial support schemes available to the primary school sector for works to enhance and improve the physical...
- School Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service will be provided to an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45342/24]
- School Staff
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the salary and pensions for caretakers in school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45374/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline all capital investments, if any made by her Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the planned modular accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be delivered and will be operational by late...
- Schools Building Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of the planned permanent extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills liosta a sholáthar de na scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge nua-oscailte ó 2020 ar aghaidh ag leibhéal na bunscoile agus na...
- Schools Building Projects
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 23 October 2024, if she will clarify what exactly the design tender is, referred to in her previous...
- School Staff
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 24 October 2024, if she will ensure that a teaching post is retained in a school (details supplied);...
- Schools Building Projects
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the large-scale project for a school (details supplied) under the School Building Programme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information regarding new ASD classes due to open in schools at both primary and secondary levels in the Dublin mid-west constituency...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Capital Expenditure Programme
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline all capital investments, if any made by her Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if she...
- Tourism Promotion
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional measures that will be implemented in 2025 to promote at home and abroad Ireland’s Ancient East; and if she...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Data Protection
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a case of a data breach (details supplied) where a named individual’s personal data were disclosed to...
- Housing Schemes
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the backlog drawing down the croí cónaithe grant in Dublin (details supplied). [45346/24]
- Fire Service
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire trucks currently in Dublin Fire Brigade fleet; the number that are operational; the age of each fire truck;...
- Traveller Accommodation
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the refurbishment and new unit spends, and number in each case, of Traveller accommodations, per local authority, from...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline all capital investments, if any, made by his Department in the constituencies of Louth and Meath East since 2020;...
- Homeless Accommodation
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families and individuals who are declared homeless, broken down by local authority area, that are not being...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the situation regarding part-time workers earning less than €20,000 and their entitlement or...
- Social Welfare Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45339/24]
- Social Welfare Code
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide any evidence-based policy or research data which informed the decision to increase of the penalty...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline all capital investments, if any, made by her Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020;...
- Social Insurance
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers paying employer PRSI with fewer than 50 employees; the total number of employees employed by those...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the disability allowance claim for a person (details supplied); when they can expect a decision to be...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic Violence
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse is...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline all capital investments, if any made by her Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath; and if she will...
- Visa Applications
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied). [45478/24]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- EU Regulations
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who is responsible for the enforcement of an EU Regulation (details supplied) in practical and immediate terms; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Supports
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of the income volatility measure to support the farming sector outlined in budget 2025; and if he will...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline all capital investments, if any, made by his Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020; and if he...
- Animal Diseases
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when additional measures will be implemented to address the outbreak of bovine TB in parts of the country; if there are sufficient...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to move refugees into a premises in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will...
- Service Level Agreements
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on any service level agreement between his Department and an organisation (details supplied); and...
- Childcare Services
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if sponsored children under the national childcare scheme are getting the full 45 hours a week that is...
- Disabilities Assessments
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of needs will take place for a child (details supplied). [45323/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is supported to avail of the two years of early childhood care...
- Department of Health
- Public Sector Pensions
127. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of ongoing talks with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the proposed application of DPER Circular 24/2022 retrospectively to...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
128. To ask the Minister for Health if the free fertility treatment as recently announced can be considered on a case-by-case basis, rather than as one matrix; his plans to do so; if the case of...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
129. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Section 28 Service Level Agreement between the HSE and the Central Remedial Clinic for 2024 has removed referenced to a school (details...
- Health Services Staff
130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the community eye clinic at Community Care West Road, Clonmel, in light of a recent retirement; the pre-emptive measures taken to ensure that...
- Hospital Appointments Status
131. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45338/24]
- Cancer Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment options given in relation to the decisions of the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital under the gastro-intestinal...
- Health Services Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacancy that has arisen at the community eye clinic at Community Care West Road, Clonmel, following the retirement of a person (details supplied) has...
- Hospital Appointments Status
134. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45356/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
135. To ask the Minister for Health if he sought the views of other persons or bodies involved in the Covid pandemic; if so, to list them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45358/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with the orthopaedics department at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2471 of 23 July 2024, and indirect rep 98/0624, the current complement of podiatrists for the chronic disease management...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
138. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all capital funding provided by his Department to the Lourdes Hospital and to Louth County Hospital since 2020; the increase in employment in both...
- Departmental Reports
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; and if he will commit to full implementation of the...
- Hospital Facilities
142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 708 of 18 September 2024 and 1305 of 5 November 2024, if an answer will be provided as to the reason the paediatric...
- Cancer Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations...
- Hospital Appointments Status
144. To ask the Minister for Health when a child in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45433/24]
- Cancer Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting replacement hip surgery at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Dublin, by the length of time those people have been on the...
- General Practitioner Services
147. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45474/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [45493/24]
- Medicinal Products
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adults have access through the health service to burosumab for treatment for hypophosphataemia (details supplied). [45496/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Examinations
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student will be allowed to carry a failed exam subject into next year (details supplied). [45317/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if he will make a...
