Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: European Union (30 April 2024)

John Paul Phelan:

580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19160/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin:

116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop will be provided in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19895/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (30 April 2024)

Carol Nolan:

529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who applied for legal aid advice through the Legal Aid Board for each year from 2019 to date in 2024; the number of successful applications; the number of refused applications during this time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19402/24]

Department of Health: Primary Care Services (2 May 2024)

Holly Cairns:

275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by month, from January 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19973/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (30 April 2024)

Denis Naughten:

561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he intends to get Government approval to publish the Child Care (Amendment) Bill which completed PLS last June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18808/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (1 May 2024)

Cormac Devlin:

221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the arrangements in place for where an employee of the Department, and each organisation under its aegis, becomes elected or co-opted to a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19575/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 May 2024)

Holly Cairns:

115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a status update on the implementation of the legislation required for speed limit reduction, as planned for Q1 of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19890/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (1 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan:

229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is still waiting on an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19846/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 April 2024)

Patrick Costello:

521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 23 April 2024, if this relocation of prisoners will entail the progression unit remaining together; if not, if the prisoners will the general population; if the new location will entail the same level of services that those prisoners earned considering they are all on the enhanced status; if not, her views on whether there is no motivation for generic prisoners to progress within the prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19297/24]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 April 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne:

107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the implementation of national forestry policies and programmes is consistent with the growth of the commercial forest estate or if the commercial timber supply risks being eroded over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18270/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 May 2024)

Alan Kelly:

114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation in 2024 by Iarnród Éireann on personnel security within its stations and on its trains; and the percentage of the 2023 security budget allocation that was actually spent, in tabular form. [19804/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: European Union (30 April 2024)

John Paul Phelan:

516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19170/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 May 2024)

Holly Cairns:

112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) into the dangers of headlight glare on road safety; if he will urge the EU to carry out a similar study on the dangers of headlight glare resulting from the use of LEDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/24]

Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (30 April 2024)

Louise O'Reilly:

757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Ireland’s national supercomputer; the length of time remaining on its lifespan or if it has been decommissioned; when a new supercomputer will be available to academia, industry, and Government Departments and agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19088/24]

Department of Health: Health Services (30 April 2024)

Róisín Shortall:

683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add endometriosis to the long-term illness scheme; if this is being considered as part of the development of the National Endometriosis Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19030/24]

Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell:

292. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to a matter, he will outline the reason the HSE used a recruitment firm (details supplied) for the recruitment of administrative staff; the number of staff recruited between the period January 2022 and June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19684/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 May 2024)

Leo Varadkar:

183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on her plans to introduce pay-related social insurance benefits for jobseekers; the estimated cost of same; and the estimated the cost to extending this approach in case to maternity benefit, paternity benefit, parents benefit and illness benefit. [19664/24]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: European Court of Human Rights (25 April 2024)

Neasa Hourigan:

119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the spending on legal advice, legal action and/or legal expenses related to cases in the European Court of Human Rights on defending Ireland's position in relation to the right to a healthy environment from 2019 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [18535/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 April 2024)

Holly Cairns:

557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of patients currently on CDNT waiting lists, by length of time and CDNT area, in tabular form. [18785/24]

Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (30 April 2024)

John Lahart:

134. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Migration, Integration and Ukraine will meet next. [18585/24]