Written answers

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to schools in CDNT8 in Cork. [19229/24]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is responsible for introducing and setting the attendance-based rules for ECEC/ SAC funding...
    • Child Protection
      96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of an increase in providers leaving the core funding model; the steps his Department is taking on...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to the mother and baby homes institutional redress scheme; the number of...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in special emergency accommodation at the end of each of the past 52 weeks. [18649/24]
    • Departmental Strategies
      101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what progress has been made on compiling a register of DPOs in Ireland; when he envisages that this process will...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the common practice of childcare facilities charging non-refundable deposits; the engagement...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the advancement of the proposed National Centre for Research and Remembrance; when...
    • Health Services Staff
      105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists that have been employed in the past 24...
    • Departmental Strategies
      106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the recent engagement his Department has had with other Government Departments and Ministers...
    • Youth Services
      107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he is supporting the work of youth organisations in rural and remote communities; and if he will make...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he has taken to remove children in care in special emergency arrangements out of unsuitable...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in receipt of early learning and childcare subsidies under the national childcare scheme;...
    • Disability Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be provided to an association delivering services to persons with a disability...
    • Child and Family Agency
      112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the occasions upon which he has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since he took...
    • International Protection
      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...
    • Adoption Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on how many applications for information have been lodged with both Tusla and the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to establish Childcare Ireland; what form the agency will take; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on his Department's response to the Protecting Against Predators report by the Sexual Exploitation...
    • Departmental Strategies
      120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the funding required to implement the Disability Action Plan; if he will outline the level of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      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...
    • Library Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the little book bag initiative; the number of books distributed since its...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he will take to assist early years providers to expand their services, both in terms of capacity but...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken by his Department to review and improve the waiting times and outcomes for assessment...
    • Disability Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the community-based supports that are available to people who have acquired a disability due to...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being implemented by his Department to ensure pay parity for Section 38 and Section 39...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what actions he is taking in the short term to deal with the significant shortfall in places for infants under...
    • Bus Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Transport to ensure that all services run by Local Link Cork are...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of facilities that will take children under two years...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the number of children overdue an assessment of need in Cork North Lee is at its highest...
    • Child and Family Agency
      131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which Tusla can intervene in all situations where concerns have been raised regarding the health...
    • Youth Work Supports
      133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he is supporting youth workers; the measures taken by his Department to attract people to pursue a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      134. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Migration, Integration and Ukraine will meet next. [18585/24]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      135. To ask the Taoiseach 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...
    • European Union
      136. To ask the Taoiseach 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...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if he agrees with the need to appoint a dedicated Minister for Special Education (details supplied) who can fully commit their time and efforts to addressing the complex...
    • Local Authorities
      138. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when a decision will issue,...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      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...
    • Diaspora Issues
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the 30 recommendations of a report (details supplied) provided to the Government on the plight and problems of returning Irish...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to open an Irish Embassy in Qatar. [18907/24]
    • Official Engagements
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Finnish counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting. [18908/24]
    • Passport Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine a passport issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18932/24]
    • Human Rights
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the recent report that Irish protesters were told at a pro-Palestine protest camp in Berlin that they were not allowed to...
    • Passport Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify a policy matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18940/24]
    • Trade Sanctions
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what engagement his Department has had with the United States government regarding the need to lift the embargo on Cuba, in line with the...
    • Passport Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19046/24]
    • Middle East
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he sought access to Gaza ahead of his recent visit to Egypt and Jordan; the reason his itinerary did not include engaging with...
    • European Union
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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...
    • Passport Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that two child passports will be processed on-time for two siblings (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Passport Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19453/24]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined legislation introduced in France to address the issue of fast fashion; his views on whether this...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of the Designated Maritime Area Plan's preparation is expected to be completed; if he will consider...
    • Environmental Schemes
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new low cost home energy upgrade loan scheme, announced on 26 October 2023, will commence in April 2024; the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for...
    • Energy Conservation
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria for householders to avail of energy saving interventions such as attic insulation, in their homes,...
    • Recycling Policy
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, with respect to the deposit return scheme, he will provide an update on the meeting which was due to take place in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with respect to the Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation in the field of green hydrogen signed between his...
    • European Union
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date...
    • Inland Fisheries
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the volte-face in relation to stock management operations on Lough Corrib (details supplied; and if he...
    • Energy Conservation
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of heat pumps installed broken down, by scheme, to date in 2024, in tabular form;...
    • Electricity Grid
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether there is any further recourse for availing of Government electricity credits for a homeowner with low usage on...
    • Ports Policy
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the leadership of the Drogheda Port Company (details supplied) further to correspondence he...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the National Broadband Plan and its roll-out; if there will be further works in the Ashbourne LEA...
    • Local Authorities
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022,...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on connectivity blackspots in terms of Ireland’s broadband network; the breakdown of postcodes...
    • Energy Conservation
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to the launch of the home energy upgrade (low-cost) loan scheme, if applicants who wish to install solar...
    • Official Travel
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is planning to introduce to reduce the amount of renewable energy that is wasted; if he plans to...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the provision of fibre broadband to the IDA Industrial Estate, Kilmallock Road, Charleville,...
    • European Union
      182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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...
    • Local Authorities
      183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Commissioners of Irish Lights
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to dismantle the keepers' quarters roof at Tiaracht lighthouse, County Kerry, effectively allowing it to fall into...
    • Public Transport
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of difficulties facing Dublin Bus and other transport providers in recruiting and retaining maintenance staff; the steps...
    • Road Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further consideration will be given to increase the funding for roads in County Clare to ensure that roads that have been in disrepair...
    • Public Transport
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Irish Rail/Bus Éireann to see how additional car spaces could be provided at Athlone bus and train station to...
    • Road Network
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to allocate further funding to Cavan and Monaghan County Councils and throughout the country, given...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department...
    • Active Travel
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of active travel applications received for an area from a local authority (details supplied) for the years 2019-2024...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the number of Ukrainian vehicles imported to Ireland since the beginning of 2022; to outline the position in relation to...
    • Bus Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that each bus operator is updating the Transport for Ireland real-time applications where a service has...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what additional measures have been put in place by his Department to screen aircraft seeking exemptions under the Air Navigation...
    • Departmental Contracts
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time a contract with a company (details supplied) lasts; when it was last renewed; the reason it was renewed, given that...
    • Road Safety
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will become available to carry out urgent road safety measures at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if traffic-calming measures will be installed at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the intransigence and indifference shown by Iarnród Éireann and the company’s resistance of every...
    • Pension Provisions
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the High Court judgment issued on 19 April in a case (details supplied); if he will now make the necessary arrangements to...
    • European Union
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which...
    • Active Travel
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a funding request has been received for a pedestrian crossing at a location (details supplied); and when this was received; and...
    • Rail Network
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department is giving to Irish Rail to provide ample car parking in Carlow town at Carlow train station; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support and encourage the NTA to consider the commencement of a Local Link bus service from Tubbercurry, County Sligo, to...
    • Pension Provisions
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to calls from the board of CIÉ to award a pension increase as soon as possible, his views on the need for this increase;...
    • Local Authorities
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that data on road traffic accidents is made available to researchers in order that they can advise on...
    • Pension Provisions
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his considered response to the recent High Court judgment in respect of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; if he will take the necessary...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified in court in 2022 and 2023; the number who have surrendered their licence to the Road Safety Authority...
    • Electric Vehicles
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures available for management companies that wish to install electric vehicle chargers within their apartment block but where ESB...
    • Pension Provisions
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in light of the High Court judgement on the CIÉ pension scheme, he will outline the action being taken to ensure the...
    • EU Directives
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 24 April 2024 that it was sending Ireland a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the number of Ukrainians who have paid VRT on Ukrainian vehicles imported to Ireland since the beginning of 2022; to outline the position in...
    • Ports Policy
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mobile scanners that are in place at Irish seaports; the number of fixed scanners that are in place; the locations of each; and if there are...
    • Pension Provisions
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are plans to incentivise young people to invest in their own retirement outside of employment pension schemes and whether the 41% tax on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a citizenship or length of residency criteria on applying for tax relief on tuition fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/24]
    • Customs and Excise
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will prevent the fuel excise increase scheduled for 1 May 2024 given the financial pressure farmers and contractors will face as a result of further...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance 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...
    • Tax Rebates
      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...
    • Business Supports
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any options available to a company that believes warehoused debt accrued under the EWSS scheme was unfairly calculated; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the age tax credit in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18989/24]
    • Tax Rebates
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the apparent obligation on a care centre to become a registered charity in order to get tax relief for the use of a wheelchair bus, used to...
    • Housing Schemes
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review the eligibility requirement for the help-to-buy scheme whereby the mortgage for the applicants must be 70% or more of the value of the...
    • Tax Rebates
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending S.I. No. 266/2012 relative to the refund of VAT for touring coaches, that is, the VAT 71 refund scheme, to include bus types that...
    • Motor Industry
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite approval for the importing of a 2018 car by a family returning to work in Ireland (details supplied) having lived in England for the past...
    • Tax Exemptions
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt capital works at grassroots sports facilities from VAT or introduce a rebate scheme in order to ensure that clubs get the maximum benefit...
    • European Union
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance to list all Acts and statutory instruments sponsored by his Department that became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated,...
    • Tax Code
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the anomalies in the VAT treatment between different mental health professions, namely psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists and...
    • Rental Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an appeal on the valuation of the home under the help-to-buy-scheme; if he will consider a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of claims made under the charities VAT compensation scheme in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, in tabular form; and if...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      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...
    • Local Authorities
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the...
    • Pension Provisions
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow householders to withdraw money from their personal pension funds in order to carry out retrofitting and insulation works to their homes...
    • Fuel Prices
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that people and families, and notably older people, are struggling due to the increased costs of home heating oil; if he will introduce...
    • EU Directives
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the background to and current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 24 April 2024 that it was sending Ireland a letter of...
    • Tax Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential units subject to the 10% rate of stamp duty with respect to the acquisition of certain residential property where a person acquires...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Housing Schemes
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of residents per county who accessed the voluntary homeowner’s relocation scheme for people whose houses flooded in...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department...
    • Protected Disclosures
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the steps his Department is taking to create a more robust enforcement and implementation of the Protected...
    • Local Elections
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clearly outline which grades of employment are allowed to run in local government elections and which grades are prohibited from...
    • European Union
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a substantive reply has issued to email correspondence sent to his office from a person (details supplied) dated 18 April 2024; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all front-line workers are covered by the same criteria to qualify for the long-Covid payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Pensions
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform legislation around the single public service pension scheme to allow fast accrual schemes such as for firefighters...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the first and full-year cost of applying a 10% increase to the amount spent under service level agreements and grant aid agreements with...
    • Local Authorities
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date...
    • Public Sector Staff
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments made from the 2022 principal officer panel in 2024; the balance between internal and external appointments...
    • Office of Public Works
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will detail the amount of funding provided to a project (details supplied); the details of the scheme through which this...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated on an annual basis for flood relief schemes to Cavan County Council from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 23 April 2024, if he will provide further information in relation to production staff...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/24]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his...
    • Brexit Supports
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the €15 million allocated to his Department under the 2023 EU Brexit Adjustment Fund was spent; and if he...
    • Visa Agreements
      272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of an issue impacting upon non-EU citizens working in Ireland whereby they are unable to secure appointments to apply...
    • European Union
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and...
    • Business Supports
      274. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in a situation where a business in the hospitality trade is paying above the €30 thousand rates criteria to access the ICOB...
    • Local Authorities
      275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      276. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current composition of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council; the number of times it has met since its establishment; the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if digital innovation vouchers can be used to help businesses migrate from a copper broadband connection to a fibre broadband...
    • EU Directives
      278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of and the current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 20 September 2022 that it was...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos.342 and 343 of 16 April 2024, for a breakdown of the special classes autism, moderate ID and so on; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boarding grant for students will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18807/24]
    • School Admissions
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision of Gaelscoileanna in the North Central area and to indicate whether there is any intention to provide additional...
    • Schools Building Projects
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline for the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the provision of suitable autism classes at secondary level in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase this...
    • School Equipment
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeframe of delivery for assistive technology applications at both primary and secondary levels where they have been deemed...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her Department is...
    • School Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a school transport issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18851/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building work will commence on a new school for a school (details supplied). [18860/24]
    • School Facilities
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious parking issues at a school (details supplied) which endanger students being collected from school; that this is...
    • School Staff
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to move school cleaners on to public sector pay scales as was done with school secretaries and school caretakers; and if she...
    • School Transport
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate a new school transport bus route from Delvin to Mullingar, County Westmeath, under the revised guideline, as per School Transport...
    • Special Educational Needs
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [18958/24]
    • School Accommodation
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will be considered, as a matter of urgency;...
    • School Curriculum
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department appears to have no quality control system in place to ensure that the standard of syllabi being published by the NCCA...
    • Special Educational Needs
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school (details supplied) given its size and the present demand for such...
    • School Accommodation
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in County Kerry will be granted an additional room (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/24]
    • Pension Provisions
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will reconcile the service of a group of teachers (details supplied) who spent a number of years working in the School...
    • Special Educational Needs
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average teacher to pupil ratio in special schools in Ireland. [19017/24]
    • School Accommodation
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for mixed post primary schools in the general Greenhills area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19023/24]
    • School Staff
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider allowing teachers previously registered with the Teaching Council to make an application for incremental credit...
    • Special Educational Needs
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a number of issues (details supplied) with regard to services for children within the education system with mental health and...
    • School Staff
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what protections are in place for teachers who suffer an injury at work and their ‘assault leave’ has expired, but they still...
    • School Facilities
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s views on whether guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibit the provision of sibling hour...
    • Special Educational Needs
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently revise the SET allocation for a school (details supplied), in light of its extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for teaching recognition in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 17 January 2023, the current status regarding the proposed permanent extension at a school (details...
    • European Union
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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...
    • Special Educational Needs
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of classes and dedicated schools for moderate ID children in the Dublin 14 and 16 areas; what plans are in place to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19233/24]
    • Schools Administration
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s views on whether the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibits the provision of sibling...
    • School Management
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the obligations on patron bodies of national schools to have in place formal complaints procedures for parents to question...
    • Schools Administration
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if forthcoming updated guidelines on the use of school buildings will take into consideration the difficulty parents face in accessing childcare...
    • School Staff
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on teacher shortages; her plans to address them; if she plans to collate data on the number of unfulfilled teaching positions overall...
    • Schools Building Projects
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 17 April 2024, whether a school (details supplied) can secure temporary accommodation due to an...
    • School Admissions
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to facilitate a school place in the desired school of a child (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to address the inadequate number of school spaces available for children with a moderate intellectual disability in...
    • School Accommodation
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to date in 2024 for prefab accommodation at a school (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the estimated cost of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she signed, or will sign, the letter of intent for a school project to reach completion stage (details supplied). [19290/24]
    • Teacher Training
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans his Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for post primary teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fee Paying Schools
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of public funding provided to fee-charging schools in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/24]
    • School Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special needs assistants for 2024-2025, by county, in...
    • Grant Payments
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grants will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19342/24]
    • Local Authorities
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Department officials to meet with a school (details supplied) and their architect for their new build in order to resolve...
    • Special Educational Needs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if exceptional teaching posts are still available for special schools. [19374/24]
    • School Textbooks
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to include private schools under the free books scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19389/24]
    • School Facilities
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he plans to take to ensure that there is equity in standards of laboratory facilities and laboratory resources as well as access to...
    • School Staff
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a psychologist will be appointed by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, to a school (details supplied); and if she can...
    • Schools Building Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school extension plans that were submitted to her Department for a school in County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if...
    • School Costs
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to supporting schools with rising insurance costs as a result of the construction of modular buildings as in the...
    • School Textbooks
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools under the education and training boards, ETB, will be required to purchase junior cycle text books directly from the central...
    • Schools Building Projects
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recently approved school building project (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19437/24]
    • School Funding
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to grant a school (details supplied) funding under the emergency works scheme. [19462/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss their serious concerns at the failure of her Department...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her...
    • Departmental Funding
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what funding is available to national governing bodies of sport to support the implementation of cardiac screening to athletes...
    • Brexit Supports
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €7.75 million allocated to her Department under the 2023 EU Brexit Adjustment Fund was spent; and if...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Sports Funding
      377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide all sports grants available to a football club where the club is leasing ground on a long-term basis (not owned); and...
    • European Union
      380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Sports Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital funding allocations will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19241/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to update and modernise wind turbine setback guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19295/24]
    • Postal Voting
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if those seeking to avail of a postal vote due to illness must pay for a certificate stating they are not fit to vote in...
    • Local Authorities
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a road safety officer in each of the 31 local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/24]
    • Housing Policy
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carer's allowance can be considered a form of income in the purchase of a council house for a person (details supplied)....
    • Housing Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of social homes in Cork south west; and the number of vacant social homes in Cork south west.; and if he...
    • Housing Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received by each local authority area under the croí cónaithe town fund scheme, standard...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his...
    • Water Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider applications for projects of a small scale under Measure A7 of the multi-annual rural water programme for...
    • Regeneration Projects
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an updated timeline for completion of the NWQR in Cork. [18916/24]
    • Legislative Measures
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on legislation committed to on the renaming of streets. [18918/24]
    • Septic Tanks
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the grant scheme including additional designated areas to assist more householders to upgrade and-or replace...
    • Water Supply
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has consulted with Uisce Éireann, An Bord Pleanála and local authorities with regard to sufficient water...
    • Departmental Advertising
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to advertise the lead mains replacement scheme in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular...
    • Housing Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes a local authority (details supplied) has repaired in each of the last three years; and if he will...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the role of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in ensuring the protection of the old Irish goat,...
    • Foreshore Issues
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update in relation to an application for a foreshore licence for the pontoon in Ballyshannon, County Donegal....
    • Traveller Accommodation
      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...
    • Heritage Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to intervene with the OPW and Tailte Éireann in order to obtain clarity on their plans for the preservation of old...
    • Development Contributions
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the local authority development levies waiver does not include group water scheme connections; and if he will make...
    • European Union
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024...
    • Defective Building Materials
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the inclusion of County Sligo in the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Septic Tanks
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of septic tanks that have been inspected in Carlow annually since 2000 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Pensions Reform
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration he has given to extending the retirement age for retained firefighters; if those already approaching...
    • Election Management System
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that is had by officials in his Department with local authorities tasked with maintaining the electoral...
    • Planning Issues
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Mulcahy report into planning irregularities in Donegal. [19284/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average all in cost to the Exchequer for social housing acquisitions purchased in 2023 with a breakdown, by local...
    • Turf Cutting
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a bog owner with two plots on a designated bog can designate a second household that used the second bog plot to receive...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 5 March 2024, if the technical working group has deemed suitable for progression...
    • Departmental Communications
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that this anomaly is...
    • Vacant Properties
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of reports of a failure by a municipal district office (details supplied) to maintain vacant and derelict sites...
    • Housing Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing local authority houses acquired under the Part V planning process to be sold to tenants under the...
    • Septic Tanks
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify an issue in regard to septic tank grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19442/24]
    • Housing Policy
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending recent changes to the consideration of child maintenance as means for social...
    • Departmental Schemes
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the funding scheme that provides funding for communal facilities at a level of €7,500 per unit of...
    • Heritage Projects
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to progress the proposal for a Liffey Valley park (details supplied); and if so, if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time in 2023 for Táilte Éireann to resolve applications to correct mapping errors; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • General Register Office
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the research room for the general records is now only open one day a week, down from five, which is...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a review of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied). [18762/24]
    • Carer's Leave
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the current criteria regarding carers leave/benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the available State supports for people with disabilities seeking work or already working; if she plans to improve supports;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection with reference to the Departmental contract with An Post, if her Department has put in a penalty clause on any welfare...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her...
    • School Meals Programme
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a DEIS school (details supplied) will receive funding for hot school meals; if so, when this will be approved; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if people receiving a disability payment and who transfer to the State pension will still be eligible for any additional...
    • State Pensions
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for State pension (contributory) that were refused by her Department in each month of 2023 and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of the application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of an individual (details...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby people who are wheelchair users and who are receiving a civil service pension and who...
    • Widow's Pension
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State plans to open eligibility to widow's pension to those who were not legally married but in a long-term committed...
    • State Pensions
      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]
    • Departmental Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications which were submitted in the period 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what protocols are in place for people who refuse the offer of work while in receipt of jobseeker’s payments; if...
    • School Meals Programme
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 23 April 2024, if the national standards for school meals stipulates that...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      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...
    • EU Directives
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024...
    • Widow's Pension
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the actions her Department has taken in relation to the entitlement of an unmarried...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the jobseeker’s benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out to all consultancy firms for any services rendered; and the cost per contract in 2023 as a whole and to...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in each month; the total and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of heating supplement payments that were paid under the supplementary welfare allowance for each month from...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an individual applies for the additional needs payment, if this can be used for hospital transportation where the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for fuel allowance was refused for a person in receipt of disability allowance (details supplied);...
    • School Meals Programme
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of school children now in receipt of hot meals, by county, in tabular form. [19340/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on delays experienced by returning emigrants in obtaining a PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to their enquiry regarding the methodology for the calculation of...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of applications for the long-term carer contributions scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful...
    • Widow's Pension
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when people who have lived with long-term partners that have passed away will be entitled to apply for widow’s pension...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the conditions for the PRSI contributions for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds; the reason a person...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that despite the objection of local residents and businesses, portaloos have now been installed at a location...
    • International Protection
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated first and annual cost of the introduction of a skills assessment for international protection applicants; and if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a series of Programme for Government commitments (details supplied); the actions taken to date; the stage of...
    • Domestic Violence
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent recommendation that domestic violence specialist-based remote witness hearings be extended to other...
    • An Garda Síochána
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of Garda graduates assigned to positions outside of Dublin city over the past four years; and if she will make a...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her...
    • Visa Applications
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an expired visa and request for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardai by rank attached to each divisional scenes of crime unit as of 22 April 2024; and if she will provide same...
    • Prison Service
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital budget allocation for the Irish Prison Service in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [18911/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing new tasers for armed garda personnel in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18912/24]
    • Courts Service
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can secure data from the Courts Service on the average length of time for reserved judgments in family law cases to be...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what percentage of her Department's capital budget is used to cover the cost of unitary PPP payments each year since 2011; and...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the growing problem of crime and anti-social behaviour in Limerick city centre; and if she will make a...
    • Legal Aid
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the review of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by...
    • Immigration Policy
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, by month and nationality, the number of people who have been refused permission to land in the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the reason a person (details supplied) who attended the citizenship ceremony at the National Concert Hall...
    • European Union
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact nature and current status with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 7 February 2024 that it was...
    • An Garda Síochána
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will extend the online application service for GNIB cards to Limerick, where applicants are experiencing significant...
    • Immigration Status
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an undocumented regularisation appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by gardaí in the U district within DMR for having no insurance in 2023 and to-date in 2024,...
    • European Union
      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...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, if she will provide an update on the progression of an...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given consideration to increasing the fines and sanctions that the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal can...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Carlow women's refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19231/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the refurbishment of Leighlinbridge Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19232/24]
    • Prison Service
      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...
    • Peace Commissioners
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all peace commissioners appointed by her from 1 June 2023 to date and the areas to which they were appointed; and if...
    • Freedom of Speech
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 18 April 2024, if she is aware that Scottish police received almost 4,000...
    • Sentencing Policy
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce minimum sentencing laws for sex crimes involving children; if she will reform existing legislation in...
    • Local Authorities
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Immigration Support Services
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position in relation to an application (details supplied); when the application was received; the progress that...
    • International Protection
      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...
    • An Garda Síochána
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to roads policing units on 31 March 2024; if forensic collision investigators and public...
    • Residency Permits
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she intends to take to resolve the lengthy delays of 90 days for appointments for IRP renewal in Cork city; if she...
    • Immigration Status
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made to her Department for a ‘change of name licence’ from persons granted leave to...
    • Visa Applications
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay and when a decision is likely; and...
    • Immigration Policy
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what an individual with a stamp 3 visa from Sudan can apply for to be able to work or study here, given that the ongoing...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 20 February 2024, if the supplied GRI statistics for greyhound injuries at tracks relate...
    • Farm Safety
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is represented on the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee, which advises the board of the Health and Safety...
    • Fodder Crisis
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reopening the fodder support scheme in 2024 given the fodder shortage experienced this winter; and if he will...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on recent increases to Horse Sport Ireland registration charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his...
    • Agriculture Industry
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to providing a label or certification of quality to Irish grain, given the quality and low-carbon...
    • Departmental Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year current costs that would be needed if Departmental officials were present at Dublin Airport between the hours...
    • Beef Sector
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the headage payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; and if he will make...
    • European Union
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all Acts and statutory instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for payment of the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to...
    • Agriculture Industry
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied). [19387/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that are being put in place to safeguard the Irish potato-growing industry and seed potatoes (details supplied); if he...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Funding
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he and his Department will ensure that the Government urgently puts funding in place to develop the HSE...
    • International Protection
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has made any efforts to seek contributions from international protection applicants from 2018...
    • Health Services Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration has been given to the full roll-out of the community neurorehabilitation teams in all regions;...
    • Direct Provision System
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the recent HIQA report which found that the human rights of residents were not consistently...
    • Departmental Contracts
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information in relation to whether the provision of accommodation (details supplied) was...
    • Childcare Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1166 of 9 April 2024, what the community childcare subvention and the...
    • Disability Services
      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]
    • Tourist Accommodation
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address concerns with regard to the future use of a hotel in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Legislative Programme
      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...
    • Disability Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans exist to increase the provision of residential care and supported independent living for adults with...
    • International Protection
      563. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of persons from Ukraine under beneficiaries of temporary protection, and...
    • Departmental Equipment
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if attempts have been made by his Department to secure all mother and baby records which were kept by private...
    • Disability Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the announcement by the Minister of State of an interim overnight respite service for children with...
    • Childcare Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of crèches that have withdrawn from the core funding model; the average increases in funding...
    • Child and Family Agency
      571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the situation regarding the 22 children in the care of Tusla (details supplied) that have gone...
    • Child Protection
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to recommendation 5.3.2 of the Protecting Against Predators report by the Sexual Exploitation Research...
    • Child Abuse
      573. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to recommendation 5.3.2 of the Protecting Against Predators report by the Sexual Exploitation Research...
    • Child Protection
      575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of a national policy on protecting children from sexual exploitation, as per...
    • Child and Family Agency
      578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an extension will be granted, in extenuating circumstances to a preschool (details supplied) to submit its...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will have an assessment of needs carried out. [19038/24]
    • European Union
      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...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      581. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service hotline will be set up for the mother and baby redress scheme for Oireachtas Members to assist...
    • Departmental Properties
      584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Education to ensure that use of publicly funded school buildings is...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to-date under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual cost of the suspended Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Programme for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make...
    • Local Authorities
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in...
    • Departmental Policies
      592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full details of the supports offered to a local hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the closures of Montessori childcare facilities in the Dublin mid-west area over the past four...
    • Education Schemes
      594. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether children based in designated accommodation centres will receive education while based there; and if so,...
    • Departmental Policies
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the assistance his Department can provide for a play group (details supplied) a service that faces closure due...
    • Departmental Schemes
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage at an early date; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for full reimplementation of services provided by the Kildare network disability team, with...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology support and social worker services...
    • Health Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average age of early intervention for children in the CH07 area for vital supports and assessments including...
    • Child and Family Agency
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which Tusla can intervene in all situations where concerns have been raised regarding the health...
    • Ukraine War
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department continue to offer assistance to children and families fleeing from the...
    • Children in Care
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of children currently in foster care; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the...
    • Undefined
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the needs of children who are refugees, are in the...
    • Departmental Policies
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to promote integration in all circumstances throughout Ireland; and if he will...
    • Equality Issues
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he proposes to take to address any or all inequalities affecting children; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to prioritise funding for the child care sector with a view to continued...
    • EU Directives
      608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the nature of and current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 14 July 2023...
    • Disability Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans are in place for residents of a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal, after news emerged...
  • Department of Health
    • Local Elections
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if a general dental surgeon on grade H of employment is eligible to run in local government elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18959/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      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...
    • Mental Health Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored, with a view to ensuring the availability of...
    • Abortion Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health whether implementing the recommendations of the independent termination of pregnancy review is a priority for him. [18633/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the MIDOC in Birr, County Offaly closed; if there are plans for it to reopen; if there is an assessment of accessibility of primary care in Birr;...
    • Health Services Staff
      615. To ask the Minister for Health when travel pay expenses will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/24]
    • Health Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the work of an organisation (details supplied) to provide heart and stroke services; if he has plans to work with the foundation to expand...
    • Departmental Policies
      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...
    • Health Service Executive
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will finalise its pay and numbers strategy for 2024. [18754/24]
    • Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make access to Mehta growth guidance casting for infantile idiopathic scoliosis available for children in the State, whether through access to...
    • Hospital Staff
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No 6 Sepsis Management; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Homes
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a nursing home place is made available for a person (details supplied). [18760/24]
    • Human Rights
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken towards developing a UN convention on the rights of older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/24]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Irish Medical Council in respect of difficulties with the Ministerial licence application for medical cannabis access; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/24]
    • Hospital Transfers
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the travel options that may be available to an elderly patient travelling from Thurles, County Tipperary, to Croom, County Limerick for a rheumatology...
    • Medical Cards
      635. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/24]
    • Budget 2024
      636. To ask the Minister for Health for an itemised list of exactly how the additional €10 million allocated to mental health in Budget 2024 will be spent, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health what percentage of mental health difficulties are addressed at primary care level, secondary care level and tertiary care level, respectively; and if he will...
    • Psychological Assessments
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for an appointment with primary care psychology; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the child and adolescent mental health services, the adult mental health services and the old age psychiatry services,...
    • Hospital Staff
      640. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding current staffing levels of paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick; the number of current vacancies which may...
    • Care of the Elderly
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a day centre for older people in an area (details supplied) where there is currently no suitable centre for public health nurses...
    • Vaccination Programme
      642. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 21 March 2024, to provide an update on the status of the proposed vaccine damage scheme; the timeline he is...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      643. To ask the Minister for Health 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...
    • Departmental Data
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland who currently use telecare systems either in their home, in nursing or care homes and/or in assisted-living facilities to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      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...
    • Gender Equality
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if reports of transgender people being denied blood tests by GPs will be investigated by the HSE clinical lead for transgender services. [18882/24]
    • Departmental Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients of the National Gender Service who have walked back their gender as mentioned in a recent radio interview (details supplied), by year in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for blood tests to be taken on a person that present themselves as a suspected spiked victim; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the total number of cases of spiking that have occurred between 2022, 2023 and 2024, including Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Palmerstown; the number of vacant positions; if developmental checks are being carried out for children in the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the reference group of stakeholders that will help inform the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; how persons and interested...
    • Hospital Staff
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE endocrinologist registrars based in St. James's Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18900/24]
    • Health Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of house calls visits carried out by doctors in each treatment centre on D-Doc services in each of the past 28 days, in tabular form. [18901/24]
    • Hospital Charges
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18903/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of teams for each of the national clinical programmes in early intervention in psychosis, perinatal mental health and eating disorders; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18905/24]
    • Health Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current newborn screening process; if he has given any consideration to expanding the diseases which are screened for; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      662. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long-Covid, following the three-month extension...
    • Healthcare Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the Law Reform Commission's report entitled 'A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding'; his plans in respect of implementing the...
    • Health Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the provision of a health service building and the occupants of same in Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued based on medical circumstances to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18938/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE's CHO8 intends to provide any financial support to an organisation (details supplied) to deliver important supports in the community in the...
    • Health Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health are there functioning stroke units in Cavan, Letterkenny and Naas as of April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      669. To ask the Minister for Health what budget has been set aside to work with key stakeholders to improve public knowledge on stroke and risk factors for stroke; is this recurrent funding; what...
    • Departmental Funding
      670. To ask the Minister for Health what problems and issues have arisen from the lack of a structured programme of recurrent funding for the National Stroke Strategy; what recommendations of...
    • Health Services Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts that have been approved for the National Stroke Strategy to date; the number of these that have been filled; the number of these that have...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patient access to acute stroke unit beds has remained at an unacceptable level for several years; what action is being taken to address this; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been seen weekly, by each discipline (details supplied), by each team within the two CAMHS teams in south Tipperary, Clonmel...
    • Health Services Staff
      676. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, specifically the situation where positions for nursing staff are vacant...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      678. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be prioritised for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18994/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE posts filled and unfilled, respectively in south Tipperary primary care services, broken down by discipline for physiotherapy, occupational...
    • Health Strategies
      682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the €20 million in medicines savings which his Productivity and Savings Taskforce intends to achieve in 2024; whether it is intended that...
    • Health Services
      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;...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      686. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will get a procedure in Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin. [19037/24]
    • Health Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen in the sleep apnoea clinic. [19039/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a number of issues (details supplied) with regard to services for children within the health system with mental health and neurodivergent...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      689. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [19049/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if workers in a facility (details supplied) will receive the pandemic special recognition payment, given this facility provides 24-hour care to vulnerable and...
    • Medical Cards
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to ensure that medical card patients can access dental appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the extensive waiting lists to receive gender-affirming healthcare at the gender clinic in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      693. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1586 of 9 April 2024, to provide a breakdown of funding made under the sexual health and crisis pregnancy programme to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred it to the HSE for direct reply.
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a hip assessment and operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19081/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an individual (details supplied) is provided home care supports due to their medical situation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a child (details supplied) with a child and adolescent psychiatrist, as they have been refused...
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied). [19116/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      700. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the difficulties he has identified with the independent scoring assessment conducted with respect to the new Offaly hospice; if he has engaged in...
    • Health Services Staff
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the redundancy claim by a 'person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19390/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19403/24]
    • Dental Services
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Cork city and Cork county which have ceased providing medical card services over the past five years; if he will provide an overview...
    • Dental Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national oral health policy, Smile agus Sláinte; the timeline for implementation; the cost of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a clinical care programme for those living with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 11 April 2024, to address the part of the question that was not answered; if consent was needed from the parents...
    • Health Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public funding of CAR-T immunotherapy for leukaemia patients is limited to under 26 years of age; if consideration has been given to extending the...
    • Departmental Data
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or any agency of his Department has assessed any potential health impacts to people who reside near windfarms/wind turbines including the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an endoscopy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19452/24]
    • Hospital Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support and implement the call from a group (details supplied) for a consultant neurology service to be based in Letterkenny University Hospital.;...
    • Health Services
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason memory assessment support services for persons with dementia and their families has not been rolled out in County Donegal. [19467/24]
    • Hospital Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health when the Saolta University Healthcare Group will meet with TDs, Senators and HSE forum county councillors in County Donegal to update them on the progress made...
    • Hospital Staff
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers employed in WTE in each category (details supplied) in each public/voluntary hospital in March 2024 or the latest date available, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public funding of CAR-T immunotherapy for leukaemia patients is limited to under 26 years old; if extenuating circumstances can be applied for an...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      743. To ask the Minister for Health how the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board is progressing with opening its register, in line with the Health and Social Care Professionals Act...
    • Health Services Staff
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of and current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 16 October 2014 that it was sending Ireland a letter of...
    • Health Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provided investment into research on the links between exposure to pesticides and Parkinson’s disease; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      748. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [19516/24]
    • Health Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      750. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE is releasing the home care packages; how long it will take to clear the backlog of home care packages for those in County Mayo; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the announcement in Budget 2024 that SUSI would pay fees of part-time students (details supplied) for the academic year 2024-2025,...
    • Further and Higher Education
      752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 493 of 7 and 208 of 23 March 2023, the current stage the process is at; the timeline for when it is...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is...
    • Third Level Staff
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE staff employed by Kildare-Wicklow Education and Training Board for the teaching of the English language to persons with little...
    • Ukraine War
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to assist Ukrainian refugees with the cost of third-level education (details supplied). [18975/24]
    • Third Level Examinations
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of exams (details supplied) that have experienced computer glitches and therefore could not be completed by applicants in the past...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      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...
    • Visa Applications
      761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of an issue impacting upon non-EU citizens teaching and studying in Irish institutes of further and higher education whereby they...
    • European Union
      762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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...
    • Departmental Funding
      763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the work of the UCD Professional Academy; what routes to public funding are available for the academy; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who begin apprenticeships in the construction trades but drop out before completion, broken down by apprenticeship type, in...
    • Student Accommodation
      766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where applications in relation to the use of the dormant funds accounts to support those young care leavers seeking student accommodation can...
    • Departmental Staff
      767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will look into a situation where a person is waiting on wages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who was studying medicine at a university (details supplied) can continue their studies here in Ireland given the ongoing conflict in...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      769. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the administration supports and other supports that are available to a community group (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      771. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her...
    • Departmental Data
      772. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of people who have availed of devices under the seniors alert scheme in total since the scheme was first established; the...
    • Animal Breeding
      773. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration is being given to restricting the type of dog that can be bred in Ireland on the basis that they are excessively...
    • Library Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current progress and eventual timeline for the provision of an extension for Carlow library (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Rural Schemes
      775. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will urgently examine making amendments to cater for situations where one landowner on a road is refusing to sign up to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      776. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of each project that received funding from her Department under the rural regeneration and development fund, by...
    • Departmental Data
      796. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and...
    • Departmental Funding
      797. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, per county, for funding under the town and...
    • Local Authorities
      798. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to...
    • Departmental Projects
      799. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available to renovate a building (details supplied) to encourage more activities and events; and if she will make a...

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