Written answers

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

  • Department of Health
    • Abortion Services
      89. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the exclusion of vulnerable individuals such as newly arrived asylum seekers, from access to abortion services without charge on the basis that...
    • Hospital Facilities
      93. To ask the Minister for Health when more beds will open at West Kerry Community Hospital, Dingle; the up-to-date position in relation to the recruitment of additional nursing staff and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      94. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting list initiative has been impacted by the latest surge in Covid-19 hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/22]
    • Health Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for an occupational therapy assessment in each LHO area in CHO5; the number waiting for treatment in each LHO in CHO5;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of the Defence Forces who are entitled to claim the pandemic bonus payment; the number of members of the Defence Forces who have been paid...
    • Mental Health Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements in dementia care that have been put in place over the past two years; the further developments that are planned; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      99. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with disabilities that have benefitted from the changes to the medical card assessment process that took effect in December 2018; and if he...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 26 May 2022, if the Strategic Assessment Report by the HSE regarding the new emergency department in University...
    • Organ Removal
      101. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that the report of the review team into the disposal of perinatal organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital will be furnished...
    • Disease Management
      102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will invest in additional home care, outreach care and mental health supports for persons with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Departments
      103. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his engagement with the HSE in relation the future of the emergency department in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; if he will...
    • Abortion Services
      104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the basis for the operational requirement that a personal public service number is the only acceptable proof of residence for accessing...
    • Home Help Service
      105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO7 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019; the number...
    • Hospital Services
      106. To ask the Minister for Health if he will attend a meeting with an organisation (details supplied), the Manager of Letterkenny University Hospital and the CEO of the Saolta University Health...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      107. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is consulting its members on taking industrial action on overcrowding in...
    • Health Services
      108. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Cardiac Services Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37354/22]
    • Dental Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the Departmental review of the dental medical card scheme; his plans to alleviate access issues to dentists for medical card...
    • Primary Care Centres
      110. To ask the Minister for Health when Tullow, County Carlow will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/22]
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      111. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance in relation to his proposal to bring forward a Bill to provide life-long health...
    • Disability Services
      112. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); the engagement that he has had with the Minister for Education to...
    • Mental Health Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a psychology appointment in primary care in each LHO area in CHO7; the number of these waiting for over a year; the...
    • Disability Services
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient beds and residential accommodation available for persons with disabilities that want to live...
    • Emergency Departments
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the average emergency department waiting times in Mayo University Hospital; the steps that he is taking to improve the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims notified or the proceedings that have been issued against CervicalCheck regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests in each of the...
    • Hospital Staff
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the shortage of non-consultant hospital doctors at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order an inquiry into the circumstances of all Covid-19 deaths at a healthcare setting (details supplied); and the number of persons who died at the...
    • Ambulance Service
      120. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of a new ambulance base in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37461/22]
    • Hospital Charges
      122. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for car parking for patients and visitors at public hospitals as outlined...
    • Mental Health Services
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the way that it is proposed to address the current challenges that people are experiencing securing consultations with psychiatrists; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Departments
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time in July 2022 in the emergency department of each of the Cork hospitals. [37506/22]
    • Court Judgments
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the court decision striking down the preliminary assessment of children with special needs will affect the children who have been assessed and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Swords, County Dublin as of July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37517/22]
    • Health Promotion
      127. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the proposed free contraception scheme from general practitioners is to work for the young people who are targeted; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children identifying as transgender currently receiving healthcare support, including mental health support in Ireland; the medical services...
    • Healthcare Policy
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the progress and the plans that are in place in regard to a reduction in the age threshold for breast cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to expedite the process of assessment and treatment for children with disabilities given the importance of early intervention;...
    • Mental Health Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on primary care psychology waiting list initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37476/22]
    • Health Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE continues to deal with non-Covid19 related health issues in an expeditious manner including hospital admissions, home care,...
    • Disability Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an institution (details supplied) does not receive any funding from the HSE; and if he will make a statement...
    • Abortion Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland’s abortion laws have been described by members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee as...
    • Health Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide public chiropody services in Cork south west. [37592/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children for each LHO area in CHO4 who were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the 2005 Disability Act as of 1 July 2022 or the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined to ensure the safety of...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with thalidomide survivors; the steps that he will take in relation to the serious issues affecting them; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to address the serious trolley situation at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37456/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      141. To ask the Minister for Health when the Cross-Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants will complete its work; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when all of the beds in Abbeyleix Hospital will be brought into use; and when the day care centre in the same facility will be fully...
    • Mental Health Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care in each LHO area in CHO9; the number who have been waiting over a year;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on capital developments at St. Joseph’s Care Campus in Longford. [37459/22]
    • Disability Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staffing posts that will be provided to Children’s Disability Services in 2022; the additional resources that will...
    • Health Services Staff
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health professionals within the health services including but not limited to...
    • Medical Cards
      147. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to review current requirements for entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37499/22]
    • Legislative Reviews
      149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the progress that has been made on the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when he will report to...
    • Health Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a comprehensive plan to address the severe capacity deficiencies in healthcare in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37353/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent resignations from senior posts across the health service in the HSE and his Department; his views on whether this represents a systemic...
    • Disability Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Health if the detailed implementation measures for the Disability Framework Action Plan have been published and made public; if not, when this will be published and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37500/22]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that the terms of reference for the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate will include the...
    • Primary Care Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for primary care facilities in Edgeworthstown, Granard and Ballymahon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37460/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a psychology appointment in primary care in each LHO area in CHO8; the number of these waiting for over a year; the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capacity review of authorised officers across community healthcare organisations; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Health when the awaited action plan for University Hospital Kerry will be ready; if his attention has been drawn to the current difficulties facing the hospital; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis medication kaftrio for children aged 6 to 11 years; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current state of speech and language therapy waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37503/22]
    • Industrial Relations
      161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues in relation to a representative organisation (details supplied) that is seeking pay parity with similar workers in the health...
    • Disability Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit and retain staff for children’s disability network teams. [37593/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of free flu jabs for all going into the winter season as part of a combined strategy to ease pressure on hospitals and in...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the elective hospital in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      165. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects that the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to all eligible healthcare workers; if he has set a deadline for payment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of public health nurse services in Dublin 18; the steps that he is taking to address this; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      167. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of nurses and nursing managers (details supplied) in University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital and...
    • Disability Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the main improvements in the provision of health services and entitlements for people with a disability over the past two years; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to recruit neurology nurse specialists for Cork University Hospital given that the unit is short of specialised staff; and if he...
    • Abortion Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues that have arisen with the reimbursement of service providers for the provision of abortion services in respect of persons...
    • Mental Health Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of perinatal mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37192/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to fill vacancies in primary care in counties Cavan and Monaghan for children who are waiting for occupational therapy, speech...
    • Home Help Service
      173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO8 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019; the number...
    • Care of the Elderly
      174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of integrated care programme for older persons teams that are now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37466/22]
    • Disability Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress in relation to the Disability Capacity Review to 2032; and the way that he intends to remediate the significant levels of...
    • Ambulance Service
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances serving south Kerry; and the locations in which they are stationed. [37558/22]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations that his Department has made on the scope of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs being convened by the Department of the Taoiseach; and if he...
    • Home Help Service
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO3 and 5 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to meet the challenge of long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37495/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      180. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual waiting list strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37357/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Health his views on directly employing general practitioners in rural areas within the HSE as per the recommendations in Sláintecare. [37557/22]
    • Disability Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a healthcare setting (details supplied) in County Cavan in order that it can provide a sensory room; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Departments
      183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the future of the accident and emergency department in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan. [37588/22]
    • Home Help Service
      184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the significant challenges in the delivery of home care service in County Mayo; and the measures that he is taking to resolve the...
    • Disability Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite centres that remain closed since the pandemic; their location of same; the reason for their continued closure; and the required staff to...
    • Mental Health Services
      186. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the mental health of transgender children or children with gender dysphoria who cannot access psychological assessment and support in Ireland; the...
    • Health Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for an occupational therapy assessment in each LHO area in CHO4; the number waiting for treatment in each LHO area in...
    • Hospital Staff
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE regarding the serious staff shortage across multiple departments in Regional...
    • Disability Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will find out if funding for overnight care will be provided to them. [37587/22]
    • Eating Disorders
      190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the roll-out and development of specialist eating disorder teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37475/22]
    • Health Services
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the support that his Department has provided to the replacement addiction family support network that stakeholders are currently attempting to establish...
    • Departmental Strategies
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the expert group tasked with producing a report on an agreed strategy and implementation plan for genomics in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received reports of the difficulty being experienced by persons trying to find a general practitioner to accept them, particularly on the medical...
    • Disability Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and workers in the wider community sector prior to their industrial action; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is no erosion of cardiac care at of Letterkenny University Hospital as a result of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac...
    • Home Help Service
      196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019;...
    • Mental Health Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated funding allocation for the development of the inpatient mental health support mother-and-baby unit has been agreed; if not, when he expects to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy for the Covid-19 pandemic from now until the end of 2022; the strategies for further vaccine and booster roll-outs; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a psychology appointment in primary care in each LHO area in CHO3 and 5 in 2022; the number of these waiting for over...
    • Vaccination Programme
      202. To ask the Minister for Health when a second Covid booster will be available to the broadest possible vaccine eligible population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37457/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of CAMHS inpatient beds in a centre (details supplied); his plans to get CAMHS beds up to full capacity; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      204. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19. [35869/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      205. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point from 1 January 2020 to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      206. To ask the Taoiseach if he will support a project (details supplied) under the Shared Island Fund. [37635/22]
    • Departmental Advertising
      207. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent on online and media advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [37918/22]
    • Departmental Functions
      208. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the economic policy unit in his Department. [37919/22]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      210. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with heads of government and heads of state at the margins of the NATO summit in Madrid. [38140/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the IDA and Mayo County Council to conclude the site selection process in Castlebar for the development of an IDA...
    • Departmental Schemes
      212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of trading online voucher scheme applications approved from 2020 to 2022 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts
      213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at...
    • Enterprise Policy
      214. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department engage with and support the development of blockchain...
    • Work Permits
      215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his consideration on granting more employment permits to non-EEA nationals to meet the greater demand; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contingency measures and supports that are in place being considered to safeguard Cork SMEs due to running cost and inflation;...
    • State Bodies
      217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of in-person and e-visits made by the IDA to each county in quarters 1 and 2 of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Industrial Development
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the job figures outlined by the IDA as attributable to it in its 2021 annual report by county in tabular form.; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the aims and objectives of the industrial relations (provisions in respect of pension entitlements of retired workers)...
    • State Bodies
      220. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Wexford in each of the years 2012 to 2021, and to June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      221. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department contributes to a special incentive or other support as a cost offset to the carbon generating activities of a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waterways Issues
      222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the fish passes at Carrigadrohid and Inniscarra dams are adequately giving access; the way that...
    • Electricity Generation
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if households that export renewable energy to the grid via microgeneration now receive payments for same from all...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of households that have installed solar photovoltaic panels; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will draft and publish a green hydrogen strategy; if the energy security review has examined the role that...
    • Departmental Programmes
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of one-stop-shops that have now been approved in respect of the national residential retrofit programme; the...
    • Recycling Policy
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his proposals to reduce the amount of polyethylene terephthalate plastic exported from Ireland; if options are...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to using a portion of the funds to the Exchequer to invest in collaboration with the...
    • Grant Payments
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a solution will be provided for a person who availed of a grant from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for...
    • Pension Provisions
      230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that he has not signed off on a 2% pensionable increase for An Post pensioners, which was effective from 1...
    • Departmental Consultations
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has made a determination on the percentage target of greenhouse gas reduction that each sector must achieve; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the numbers of agricultural users who applied for the support scheme for renewable heat, the numbers who were deemed...
    • Energy Prices
      234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the model that is used in relation to the price regulation of network charges that the Commission for the Regulation...
    • Energy Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 10 May 2022, if he has received in electronic or hard copy or by verbal...
    • Energy Prices
      240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the electricity credit payment of €200 will be issued as a matter of urgency to persons (details supplied) in...
    • Post Office Network
      241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the input his Department has had in the framing of the national development plan in relation to ensuring the viability...
    • Waste Management
      242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of contact that he has had with the domestic waste industry regarding waivers being available for persons...
    • Energy Prices
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide funding to local authorities to allow them to distribute the €200 electricity credit directly...
    • National Broadband Plan
      245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide further details on the efforts to accelerate the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the steps...
    • Departmental Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the schemes, areas and projects to which carbon tax funds were allocated by the Government and subsequently...
    • Postal Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a matter in relation to an Eircode (details supplied) will be investigated and addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the inquiry into Inland Fisheries Ireland has been completed; if he has received a copy of the report; if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38021/22]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the €23 billion figure cited as a potential cost for the MetroLink in an extreme case scenario;...
    • Local Authorities
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the recoupment of moneys owed to Wexford County Council (details supplied) is expected to be made; and if he will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans or a timeframe to upgrade the Garda technology that is used to read number plates to identify if the car owner has...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 19 January 2022, the reason for the delay in completing this work (details supplied); the...
    • Airport Policy
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explore the potential for Kerry Airport to cater to additional flights and routes given the excessive delays and operational...
    • Rail Network
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exact location of the new second train station for Sallins and Naas as set out in the National Transport Authority Future Park and...
    • Bus Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent to date for BusConnects Cork [37204/22]
    • Public Transport
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a business case has been presented on the light rail proposal for Cork; and the cost of that project to date in 2022, in tabular form....
    • Road Network
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications that were made under the community involvement scheme per county in 2021 and 2022, respectively; the...
    • Public Transport
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the estimated capital delivery cost range for the MetroLink of between €7.16 billion...
    • Maritime Safety
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date that Ireland expects to become a party to the agreement called the Wilhemshaven Memorandum of Understanding between Sweden,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any...
    • Rail Network
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that he and or Irish Rail have for the future use of Tuam railway station. [37294/22]
    • Dublin Bus
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installing the necessary technology to accept debit card as payment on each Dublin Bus; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used route operated by a company (details supplied) in each direction in 2021 and to-date in 2022, in...
    • Rail Network
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the situation regarding the procurement of new rolling stock and battery and electric locomotives with respect to the upgrade of the Cork...
    • Driver Licences
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of South African driving licences received by the National Driver Licence Service under the driver licence exchange programme...
    • Haulage Industry
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recruitment crisis currently facing the transport sector; the steps and assistance that his...
    • Rail Network
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the installation of ICT infrastructure has commenced at the national train control centre in Heuston Station. [37536/22]
    • Public Transport
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated for the pre-planning stage of the MetroLink; the amount allocated for the design stage of MetroLink; and the amount...
    • Rail Network
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contracts for electrification of the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines have been signed; if his Department has...
    • Tax Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual amount that is generated by each motor tax band, by annual renewal, half year renewal, quarter year renewal and arrears; the...
    • National Car Test
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual amount that is generated by the NCT charges for private vehicles and retests; the amounts generated per age of vehicle and...
    • Departmental Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles that were destroyed in Ireland in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the breakdown by the year of...
    • Driver Licences
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will facilitate the extension of age limits for licence holders due to the lack of supply in suitable electric, hybrid and...
    • Tax Code
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that persons who pay their car tax on time each quarter are charged more than if they pay annually; if he will review the...
    • National Car Test
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of backlog appointments for NCT tests the for the first six months of 2022; the measures that are being taken to address the...
    • Driver Test
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of persons on the waiting list for driving tests each month since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that are being considered for improvements to the N22 between Macroom and Ballincollig; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Irish ports or harbours that are currently ready to support the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms; the investment...
    • Driver Licences
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37788/22]
    • Taxi Licences
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to remove taxi licences from vehicles over ten years old; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will cause...
    • Driver Licences
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the number of complaints issued to the Road Safety Authority about the approach taken by the National Driver Licence...
    • Driver Test
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test and for a theory test in County Cork, by test centre in tabular form. [37860/22]
    • Driver Licences
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will authorise a review of current procedures for Irish citizens holding full driving licences issued in the United States and...
    • Public Transport
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to extending timetables and the availability of tracks for the Westport to Dublin Heuston service...
    • Rail Network
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to ensuring safety in entering and exiting the area outside Roscommon train station in view of the fact...
    • Bus Services
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Bus Éireann with a view to introducing a new stop outside the Lakeside Manor in Virginia, County Cavan, to...
    • Road Safety
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 25 January 2022, the stopping distance formula that will be used by the Road Safety...
    • Public Transport
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38042/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV on-street charging points that will be provided in County Mayo in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the works between Glasheen Road roundabout, Bandon, and the Claire O'Leary walk, Cork (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise the home owners at a location (details supplied) which was previously owned by the National Asset Management Agency, given that the...
    • Tax Yield
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the funds that have been raised through the carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37944/22]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance when the new disabled drivers medical board of appeal will be in place; the number of appeals waiting to be reviewed since the resignation of all members of...
    • Tax Reliefs
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend and increase the uplift threshold to encourage film production in regional areas as part of the film tax credit section 481; if additional...
    • Tax Code
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the introduction of a vacant homes tax. [37109/22]
    • Tax Credits
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of raising the threshold for the home care tax credit to bring added peace of mind to families who are bearing the brunt of the additional...
    • Departmental Schemes
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of the fuel grant for those who qualified for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme given the substantial rise in the...
    • Tax Code
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement that he has had with regard to applying a reduced VAT rate for the supply of services by writers, composers and performing artists or of the...
    • Tax Yield
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from legislated increases in the carbon tax on 12 October 2022, 1 May 2023 and 12 October 2023, disaggregated by revenue in 2022 and...
    • Budget 2023
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures and reliefs currently in place which are and are not factored into the base for the purposes of Budget 2023, itemised by name. [37242/22]
    • Tax Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the reduced rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sectors from 1 January 2023 to 28 February 2023; and if this revenue is factored...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected GDP, GNI and deficit ranges for 2022 and 2023 as outlined in the Summer Economic Statement in nominal terms. [37245/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point from 1 January...
    • Financial Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that are being taken to compel banks, funds, the National Asset Management Agency or others in possession of distressed assets (details supplied) to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the exemption limit for people over 65 years of age from income tax in view of the current high inflation; and if he will make...
    • Tax Reliefs
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the rates for tax relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37546/22]
    • State Claims Agency
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims that have been taken against the State in respect of Covid that the State Claims Agency are processing as of 6 July 2022; the extract...
    • Tax Code
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing VAT on deep retrofit works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/22]
    • Tax Reliefs
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of medical expenses tax reliefs in each of the past four years; the number of taxpayers who claimed these reliefs in each year; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate, in euros, of Government tax per litre of vehicle diesel and petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38045/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the valuation thresholds set for the help-to-buy scheme given both building and property inflation over the past five years; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the impact of the potential loss of corporation tax receipts on the Exchequer arising from the efforts by the European Union to strike a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a tax break for sports coaches who qualify through coaching courses by their governing bodies. [38115/22]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Budget Targets
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the resources that have been allocated to demographics, public sector pay and existing levels of services and the National Development...
    • Tax Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schemes, areas and projects to which funds raised through the carbon tax have been allocated by year to date in tabular form; and if...
    • Public Sector Pay
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be a reversal of the cuts imposed by a Government decision that took place at the same time as the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the public consultation process on supplementary information provided by his officials on a project (details supplied);...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that there has been no change in the expenditure forecast in relation to budgetary decisions (details supplied); and if he...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source that the funds for additional inflation-related costs are drawn from in the Inflation Cooperation Framework; the amount that...
    • Budget 2023
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the annual priority reserve of €51 million in 2023 will not be used as a resource for overspends in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any...
    • An Garda Síochána
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the move-in date of An Garda Síochána personnel to the command and control facility at Heuston Station; the...
    • Office of Public Works
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all OPW and joint-OPW projects that are in arbitration and or conciliation; and the costs associated...
    • Public Sector Pay
      349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated first-year and full-year cost of bringing all public service workers up to the living wage of €12.17 per hour; and...
    • Ukraine War
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are restrictions for the use of funds in relation to the Summer Economic Statement Table 5 Ukrainian Humanitarian Contingency;...
    • Departmental Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent money contained in the Covid Contingency Fund as of 30 June 2022; the estimated expenditure from the fund on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 21 April 2021, if he will provide an update in respect of the schedule of the 40 former...
    • Flood Risk Management
      356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for the river Slaney County Wexford. [37975/22]
    • Protected Disclosures
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the provisions providing protection to volunteers will be formally commenced on enactment of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment)...
    • Waterways Issues
      358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the works that are required to reopen the river walkway in Bandon, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that are being undertaken by the State to expand flood-relief measures beyond built-up areas in County Wexford to support...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Contracts
      360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied)...
    • Sports Funding
      361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supports that are available to Irish elite amateur kickboxers considering the cost of travel, training and equipment;...
    • Commemorative Events
      362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 10 May 2022, if she will make a commitment that all future ceremonies will be open to...
    • Tourism Policy
      365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that her Department is taking to mitigate the impacts of Brexit and Covid restrictions on the tourism sector; the steps...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her Department plans to engage with RTÉ to explore measures for reducing the State broadcaster’s...
    • Television Licence Fee
      367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department would be in support of replacing An Post by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners as the collection agents of...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding former RTÉ staff and access to pensions; if she has met the...
  • Department of Health
    • Rental Sector
      970. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to support eye care services in Cork, particularly to ensure that there is greater capacity for services in Cork to...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Budget 2023
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a similar compensation payment awarded to two county councils resulting from the closure of power stations will be included...
    • Harbours and Piers
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the two properties (details supplied) which were brought to the attention of the Petitions Committee have been measured and...
    • Ukraine War
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on an application submitted by Mayo County Council for a building (details supplied) as suitable...
    • Housing Schemes
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible to purchase properties under the incremental tenant purchase scheme with cash lump sums rather than with...
    • Housing Policy
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the social housing income limits for County Westmeath will be reviewed. [36982/22]
    • Youth Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); when the tendering process will conclude and construction works commencing. [37042/22]
    • Defence Forces
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of project works associated with a project (details supplied) following funding of €2.5 million awarded in...
    • Water Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report from Irish Water to confirm that all remediation works involved to rectify the capacity issue on...
    • Tax Collection
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing commercial rates to be collected by the Revenue Commissioners to improve efficiency. [37107/22]
    • Derelict Sites
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered reviewing the definition of a site to reduce the minimum size of a site which is currently a site greater...
    • Departmental Functions
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress of establishing a dedicated vacant housing unit in his Department; the number of staff employed in...
    • Local Authorities
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made with each local authority in ensuring that each authority has a full-time permanent vacant...
    • State Bodies
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected by the Land Registry in respect of fees chargeable for searches and urgent searches in the past two years...
    • Planning Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of uniformity in the application of planning policy pertaining to the extension of...
    • Housing Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of the National Student Accommodation Strategy, and Housing for All, the preparations that are being made to...
    • Housing Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given any consideration to further extending the buy and repair scheme to allow local authorities to provide cost...
    • Commercial Rates
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to ensure standardisation across all local authorities regarding commercial rate rebates for...
    • State Bodies
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that he has had on the investigation under way at An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application from the Forgney community water connection previously known as group water scheme for a water connection to...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reasons for continuing to refuse to derogate from the general scheme of legal protection of wild birds in the interests of...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the details of the licences provided to Dublin City Council by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for...
    • Architectural Heritage
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [37250/22]
    • Maternity Leave
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish a general scheme to grant an entitlement of maternity leave to councillors elected to local government....
    • Local Authorities
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress for the Cork Event Centre. [37275/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details...
    • Local Authorities
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Local Authority Housing Delivery Action Plans that were being reviewed by his Department and which were due...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Approved Housing Body Classification Working Group; and the progress that has been made to date...
    • Housing Policy
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those on a social welfare income are being refused homeless HAP due to the...
    • Water Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the development contribution relating to water services which has been paid to Irish Water by each local authority since 2014...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority can refuse a person access to homeless accommodation by reason of failing to provide a safety or legal...
    • Housing Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to granting eligibility under the Fresh Start principle to the local authority home loan scheme...
    • Fire Stations
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new fire station for Ballymahon, County Longford (details supplied) [37598/22]
    • Local Authorities
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide assurances that County Longford and other affected local authorities will be appropriately compensated as a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the current €30,000 upper limit on the amount payable under the essential works grant scheme for the elderly will be...
    • Housing Policy
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to revisit the new ten-year tenancy requirement before a tenancy can apply for the tenant purchase...
    • Local Authorities
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give an assurance that Longford County Council will be compensated in respect of the significant, unavoidable and...
    • Departmental Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in County Wicklow in 2021 as at end...
    • Departmental Programmes
      429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided under the energy efficiency retrofit programme to Wicklow County Council in each year from 2020, 2021 and...
    • Departmental Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Wicklow County Council for mobility aid grants, housing adaptation grants and housing aid for older...
    • Defective Building Materials
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37674/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether an approval for a local authority home loan should be valid for purchasing a home in any local authority...
    • Septic Tanks
      436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration that he has explored to extend and review the septic tank grant to ensure upgrades can be availed of for...
    • Local Authorities
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information that is provided by local authorities using the choice-based letting system to his Department on the...
    • Ukraine War
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the responsibilities of the Director of Services for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) within local...
    • Departmental Licences
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of encroachment licences that have been issued for new moorings in Lough Ree (details supplied) in each of the...
    • Waterways Ireland
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the property portfolio of Waterways Ireland that is registered. [37745/22]
    • Wildlife Regulations
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the wild bird declarations general and air safety given that the current...
    • Housing Policy
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants that have been removed from the social housing list as a result of changes to the household means...
    • Housing Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the waiting list for social housing less than one year in the Cork City Council and Cork County...
    • Departmental Data
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in 2021 as at the end of the fourth...
    • Local Authorities
      456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Wexford County Council Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Water Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans for Irish Water to take over water services from the local authorities going forward; the impact that this will have...
    • Grant Payments
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/22]
    • Ukraine War
      461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the potential locations that his Department has identified for consideration by the Department...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering a plan-led rather than developer-led approach to onshore wind development; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Service
      464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there was a change in policy in the fire service which meant for a time that firefighters had to retire at 58 years of age;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the foreign births registry application of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited. [37015/22]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent violence in Melilla, the European Union’s land border with Morocco which resulted in dozens of deaths....
    • Public Sector Pay
      468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current salary costs for the Passport Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/22]
    • Passport Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded the target issue date and date...
    • Departmental Contracts
      498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any...
    • Health Promotion
      500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the new initiative on sexual and reproductive health, and rights, set out in A Better World, Ireland's policy for...
    • International Relations
      502. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the Irish Ambassador to Vietnam to date in 2022 [37367/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      503. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address matters raised in correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied) concerning the waiting times for a foreign...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland remains on track to deliver an increase in the overseas development aid allocation to €1.36 billion by 2025; if his...
    • International Sanctions
      508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union has considered a ban on Brazilian beef given record deforestation in the Amazon. [37662/22]
    • International Relations
      509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements that the European Union has had with Brazil on record deforestation in the Amazon. [37663/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      513. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed by Irish embassies overseas; the salary grades for such staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • European Union
      515. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe; the engagement which is now taking place with the European...
    • Passport Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case (details supplied) of a Zimbabwean national with Irish citizenship who had his or her personal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts
      527. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point...
    • Defence Forces
      528. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant posts for doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and dentists in the Defence Forces Medical Corps as of 5 July 2022; and when...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Council for Special Education
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special...
    • School Transport
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the 20% discount for transport has not been passed on to the children and students using the school transport system given the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the special needs transport grant (details supplied). [37032/22]
    • National Council for Special Education
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a suitable school place will be made available for a child (details attached); if the National Council for Special Education will support...
    • School Curriculum
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether there should be an inclusion of trade union history and the role of trade unions in student and pupil learning (details...
    • School Transport
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of school bus drivers whereby once they reach 70 years of age, they are no longer allowed to be...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a school (details supplied) with a thorough report outlining the reason for the refusal by her Department to award DEIS status...
    • School Staff
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the rules around career breaks for teachers as teachers who move home within the country and wish to work in a new...
    • Special Educational Needs
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the National Council for Special Education to ensure that it has adequate capacity to cater for training courses for...
    • School Accommodation
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point...
    • School Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement for a teacher to have an international police clearance certificate does not apply in cases in which a person resided in a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special class will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37332/22]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 21 June 2022, when schools will be informed of the decision on appeals for DEIS status; and if she...
    • School Uniforms
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding schools that do not allow generic options for uniforms in contravention of Circular 0032/2017; and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in her Department, particularly REALT and uSupport, have considered correspondence from a school administrator (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application submitted from an organisation (details supplied) to the planning and buildings unit of her Department will remain open and be...
    • School Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of primary schools that have been provisionally informed that they are due to lose a mainstream...
    • School Transport
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a late school transport application will be accepted from a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Enrolments
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of refugee children enrolled in Irish primary and secondary schools per school year and per county in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the indicators that her Department will be considering when identifying schools for opening special education classes; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a late school transport application will be accepted from a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that children who attend an independent, co-educational, multi-denominational primary school will be discriminated against when it...
    • School Transport
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend eligibility for school transport to the second nearest post-primary school to primary school students; and if she will make...
    • School Textbooks
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the system under which licences are granted for online books (details supplied) with a view to having no time limits placed...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for each council area in the State from 2017 to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • School Transport
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the application for the backdating of the remote area grant for persons (details supplied); when a decision will be made;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location and the timeline for the delivery of a new and permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for Leaving Certificate students who plan to study abroad in 2022 and who require their exam results for their chosen...
    • School Transport
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a family can be paid the remote area transport grant retrospectively for the 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2020/2021 school years having already...
    • Special Educational Needs
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to invest money to create a space in which non-mainstream qualifications for special skills can be developed for students; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is dealing with a funding application for works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed update on any audits carried out by the National Council for Special Education of all schools in the Dún...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Code
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has proposals to enable artists with disabilities to practice their creativity without losing their disability...
    • School Meals Programme
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the schools at all levels in Dublin south west that avail of the school meals programme. [37622/22]
    • Social Welfare Code
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to disregarding grant and project-based funding as means-tested income for the disability...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child who is in receipt of the disability allowance and who is still in full-time secondary education will qualify for...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that her Department received for disability-related social welfare payments in 2021 and 2022; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional €10 per week payment to all recipients of disability-related...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the development of a new model for employment services; the engagement that had taken place with existing...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18-year-olds who are still in secondary school; and if she will...
    • Public Services Card
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that was given to facilitating persons with disabilities who may have issues with getting their photograph...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available for self-employed persons who become ill and cannot continue to work or claim illness...
    • Disability Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of job coaches employed to support disabled jobseekers as a way of improving access to the labour market; the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients by each core social protection scheme, disaggregated by payment type. [37150/22]
    • State Pensions
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension transition payment at the weekly standard state pension rate...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 19 May 2022, the estimated cost of including the working family payment as a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the application for enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19 absence for the period 26 May 2022...
    • Departmental Reviews
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has expanded her scope section review in respect of persons working for and or at a broadcaster (details supplied) who...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any consideration will be given to community employment scheme supervisors who retired prior to the 2008 reference year in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of child benefit; the number of applicants audited each year; the way that applicants are...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department’s consideration of proposals regarding extending free travel...
    • State Bodies
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the vacancies that are currently available on State boards (details supplied); the way that these vacancies will be filled;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) was withdrawn by the carer's allowance section...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce the delays being experienced by school term workers such as school bus drivers who have to sign on during...
    • Departmental Contracts
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dates that back-to-school clothing and footwear allowances will be paid. [37309/22]
    • State Pensions
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the State pension (contributory) and the State pension (non-contributory) by €10,...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a second band of fuel allowance for persons on fixed incomes. [37312/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing free travel to students who hold a public services card. [37315/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing eligibility thresholds for supplementary welfare allowance by €10%, 20% and 30%...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an Intreo centre at Navan Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7 will reopen to the public upon the completion of refurbishment works....
    • Social Welfare Rates
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the disability allowance increased by €12.50 per week. [37358/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making amendments to the fuel allowance threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/22]
    • State Pensions
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual cost of State old age pension payments; the total cost of full-rate payments; the number of recipients of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the child dependent cut off-age to 24 years in cases in which the child is still attending a third level...
    • State Pensions
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of a full State pension (contributory); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the eligibility for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to foster children; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current length of time that it takes to process and approve a range of payments (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether low to middle-income families that are not in receipt of social welfare payments could qualify for the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the total house income criteria for additional needs payment applications due to the rising...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that an error made by her Department should impact on a person (details supplied); if this claim will be fully...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if with regard to Covid 19 enhanced illness benefit a positive Covid-19 test is still sufficient to prove that a person has...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fuel allowance applicants in 2020, 2021 and 2022, who were €100 or less over the qualifying means test...
    • Employment Support Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise with regard to the forthcoming changes to national employment services how and when the termination of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an application for the carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) given that the...
    • School Meals Programme
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the revised additional cost of providing hot meals free of charge to all children attending DEIS primary schools for a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for the supplementary welfare allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Departmental Policies
      652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given consideration to allowing a sliding scale back-to-school allowance to allow families that are just above the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing each social welfare payment by €1 disaggregated by payment type from 27 September to...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Childcare Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if providers that want to purchase, lease or rent the creche and childcare facilities required in housing...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      657. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision System
      658. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by asylum seekers in direct provision who are without...
    • Childcare Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to the serious concerns that have been raised in relation to childcare policy (details...
    • Ukraine War
      660. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the name and details of each premises being used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees; the number of refugees in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      663. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the early childhood care...
    • Disability Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the provision of specific pathways of support to reach under-represented minorities within...
    • Departmental Funding
      667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is providing any funds for the civil cases that an organisation (details supplied) is...
    • Departmental Contracts
      668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations...
    • Child and Family Agency
      669. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that Tusla is accommodating in hotels; the ages of each child; the number of children...
    • Children in Care
      674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Health Information and Quality Authority is satisfied in relation to the optimum care guaranteed to...
    • Child and Family Agency
      675. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Health Information and Quality Authority inspections undertaken of registered Tusla accommodation...
    • Child Protection
      678. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stated minimum length of service required to be appointed a social work, social care and child protection...
    • Child and Family Agency
      679. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average age of a social care and child protection practitioner in Tusla; the average number of cases or...
    • Departmental Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently without a designated social worker in each age group and social work area in...
    • Departmental Funding
      681. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in 2022; the breakdown of the use...
    • Direct Provision System
      682. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in direct provision centres in County Wicklow, broken down by centre; and if...
    • Children in Care
      684. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the payment assistance that is available for relative foster carers; the criteria that they have to meet to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      685. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current demand for places under the early childhood care and education scheme in Cork; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      686. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 27 April 2022, the gross total spend to date by the International...
    • Disability Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a specialist speech and language therapist will be provided to a child with a diagnosis of ASD (details...
    • Child and Family Agency
      688. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE has signed contracts or entered into any agreement with a private company (details supplied) to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      689. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to concerns...
    • Ukraine War
      690. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 6 July 2022 (details supplied), if he will provide details on the...
    • Wards of Court
      691. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the wards of courts system will be replaced with a system compliant with international human rights...
    • Legislative Process
      692. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide his response to a letter from a United Nations official (details supplied) concerning the way...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the reason that applicants who suffer from colour blindness cannot partake in apprenticeship courses; if his attention has...
    • Grant Payments
      695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a refusal to award a SUSI grant to a person (details supplied). [36980/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1244 of 14 June 2022, the estimated first-year and full-year cost of providing a new modern methods of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first-year and full-year costs of establishing the courses identified in page 36 of a report (details supplied) in tabular form....
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of €10 million Irish-led project to deliver more tailored treatment to those with motor neuron disease supported by the...
    • Education Policy
      699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new international education strategy will be published; the timeline for introducing the International Education Mark; and if he will...
    • Further and Higher Education
      700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies that are in place in higher education institutions in relation to racism and the way that students can report racism they may...
    • Grant Payments
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given any consideration to relaxing the residency requirements of being in the State, European Union, United Kingdom or Switzerland for...
    • Departmental Contracts
      702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a 10% increase in the apprentice travel allowance and accommodation allowance for off-the-job training;...
    • Research Funding
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that is being allocated to semiconductor manufacturing innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37708/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the higher education institutions on PHD stipends and the potential for an increase in such given the rising cost of...
    • Grant Payments
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year per county in tabular form; and the number of those...
    • Education and Training Boards
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to maximise capacity for students applying for green certs within the Education and Training Board sector in 2022-2023. [37923/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new action plan for apprenticeships which was promised under Our Rural Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Residency Permits
      716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if support will be provided for a person (details supplied) to obtain their Irish residence permit given the circumstances; and...
    • Immigration Policy
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that the re-entry visa programme for minors under the age of 16 years currently residing in Ireland has been...
    • Departmental Strategies
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken by her Department to implement its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy; and if she will...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a representative body (details supplied) given the review that was carried out in July 2018 by the...
    • Housing Policy
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of housing policy objective 25 in Housing for All, the review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and when...
    • Courts Service
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of part-time and whole-time staff allocated to the Probate Office by month commencing July 2022. [37125/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the €363 million committed to the five-year period of the third national strategy on...
    • Court Judgments
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all criminals convicted by the Special Criminal Court since its inception; the sentence term in...
    • Asylum Seekers
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing a stamp category or reasonable alternative for asylum seekers' work permits that is,...
    • International Protection
      727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions issued by the International Protection Office in the past 12 months under headings (details supplied)...
    • Visa Applications
      729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37257/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details...
    • Legal Aid
      731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts that have been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under...
    • Legislative Programme
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the sale of alcohol Bill; when this Bill will move to the next stage. [37368/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of companies that applied for the contract for the provision of Garda public order equipment but were unsuccessful...
    • Court Judgments
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of coercive control to date in 2022. [37372/22]
    • Prison Service
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-term equivalent senior psychologist posts and six staff grade...
    • An Garda Síochána
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who paid a fixed charge penalty notice for speeding in each Garda division within the statutory payment...
    • Prison Service
      740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will examine the number of phone lines and operators that are available in each prison for booking phone...
    • Visa Applications
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a long-stay visa of a person (details supplied) to visit Ireland with their spouse in October 2022 to see family will...
    • Departmental Staff
      742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that additional support workers were not approved to support the extension of services in County Mayo for early...
    • Citizenship Applications
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for citizenship applications in Ireland at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fines Administration
      744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cancelled fixed penalty notices by category including the offence in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular...
    • Visa Applications
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for work visa applications every month since June 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      746. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Garda patrol cars, patrol vans, motorcycles, bicycles and other vehicles, in the Cork Garda divisions to date in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints nationally during 2021 and 2022 to date; the number of motorists that...
    • An Garda Síochána
      748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to reform the laws governing the issuing of police certificates to allow them to be used for...
    • Immigration Status
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Paramilitary Groups
      752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken by her Department and the Criminal Assets Bureau to tackle illegal paramilitary groupings in...
    • Immigration Policy
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who was in employment prior to their spouse or civil partner of Irish national scheme, can remain in employment...
    • Departmental Records
      754. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when files will be handed over to the relevant authorities (details supplied). [37995/22]
    • International Protection
      755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection that were dealt with under the single application procedure to date in...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the monetary value of assets seized by the CAB in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and the amount which has been...
    • Visa Agreements
      759. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 188 and 189 of 6 July 2022, the number of Ireland Immigrant Investor Program...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Reviews
      761. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review; his annualised implementation plan along the timeframe outlined in the Disability...
    • Disability Services
      762. To ask the Minister for Health when a school (details supplied) will have the following services; behaviour therapist, speech and language therapists, occupational therapist, on-site nurse...
    • Mental Health Services
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant senior dietician post for Waterford/Wexford CAMHS has been filled from the national panel that is in place; when he will approve a whole-time...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new 96-ward block at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38127/22]
    • Home Help Service
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is currently taking to address the challenges of recruitment and retention of staff within the homecare sector; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been allocated to children’s health projects in Ireland under the Shared Island Fund to date; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the correspondence received by the parents (details supplied) of a child seeking CAMHS. [36981/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a chair that is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36983/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 716 of 17 May 2022 and 1783 and 1784 of 14 June 2022, the reason that a meeting of CHO4 HSE managers on 22 June 2021...
    • Health Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1783 and 1784 of 14 June 2022, the CHO4 HSE management staff who attended a meeting on 22 June 2021 during which the...
    • Medicinal Products
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that cariban is not covered by the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37019/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the National Ambulance response times for omega, delta and echo callouts for May and June 2022 relative to relevant HIQA standards; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the progress within his Department on the appointment of a Chief Pharmacy Officer. [37049/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that it takes on average 116 days more than the European Union average to make new cancer medicines available; and the steps that his Department and...
    • Hospital Staff
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if the renal unit at Mayo University Hospital will have a dedicated full-time general practitioner assigned to support patients and nurses to deliver the best...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      782. To ask the Minister for Health when the agency staff in Portlaoise Hospital will receive the Covid bonus payment given that all other staff in the facility that were entitled to it have...
    • Disability Services
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new disability residential places which were funded and provided in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/22]
    • Hospital Admissions
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees who were admitted within six hours of registration at the emergency department of the UL Hospitals Group in April, May...
    • Medicinal Products
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and his views on whether there is a supply chain issue with the supply of the prescription medication concerta XL used for the treatment...
    • Hospital Staff
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the date by when a senior podiatrist will take-up position in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37072/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for an appointment with a senior podiatrist in University Hospital Kerry; the number waiting 0-3, 4-6, 6-9, 12-18...
    • Vaccination Programme
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend Covid-19 vaccinations to children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37077/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding application submitted to his Department for the four remaining epilepsy nurse specialist posts agreed as part of the Valproate...
    • General Practitioner Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37084/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      803. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations on the HPV vaccine of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      804. To ask the Minister for Health when a Parkinson’s nurse specialist will be assigned to the Westmeath area. [37113/22]
    • Health Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered adding spinal muscular atrophy to the new-born heel prick test to allow for early diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for a procedure in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Health Promotion
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the health promotion activities that are planned in the context of the free contraception scheme to address myths and misinformation regarding different forms...
    • Abortion Services
      808. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the 2021 abortion statistics for England and Wales which show that 206 women, girls and pregnant people gave Irish addresses when accessing...
    • Ambulance Service
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by those who are waiting on ambulance services; the actions that his Department has taken to...
    • Health Services Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to improve training for and the retention of public health doctors in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has allocated sufficient budgetary funding to ensure treatment for the 1,400 persons on the HSE orthodontic waiting list in the HSE Dublin...
    • Departmental Data
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of prophylactic surgery for cancer risk factors by hospital on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2010 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Promotion
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the health promotion activities that will be undertaken to promote awareness, understanding and the uptake of the free contraception scheme; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing access to support workers and personal assistants for autistic adults and of legislating for the right to personal assistance...
    • Mental Health Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 21 June 2022, the recruitment methods that have been used since April 2022 to fill the posts; the posts that are...
    • Disability Services
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the meetings that he has held on progressing disability services in the past month; the persons who attended those meetings; and if minutes of...
    • Health Services
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in each LHO and CHO by institution and setting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37221/22]
    • Disability Services
      827. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 798 of 20 June 2022, the number of the 3.51 children's disability network team speech and language therapist posts that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has be drawn to the fact that a number of non-patient facing senior mental health managers in CHO4 were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccines...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      829. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish information for those other certain healthcare employees who are covered by the Government decision in relation to the pandemic bonus...
    • Health Services
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement decisions that have been made by the HSE drugs group and executive management team respectively in each of its meetings from January...
    • Hospital Facilities
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the delivery of an accident and emergency department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37272/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point from 1 January...
    • Medicinal Products
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received paxlovid antiviral treatment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken by his Department and the HSE to reverse the general lack of awareness among healthcare professionals particularly general...
    • Medicinal Products
      838. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide the coaguchek meters and self-test strips free of charge to patients who require them to allow for self-testing of their international...
    • Hospital Admissions
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who spent more than four consecutive days in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals in each of years 2018 to 2021 and to date in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider waiving Care-Doc consolation fees for the foreseeable future particularly for County Carlow given the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee the immediate publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review and its inclusion in the budgetary plan for 2023 to ensure...
    • Hospital Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital (details supplied) with regard to salary and recruitment, its categorisation or otherwise as a band 1 hospital; if he will...
    • Hospital Staff
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with regard to pension entitlements at a hospital for nursing grades (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2023 of increasing the number of general practitioner training places to 310 [37362/22]
    • Dental Services
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dentists and dental nurses working in Corduff dental clinic, Dublin 15 in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Mental Health Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum staffing requirements for a liaison psychiatrist as outlined in a Vision for Change; and the current level of staffing for same. [37364/22]
    • Care of the Elderly
      850. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is considering establishing drop-in care centres with services for patients with dementia. [37365/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultant posts which are filled, unfilled and filled on a temporary basis and by speciality and by hospital and hospital group; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments and procedures that were carried out from 2016 to date broken down by appointment and procedure speciality and by hospital...
    • Hospital Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional staff, physical capacity and funding required to increase the number of outpatient hospital appointments carried out by 5%,...
    • Hospital Staff
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts working in emergency departments broken down by post type, hospital and hospital group and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days of elective or planned procedures that were cancelled in hospitals from 2018 to date, broken down by month, hospital and procedure type; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with Covid in hospitals from January to date in 2022, broken down by week, month and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to manage any outbreak of the flu in 2022, including the use of flu vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/22]
    • Hospital Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he, his Department and the HSE are making to equip hospitals to manage the winter months in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and inpatient hospital appointments, and procedures, carried out from 2018 to date in 2022, broken down by hospital, hospital group,...
    • Hospital Staff
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses, healthcare assistants, consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors and radiographers who left the HSE to work in the private sector or...
    • Health Services
      865. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend services and supports to patients with epidermolysis bullosa in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37397/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to all children under 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37399/22]
    • Medical Cards
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who, as part of a review process, did not have their medical card or general practitioner-only card extended for the years 2018 to date,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to an inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 in nursing homes; the form that such an inquiry will take; the timeframe for such an inquiry;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to establish the cost of delivering free general practitioner care to all citizens, including on demographics, increased...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting lists as a result of validation for the months of January to May 2022, broken down...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints or queries received by the HSE as a result of patients being removed from a health waiting list due to validation in 2021 and to the...
    • Hospital Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time for admitted patients from emergency departments for the months of January, February, March, April, May and June 2022, by...
    • Emergency Departments
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of attendees at emergency departments in the months of January to June 2022 who left before completion of treatment or who are...
    • Hospital Procedures
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments or procedures cancelled for the months of January to June 2022, broken by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      881. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the number of people who availed of a service due to the €22,828,060 provided to resilience healthcare via the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the HSE ensures that contracted providers such as organisations, TTM Healthcare, and others are appropriately qualified and that any assessments...
    • Health Services
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all agency companies which have received HSE funding broken down by agency, the funding allocated and by year from 2010 to date in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the full list of companies providing staff that make up children’s disability network teams broken down by company, the number of staff that each...
    • Health Services
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the full-cost of service arrangements with an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of health services since arrangements were first put in place,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      889. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 23 June 2022, the reason that it is not possible to extract information regarding the number of children with...
    • Hospital Staff
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants who switched from type B to type C contracts from 2013 to date, broken down by month and by year in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children with disabilities provided by non-HSE organisations through CAMHS from 2016 to date,...
    • Disability Services
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through children’s disability network teams...
    • Mental Health Services
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through CAMHS from 2016 to date, broken down by year;...
    • Disability Services
      898. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the €22,828,060 provided to an organisation (details supplied) via the disability and primary care sectors broken...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      899. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in the month of June, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of...
    • Hospital Admissions
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions and broken down for those under 75 and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of Quarter 2 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37438/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community...
    • Dental Services
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ years on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group, for June 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      911. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in June 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will request the information...
    • Hospital Admissions
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of June 2022 by hospital in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant applications advisory committee approved consultant posts as per the doctors' integrated management e-system; the total number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      917. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in recruiting staff given that a previous staff census conducted by the Department advised that child autism services are operating...
    • Home Care Packages
      918. To ask the Minister for Health if those persons who have been sanctioned carer hours through care at home could go ahead and source a carer from a separate source; the HSE funding for the...
    • Health Services Staff
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line workers who have received the pandemic bonus payment to date; when all payments are expected to issue to front-line workers eligible...
    • Medical Cards
      920. To ask the Minister for Health if the living alone allowance is reckonable for a means test for the medical card for persons aged over 70 years but not for persons under 70 years; if so, the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      921. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide CoaguChek and self-test strips free of charge for patients who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the urgent completion of a medical card application for a person (details supplied) who as a result of their pulmonary fibrosis illness is on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment is to be extended beyond recipients already identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37547/22]
    • Hospital Inspections
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the concerns highlighted in the recent Health Information and Quality Authority report of its 15 March 2022...
    • Health Strategies
      925. To ask the Minister for Health if the action plan for the disability capacity review will be published; if it will be included in the budgetary plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service
      926. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37551/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      927. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a medical operation at Beaumont Hospital given that the person was informed that his or her local...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of setting up a pathway of diagnostic and after-care supports within the public health system for adults who wish to pursue...
    • Hospital Staff
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists who have been successfully processed through the consultant applications advisory committee system in the past five years; and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 75-bed extension, MRI and the MRI installation at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      935. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Cancer Control Programme will endorse an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37634/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      936. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the serious consequences and impact to Mayo University Hospital of the loss of training accreditation from a professional body (details supplied)...
    • Medical Cards
      938. To ask the Minister for Health his views on increasing the means test criteria on medical card applications given the current rising cost of living and the difficulties that low to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      939. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37669/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical intern posts made available for 2022/2023; the number of posts filled; the number of posts unfilled; his plans to fill any outstanding...
    • Primary Care Centres
      941. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 26 May 2022, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway west; if a planning permission application...
    • Care of the Elderly
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds currently provided in the Merlin Park older peoples short stay unit; the timeline for when admissions to the unit will increase to...
    • Hospital Services
      944. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Iris Clinic initiative by the National Maternity Hospital, which provides much-needed support to patients with...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      946. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing times for those on the urgent list awaiting treatment for orthopaedic services in the South West Hospital Group in each of the years...
    • Home Care Packages
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of those in need of homecare packages; if his attention has further been drawn to the difficulties many...
    • Eating Disorders
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself with the level of mental health supports that are in place for persons with eating disorders in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      953. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37760/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of approved centres registered by the mental health commission; the number of centres that were removed from the register; the reason for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      957. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be given detailed consideration at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Diagnoses
      958. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children clinically diagnosed with autism in County Mayo; the established teams in places to provide intervention; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      959. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish the action plan for the implementation for the disability capacity review; if he will outline the requirement for residential...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      960. To ask the Minister for Health if members of the Defence Forces will receive a special recognition payment given their services in support of the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he...
    • Care of the Elderly
      961. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the Agency and Ageing in Place in Rural Ireland report produced by University College Cork, UCC, and Age Action; her plans...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for an assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28459/22]
    • Health Services
      963. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a research report published on 29 June 2022 by family carers Ireland found that 71% of respondents reported...
    • Disability Services
      964. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will find out if funding for overnight care will be provided to them in order that they can take up a place...
    • Substance Misuse
      965. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the strategic implementation group of the National Drugs Strategy that her Department is chairing. [27668/22]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware that the HSE has not reported on the details of returned expenditure from its 2021 allocation. [29651/22]
    • Substance Misuse
      967. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug...
    • Hospital Staff
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken by his Department and the HSE in respect of the employment of 20 additional clinical nurse specialists to assist those waiting...
    • Hospital Services
      970. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to support eye care services in Cork, particularly to ensure that there is greater capacity for services in Cork to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      971. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a glaucoma patient (details supplied) will receive an ophthalmology appointment with a specialist in Cork in the near future, as their...
    • General Practitioner Services
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner claims made for additional visits under the HSE maternity and infant care scheme in 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022; the...
    • Dental Services
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to dental care (details supplied); if he will review contract terms for provision of public dental services in...
    • Medicinal Products
      974. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has completed the review of a report (details supplied) in respect of the drug reimbursement process; when this report and the key...
    • Health Strategies
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the status of implementation of the key actions outlined in the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018; the timeline for the implementation of remaining actions;...
    • Medicinal Products
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of engagement that he has had with his Department officials on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Private Members Bill...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      990. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the health data infrastructure of the State; the way that these plans can support innovative payment models in respect of the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      991. To ask the Minister for Health the person within the HSE who decides if a product is experimental in respect of the treatment abroad scheme; the criteria that this decision maker uses to...
    • Dental Services
      994. To ask the Minister for Health if a dental appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37835/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trainee clinical psychologists who were supported to be able to work in the HSE in past five years; the amount that this measure cost; the number...
    • Abortion Services
      996. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the instances in which persons are still forced to travel abroad for abortion care, as evidenced by the 206 persons who gave Irish addresses at...
    • Health Services
      997. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the free contraception scheme, the roll-out of the initial phase for 17-to 25-year-olds and the extension of the scheme to those under 17 and...
    • Mental Health Services
      998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2019, 2020 and 2021 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and...
    • Health Promotion
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women waiting for BreastCheck appointments, per hospital, in tabular form. [37863/22]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an appointment to access a sexual health clinic, per hospital, in tabular form. [37871/22]
    • Disability Services
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of each of the children’s disability network teams in Cork county; and the number of unfilled posts. [37874/22]
    • Health Services
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has signed contracts or entered into any agreement with a private company (details supplied) to locate HSE services in a new unit that it is...
    • Medical Cards
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health if it is correct that a general practitioner continues to charge a person who is in possession of a medical card for an appointment fee of €50.00 per...
    • Health Services Staff
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37882/22]
    • Health Services
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for adult physiotherapy in CHO6 and CHO7 in County Wicklow, broken down by the length of time, in tabular form; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time broken down by the lengths of time three, six, and 12-plus...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a clinical assessment, broken down by waiting list timeframe and by county, and the wait time involved, that is, by...
    • Health Services
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals that have been made to a service (details supplied) in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37893/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of the second Covid-19 booster to persons over 60 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide funding immediately and on an ongoing basis to directly fund a group (details supplied) in Cork, which provides essential care for a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made as to the preferred location of the new proposed elective hospital for Cork; when an announcement will be made; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in addressing the backlog of audiology appointments in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [37925/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism by which a family can secure a wheelchair for a child (details supplied) who was involved in a car crash. [37928/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of the drug Ozempic will be refunded under the drugs payment scheme if it is prescribed by a doctor to prevent the development of diabetes; and if...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that thalidomide survivors will now receive lifetime funding from the Scottish Government; and if he will consider...
    • Disability Services
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1556 of 14 June 2022, if he will ensure that a facility (details supplied) receives funding to extend its property in...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who required in-hospital treatment for foot complications and lower-limb amputations in University Hospital Waterford over...
    • Hospital Staff
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health the updated status of the vascular surgical consultant position at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); if this post has been recognised and...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health when the Minister of State with special responsibility for disability will meet a person (details supplied), as committed to by her officials on 22 March...
    • Ambulance Service
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fully crewed ambulances operating by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/22]
    • Health Services
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes who required in-hospital treatment for foot complications and lower limb amputations in University Hospital Waterford over...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the options that are open to the person and their family; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that has been set aside from the temporary assistance payment scheme that were paid to nursing homes since January 2020, for example,...
    • Medical Cards
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including Ozempic injection for the treatment of obesity under the general medical services medical card scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept a formal invitation issued to him by the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force to formally meet with the members of the task force as soon...
    • Disability Services
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish an action plan for the disability capacity review; his annualised implementation plan along the timeframe outlined in the disability...
    • Budget 2023
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure accessibility in the announcement Budget 2023 measures to enhance residential supports, day places and respite supports; if the measures...
    • Medical Cards
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding medical card eligibility by increasing the weekly income limit by €25, €50, €75, €100,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding general practitioner visit card eligibility by increasing the weekly income limit by €25, €50, €75,...
    • Disability Services
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the adult respite facility being planned for a town (details supplied); the details and the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled in Beaumont Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38009/22]
    • Emergency Departments
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 5 July 2022, the reason that the HSE does not report on the number of patients waiting more than 24, 48, 72, 96...
    • Hospital Staff
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund extra neurology nurses at Cork University Hospital (details supplied). [38018/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health if those employed in the National Virus Reference Laboratory in UCD are eligible for the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health if the paediatric endocrinology department in a hospital (details supplied) treats gender dysphoric patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for the main surgical procedures carried out at Cappagh Hospital, Cappagh Road, Finglas, Dublin 11; the steps that are being...
    • Hospital Services
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to introducing routine vasa previa screening in public hospitals that provide maternity services; the reason that this type of...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health when he will immediately publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will include its measures in his Department’s budgetary...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the provision of additional beds at a hospital (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the clear need for a positive...
    • Health Services
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health the original budget for the construction and operation of facility (details supplied) that was due to open in December 2021; the final cost of the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents admitted to adult psychiatric units by year, age and hospital from 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent psychiatric in-patient beds in each public hospital by year, age and hospital from 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022 in...
    • Health Services
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out two cycles of publicly funded IVF treatment per person or family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38074/22]
    • Medical Cards
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the weekly income limit by extending the allowance for each of the first two children aged under 16 years by €38 a week for...
    • Health Services
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38092/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which progress has taken place in recent months in respect of reducing the waiting lists for various procedures in respect of scoliosis and...
    • Home Care Packages
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in design and implementation of new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home-support services as committed to in the...
    • Health Services
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision has been made in the short term to deal with various aspects of women’s health with a view to ensuring minimum...
    • Dental Services
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which dental patients can have their requirements met and progressed as quickly as possible with particular reference to medical card holders;...
    • Hospital Services
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he foresees an adequate supply of hospital beds and access to accident and emergency departments throughout the winter months...
    • Primary Care Services
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of existing primary care facilities throughout County Kildare, those already operational and those promised or pending; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38110/22]
    • Health Services
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which women’s health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all...
    • Health Services Staff
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to recruit recent psychology graduates for roles in children’s disability network teams. [38116/22]
    • Disability Services
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 573 of 23 June 2020, the number of adults with an intellectual disability residing in acute or long-stay psychiatric...
    • Health Services Staff
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which HSE posts (details supplied) were competed for through local interview and not the nationally agreed recruitment panel process that applies...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the degree to which Parliamentary Questions on matters relating to the Cork mental health services are not being answered and have to be...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s engagement with the National Suicide Prevention Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38137/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of operations to the new national forensic mental health service in Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38138/22]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      1121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the attendance figures for all Greyhound Racing Ireland licensed greyhound tracks; the breakdown of attendance...
    • Forestry Sector
      1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the annual afforestation target of 8,000 ha is consistent with the advice of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 30 June 2022, the reason it was stated that a review was not sought in a particular...
    • Forestry Sector
      1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department intends to take in relation to carbon credits for forestry owners (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 936 of 28 June 2022, if he will specify the farming organisations referenced in the response;...
    • Forestry Sector
      1127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of all forestry licence applications predating 2021 that are still to be processed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at...
    • Forestry Sector
      1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) who applied for a felling licence in 2020; and if he...
    • Food Promotion
      1134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost in 2023 if the budget for Bord Bia increased by 10% [37366/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      1135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request his Department to provide the details of the antimicrobial resistance policies, strategy, plans and any ongoing...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      1136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an application for a transfer of entitlement for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Food Industry
      1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the potential market growth for Irish food and food products globally; the markets or...
    • Forestry Sector
      1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued; the number of road licences issued;the number of tree felling licences issued; the...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that were slaughtered that originated in controlled finishing units in May and June 2022, in tabular form; and...
    • Forestry Sector
      1141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be paid their forestry grant. [37902/22]
    • Brexit Supports
      1143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Brexit Adjustment Fund payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Programmes
      1144. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made on amending the areas which are designated as CLÁR following the review of CLÁR areas...
    • Local Authorities
      1146. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to Cork City Council being unable to locate burial records for a person (details supplied); if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      1148. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can assist a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38050/22]
    • Community Development Projects
      1149. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to develop and or enhance the connected hubs In Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth in 2022 and into 2023; if she has engaged...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1150. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will list the applications that were made per county under the local improvement scheme in 2021 and 2022, respectively; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1151. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at...
    • Departmental Funding
      1152. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a process by which a town can be classified autism friendly; if so, if there is a funding stream available for such...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1153. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of applications approved for Cork County Council through the town and village renewal scheme by year, project title,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1154. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the approvals to date by the local action groups of funding for projects under the LEADER programme by County Cork local action...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1155. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount that has been budgeted for the local improvement  scheme in 2022 for County Cork; the demand for the scheme in County...

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