Written answers

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • European Council
      39. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent special meeting of the European Council. [17774/24]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      45. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on his recent engagement with the Spanish prime minister, with specific regard to recognition of a Palestinian state. [17841/24]
    • Northern Ireland
      59. To ask the Taoiseach when details of the next round of funding for capital projects under the shared island initiative will be announced. [20081/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      60. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations;...
    • Stardust Fire
      61. To ask the Taoiseach if the Government intends to offer counselling services to the survivors of the Stardust fire. [20510/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      62. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the Covid evaluation; and the timeline he is working towards. [20698/24]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      63. To ask the Taoiseach when a citizen’s assembly on the future of education will be established. [20844/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ambassador of Ireland based in Riyadh has met formally with the Saudi Foreign Minister to date in 2024. [20167/24]
    • Passport Services
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport especially as...
    • Departmental Staff
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending...
    • European Union
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts...
    • Foreign Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will recognise the Armenian Genocide 1915-1917; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20482/24]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 30 April 2024, if there are alternative documents that can be supplied in a case where a person...
    • Diaspora Issues
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 30 April 2024, if he will revisit the question and itemise the 30 recommendations in the report,...
    • Passport Services
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will...
    • Ukraine War
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 7 March 2024, the details of Ireland’s financial and in-kind assistance to Ukraine since...
    • Middle East
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 7 March 2024, for an update on Ireland’s plans to support South Africa’s case...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Local Authorities
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on a local authority matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the types of funding that would be available to an association (details supplied) in County Tipperary in order to...
    • Departmental Staff
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended...
    • EU Programmes
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence dated 29 April 2024 in respect of the Gearagh; and if he can respond to the points...
    • Recycling Policy
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the requirement of having the deposit return logo on a can for recycling is really necessary if each item can be...
    • Energy Conservation
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to the SEAI retrofitting schemes; to report to on the process through which a contractor is registered with...
    • Departmental Policies
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have given consideration to using money collected through the carbon tax and through the Energy...
    • Just Transition
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a timeline for when he will bring the Just Transition Taskforce's final report and recommendations...
    • Electricity Grid
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can intervene in the case of a person and award her the Government electricity credit (details supplied). [20688/24]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the offshore renewable energy future framework policy statement; when he anticipates this will be...
    • State Bodies
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons who have been made redundant by Bord na Móna in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Energy Conservation
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has any plans to alter the structure of the SEAI retrofitting grant scheme to award the grants up front in order...
    • EU Directives
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the projected fines to be imposed on Ireland by the European Commission between 2024 and 2030 for...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering a financial/subsidy response to allow the production of cost-competitive hydrogen through renewable...
    • Departmental Strategies
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a strategy to attract large-scale investments into the production of hydrogen in Ireland; how this...
    • Data Centres
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location and number of data centres, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Aircraft
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 21 March 2024, if, in relation to the purchase of a new mid-sized jet aircraft for Ministerial air...
    • Defence Forces
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20237/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending...
    • EU Programmes
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts...
    • Defence Forces
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the first update report of the Strategic Framework on the Transformation of the Defence Forces, which was promised by March 2024;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Aviation Industry
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his policy allows for the production of sustainable aviation fuels and e-fuels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how Ireland will tackle the existing barriers to entry to meet its EU RED 3 environmental obligations for aviation and shipping; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is looking at mechanisms that will grant incentives to target the production of e-fuels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will introduce new rapid security response hubs throughout 2024; and if so, the locations in which these new...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from the Dublin Airport Authority; and if not,...
    • Electric Vehicles
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has considered a charge-back card system where the electricity used at a public EV charging point could be charged back to the...
    • Road Tolls
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering a cap on the fines for failing to pay a toll the first or second time (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal status for advanced stop lines at traffic lights; the offence that is committed when these lines are breached by motor...
    • Departmental Policies
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the weight limit for HGVs that weigh more than 7.5 tonnes is being implemented to protect such vehicles coming into towns and...
    • Public Transport
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount he has allocated to a project to proceed to planning in full (details supplied); whether any requests for further funding have...
    • Departmental Licences
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on an application for a Master 500 captain licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay...
    • National Transport Authority
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide NTA surveys of passengers at Dublin Airport 2016 and 2022 (details supplied), including a legend for the codes used in these...
    • EU Programmes
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm he will implement the ruling of the High Court in respect to the CIÉ 1951 scheme and take steps to ensure that the...
    • Road Network
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the funding going to local authorities to help with road reinstatement and safety schemes for regional and local...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently enforce an increase in the CIÉ 1951 superannuation pension scheme, with consideration to the recent report...
    • Transport Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to promote shared vehicles or bikes; whether he has assessed international practice in this arena such as a tax...
    • Bus Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to reports received highlighting issues with the 56a bus route (details supplied); if he is aware that this bus is frequently...
    • Dublin Bus
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current update position regarding Dublin Bus having the necessary infrastructure installed in all buses to be able to accept credit...
    • Airport Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when each of the public car parks within Dublin Airport were last remarked or resurfaced, in tabular form. [20650/24]
    • Bus Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when remaining phases of the BusConnects programme will come into operation. [20651/24]
    • Rail Network
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to solve the parking shortage at Athlone train station; if he will explore options for expanding parking facilities or...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 23 April 2024, in terms of the better Government requirements for a regulatory impact...
    • Middle East
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow the use of Ireland's flag for the freedom flotilla carrying aid to Gaza; an urgent and practical measure which would...
    • Departmental Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis in Ireland, by LEA, as of 2 May 2024, in tabular form. [20826/24]
    • Transport Policy
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider eliminating the cost of toll-charging during off-peak periods for shared mobility vehicles, for example, taxis or car...
    • Public Transport
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the contractual obligations of public transport companies in Ireland to provide alternative transport /replacement...
    • Dublin Bus
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the recruitment numbers to Dublin Bus following a lengthy recruitment drive in recent years;; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Éireann
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the recruitment numbers to Bus Éireann following a lengthy recruitment drive in recent years; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of spending on bus services from 2020 to 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of spending on rail services from 2020 to 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of spending on cycling infrastructure from 2020 to 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts tendered to private transport companies to cover routes previously covered by public transport companies from...
    • Bus Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the withdrawal of the 863 direct bus service between Blessington and Dublin city centre by a private operator in April...
    • Public Transport
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the NTA on providing a coastal local link bus serving towns between Arklow to Greystones in the last six months;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of abolishing stamp duty on first-time house buyers where the value of the house is less than €400,000. [20155/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, currently answering telephone calls on the Personal PAYE hotline. [20156/24]
    • Illicit Trade
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking with regard to the illegal importation and manufacturing of tobacco products, including cigarettes and vapes. [20218/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary...
    • European Union
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by...
    • Tax Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the amount of USC tax paid in 2023 by a single PAYE worker who has a gross income of €60,000, €70,000, €80,000,...
    • Tax Code
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to including automatic calf feeders as VAT refundable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20743/24]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if accommodation can be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20446/24]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he is aware that An Garda Síochána are using the ambiguity in law of the speed limits in the Phoenix Park as a reason...
    • Departmental Staff
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay...
    • EU Programmes
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any...
    • Departmental Schemes
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the voluntary homeowner relocation scheme is still in place and active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20508/24]
    • Office of Public Works
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each application that applied for the post of chef at the recent OPW recruitment campaign have been officially informed if they have...
    • National Lottery
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware it is alleged that our country has a relatively low win rate of the lotto in comparison to lotteries in other...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if local enterprise offices do not offer grants to financial advisors working in the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 6 March 2024, the expected default rate on State-backed loans of 80%; how such a rate is...
    • Departmental Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay...
    • EU Programmes
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current rate of basic level digital intensity of Irish SMEs. [20428/24]
    • Business Supports
      175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide, in tabular form, all grants available to new businesses setting up in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Ports Policy
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a ship, the Sarah M, certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and seeking to head...
    • Work Permits
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide their views on a report in relation to work permits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE positions currently in the Workplace Relations Commission; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of...
    • Departmental Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of Irish businesses using Cloud, Big Data and AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20706/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond and address serious concerns raised by local business owner in respect of the current pressures facing the food and...
    • Business Supports
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the trading online voucher scheme can be used to help businesses migrate from a copper broadband connection to a fibre broadband...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a school (details supplied) in obtaining an increase in special education hours given the increase in enrolment; and if she...
    • School Funding
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all schools that were approved for capital investment of more than €1.5 million in the years of 2023 and to...
    • State Examinations
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will issue an expected date for adecision to be made in relation to assessment adjustments of the sraitheanna pictiúr for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a revised building works approval will issue to a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a reconfiguration project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20286/24]
    • Residential Institutions
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the fact that the courts have granted interest to victims of institutional abuse who are receiving compensation, she will also...
    • Departmental Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees within her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending...
    • Special Educational Needs
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her attention has been drawn to an issue in special schools where only students who reside in the CDNT area of the school itself are able...
    • Schools Building Projects
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) that in March 2020 secured approval for the construction of two ASD classrooms and several special...
    • School Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what further appeal mechanism is open to a school (details supplied) to keep a working principal given the extenuating circumstances which has...
    • School Accommodation
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the provision of a modular unit for a school (details supplied) for the provision of an additional ASD classroom given the...
    • EU Programmes
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts...
    • Residential Institutions
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in belated recognition of the second interim report (section 5.14) and the final report (recommendations, page 5) as emphatic recommendations...
    • Departmental Properties
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm her Department’s ownership of a building (details supplied); and if she will advise where enquiries in relation to the building...
    • School Transport
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if school bus places for children in special education will be ringfenced in advance of any expansion in the offering of school bus...
    • School Accommodation
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20450/24]
    • School Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied) regarding the payment of the 2024 ancillary grant and information that was...
    • School Accommodation
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for reconfiguration of a school (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be made in this case; and...
    • School Transport
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that school transport will be provided for named students (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20483/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 29 February 2024, the current timeline for commencement and completion of the next stage of works at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case and documents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20491/24]
    • School Accommodation
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be provided to a school (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to this school's accommodation needs; what...
    • School Staff
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding their ongoing issue pertaining to the supplementary panel for the 2023/24...
    • School Textbooks
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the free primary schoolbooks scheme; a timeline for when schools will receive guidelines for the coming school year; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied). [20563/24]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason years spent teaching A levels in the UK cannot be recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland (details supplied). [20569/24]
    • School Accommodation
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school in Tipperary regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to their accommodation needs for an additional ASD...
    • Special Educational Needs
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of an assisted technology device for a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed as a matter of...
    • School Admissions
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that sufficient secondary school places are in place in Athenry for this September’s student intake; and if she will...
    • School Facilities
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she might authorise the use of a safer pedestrian entrance at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no regulatory impact assessment was conducted in respect of the Survivors of Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; her plans to complete and...
    • Child Abuse
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding balance owed by religious congregations further to the 2002 indemnity agreement and the additional commitments after 2009...
    • Education Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what specific measures are being taken to address menstruation-related absenteeism in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has she any plans to reinstate the special education diploma allowance in full on 1 September 2025 through the local bargaining fund; and...
    • School Transport
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate if there are any plans by her Department to run a pilot bus route for school transport from certain areas (details supplied) under...
    • Departmental Properties
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on a squash club at the back of a school (details supplied); is this in the ownership of her Department; if there are...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a scheme to acknowledge teaching years accrued abroad for the purposes of determining salary, in order to entice teachers...
    • School Staff
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she intends to take to address the shortage of 13 teachers due to recruitment difficulties at a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Schools Administration
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the formal lease agreement documentation being issued by her Department to the patron of a school (details supplied) to...
    • School Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the special education diploma allowance to include eligible teachers who started working post-2012; and if she will make a...
    • Bus Éireann
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider engaging with Bus Éireann to allow flexibility to secondary school students who take part in after-school activities to...
    • School Accommodation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available for resourcing a sensory room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20868/24]
    • School Funding
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the process in applying for funding for a four-teacher school (detail supplied); and any other advice she can offer in this matter....
    • School Accommodation
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the delay in providing this additional accommodation will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HAA cards that are currently in existence. [20927/24]
    • Residential Institutions
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people excluded from the Caranua scheme. [20929/24]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Bodies
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from the National Concert Hall; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans by her Department to increase public funding to League of Ireland academy development to support investment...
    • Departmental Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees within her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department who are currently suspended on full pay...
    • European Union
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date;...
    • Sports Funding
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an updated timeline on the sports capital funding allocation announcements; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure in each of the individual Gaeltacht areas provided by her Department from 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure in each of the individual Gaeltacht areas approved by her Department from 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024 by...
    • Departmental Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht about a funding request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20568/24]
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici ardú deontais a thabhairt do na teaghlaigh a choinníonn scoláirí faoi...
    • Departmental Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20828/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the progress of a report on the financial health of the commercial radio sector that she requested from...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Policies
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what progress his Department has made in drafting and adopting of a statutory code of conduct for preventing the wilful and...
    • Housing Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new buy-and-renew homes delivered in each of the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Waterways Issues
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the programme of maintenance relative to the River Barrow, and the cost of work in each of the...
    • Departmental Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of long-term social housing leases in place in 2023 and the total cost of these leases in that year. [20206/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of farm plan scheme applications that were received in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20210/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail if any consideration has been given to the reintroduction of over the shop grants to compliment the croí...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families who have been in homeless emergency accommodation for over six months; the number who have been in...
    • Housing Schemes
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of the affordable homes delivered with the affordable housing fund in 2023; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all stalled capital advance loan facility-funded social housing projects, indicating the local...
    • Vacant Sites
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected in the vacant sites levy each year from 2019 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defective Building Materials
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm whether a senior counsel was appointed to pursue accountability from suppliers of defective concrete...
    • Rental Sector
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of minimum standards for private-rented accommodation inspections carried out by environmental health officers...
    • Departmental Staff
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full...
    • Rights of Way
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the legal mechanism to establish a new right of way; the procedure in instances of disputes over rights...
    • Housing Schemes
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the incremental tenant purchase scheme; if consideration is being given to including tenants of...
    • Post Office Network
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department or the OPW has engaged with An Post in relation to buying the listed Skibbereen and Bantry post offices...
    • European Union
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to...
    • Local Authorities
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine a matter (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/24]
    • Defective Building Materials
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguards in place to ensure that public monies committed to owners’ management companies under the defects...
    • Planning Issues
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the development charge waiver and water charge waiver can be extended to cover cases where a house had commenced but...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a compulsory purchase order for the lands at Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defective Building Materials
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a technical review will be completed for a defective block scheme application (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Housing Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term social housing leases in place in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the annual cost of these leases; and the...
    • Departmental Communications
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 30 April 2024, the actions he will take to ensure that a degree course (details...
    • Housing Schemes
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the details of funding applications from Mayo County Council for voids refurbishments in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the...
    • Energy Policy
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have engaged with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications or his officials to use...
    • State Bodies
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure the report conducted by a person (details supplied) into allegations of malpractice and conflicts of...
    • Housing Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local authority home loan is going to be amended to include home renovations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports made available for persons affected by defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      290. 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 via the social housing investment...
    • Local Authorities
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department compiles data on the number of qualified tradespeople employed in each local authority; and if he will make...
    • Housing Provision
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built directly by each local authority in each of the years 2021 to 2023, in tabular form, broken down by...
    • Electoral Process
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will use a statutory instrument to give effect to empower a returning officer of a local election the authority to...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken by his Department and the NPWS on foot of complaints by an person in relation to damage caused at a national...
    • State Properties
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cross departmental group which is reviewing the feasibility studies referenced in Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 16...
    • Housing Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will provide, in tabular form, Kerry County Council’s social housing targets, units delivered and by whom since the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a privately run service (details supplied) is obligated to recognise the State travel pass for older people; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE medical officers working in her Department in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Pension Provisions
      301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 20 February 2024, to provide an update on the long-term carers’...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to address the current legislative anomaly where people who were forced to retire from work on health...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) has been approved. [20261/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees within her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department who are currently suspended on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a training support grant by a person in County Kerry (details supplied);...
    • European Union
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the position if people can apply to have credits towards their pension while they were in receipt of carer's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person from County Leitrim (details supplied) was not awarded jobseeker’s benefit despite working for a...
    • State Pensions
      312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the State pension (non-contributory) will be approved for a person (details supplied); if they are...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection about an application for a carer’s allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20543/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the total expenditure on rent supplement in 2022 and 2023, and the allocation for 2024. [20550/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is discretion on the part of the deciding officer for a late application for paternity benefit (details supplied)....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in County Kerry (details supplied) can requalify for carer’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pensions
      319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate why a person (details supplied), who now qualifies for a higher rate non-contributory pension, did...
    • School Meals Programme
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of an application for the school meals programme (details supplied); the reason this school did not...
    • Social Welfare Code
      321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recent extension of child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education or those with a disability also includes...
    • School Meals Programme
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how the nutrition standards for school meals are being monitored, implemented and enforced; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a carer’s support grant in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be offered to a person (details supplied) so the review of his jobseeker's benefit claim can be considered;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of section 317 appeals with the appeals office; the average and median time for a decision on section 317 appeals;...
    • International Protection
      328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided to beneficiaries of temporary protection to reimburse them for taxi-related fees through the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reassess the means test threshold for carer’s allowance, where people who are providing care are at risk...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason schools that have recently been designated as DEIS schools are not being included in the hot school meals scheme;...
    • School Meals Programme
      332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans she has in place to ensure that children with coeliac disease are properly catered for in the school meals...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 30 April 2024. if he will review the matter (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal (details supplied) which has been in processing for a number of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Policies
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will liaise with her British counterparts to establish a body akin to the Independent Commission for the Location of...
    • International Protection
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number that were in the international protection system awaiting either a decision on their international protection...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony is planned to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21239/24]
    • Coroners Service
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for inquests, per county, for the past five years, in tabular form; the number of coroners, per...
    • An Garda Síochána
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers, by rank, attached to the Meath Garda division as of 29 April 2024; and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 9 April 2024, if she is now in a position to provide the data requested; and if...
    • International Protection
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the metrics she used to determine that 80% of persons seeking international protection had arrived in this...
    • Official Engagements
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which and precise time she was notified by the UK's Home Secretary that their meeting of 29 April 2024 was...
    • An Garda Síochána
      345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been trained on bicycles in each Garda region; the number of...
    • International Protection
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of return orders that have been made, pursuant to Section 51A of the International Protection Act 1995 as amended,...
    • Departmental Data
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community safety wardens appointed so far for Dublin city; and the number she believes will be the full...
    • Deportation Orders
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in advance of the Court ruling last month that Britain was not a safe country, the number of people who were deported to...
    • Departmental Data
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have been returned to Britain by the Government in each of the past ten years, itemised by the manner...
    • An Garda Síochána
      360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 510, 511, 512 and 513 of 16 April 2024, if she will clarify whether the data provided is...
    • International Protection
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether all international protection applicants are asked whether they have travelled to Ireland via the UK as part of the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether sufficient legal provisions exist to deter individuals from making false complaints to An Garda...
    • Departmental Staff
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees within her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department who are currently suspended on full...
    • European Union
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to...
    • Programme for Government
      366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has declined to accede to a request from a group (details supplied) to discuss the implementation of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can confirm whether a victim of a serious assault is entitled to be made aware of the release date of her attacker,...
    • Legislative Measures
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review new laws in relation to coercive control following correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the written standard operating procedure for returning asylum seekers between the UK and Ireland, as...
    • Family Reunification
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20609/24]
    • International Protection
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule to include the number of and county of arrival of persons who presented to the International...
    • Visa Applications
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20620/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Courts Service
      390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the building of the new premises (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20795/24]
    • Prison Service
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans and that of the Irish Prison Service for a site in north Dublin (details supplied); and if she has engaged with the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of lighting, site services and security in respect of a site in north Dublin (details supplied) in the years...
    • Citizenship Applications
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps now being taken to finalise the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when it is...
    • An Garda Síochána
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the locations referred to in a document (details supplied) are in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received correspondence regarding a policy change proposal from a group (details supplied); and if the proposal is...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Policies
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on progress around the farmers' charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20112/24]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from Horse Racing Ireland; and if not,...
    • Agriculture Supports
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on eligibility criteria for the complementary income support for young farmers; if applicants must meet the...
    • Departmental Staff
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay...
    • Pesticide Use
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 24 April 2024, if he will advise on flexibility around sanctions in situations where a...
    • European Union
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any...
    • Departmental Policies
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the widespread destruction of ash trees right across the country, due to the ash dieback disease, he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to provide in-person training for the suckler carbon efficiency programme, in consideration of individuals who may not...
    • Animal Diseases
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the actions taken by his Department following recent meetings with a person (details supplied) relative...
    • Departmental Reports
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the agrifood regulator has provided a report to him to date; if he has received an update regarding the regulator's workplan; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 23 April 2024, if he will provide salary amounts, broken down by grade and role...
    • Greyhound Industry
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Rásaíocht Con Éireann staff who received a performance-related bonus in the years 2022 and 2023 and to...
    • Departmental Properties
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of rent his Department has received from commercial units based within Howth fisheries harbour centre in the years of 2023...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was aware of recent price increases in horse passport registration fees by Horse Sport Ireland; if he has any role in setting...
    • Departmental Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to name the management and delivery team members named in each tender submission received by his Department in April 2022 from...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or any entity funded by his Department has developed a marketing plan for the promotion of the Irish horse sport...
    • Departmental Policies
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys are worth anything when it comes to stocking densities and fulfilling requirements; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disabilities Assessments
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress his Department is achieving in reducing the waiting list for assessment of needs for children on...
    • Childcare Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work of the early learning and childcare stakeholder forum, particularly...
    • Legislative Measures
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he intends to introduce the Heads of Bill to legislate for working mothers who get cancer in pregnancy, or...
    • Departmental Regulations
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of submissions from the respective stakeholders which have been received to date in respect of the...
    • International Protection
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who were in IPAS-provided accommodation at the end of March 2024; the number that were...
    • Departmental Staff
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently...
    • Disability Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will obtain a report from a service (details supplied) regarding their capacity to find placements for...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason survivors and former residents from a mother and baby county home institution, who also spent time at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his attention has been drawn to an issue in special schools where only students who reside in the CDNT...
    • European Union
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the...
    • Official Apology
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, following his discussion in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) on 6 December 2023, he has considered...
    • Departmental Budgets
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead E4 of the Revised Estimate...
    • Departmental Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the number of offers that his Department has received by private landowners and developers to build...
    • International Protection
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of the six reception centres targeted under the 2021 White Paper on Ending Direct Provision have been...
    • Departmental Contracts
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if payments due to a company for the provision of accommodation (details supplied) will be paid immediately; if...
    • Carer's Leave
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered extending unpaid leave to carers to take time off to undertake care needs, or to support...
    • Disability Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe within which a decision will be made in relation to the business case currently with the HSE to...
    • International Protection
      454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of private residential properties currently rented by...
    • Disability Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of services available in the CDNT7 area in 2024 due to the shortage of staff and...
    • Asylum Seekers
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers that are resident here, per county, on 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [20503/24]
    • Ukraine War
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees that are resident here, per county, on 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [20504/24]
    • International Protection
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a contract to accommodate international protection applicants (details supplied) was signed; and if he will...
    • Child and Family Agency
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will direct that the CEO of Tusla accedes to a request for a meeting from a not-for-profit children's...
    • Ukraine War
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average number of Ukrainian refugees provided with accommodation in each of the years from 2020 to 2023 and...
    • Disability Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expedite a residential service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Freedom of Information
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason why a freedom of information request (details supplied) has not yet received a decision; if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to increase the intake of graduate social workers to 400 throughout the graduate...
    • Child Detention Centres
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to Oberstown detention centre in each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Childcare Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of closures of all childcare services including the name of the service, location and number of...
    • International Protection
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount paid by IPAS to private security firms for the years 2020 to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available the total budgeted amount allocated to each CDNT area in County Donegal (details...
    • Disability Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staff vacancy rates in each of the CDNT areas in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify a matter in regard to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of fees incurred for transporting beneficiaries of temporary protection to their accommodation...
    • Direct Provision System
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the exemption for those people with status and-or leave to remain in direct provision centres...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the cost to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the cost to fully resource the new national disability inclusion strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the cost to maintain a junior ministry for disability; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Care Packages
      481. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the home care package (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20107/24]
    • Health Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health his views that audiology waiting lists for a first appointment and for a review appointment are too long; his further views that there is a significant...
    • Health Services Staff
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of audiologist wholetime equivalents, WTEs, in post per 100,000 population in each community healthcare organisation or CHO area; his views...
    • Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting period for children aged over two years attending audiology services to receive a review appointment, by CHO area; his views that in many...
    • Health Services Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the Cashel minor injuries unit for the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, and to date in 2024, broken down by profession; to confirm...
    • Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for genetic testing services for rare diseases in Ireland; and the measures the HSE is taking to improve access and speed of results...
    • Care of the Elderly
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds daycare centres within CHO 8 for older persons’ services that are opened on the weekends; and if so, the locations of same, in tabular...
    • Departmental Programmes
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the funding requirements of the seeking safety Ireland programme, a vital and very successful programme that supports women who have experienced trauma and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      489. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry should expect to be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20172/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has, if any, to provide immediate funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20178/24]
    • Medical Cards
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20180/24]
    • Disability Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds adult disabilities day care centres within CHO8 that are opened on the weekends; and if so, the location of same, in tabular form. [20181/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to psycho-oncology services in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [20182/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the recruitment embargo on cardiology services; the number of positions that cannot be filled; and if services have been affected. [20183/24]
    • Health Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20189/24]
    • Medical Cards
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients with medical cards are continuing to be charged for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for speech and language therapists; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies within the HSE for speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      505. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be assessed and will receive a new wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20207/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      506. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20208/24]
    • Health Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the reporting arrangements in place for the HSE public-only consultant contract; the persons responsible for oversight and reporting; the most recent reporting...
    • Health Strategies
      508. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a national rare diseases strategy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20225/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      509. To ask the Minister for Health when the plans to add additional space at Letterkenny University Hospital will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20227/24]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the person who has been appointed to chair the Epilim inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20230/24]
    • Medical Cards
      511. To ask the Minister for Health whether injections for osteoporosis with the medication festeo are still reimbursable for medical card holders; to provide a rationale for their removal if...
    • Hospital Admissions
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      516. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides data to the RSA on all road traffic injuries treated in emergency departments and minor injury clinics; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that essential medications, such as nozinan, required for palliative care patients being used in place of medications which...
    • Health Services Staff
      518. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of gambling addiction therapists and counsellors employed within the HSE; and the number of gambling addiction therapist...
    • Health Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if and when it is expected to offer the son of a person (details supplied) an appointment for initial assessment for ADHD; the current average wait time for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who having been referred to St. John's Hospital, Limerick for an endoscopy has yet to receive an appointment; and if...
    • Nursing Homes
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when all matters will be concluded with in respect of the fair deal application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Eating Disorders
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to the delivery of the 20 promised beds for adults with eating disorders; if he will provide data on the numbers of adults seeking medical...
    • Health Strategies
      524. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the overarching strategy of the national outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programme; and if it will be published. [20298/24]
    • Health Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has an assessment of the number of bed days have been saved in the past three years as a result of the national outpatient parenteral...
    • Health Services Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the total numbers currently employed by the HSE, differentiating between those on full-time, part-time and fixed-term contracts; and if he will make a...
    • EU Programmes
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSE employees who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time...
    • Health Services Staff
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSE employees who have been on sick leave for longer than two months; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have...
    • Departmental Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time MSc in an occupational therapy course (details supplied) is a qualification recognised by CORU, and if so, the average processing times for...
    • Medical Cards
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a land valuation is being sought in respect of a medical card application for a person in County Mayo (details supplied), in view of the fact that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hernia operation in Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [20338/24]
    • Dental Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance is available to help a person (details supplied) who needs to have a tooth repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20339/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital as of end-April 2024 or the latest date available, in tabular form; and if he...
    • European Union
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      538. To ask the Minister for Health to review and refer correspondence to the HSE estate management team (details supplied); and to provide an update on the matter. [20367/24]
    • Departmental Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Dublin Midland Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20368/24]
    • Hospital Trusts
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the RCSI Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20371/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the employment embargo is impacting on cover for maternity leave; his plans to address this matter which is impacting services across the HSE; and...
    • Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a treatment abroad scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20385/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      552. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20407/24]
    • Medical Cards
      553. To ask the Minister for Health to explain precisely the differences between the ‘enhanced medical card’ and the ordinary medical card. [20409/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      556. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20414/24]
    • Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on funding allocation for a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20422/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      558. To ask the Minister for Health based on the fact that melatonin and circadin tablets which are used in the treatment of insomnia are ineffective in many patients, and that GPs are...
    • Hospital Facilities
      559. To ask the Minister for Health to reconsider the position regarding neurological services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to establish a tribunal to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking the Covid vaccines; if so, when the tribunal...
    • Nursing Homes
      561. To ask the Minister for Health to provide summary reports showing which nursing homes were claiming the TAPS scheme for 2020, 2021 and 2022. [20439/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised national safeguarding policy for the health and social care sector, with particular emphasis on the safeguarding of adults and older...
    • Health Services Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a supplementary pension payment to two retired HSE workers in County Kerry who had their pensions reduced (details supplied); and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      564. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if home care support will be provided for a person (details supplied) in their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's personal financial contribution under the fair deal scheme includes a contribution based on assets, when the person is not the legal owner of the...
    • Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues highlighted by a person (details supplied); the steps being considered to address the issues highlighted; when the person will...
    • Pharmacy Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether there is currently an issue regarding delivery drivers delivering medication and prescriptions to patients in cases where...
    • Departmental Reports
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if a report, believed to have begun in June 2022 into 11 allegations of abuse at a disability centre (details supplied), will be made public; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if the hours promised for the care of a person (details supplied) will be provided without delay; if the family will be given clarification on the waiting list...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      571. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments for patients has been...
    • Medical Cards
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who lost access to a medical card due to pension increases in the last Budget; his Department's plans to pre-emptively address the issue...
    • Hospital Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients in Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified onto the hospitals risk register in...
    • Social Workers Register
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the current turnaround for processing of CORU registration for new social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20514/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      575. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, a list of properties leased and used by Letterkenny University Hospital, disaggregated by location, services provided from the...
    • Dental Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is planning to take to deal with the lack of dental treatment services being delivered in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he intends to take to eliminate the long waiting list for children awaiting surgery for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of athletes in sports who died by sudden arrhythmic death syndrome from 2019 to the latest date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the opening date for the eating disorder out patient service at Mount Carmel Hospital site in Dublin; the number of staff to be employed in the...
    • Hospital Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the number of eating disorder beds to be provided in the new Children's Hospital; to confirm the expected opening date of the new Children's...
    • Vaccination Programme
      582. To ask the Minister for Health pursuant to the Government's commitment to introduce a VICP for Covid mRNA vaccines as far back as April 2021, if he will detail the commencement date for...
    • Health Services Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve a derogation applied for, to the current recruitment embargo to allow an essential service (details supplied) hire a person, where they...
    • Healthcare Policy
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed start date for the implementation of the proposals in the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology, and in particular the transfer of care of...
    • Medical Cards
      585. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card decision will be made for a cancer patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue in relation to funding for a Trekinetic GTE wheelchair; the reason why...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      587. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      588. To ask the Minister for Health to comment on the heating system at the Central Mental Hospital; to confirm reports that the temperature was set below the HSE comfortable range at night time;...
    • Healthcare Policy
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide contact points for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20602/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      590. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a person's wait for a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20615/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health to explain how to establish a Jigsaw individual service in County Westmeath. [20634/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the lymphoedema model of care in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [20645/24]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the services purchased by the Mater Hospital under the national treatment purchase plan for the years of 2021 to date in 2024; and the breakdown of services...
    • Hospital Procedures
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiology procedures, by type, that were carried out in CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to date in 2024. [20647/24]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the services purchased by Beaumont Hospital under the national treatment purchase plan for the years of 2021 to date in 2024; and the breakdown of services...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      596. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 28 September 2023, the reason an inconsistent policy of appeal was applied (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed account of the work to be undertaken by the support team recently announced to address the current pressures on health services in the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      598. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in agreement with the Irish Dental Association’s policy paper “Towards a Sustainable Oral Healthcare Service”; the extent to...
    • Hospital Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if efforts continue to be made to improve patient safety and best practice to ensure an improved working environment at University Hospital Limerick and to...
    • Care of the Elderly
      601. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the work of the commission on care for older people; the number of meetings held since the appointment of the chairman and other...
    • Health Services Staff
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each CHO, in tabular form; the number of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20700/24]
    • Disability Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health what State support for speech and language are available to a child with Down's Syndrome (details supplied). [20709/24]
    • Medical Cards
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the current criteria for an over-70s medical card, in particular the assessable outgoing expenses of a person (details supplied) still...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the planned elective hospitals for Blanchardstown and Crumlin; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [20720/24]
    • Medical Cards
      614. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the benefits provided by a medical card and an enhanced medical card (as available to some persons pursuant to the mother and baby...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      615. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); when the person concerned can expect an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20726/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      616. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on the method undertaken to create the endometriosis framework; when we can anticipate a release date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Care Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who was allocated an additional four hours of care in 2022, funded by the HSE, and is still...
    • Medicinal Products
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of the drug ravulizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome; when he expects this drug to...
    • Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, how the needs of the National Gender Service’s patients are increasingly complex; what...
    • Bereavement Counselling
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the State-funded bereavement services that exist for children and adults; if he will consider allocating additional funding to these services for the provision...
    • Primary Care Centres
      627. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any future plans for Maynooth Health Centre in Leinster Street; what plans are in place for a primary care/health centre unit in Maynooth suitable...
    • Primary Care Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to amalgamate the Maynooth and Leixlip health services; and if so, if these services will be located in Leixlip; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the awards made following a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by the Health Service Executive, in 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the awards made without a tender process to external non-medical consultants, by firm, by his Department in 2016 to 2023 and to date in 2024, inclusive, in...
    • Health Service Executive
      633. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all HSE expenditure on outside firms, including outsourcing of care, assessments, recruitment, diagnostics, legal, professional...
    • Health Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all expenditure by each Section 38 organisation on outside firms, including outsourcing of care, assessments, recruitment,...
    • Community Care
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if a private supplier has been sourced to manage the new CNU in Nenagh as a stepdown facility for UHL. [20825/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for an ADHD assessment through CAMHS in the primary care centre, Mullingar. [20845/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      637. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data in respect of all HSE regions in Ireland (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20846/24]
    • Health Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the significant number of people diagnosed with chronic rheumatoid arthritis, there are any plans to include it on the long-term illness scheme,...
    • School Meals Programme
      639. To ask the Minister for Health what nutritional guidelines are in place for the school meals programme; the measures in place to ensure these guidelines are being complied with; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when provisions of the Public Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 will be commenced to bring private hospitals into the remit of HIQA...
    • Dental Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the situation around the dental treatment services scheme, including a list in tabular form, of the number of dentists working under the...
    • Health Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 863 of 31 March 2021, to outline when children’s eye clinic services will resume in Portlaoise, having been...
    • Mental Health Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of long waiting list times for an initial assessment with National Counselling Services; what he is doing to reduce these waiting times; and if...
    • Mental Health Policy
      645. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the cost of reforming and passing the Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20936/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Energy Conservation
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the 2023 and 2024 budget allocation for near zero energy building training centres of excellence; and the amount of that budget that has been...
    • Further and Higher Education
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from SOLAS; and if not, when his Department expects to...
    • Education and Training Boards
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an indication of the composition of the operational guidelines working group operating under the auspices of Education and Training...
    • Public Sector Pay
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the pay increase of 2.25% backdated to 1 January 2024 was not paid to employees of University College Cork in the end of April...
    • Departmental Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending...
    • European Union
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he was first made aware that Ireland's national supercomputer, Kay, was due to reach its effective end of life in November 2023; why the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has visited DCU since his appointment as Minister. [20637/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes can be made to ensure that eligibility for a higher education grant is not based on parental income, with particular reference to...
    • Departmental Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in each postgraduate public health nursing course, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the total number of Youthreach centres that have work experience/placements as a component part of their programme; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal requirement for centres for education in relation to Garda vetting of workplaces where Youthreach students are placed for work...
    • Departmental Programmes
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how Youthreach providers can offer summer programmes, with opportunities for extracurricular activities when there is a staff reduction (outside...
    • Research and Development
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the criteria or considerations that the Government evaluates when deciding on membership in European Research Infrastructure...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      664. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to indicate the potential funding available for a group (details supplied); the appropriate scheme, if any, in respect of which this...
    • Departmental Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of employees within her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department who are currently suspended on full pay...
    • European Union
      666. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any...
    • Rural Schemes
      667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an updated timeline on the new Leader fund; and when information on the various funding streams and criteria will...
    • Community Development Projects
      668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason an application (details supplied) was unsuccessful; if any similar proposals were successful in this round or in previous...
    • Departmental Data
      670. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time qualified barristers employed by the Charities Regulator in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Community Development Projects
      671. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Cappahoosh mountain trail in Connemara, which received funding through the outdoor recreation...

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