Written answers

Thursday, 7 November 2024

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • European Union
      1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on Ireland's response to the publication of the Draghi Report; if Ireland's submission will be published; if a...
    • Presidential Elections
      2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the referendum to grant voting rights to Irish citizens living outside the State in Presidential elections will be held; and if he will...
    • Middle East
      3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with reference to his account to Dáil Éireann on 10 October 2024 concerning reports of illegal transportation of weapons through...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Pension Provisions
      7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the increases to Eir and An Post pensions as agreed earlier this year to be finalised; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average all in costs and the average grant, for the installation of a 3kw, 4kw and 5kw solar photovoltaic system...
    • Energy Policy
      9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the work of the national demand strategy implementation group; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste management
      10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safeguards he has put in place to ensure that the deposit return scheme will not lead to price rises for households...
    • Energy Conservation
      11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average wait time from filing an application for the SEAI warmer home scheme. [45625/24]
    • Energy Policy
      16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a household and SME rebalancing subvention, modelled on the large energy user...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by rank in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45600/24]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether arrangements could be made for the Naas-Blanchardstown bus service to extend to facilitating day patients at Blanchardstown...
    • Air Services
      19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has assessed whether travel arrangements to major sporting events can be protected within the context of a cap on Dublin Airport...
    • Transport Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the increase in the sale of diesel-powered cars; the policies the Government will pursue to reduce the number of...
    • Rail Network
      21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of kilometres of new rail track laid since 2020; the funding provided by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for driving tests in Galway and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45543/24]
    • Road Projects
      23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the second bridge and southern relief route for Newbridge, County Kildare; the recent progress; his plans to bring...
    • Rail Network
      24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the train stations in County Kildare, if they have a shelter; if they have an enclosed waiting room; if they have a lift or...
    • Coast Guard Service
      28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date regarding the development of a permanent Irish Coastguard base in west Connemara, County Galway, particularly...
    • Rail Network
      29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new train drivers recruited by Irish Rail in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of train drivers that left Irish Rail...
    • Bus Services
      30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 17 October 2024, the total funding allocated specifically to Local Link in 2024, in tabular...
    • Road Projects
      32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N22 Macroom to Ballincollig project; if the new road will be prioritised as a project of regional importance; if the...
    • Bus Services
      33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend to date on BusConnects Cork. [45730/24]
    • Road Projects
      40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position in relation to a ring road around Mountmellick, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45993/24]
    • Bus Services
      41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Kerry Pike and Clogheen bus will be operational in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45994/24]
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on changes to a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45514/24]
    • Employment Rights
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware the new Revenue Commissioners rulings following a Supreme Court ruling on the boundary between self-employment and employee status appears to...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance when the report on the proposed changes to the criteria for the primary medical certificate will be published; if his Department has seen the report; and if he...
    • Insurance Industry
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance the short- to medium-term plans by Government to ensure reductions in premiums for insurance products, particularly public liability insurance; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with the Banking and Payments Federation and his Department with respect to the defective concrete blocks redress scheme; and...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation measures that will be introduced in 2025 to ease the pressures on small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied the recent report from his Department on the difficulty of securing funding for multi-unit developments, and if there are implications for...
    • Tax Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 7 March 2024, the number of vacant homes tax (VHT) returns received by the Revenue Commissioners, by each local...
    • Economic Policy
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate the extent to which this country’s economy continues on a stable footing, notwithstanding any potential threat; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his proposals to address the important issues now arising and likely to present a challenge in the future to family households and the...
    • Tax Data
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the engagement that the Revenue Commissioners has with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, to identify vacant properties that...
    • Transport Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increase in the sale of diesel-powered cars; the fiscal and tax policies he intends to pursue to reduce the number of diesel-powered cars on...
    • Tax Reliefs
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce tax relief on trade union subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45592/24]
    • Tax Exemptions
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt payments made to farmers under the Climate Action Performance Payment from the Universal Social Charge and PRSI; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if an existing property, which is derelict can qualify for the help-to-buy scheme. [45607/24]
    • State Bodies
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title, currently at the Financial Service and Pensions Ombudsman; and the estimated timeframe in which each of the...
    • Tax Data
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential units and the number of persons subject to the 10% rate of stamp duty with respect to the acquisition of certain residential property...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered proposals submitted to him by a person (details supplied); if he has considered the implications that these proposals would have for tax...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 15 October 2024, when he became aware that the Central Bank was or was to become, the ‘home’ country...
    • Middle East
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal and that there is a duty upon states to ban...
    • Tax Code
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT rate from 13.5% to 11% and 9% respectively for food and catering services, as well as all entertainment and hairdressing...
    • Tax Data
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 88 and 89 of 16 October 2024, if he accepts that estimating the cost of increasing the standard fund threshold using...
    • Banking Sector
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance whether consideration might be given to a change in the way investment funds interact with consumers with particular reference to those funds who have bought...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which credit remains available to small and medium-sized enterprises, with particular challenges being faced by these enterprises currently; and...
    • Inflation Rate
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which measures introduced in this jurisdiction to combat such issues as inflation, here and-or throughout the eurozone, are being successful; and...
    • House Prices
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which house price inflation here is likely to affect economic performance in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46043/24]
    • Brexit Issues
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the ongoing effect of Brexit on the economic performance in this jurisdiction as well as in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the activities of investment funds here, with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
    • Tax Code
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he remains satisfied that the taxation system in this country is sufficiently broadly based to avoid dependency on any one sector to such an extent...
    • Fiscal Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department can influence and co-ordinate fiscal matters in such a way as to support and encourage growth and development...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that revised European taxation rules will apply in such a way to not dissuade foreign direct investment here. [36709/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme in County Cork since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37035/24]
    • Economic Sanctions
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance in light of the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice in July that Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory...
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the decision of not reducing the VAT rate to 9% for bars, restaurants and cafés that are struggling in the east Cork area; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme can be expanded to include all homes and not just new-build properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42865/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 2 October 2024, his recommendations for people currently being disadvantaged by the disabled drivers and passengers...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed flood relief works for Skerries and, in particular, for the Maltings residential area that floods each time...
    • State Properties
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishments planned to Garda stations in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45588/24]
    • Office of Public Works
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of EV charging points at each OPW heritage site; and the 2025 budget allocation to increase the number of EV charging points...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will update Dáil Éireann on the steps being taken to install interim flood measures at Lough Funshinagh in County...
    • State Properties
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure a permanent State-owned access to Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45695/24]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to what extent householders and farmers, twenty families in total, in the Lough Funshinagh, who are seriously disadvantaged by local...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Farm Safety
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of farm safety inspections that have taken place in each county in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria for the Power Up Grant; and his views on the exclusion of certain rateable businesses, selling services to the public...
    • Trade Agreements
      108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45802/24]
    • Business Regulation
      109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has concerns with regard to a monopoly forming if only one company is getting the opportunity to provide a service (details...
    • Industrial Development
      111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland still plans to provide a new advance manufacturing facility at Kerry Technology Park, as distinct from the development...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an engineering qualification entitles a person (details supplied) to obtain employment in this jurisdiction in an engineering...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Properties
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the committee of a school (details supplied) who are deeply concerned about the potential sale of Department of Education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the reason the examination of some new planning conditions imposed on the development of a school (details supplied) has...
    • School Transport
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 15 October 2024, if a contractor will be found to operate this school bus service; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45519/24]
    • School Funding
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the long-term funding plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45526/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills under whose remit the power to direct schools to make additional special education provision available and ensure sufficient places are provided...
    • School Transport
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of substitute bus escorts for special needs students on school transport when their escort is not available...
    • Special Educational Needs
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for when a decision will be made regarding provision for a school (details supplied) in light of section 37a of the Education Act...
    • Schools Building Projects
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school’s (details supplied) application for reconfiguration works to existing school accommodation for SEN...
    • School Funding
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a school (details supplied) with financial assistance to cover costs for essential upgrades, including electrical system,...
    • School Accommodation
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional modular classroom accommodation with toilets for a school (details supplied) which, due to increased enrolment and...
    • Island Communities
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to increase the remote area boarding grant for students from off-shore islands that have to travel to the mainland for their...
    • EU Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department received EU funding for current or capital works projects in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if so, the projects that were funded...
    • Departmental Programmes
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Wexford in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • School Funding
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form. [45642/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional capacity that will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order to increase the number of children to be able to attend...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost of these works. [45644/24]
    • School Funding
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided to schools in Limerick under the emergency works scheme for the period of 1 January 2023 to 1...
    • Departmental Programmes
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Clare in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • State Examinations
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the Stakeholder consultation on the review of the Leaving Certificate curriculum carried out by the National Council for...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to meet with a group (details supplied); if unable to do, her views on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45668/24]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a refurbishment and reconfiguration project; when the project will...
    • School Transport
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to enable bus drivers over 70 years-of-age to continue working as school bus drivers; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an additional accommodation application for a second ASD classroom for a school in County Limerick (details...
    • Schools Administration
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area of a school (details supplied); and the school that residents of Ardmore Hills are in the catchment area of. [45710/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Cork schools that had their SEN or SNA allocation reduced in 2024. [45727/24]
    • Home Schooling
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Cork currently availing of the home tuition scheme due to a lack of a school place. [45728/24]
    • Departmental Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for capital projects in Longford and Westmeath schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [45771/24]
    • School Transport
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to ensure that every child that needs a seat on school transport is provided one; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for capital projects in Kerry schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [45828/24]
    • School Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [45829/24]
    • School Enrolments
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in Kerry schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form [45830/24]
    • School Staff
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [45831/24]
    • School Funding
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided through the ICT grant to Kerry schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [45833/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Kerry under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2024, in...
    • School Funding
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rate of capitation at primary and post-primary school from 2011 to 2024 inclusive; the amount to be provided in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers at primary and post-primary school from 2011 to 2024; the number to be provided in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of SNAs at primary and post-primary school from 2011 to 2024; the number to be provided in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of primary schools from 2011 to 2024; the number proposed; the delivery date of each; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of special classes from 2011 to 2024; the number proposed; the delivery date of each; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teacher to pupil ratios applied in 2011 to 2024; the number proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45878/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46006/24]
    • School Admissions
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made regarding the location of a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a review of her circumstances might be undertaken to ensure all supports for a child with special needs can be granted (details...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Kildare County Council received just €3 million from an application for large-scale sport infrastructure fund...
    • Film Industry
      177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department intends to have any further engagement with stakeholders following the forum for Section 481 and Budget 2025; if...
    • Community Development Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the work that is being carried out by her Department to ensure that County Louth is better represented in...
    • Sports Funding
      179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the priority for fast growing areas in the recent allocation of Sport Capital Grants has resulted in...
    • Tourism Funding
      180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the measures that will be implemented by her Department and by the agencies under the remit of her Department to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      181. 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 Hidden Heartlands; and if...
    • Arts Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the ways her Department is supporting amateur theatre groups across the country; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to indicate the steps she continues to take to ensure that tourism is given every opportunity to develop and grow in the future,...
    • Sports Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on large-scale sport infrastructure fund applications for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Swimming Pools
      187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ways she is supporting the provision of new swimming pool facilities across the country following publication of the National...
    • Arts Policy
      188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is concerned by the growing use by State agencies and service providers of art generated by artificial intelligence rather...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nach bhfuil an Bille um Údarás na Gaeltachta, 2024, nó na treoirlínte pleanála...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí maidir le céard atá i ndán do na pleananna teanga sna limistéir...
    • Culture Policy
      191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make provision for a Cultúrlann in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45580/24]
    • Departmental Meetings
      192. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met the Chief Executive of Screen Ireland; and the issues discussed. [45654/24]
    • Sports Funding
      193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an appeal by a club (details supplied) was received; when this club can expect to receive a decision on their appeal; and if...
    • Culture Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to engage with cultural groups of local and national importance throughout the country and...
    • Arts Policy
      203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which opportunities continue to exist for philanthropists to engage in and support the Arts nationally and locally;...
    • Sports Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can facilitate those who have previously been awarded capital sports grants and have not been in a...
    • Sports Events
      205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which endeavours continue to be made to host international sporting events in this country; and if she will make a...
    • Tourism Industry
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which business tourism continues to be encouraged with the obviously necessity of having to compete internationally;...
    • Departmental Functions
      209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to ensure the continued growth and viability of all portfolios under her aegis with obvious...
    • Departmental Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to an organisation (details supplied) in the north inner city to help it develop its cultural and artistic...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to intervene in a case where a State-funded organisation (details supplied) has refused to pass on a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • World Heritage Sites
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Céide Fields neolithic site and visitor centre in north Mayo was not included in the last tentative list...
    • Housing Schemes
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the income limits for persons applying for social housing supports, taking into account increased...
    • Property Registration
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current waiting time to transfer properties with the Property Registration Authority; the length of time the longest...
    • Water Services
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a referendum on the public ownership of water services will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45582/24]
    • Office of Public Works
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Office of Public Works will be requested to carry out the necessary works to recover the remains of the Invincibles...
    • Fire Service
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a national fire brigade service to allow for economies of scale in purchasing, uniformity of training and...
    • Vacant Properties
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any means whereby a clearly vacant and derelict property can qualify for the croí cónaithe grant after a...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there are no official planning guidelines at national level for the development of solar farms; if he plans to...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new setback guidelines for the development of onshore wind farms will be adopted; the reasons for the delay; and if he...
    • Energy Conservation
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of heat pumps that were installed as part of the local authority retrofitting scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and...
    • Departmental Reports
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Mulcahy report into panning issues in County Donegal; and if not the full report, whether he will...
    • Vacant Sites
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on collection of the vacant sites levy, by local authority, the amount collected, the amount levied, the amount...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who accessed emergency accommodation in Cork, to date in 2024 and for the same time in 2020. [45734/24]
    • Housing Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes delivered in Cork city; the average price of these homes; and the number for which contracts...
    • Housing Schemes
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Longford and Westmeath in each of the past five years; the total...
    • Housing Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government targets and outturn for delivering social and affordable houses in County Monaghan in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Housing Schemes
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loans, local authority home loans from Kerry; the total number...
    • Vacant Properties
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Kerry Council to make an application for the vacant properties (voids) programme; if such an application has...
    • Rental Sector
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications to date in 2024 through approved housing bodies, local authorities and Home for...
    • Housing Schemes
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans, local authority home loans from Kerry; the total number that...
    • Vacant Properties
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected by Kerry County Council, in the vacant sites levy since the levy was established, by year, in...
    • Fire Service
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Mayo County Council for fire services in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form....
    • Housing Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed social and affordable housing construction which is planned for County Mayo over the next five years; and the...
    • Rental Sector
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to a landlord in a situation where a tenant who refuses to pay or in any way cooperate with the...
    • Housing Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental homes to be delivered in Cork in 2024. [45736/24]
    • Local Authorities
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Cork City Council for CPO, in each of the years 2020 to date. [45737/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants for rebuilding Ireland home loans, local authority home loans from Cork; the total number that...
    • Housing Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government targets and outturn for delivering social and affordable houses in County Monaghan in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Vacant Properties
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Kerry Council to make an application for the vacant properties (voids) programme; if such an application has...
    • Rental Sector
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications to date in 2024 through approved housing bodies, local authorities and Home for...
    • Vacant Sites
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected by Kerry County Council, in the vacant sites levy since the levy was established, by year, in...
    • Vacant Properties
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [45843/24]
    • Fire Service
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Mayo County Council for fire services in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form....
    • Housing Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed social and affordable housing construction which is planned for County Mayo over the next five years; and the...
    • Rental Sector
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to a landlord in a situation where a tenant who refuses to pay or in any way cooperate with the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the agreement reached to increase community employment supervisors’ pay in 2023; if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance is available to a person (details supplied) further to an unsuccessful maternity benefit claim; and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a disability pension has been stopped for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons waiting on an oral hearing for social welfare appeals; the steps being taken to reduce same; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 23 October 2024, the number of these illness benefit claims which lasted for one...
    • Nursing Homes
      254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the current legislation and or scheme guidelines to make provision to allow a disregard for the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has appealed a decision to reject their application for disability...
    • Pension Provisions
      256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to allow for changes to the means test for the contributory pension qualified adult allowance payment for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made under the additional needs payment to date in 2024; and the number made for the same time...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an urgent needs payment in Longford and Westmeath. [45795/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for an urgent needs payment in Longford and Westmeath, by reason, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to...
    • Parental Leave
      263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a mechanism whereby parents can transfer four weeks parental leave and benefit per parent...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of proving for a €1,000 child benefit lump sum payment in respect of all newborn babies. [45955/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all weekly long-term unemployment payments by €5. [45957/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the free travel pass to all children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [45963/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the blind pension weekly income disregard by €10. [45964/24]
    • Social Welfare Code
      276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the number of companies with fewer than 10, 20 and 50 employees and the PRSI revenue generated from same....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the availability of carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when exceptional needs payment to assist with funeral costs in respect of his wife (RIP) will be paid in the case of a person...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a living alone allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Poverty
      286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether fuel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Work Permits
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will engage with an embassy (details supplied) regarding a work visa; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in each Cork station in each month over the past two years.; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions necessary for a spouse of an Irish citizen to apply for citizenship, with particular reference to the Minister's...
    • Crime Prevention
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided under the Garda youth diversion scheme in the past two years; the amount provided to each project during...
    • Citizenship Applications
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship received in each of the past three years; the number of successful applicants in...
    • Public Inquiries
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, given the recent statement by the Garda Commissioner that a public inquiry into the Creeslough tragedy could occur at the...
    • Fines Administration
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that Gardaí issued for parking on a footpath in each Garda division to date in 2024,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional roads policing unit as of 29 October 2024, in tabular form....
    • State Properties
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the options currently being considered for the old Cork Prison site in the Glen. [45712/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles in Cork in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by station. [45713/24]
    • Crime Prevention
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fireworks seized under Operation Tombola, by county. [45715/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unanswered 911 calls originating in Cork, in each of the past 12 months, in tabular form. [45729/24]
    • Irish Language
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish speaking Gardaí covering Gaeltacht areas in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the proposal to establish a domestic violence refuge centre in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Kerry, by rank, in tabular form. [45845/24]
    • Domestic Violence
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Kerry in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [45846/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently stationed across Galway and the number of new Gardaí in Galway who have been recruited...
    • Family Reunification
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a join family visa might be offered to the family of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when regularisation of residency/Stamp 4 update/citizenship might be progressed in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Residency Permits
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 October 2024, wherein no indication was given as to how a person (details...
    • Family Reunification
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can be joined by his spouse given that he had lived and worked in this jurisdiction for the past...
    • Deportation Orders
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she might review deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Environmental Policy
      314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland will make a commitment under the Bonn challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45577/24]
    • Animal Passports
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure for a pet owner travelling with their pet dog between Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to restore a native sugar industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45547/24]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure compulsory collection and publication of injury and life journey statistics for sporting horses; and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a dedicated authority, separate from his Department to oversee animal welfare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Passports
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the issue of multiple microchips in horses; the specific changes he will implement to improve traceability and...
    • Animal Welfare
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase funding to an animal rescue centre (details supplied) given that it has running costs of over one million euro...
    • Departmental Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (detail supplied) will receive an update on an application to transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le réiteach a fháil ar na fadhbanna pleanála a chuir stop leis an obair ar...
    • Animal Passports
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to address the current backlog in the issuing of horse passports; if the current backlog is greater...
    • Animal Diseases
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45699/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he had at EU level in relation to the need to reduce the regulatory burden and unnecessary...
    • Animal Welfare
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Longford County Council and Westmeath County Council for the control of horses in each of the first six...
    • Horticulture Sector
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the mushroom sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45809/24]
    • Trade Agreements
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Kerry Council for the control of horses in each of the years of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if draft net licence holders are eligible under any of the recently announced fisheries grant schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Land Issues
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cross-Government measures will be introduced to reduce the sale of land to non-farming interests and particularly large-scale...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Mayo waiting for GLAS and ACRES payments. [46003/24]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disabilities Assessments
      338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO7; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and...
    • Disability Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in County Kildare that are currently awaiting an appointment for early intervention by...
    • Child Detention Centres
      340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase capacity at a detention centre (details supplied) given recent cases in which...
    • Disability Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in Longford and Westmeath, that are currently waiting an appointment for early...
    • Budget 2025
      347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding allocated to deliver 40,000 additional home support hours in Budget 2025; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a radio interview (details supplied), if he will provide details of his exit strategy for the Clare...
    • Family Resource Centres
      351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated to a family resource centre (details supplied) in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare funding model that is provided through Pobal; if that model is based on service need or the...
    • Health Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the long-term care plan for a person (details supplied). [45659/24]
    • Disability Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria for the removal of a service user from the CDNT in County Donegal to another team, that is, primary...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      360. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an accurate number of overdue assessment of needs in County Donegal, as of 1 November 2024....
    • Childcare Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a grant or transport scheme is available to parents of preschool children with additional needs who need to...
    • Disability Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current WTE staffing of each Cork CDNT; and the number considered a full cohort, in tabular form. [45726/24]
    • Child and Family Agency
      363. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children registered as at-risk with TUSLA in 2024; and the number registered at the same time in...
    • Disability Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare for child and adult respite, respectively, in each of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on CDNT waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by team and, by the number months...
    • Disability Services
      371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of respite hours provided to families in Longford and Westmeath over each of the past 12...
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to the Midlands Regional Hospital for child and adult respite, respectively in each of the...
    • Disability Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of residential places for adults and children since 2011; the number proposed; the...
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to the Midlands Regional Hospital for child and adult respite, respectively in each of the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of an ongoing issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45827/24]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of funding 1,000 new public early childhood education and school aged care places...
    • Childcare Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of reducing early years and school aged care costs to a maximum of €400, €500...
    • Children in Care
      378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the foster care allowance by €5, €10 and €15; and if he...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing funding to AIMs by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45857/24]
    • Childcare Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of fully rolling out equal start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/24]
    • Child and Family Agency
      382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing funding for Tusla by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45859/24]
    • Disability Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of residential places for adults and children since 2011; the number proposed; the...
    • Childcare Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual funding provided to early learning and childcare for the years 2011 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 100 student placements in children’s disability services. [45865/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 100 places on the sponsorship scheme for nurses who wish to become public health...
    • Disability Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 100 respite places for adults. [45943/24]
    • Youth Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional support will be provided in 2025 for youth services throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the widespread concern expressed by childcare providers about the viability of their services, if he...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update for a claim by a person (details supplied). [45984/24]
    • Disability Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of patients in Mayo who are currently awaiting appointments for assessments of need, occupational...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will take place for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if and when a review of her circumstances might be undertaken to ensure all supports for child with special...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by how many months they are waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for an operation in Galway University Hospital vascular clinic; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the hugely negative impact that nitrogen oxides (NOx) has on citizens’ health, particularly children; the policies he intends to...
    • Health Services
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if issues with patient follow-up will be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45511/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if he could outline the HSE’s recruitment plan to address the shortfall in occupational therapists in Sligo/Leitrim; when they expect to employ a...
    • Hospital Staff
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions at Letterkenny University Hospital which are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level,...
    • Medicinal Products
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fast-track besremi reimbursement approval and call for an immediate reassessment of besremi by the NCPE given the current shortage of Pegasys; if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45525/24]
    • Medical Cards
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder has to pay for blood tests carried out in a GP practice following a request from a consultant endocrinologist after a private...
    • Primary Care Centres
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the move planned for Monasterevin primary care centre; the future plans for the site following the move; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff midwives working at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; the number of staff midwives on long-term sick leave; the number of staff...
    • Departmental Reviews
      420. 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 make a statement on the matter. [45557/24]
    • Dental Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Kildare; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
    • National Children's Hospital
      423. To ask the Minister for Health when the new National Children's Hospital is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45560/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the pain management clinic at Tallaght University Hospital for over one, two, three, four and five years,...
    • Dental Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in County Kildare; the average waiting times for appointments; the number who are waiting...
    • Mental Health Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Kildare; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months and more than...
    • Home Care Packages
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in County Kildare; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Kildare; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting for an endoscopy in Naas Hospital; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies per grade at Naas Hospital and the length of time each vacancy has been unfilled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO7; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in County Kildare; the areas covered by the nurses; the number of nurses per district; the number of vacancies per area; and...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are currently on the waiting list for the obesity management clinic at St. Columcille's, Loughlinstown, County Dublin, broken down by...
    • Health Services Staff
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dieticians currently employed at the weight management clinic at St. Columcille's, Loughlinstown, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been referred to the obesity management clinic at St. Columcille's, Loughlinstown, County Wicklow in 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Medicinal Products
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken for polycythemia vera patients who rely on Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) to manage this condition and who are now affected by...
    • Hospital Facilities
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of capital works projects that were carried out at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the future capital works scheduled...
    • Health Services Staff
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit one WTE staff grade audiologist and one WTE senior grade audiologist for the public health service. [45649/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 1,000 additional intensive homecare packages. [45650/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in cardiothoracic surgery at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45651/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      448. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staff in receipt of the advanced paramedic allowance in the National Ambulance Service, by grade code from the National Director...
    • Vaccination Programme
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he...
    • Health Service Executive
      450. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a HSE building (details supplied), its current use and future plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45687/24]
    • Disease Management
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if chronic kidney disease will be included in the expansion of the chronic disease management programme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget 2025
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if the €10 million ring-fenced funding for oncology drugs announced in Budget 2025 will be sourced from the €30 million allocated for new...
    • Medicinal Products
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a person in Mayo (details supplied) who suffers from scoliosis and associated respiratory impairment; the support he can offer to the family...
    • Care Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of respite hours that each respite facility in Donegal provides, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45708/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres operated under a leasing arrangement, by count; and the annual cost of these leases, in tabular form. [45716/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS GPs available and the number of GMS patients in Cork in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45717/24]
    • Dental Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting their school-age dental appointments, by waiting time, in Cork, by LHO, in tabular form. [45718/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      459. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork; the amount spent to date; and the date it is expected to first open and be fully operational. [45719/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      460. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a site (details supplied). [45720/24]
    • Care Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for respite, to date in 2024; and the number refused. [45724/24]
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to drug and alcohol taskforces, respectively in 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024. [45725/24]
    • Care Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of respite hours provided to families in Cork over each of the past 12 months; the total number that has been provided each month since March...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork; the average waiting time for an appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on external staff, agency staff in each of the Cork hospitals, to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45746/24]
    • Disease Management
      470. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of National Rare Disease Steering Group; whether the new national rare disease strategy will be finalised by Q4 2024; when the...
    • Budget 2025
      471. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the exact provision of funding and resourcing to rare diseases within Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45748/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will get a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45752/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Donegal that have been turned down for CAMHS over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45756/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be introduced to recruit and retain more home care assistant/home support workers in the HSE in view of the unacceptable delays in areas such...
    • Health Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the challenges facing those who have functional neurological disorder in accessing aftercare either as an inpatient or outpatient and the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on primary care centre projects in County Galway. [45766/24]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      478. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45767/24]
    • Dental Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who have medical cards awaiting dental treatment in Donegal, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Longford and Westmeath; the average waiting time for appointment, in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatients in Longford and Westmeath. [45800/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      482. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the air ambulance service moving from Athlone to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45801/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      483. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of Lifford Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45803/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      484. To ask the Minister for Health his response to instances in County Monaghan whereby people have been endured excessive waits while awaiting an ambulance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to provide additional services at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45813/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the status of phase 3 of the Framework for Safe Nurse and Skill Mix in long-term residential care settings for older persons; if testing has concluded; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      487. To ask the Minister for Health for current inpatient waiting lists in University Hospital Kerry, by specialty, in tabular form. [45849/24]
    • Substance Misuse
      489. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; to outline measures yet to take effect; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making the shingles vaccine free of charge to at risk cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45881/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing HSE general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45883/24]
    • Dental Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted under the dental treatment services scheme from 2011 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres for the years 2011 to 2024; the number proposed; the delivery date of each; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of acute hospital beds provided by hospital from 2011 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number proposed; the delivery date...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on each of the six surgical hubs; the delivery date of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45893/24]
    • Cancer Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Cancer Strategy; the level of funding that has been provided to the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Strategies
      504. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Stroke Strategy; the level of funding that has been provided to the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/24]
    • Departmental Strategies
      507. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress to finalise an updated national carers’ strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45898/24]
    • Care Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop and deliver a ‘carer’s guarantee’ that provides a core basket of...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to each local drug and alcohol taskforce for each of the years 2011 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45900/24]
    • Community Care
      510. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the total staff recruited under the enhanced community care; the number to be provided; the expected delivery date; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on his commitment to standardising the opening hours of all injury units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45904/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the total investment in the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2011 to 2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45905/24]
    • Departmental Strategies
      515. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland and the National Genetics and Genomics Workforce Plan,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending the Laura Brennan HPV Catch-Up Vaccination Programme to all those under 25 who missed out on the HPV vaccination at school; and...
    • Emergency Departments
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing all charges for children attending emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45910/24]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing all prescription drugs free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45911/24]
    • Pharmacy Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the cost increasing pharmacy fees by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45912/24]
    • Disease Management
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of expanding the Structured Chronic Disease Management Programme to two more conditions. [45913/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing supports to GPs in areas of deprivation by 10%. [45916/24]
    • Dental Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the dental treatment services scheme by 10%. [45920/24]
    • Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology. [45921/24]
    • Community Care
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of fully staffing the Enhanced Community Care Programme. [45922/24]
    • Hospital Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of extending virtual wards to ten more hospitals. [45923/24]
    • Cancer Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of ensuring the full implementation of the model of care for psycho-oncology services for patients aged 0-24 years. [45924/24]
    • Health Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the national strategy for accelerating genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland by 10%. [45927/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a mother and baby unit for mothers who require inpatient mental health supports. [45929/24]
    • Health Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing five postnatal hubs. [45930/24]
    • Departmental Data
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of introducing a vaccine damage scheme. [45933/24]
    • Care Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully resourcing the carer’s guarantee. [45934/24]
    • Home Help Service
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to meals on wheels services by 10%. [45935/24]
    • Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing ten day centres for older people and disabled people. [45938/24]
    • Hospice Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to a charity (details supplied) by 10%. [45939/24]
    • Clinical Trials
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing investment in clinical trials research by 10%. [45940/24]
    • Disability Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 100 day service places for school leavers with disabilities. [45942/24]
    • Health Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 100 personal assistant hours. [45946/24]
    • Eating Disorders
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing one eating disorder team. [45949/24]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to addiction services by 10%. [45950/24]
    • Departmental Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing pay parity to section 39 and section 56 organisations. [45953/24]
    • Health Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health can he confirm if one of the two promised national injury units recommended in the 2023 National Injury Review, will be located in County Carlow (details...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the updated position regarding a new health centre for Mountrath, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45990/24]
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Mayo accepting medical card patients in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45996/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number, grade, position and location of staff vacancies across the healthcare sector in Mayo. [45998/24]
    • Departmental Budgets
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding BreastCheck to 45 years to 74 years, BowelScreen to 50 years to 74 years and BowelScreen to ensure it reaches 60% target of...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding a new health centre for Ballylinan in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46000/24]
    • Departmental Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of people in nursing homes by age profile in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46002/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the extent, if any, to which a nursing position might be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health whether it might be possible for a social worker to call to investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Eating Disorders
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent investigation might be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46031/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Policies
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a national or Government policy to grant all college photography contracts to one company (details supplied) or is it individual...
    • Student Accommodation
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Kerry in September 2024. [45838/24]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place on a college course will be provided to a person (details supplied). [45985/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the €10 million capital funding from Government to the National College of Ireland to support the NCI's second campus at...
    • Student Accommodation
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Longford-Westmeath in September. [45792/24]
    • Departmental Data
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting times for applications for disability allowance, carers allowance and appeals and the work her Department has undertaken to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of doubling the number of places on the college therapy programmes for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, currently at the Charities Regulator; and the timeframe for when each of the vacancies will...
    • Departmental Projects
      580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the latest status of the projects for piers on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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