Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 April 2024)

Patrick Costello:

646. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to legislate to stop the dispensing of EU prescriptions for specific marginalised groups as proposed in a recent article (details supplied). [18881/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 April 2024)

Robert Troy:

447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a contributory pension investigation (details supplied). [18979/24]

Department of Finance: Philanthropy Initiatives (30 April 2024)

Catherine Murphy:

244. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of supporting philanthropic giving under the new philanthropy strategy through the implementation of a direct tax incentive for major gifts of a minimum of €5,000 and maximum of €5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19351/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 April 2024)

Pearse Doherty:

224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 12 December 2023, the estimated revenue that will be raised in each of the years 2024 to 2030 by the proposed increases in all classes of PRSI, disaggregated by PRSI class, employer, employee and self-employed, in a scenario (details supplied), in tabular form. [18667/24]

Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (1 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe:

123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider postponing the introduction of carbon tax increase on agricultural diesel from 1 May 2024 to 1 October 2024 due to the additional costs imposed on contractors by the unprecedented inclement weather over the past number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19564/24]

Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (24 April 2024)

Robert Troy:

188. To ask the Minister for Health has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (30 April 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan:

121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on when a special school in Cork (details supplied) will receive access to therapies considering there are still no therapists in place at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19223/24]

Department of Health: Departmental Policies (30 April 2024)

Mark Ward:

611. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Ireland's drug policy following the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs; the next steps following the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19307/24]

Department of Health: Disease Management (1 May 2024)

Cathal Crowe:

298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline any updates on the possibility of consultation, with the relevant Departments, to introduce a scheme to partially reimburse those with a formal coeliac disease diagnosis for the purchase of gluten-free foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19700/24]

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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 April 2024)

John McGuinness:

456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full payment of child benefit will be approved for a person (details supplied) and their partner, as both are in the process of establishing their home again in Ireland, having spent several years abroad; and if she will expedite a positive decision. [19086/24]

Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (30 April 2024)

Seán Canney:

229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a VAT refund scheme for first time buyers of homes to help deal with the increased cost of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18891/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 April 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív:

404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the caravan loan scheme will re-open again for applications in view of the fact that many Travellers are still living in poor caravans that have passed their useful life, whether it is intended to revise the conditions of future schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/24]

Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 April 2024)

Bernard Durkan:

349. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18703/24]

Department of Health: Departmental Policies (30 April 2024)

Brian Stanley:

621. To ask the Minister for Health if the providers of online medical certificates including fit to return to work certificates, unfit for work, pre-employment medical certificates and prescriptions are approved by his Department. [18744/24]

Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 April 2024)

Bernard Durkan:

162. To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate the correct tax-free allowances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18705/24]

Department of Health: Departmental Funding (25 April 2024)

Mark Ward:

309. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on funding for the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18554/24]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Broadband Infrastructure (30 April 2024)

Denis Naughten:

140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18837/24]

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

Bríd Smith:

113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his accommodation plans for international protection applicant refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/24]

Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 April 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív:

359. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of valid applications received under the new build module set up to deliver new-build community centres in Rural Ireland under the Community Centre Investment Fund; the number of these granted funding to date; whether the applications not funded under this round of funding will be considered for funding under further funding rounds of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18625/24]