Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 April 2024)

Frank Feighan:

311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for additional accommodation for a primary school in County Leitrim (details supplied); when the board of management will receive confirmation of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17875/24]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 April 2024)

David Stanton:

251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures put in place by his Department to support innovators and entrepreneurs, in particular where start-up businesses are concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17541/24]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (24 April 2024)

Brendan Griffin:

79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the latest figures regarding TV licence renewal and purchase for 2024 versus 2023; the end of year figures for same for 2023 as a whole versus 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18417/24]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 April 2024)

Marc MacSharry:

490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the provision of meal vouchers in light of the impact of the inordinate weather on the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 April 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire:

35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the tender for EmployAbility which was due to be published in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18471/24]

Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (24 April 2024)

Duncan Smith:

69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given the serious shortage in childcare and in particular after school facilities, she will approve the use of primary school buildings as after school service premises by childcare operators, as there is a severe shortage of premises available to provide these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18260/24]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (18 April 2024)

Matt Shanahan:

194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding her Department is making available in Waterford and the south east for festival supports in 2024. [17015/24]

Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 April 2024)

Mattie McGrath:

182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for an ASD class (details supplied) in south Tipperary; the reason for the delays in progressing this project, which has been ongoing since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17114/24]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (23 April 2024)

Paul Donnelly:

131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE attachés with responsibility for cybersecurity from his Department based at the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [17796/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (23 April 2024)

Alan Kelly:

548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants, respectively, housed in each local election area as of 16 April 2024. [17632/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Exemptions (23 April 2024)

Noel Grealish:

163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow for a VAT exemption on the purchase of new buses for deployment in passenger transport given the overarching benefits to decarbonising the national fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17510/24]

Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 April 2024)

Robert Troy:

579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery (details supplied). [17333/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 April 2024)

Martin Kenny:

145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the circa €2 billion investment in the DART expansion programme, including electrification of services to Drogheda, Celbridge/Hazelhatch, Maynooth and M3 Parkway, hybrid-electric fleet expansion and new interchange stations with bus, LUAS and Metro networks as outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18491/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 April 2024)

Kathleen Funchion:

428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person can apply for citizenship (details supplied). [17372/24]

Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 April 2024)

Gerald Nash:

284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of candidates or patients with addresses in County Louth who are currently on the waiting list for their first formal and direct appointment at the fertility treatment facility for IVF at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting times for a first appointment at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17109/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 April 2024)

Kathleen Funchion:

372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Carlow County Council has applied for inclusion in the enhanced defective block remediation scheme; when the scheme will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17853/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (23 April 2024)

Bernard Durkan:

241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that policies of his Department continue to reflect well on economic performance, with particular reference to competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18070/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 April 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she plans to review the rules of the supplementary pension whereby, if a person takes up any paid employment of any duration, they would lose the entire supplementary element of their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17687/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (23 April 2024)

Cathal Crowe:

65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has plans to upgrade the State-owned motor taxation office in Shannon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15646/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 April 2024)

Paul Kehoe:

371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update (details supplied) on the scheme targeting the wastewater collection and treatment needs of villages and settlements without access to public wastewater services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17830/24]