Written answers

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Staff
      49. To ask the Taoiseach the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form [43164/22]
    • Central Statistics Office
      50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will address a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) employed in the Central Statistics Office. [42379/22]
    • Local Authorities
      51. To ask the Taoiseach the totality of grant-aid and or subsidy provided to each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 (details supplied). [42836/22]
    • Departmental Advertising
      52. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that his Department has spent on advertising on social media in 2021 and to date in 2022; the amount spent per platform; and the campaigns per platform in...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      53. To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to examine constitutional amendments on religious oath taking for public office positions following the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights...
    • Local Authorities
      55. To ask the Taoiseach the details on the total amounts of monies awarded to Louth County Council by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      56. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 10 May 2022, the status of the investigation into the leak of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of...
    • Population Data
      57. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who have emigrated nationwide by age in 2022, in tabular form. [44376/22]
    • Housing Data
      58. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of residential dwellings that have been purchased by households since the formation of the Government by county in tabular form; and the total number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      59. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his...
    • Commemorative Events
      60. To ask the Taoiseach the date on which the State commemoration will be held in remembrance of all those who lost their lives in the Civil War period. [44806/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he is proposing to support SMEs struggling to meet rising energy bills. [45127/22]
    • Trade Agreements
      62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the Mercosur trade deal [44168/22]
    • Employment Rights
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to ensure that the terms of an employment regulation order (details supplied) for the security industry are honoured; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week...
    • Trade Missions
      67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Australia will commence before the end of 2022. [44612/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2021 will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/22]
    • Work Permits
      69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit allocation and application system is in place for HGV drivers from Ukraine, Argentina and North Macedonia once...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the introduction of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022 into the Houses of the Oireachtas; when persons will...
    • Employment Rights
      71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recourse that fishers have at the Workplace Relations Commission in cases in which Sunday pay, which is included in the standard...
    • Work Permits
      72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owners' organisations since March 2022 to...
    • Employment Rights
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 8 September 2022, when he will ratify International Labour Organisation Convention No....
    • Industrial Development
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 to Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Low Pay
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 26 July 2022, the status of his Department’s consideration of the report by the Low...
    • Human Rights
      85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 19 May 2022, if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if those from the Traveller community living on sites were able to avail of the Government’s €200 credit...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to an issue concerning the accessibility to fibre broadband for a remote working hub...
    • Energy Conservation
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if stone built or stone fronted houses qualify for remediation via the warmer homes scheme; if not, the reason; if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when full access to high-speed, fibre broadband will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Energy Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the work of the multidisciplinary district heating steering group to address the...
    • Energy Conservation
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will extend the eligibility of the warmer homes scheme to homes that commenced the construction phase in 2006 but...
    • Exploration Industry
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a licence extension (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44545/22]
    • Energy Conservation
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering changing the administration in relation the 80% grant for certain retrofit measures as suggested by...
    • Departmental Staff
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential to support battery storage alone in residences, separate from solar generation; if he has received advice...
    • Water Charges
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of plans to introduce a bin waiver scheme as announced in 2017; the reason for the delay; if the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his Department's policy on supporting the development of anaerobic digestion plans for...
    • Energy Conservation
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the disparities in the assessment processes and eligibility for dormer homes under the Sustainable...
    • Energy Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that restrictions on replacement oil or gas boilers as early as 2025 will impact on families that cannot easily...
    • Departmental Schemes
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the operation of one-stop shops in relation to the retrofitting scheme; and if he will...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the efforts to strengthen Ireland’s cyber-security through the National Cyber Security Centre; and...
    • Energy Prices
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on concerns raised by a local business (details supplied) in respect of the worsening energy crisis that is...
    • Electricity Generation
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which provision is being made to ensure the continuity of electricity supplies during the forthcoming...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which energy storage is currently available to meet any perceived shortages over the next twelve months;...
    • Electricity Generation
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which electricity generation now relies on onshore and offshore generation methods; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering the installation of solar panels in schools as a form of energy for schools for...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will confirm a date to authorise the payment of an agreed 2% increase to An Post pensioners, effective from 1...
    • Energy Policy
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the topics that are being examined by the consumers, vulnerable households’ and businesses’ subgroups of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider increasing grants for the installation of solar panels in domestic settings; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of properties surveyed,...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government’s position regarding the operation of Moneypoint Power Station in view of Ireland's ongoing...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if assistance will be offered in relation to an internet issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Exploration Industry
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will extend the submission period for observations and objections to the granting of a prospecting licence...
    • Energy Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on introducing a windfall tax on energy companies in order to provide support for households and SMEs...
    • Energy Usage
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that pay for utilities using pay-as-you-go credit or pre-pay meters. [45175/22]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Heritage Sites
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on the proposed transfer of the Clare assets of Shannon Heritage to Clare County Council; if the Government...
    • Transport Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which outlines a number of locations in County Wicklow in which noise...
    • Road Projects
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status and next sequence of the three large scale projects that were secured in the 2040 Capital Plan in 2017, namely, the...
    • Coast Guard Service
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the time constraints and potential vehicular blockages faced by the Coast Guard when launching its...
    • Rail Network
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an update from Iarnród Éireann on the possibility of reopening the Dunleer train station in order to reduce the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of cycling projects in Dublin City Council; the total amount spent on each project to date; and the timeline for the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to fire safety concerns at a Transport Infrastructure Ireland owned facility (details supplied); and if...
    • Rail Network
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to limitations on the transport of bicycles on rail services between Mallow and Tralee, including...
    • Departmental Staff
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and...
    • Bus Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to include Dublin Bus H1 route on a 24-7 basis. [44596/22]
    • Cycling Facilities
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of establishing a public bike scheme in County Sligo consisting of 14 bike stations and 140 bikes. [44597/22]
    • Bus Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus users travelling on each bus route operated by Bus Éireann in Waterford in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Rail Network
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tickets sold for the Dublin-Wexford train line in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the breakdown of tickets...
    • Electric Vehicles
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a grant can be made available for the purchase of an electrical vehicle valued in excess of €60,000 particularly for motorists...
    • Emergency Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put procedures in place to ensure that there is better coordination and communication between the Irish Coast Guard, the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Córas Iompair Éireann pension holders in 52 scheme negotiations; if the pension holders will receive an increase...
    • Bus Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that there are inconsistencies between the Dublin Bus real-time displays at the stop and the real-time display in the mobile...
    • Driver Test
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Cavan driving test centre; the number of weeks that applicants are on waiting...
    • Driver Licences
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the recognition of HGV licences issued in Ukraine, Argentina and North Macedonia; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a possible anomaly in the national car test in which a car being registered as being previously...
    • Fishing Industry
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of prosecutions that have been brought against fishing vessel owners to date by the Marine Survey Office for breaches of SI...
    • Departmental Reports
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the Clinch Report that he commissioned in early 2021 and that was subsequently submitted to his Department the following...
    • Driver Test
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average wait times for driving tests in counties Cork and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44834/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicles sold in Ireland in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44912/22]
    • Driver Licences
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Irish persons born in Belfast, County Antrim or anywhere in the six counties have born in the United Kingdom printed on...
    • National Car Test
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) with respect to RSA vehicle testing. [44994/22]
    • Driver Test
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for a driving test at each test centre nationwide; the average waiting time nationally at present...
    • Public Transport
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in financial sanctions that has been imposed on a company (details supplied) for non-delivery of services and unacceptable...
    • Departmental Schemes
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that will be given to a person (details supplied) who is unfairly being treated as a late applicant; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to some private bus operators that are refusing to apply the youth travel card discount to weekly bus...
  • Department of Finance
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his analysis of the causes of the reduction in tax paid by Irish Real Estate Funds; and his views on whether amending the corporation tax applied to the...
    • Tax Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax and other revenue that are paid to the State from the operations of the Corrib gas field in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if...
    • Budget 2023
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider issues facing Irish charities, community and voluntary groups and social enterprises raised in correspondence in budgetary context...
    • Tax Collection
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider changing the rules surrounding the repayment of income tax to ensure that persons who have overpaid tax for years can receive their tax...
    • Tax Code
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the taxation of social welfare maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week;...
    • Tax Yield
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by establishing three new income tax bands of 49% on earnings between €125,000 and...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2023 if the number of dog teams within the Revenue Commissioners increased to 42. [44606/22]
    • Tax Reliefs
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the remote working from home relief from €3.20 per day to €5 per day; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44776/22]
    • Tax Rebates
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered providing a VAT rebate or reduction scheme for domestic solar panel installation, as found in other jurisdictions including the UK and...
    • Energy Prices
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concerns raised by a local business (details supplied) in respect of the worsening energy crisis that is debilitating businesses across the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to meet the challenges arising from housing, energy and other cost-of-living price increases which currently challenge Irish...
    • Housing Schemes
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if further assistance will be provided for a couple (details supplied) in County Kildare to purchase their own home; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the reduced tourism VAT rate of 9% beyond February 2023; the analysis that his Department has carried out in this regard; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a grant payment comparable to the fuel grant associated with the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for persons who qualify...
    • Energy Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a windfall tax on energy companies provide support for households and SMEs experiencing substantial energy bill increases. [45130/22]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the motor travel rates for home support sector will be reviewed given that there is an increased demand on staff to travel and rates...
    • Civil Service
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on Irish language-specific recruitment panels and the poor rates of appointment from these panels to full-time civil service...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is a retired HSE staff member and who has not had their pension increased or...
    • Waterways Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided by the OPW to a community for the cleaning of a river (details supplied); if the OPW will arrange to clean...
    • Departmental Staff
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations that currently have electric vehicle charging points in tabular form. [44613/22]
    • National Lottery
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which advertising forms part of the budget of the National Lottery; the sources of the total expenditure; the extent to...
    • Public Sector Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that some sections of public-service staff who have been successfully and efficiently working from home are being recalled...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the 2% increase to the pensions of retired An Post workers to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a proposal (details supplied); if this project is being advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45009/22]
    • National Lottery
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of the review into the National Lottery good causes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Cycling Facilities
      194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans in conjunction with Fáilte Éireann to develop an off-road cycle project in County Donegal in view of...
    • Civil Service
      195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on Irish-language specific recruitment panels and the poor rates of appointment from these panels to full-time civil...
    • Ceisteanna Craolacháin
      196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici cead agus maoiniú a chur ar fáil do stáisiúin raidió do dhaoine óga...
    • Departmental Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed in her Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per...
    • Tourism Promotion
      198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Tourism Ireland plans to open an office in Melbourne. [44614/22]
    • Cost of Living Issues
      199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider abolishing a payment (details supplied) due to the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any plans to fund a radio station (details supplied) in order for it to broadcast on FM; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wastewater Treatment
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions that his Department has in place to increase the domestic wastewater treatment systems financial assistance...
    • Housing Schemes
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that local authorities are removing the maximum rent cap for their housing at a time when the Government is trying...
    • Historical Conflicts
      203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the other parties that he was referring to as having expressed the contrary view to the families, historians and county...
    • Housing Schemes
      204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of properties in each town, village and rural area within each local authority area approved under the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that he has taken to protect and restore listed buildings identified as being at risk on the An Taisce list...
    • Housing Schemes
      206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the definitive date for the increase in HAP payments and other associated changes that were due at the end...
    • Defective Building Materials
      207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request an organisation (details supplied) to review the costings for the rebuilding of homes in County Donegal and...
    • Rental Sector
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a rent pressure zone in County Donegal in order to reflect the rapid increases in rent in the county....
    • Defective Building Materials
      209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the review of IS 465 that is currently being carried out by the National Standards Authority of Ireland...
    • Housing Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the income thresholds for persons or families seeking to join the housing waiting list in County Donegal....
    • Defective Building Materials
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and the Minister for Finance have engaged with the banks and financial institutions to ensure that they are entering...
    • Urban Development
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to the formation of a Government working group to examine the population growth and city...
    • Housing Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social homes out of the 122 new homes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2021; and if he will make...
    • Local Authorities
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital funding that is owed to each local authority; the quantity of funding owed for 6 months or less, more...
    • Housing Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a €3 million housing allocation for the construction of a 32-build housing scheme in Carraig Airt, County...
    • Housing Schemes
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the incremental tenant purchase scheme introduced in 2016 is still operating; the funding allocated to the scheme in the...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed timeline going forward for the proposed referendum on housing to take place given the closure of the public...
    • Departmental Staff
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per...
    • Departmental Projects
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wildlife Regulations
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are in place to support homeowners whose properties are affected by bats, particularly when large numbers of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the State of implementing the proposal from the affected homeowners for the penalty-free downsizing of...
    • Planning Issues
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a planning condition approved by a county council planning authority for a development can be overridden as part of a site...
    • Housing Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the social, cost rental, affordable purchase and private homes delivered in the second...
    • Architectural Heritage
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on the threat to the heritage of thatched cottages in Ireland due to the significant decline of insurance...
    • Electoral Process
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure for updating the Electoral Register; the details of the documents that need to be filled in and submitted by a...
    • Planning Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the planning requirements for the erection of small wind turbines by householders in their back gardens; and...
    • Housing Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the further steps that can be taken to dramatically increase the housing output to meet the requirements of both the public...
    • Housing Schemes
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further assistance will be provided for a couple (details supplied) in County Kildare to purchase their own home; and if he...
    • Waterways Issues
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering the expansion of the €50 million scheme providing funding for water services’...
    • Housing Schemes
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the price limit for homes bought in County Cork under the first home scheme to reflect the increase in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      242. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the Israeli ambassador to Ireland or made any intervention to the Israelian government following the most recent...
    • Departmental Staff
      244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed in his Department who have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five...
    • Passport Services
      245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44754/22]
    • Foreign Policy
      250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that are being made to assist nations in the Horn of Africa in dealing with severe food shortages; and if he will make a...
    • Northern Ireland
      251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had interaction with the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with a view to improving relations between...
    • Passport Services
      252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45094/22]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      254. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that she has had with other Departments on the matter of school transport since June 2022; and if she will publish any...
    • Schools Building Projects
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on the development of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [44371/22]
    • School Patronage
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the transfer of a school (details supplied). [44372/22]
    • State Examinations
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage allocation for continuous assessment for each Leaving Certificate subject in 2019; and the percentage allocation for each subject...
    • School Transport
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport is likely to be provided in the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44377/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school projects, including large scale new schools, large scale extensions, ADAPT schools and small-scale extensions that have been completed...
    • School Transport
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the primary school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44393/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the provision of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied). [44476/22]
    • Education Schemes
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any plan to expand the DEIS programme further; if not, if there is a process for a school that believes that it was wrongly excluded...
    • School Transport
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44485/22]
    • School Accommodation
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for planning permission for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport appeal for a student (details supplied). [44512/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a primary school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44543/22]
    • School Transport
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the school bus collecting children from Banna Road, Ardfert, is now picking children up at 7.35...
    • Departmental Staff
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed in her Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days...
    • School Staff
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve the pension and pay conditions of cleaning staff in schools in line with other school staff; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans, if any, to increase the capitation grant for primary schools in order to combat the increases in energy prices; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of additional ASD classes in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44634/22]
    • School Funding
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans, if any, to increase the ancillary grants for minor works for secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44636/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including training for teachers to work in ASD classes as part of the trainee teachers’ curriculum; and if she will...
    • School Funding
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if capital funding has been allocated for a school (details supplied) in order to provide an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans, if any, to change the criteria for eligibility to become a DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44639/22]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average primary school class size in the Clondalkin area; the national average of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44640/22]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that are on waiting lists for the National Educational Psychological Service in Dublin Mid-West; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the emergency funding and response strategy that is being prepared by her Department in order to support schools...
    • School Accommodation
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that her Department is not giving up the lease on a former school building (details supplied) which has been lying idle for the past...
    • School Transport
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44690/22]
    • School Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that she will be putting in place to assist schools in meeting the rising costs of energy and heating that are threatening to use up...
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of a school bus service for a student (details supplied) in County Clare will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in recent months in acquiring a permanent site for a school (details supplied) which will outgrow its currently...
    • School Transport
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to three siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44703/22]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a person (details supplied) was refused an incremental credit for their time teaching in Australia. [44750/22]
    • School Enrolments
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of school places in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44759/22]
    • School Transport
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when transport provisions will commence for a child (details supplied) with additional needs. [44762/22]
    • Irish Language
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to provide a comprehensive policy for the Irish language from...
    • Schools Building Projects
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will approve the tender process for works scheduled to be carried out in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request her Department to agree to a temporary pedestrian access across lands owned by her Department from a housing estate (details...
    • School Transport
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate school transport tickets to two pupils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44845/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision is being made for three new schools at Celbridge, County Kildare on a proposed new site; the extent to which...
    • School Transport
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of children from the Glenville area of County Cork who are attending the three secondary schools in Fermoy and who have seats on...
    • School Admissions
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to develop a real-time integrated waiting list for primary and secondary schools. [44968/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new primary school in Adamstown will commence construction; the reason for the delay; if the school is phased into the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that her Department has had with the Department of Justice to review the way that special needs assistants are Garda vetted; if a...
    • Departmental Staff
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for leave by a person (details supplied) who is employed by her Department which was filed in February 2022;...
    • School Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to increase funding to schools at all levels in order to assist schools to meet the increased cost of electricity and heating fuel;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage that the post-primary school project is at for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44992/22]
    • School Transport
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44995/22]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) is currently excluded from the DEIS programme in view of the fact that this is a rural school and all...
    • School Transport
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the availability of school transport for a student (details supplied) will be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45011/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45031/22]
    • School Transport
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45035/22]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that ancillary grants and minor works grants are not available to early-start educational settings; and if her Department will...
    • School Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the size of a school building is considered when assessing and granting funding for utilities and maintenance-related costs; if not; if her...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of teaching positions in schools across the Dublin Mid-West area are unfilled due to...
    • School Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if notification in respect of funding programmes from her Department will be made available to schools at an earlier stage of the year, including...
    • School Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers are Garda vetted only once in their career, yet special needs assistants must be vetted for each position; and if so, the reason that...
    • School Admissions
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be given a second-level school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for capital funding by a school (details supplied) in order to increase capacity of early-start and ASD...
    • Special Educational Needs
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) is allocated a special educational needs place in a local school. [45124/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project under the school building programme for a school (details supplied); and the estimated timeframe for delivery of the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to include Covid-19 as an occupational injury under the occupational injuries benefit scheme; when a decision...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if advice will be provided in this case; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of persons that apply late for their State pension; her views on whether a raised awareness is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be carried out. [44365/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an exceptional needs application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeframe for decisions to be made on supplementary welfare allowance and the exceptional needs payment; and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that South Dublin County Partnership has been successfully awarded lot 15 under...
    • Insurance Industry
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence by stakeholders within the insurance industry regarding...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal has now been registered in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of alleged overpayment; if their...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend eligibility for the carer’s support grant to those providing full-time care and signing for a...
    • School Meals Programme
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allocate additional funding to a school (details supplied) for the school meals programme; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Support Services
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that several persons are losing their jobs with the reconfiguration of the local employment services and job...
    • Social Insurance
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement recommendation No.27 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection pre-budget submission to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to proposals made by an organisation (details supplied) to introduce a new social protection...
    • Departmental Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed in her Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the income limits for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance due to the increase...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of illness benefit for a person (details supplied) will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of illness benefit for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44656/22]
    • Citizens Information Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that she will ensure that the Citizens Information Board remains a quality service for individuals given the recent...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance in cases in which a household member is in receipt of a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a fuel allowance claim by a person (details supplied) considering that the refusal is as a result of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will continue to fund the ability programme of an organisation (details supplied) in 2023; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an exceptional needs payment by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Public Services Card
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that her Department has had with disability groups in relation to developing the online public services card...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare claims and additional needs payment claims made in County Kerry for each month from...
    • Community Welfare Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in each Intreo office in County Kerry as of 31 December 2021 and as of 31 August...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an entitlement to a farm-assist payment can be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) who received...
    • State Pensions
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) qualifies for the State pension, on foot of self-employed contributions; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their disability allowance discontinued; and if she will...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per...
    • Children in Care
      401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have died either in the care of the State, including...
    • Child Protection
      402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [44666/22]
    • Direct Provision System
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of persons who have died in the direct provision system, by...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received a submission (details supplied); if this is being progressed; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for a building (details supplied), following the temporary relocation of individuals seeking...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Accommodation
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that students (details supplied) are enabled to continue their studies as planned at the commencement of their course; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44475/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days...
    • Further and Higher Education
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of different further education and training courses offered in each county in tabular form if they are full or part-time; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that were granted a SUSI grant in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown by...
    • Third Level Costs
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to reduce the student registration fee for third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Scientific Research
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland will consider applying to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research due to the enormous scientific and research benefits...
    • Third Level Education
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement and support that his Department is providing to a third level institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider altering the SUSI grant procedures to allow for students to alter their applications in cases in which there is a material...
    • Student Accommodation
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if live-streaming and recorded lectures have been considered as an emergency response to the severe lack of student accommodation; if third level...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student who obtained their degree as a social care worker from a third level institution (details supplied) and who is currently working as...
    • Grant Payments
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the recent review of SUSI; when changes will be implemented; if students who were refused a SUSI grant for...
    • Third Level Costs
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any other financial supports available to students in third level who have been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the manner in which funding is allocated to level nine courses through the recurrent grant allocation model; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that his Department is taking to address the backlog in craft apprenticeships, such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, joinery...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44417/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed in her Department who have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per...
    • An Garda Síochána
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Meath roads policing unit as of 31 December 2020 and 6 September 2022,...
    • Bench Warrants
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Meath Garda division as of 6 September; and the number that are outstanding for...
    • Prison Service
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time nurse officers employed by the Irish Prison Service as of 31 August 2020, 31 August 2021 and 6...
    • Residency Permits
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prison Service
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the total number of prisoners who have died in the State, by cause of death in each of the...
    • Data Protection
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated starting date for the recently announced two new Data Protection Commissioners; and if she will make a statement...
    • Budget 2023
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the requests of an organisation (details supplied) in budget 2023 for modest investment in...
    • Immigration Policy
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to expand the stamp 1G visa to a spouse, de...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of applications for naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Immigration Status
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who is anxious to regularise their position; and if she...
    • Domestic Violence
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to publish the report on the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews (details supplied); and if she...
    • Immigration Status
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) to regularise their status in the State will be granted; if any obstacles...
    • Work Permits
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department officials have met representatives of fishing vessel owners' organisations since 2022 to discuss the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí injured while working in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who was granted their work permit in June 2022; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship received by her Department from 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022; the number of...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Meetings
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that all local TDs in County Tipperary were not invited to the meeting he convened with relevant local stakeholders and some local public...
    • Health Services Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the current position in relation to supports available to public health service employees who cannot return to work due to the ongoing...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44361/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which all of the eligible Section 39 workers (details supplied) will receive the Covid recognition payment. [44369/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be published regarding the announcement of 136 new therapist appointments; if those details will be communicated to families; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      460. To ask the Minister for Health when all health workers, including agency workers who are entitled to the €1,000 recognition payment for their work during the Covid pandemic will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44388/22]
    • Health Strategies
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030 in line with a report (details supplied);; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all Irish hospitals that currently provide a childcare facility for staff; the hours that each childcare facility is operational in tabular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      464. To ask the Minister for Health when eligible agency staff and non-HSE health care professionals can expect to receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      465. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be published dealing with international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44398/22]
    • Medical Cards
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if income received by those who avail of the rent-a-room relief allowing up to €14,000 per year to be earned tax-free if a person rents out a room in...
    • Disability Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the services that a child (details supplied) is entitled to; and the community support that they can avail of.; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have now received it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      469. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 11 May 2022, when the HSE will approve the reimbursement under the high-tech drug arrangements for kaftrio for...
    • Health Services Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take regarding pay disparity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers, as in the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that hormone replacement therapy has been taken off the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44408/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has in place to alleviate the shortage of general practitioners in rural Ireland in cases in which practices are unable to find...
    • State Claims Agency
      473. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include section 39 bodies in the national incident management system [44410/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in County Galway who have eyesight issues and who are entitled to an annual eye examination at Tuam...
    • Hospital Staff
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers for Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; when each of the capital works will be completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorders for Tallaght University...
    • Hospital Facilities
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the €2.7 million allocation in 2022 to support the development of Cork University Hospital as a major trauma hospital was spent; and if he...
    • Care of the Elderly
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on older persons services in CHO9 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/22]
    • Dental Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE employed dentists working in County Carlow as of 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time trained emergency department nurses employed at University Hospital Kerry in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists and orthoptists employed by the HSE in CHO6 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing infrastructure improvements works to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians working in Coolock primary care centres in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further...
    • Health Services Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the management structure by grade and organisational chart for speech and language therapists working in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing one additional HSE air ambulance on a 24/7/365 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/22]
    • Hospital Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to upgrade its four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting two additional full-time chiropodists and two additional full-time senior chiropodists for CHO7; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      497. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) who are in receipt of HSE pensions can expect to have their pensions increased or arrears paid in respect of the October 2021...
    • Primary Care Centres
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44469/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on medical agency staffing in 2019, 2021 and to date in 2022. [44472/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his position and agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of kaftrio to a cohort of 35...
    • Health Services Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent approved consultant positions that are not filled on a permanent basis and are either vacant or filled on a temporary, agency or other...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy referral list at Cork University Hospital who are waiting for treatment; the number of...
    • Health Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up mammograms; the number...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide funding in budget 2023 to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on initial and further waiting lists in County Tipperary by speciality in tabular form; the number of children by wait length; the...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of sexually transmitted infection testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the inclusion of the drug Praluent for reimbursement in the drug payment scheme; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if will provide an update on the day care services in north Sligo, Cliffoney and Mougherow; when those services will resume to meet the demand in the area; the...
    • Nursing Homes
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he intends to take to provide financial support to small family-run nursing homes which are being forced out of business due to the failure by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting orthopaedic surgery at each of the Children’s Health Ireland hospitals in tabular form. [44525/22]
    • Medical Cards
      525. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a review should be carried out on the ceiling on income for qualifying for a medical card considering the rising cost-of-living at...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in completing 67 additional spinal fusion surgeries and 28 additional spinal procedures for children with scoliosis as well as...
    • Hospital Staff
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide assistance in a case in which student nurses have been refused the pandemic bonus payment by the hospital in which they...
    • Departmental Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if the additional current and capital funding for orthopaedic activity at Children’s Health Ireland which includes various sections (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Projects
      529. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to open the new ophthalmology unit in Ballincollig, Cork as part of the overall development in the South and South West HSE area; if...
    • Departmental Reviews
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review and if he will provide a date for its publication [44564/22]
    • Budget 2023
      532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include an accessible budget announcement for disability as part of Budget 2023 in order that persons with disabilities and their supporters can...
    • Primary Care Centres
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of a fully funded primary healthcare facility for Freshford and Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, given the extensive rural area...
    • Departmental Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the vacant posts by position and community mental health area in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway in tabular form; the current status of recruitment for...
    • Mental Health Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list to see a psychologist in each community mental health area in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway; the average waiting time to access...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism available to an adult to secure an ADHD diagnosis; the current waiting times for access to such a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/22]
    • Disability Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy hours that would be generated with a 20% increase in whole-time equivalent therapy positions to children's...
    • Health Services Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists recruited per CHO in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [44608/22]
    • Emergency Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44611/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the position concerning the case of two elderly persons (details supplied); if one of the homeowners can refuse to sign fair deal scheme forms resulting in the...
    • Medical Cards
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis that his Department has carried out into extending the provision of medical cards to all persons with a serious spinal cord injury; his plans to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44653/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive analysis has been conducted of the estimated cost of the HSE providing homecare directly to care recipients on an hourly basis; if so, if he...
    • Health Service Executive
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for urgent and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have issued letters of claim and taken cases against the State regarding the deaths of persons from Covid-19 in hospitals or nursing...
    • Health Service Executive
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken cases against the State and HSE and who have issued letters of claim regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests in...
    • Departmental Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have made claims via the Cervical Check Tribunal; the number for whom claims have been settled; the number for whom claims have been...
    • Nursing Homes
      561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 22 June 2022, the reason for the delay in the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff of...
    • Health Service Executive
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that has been made by the HSE for incoming Ukrainian refugees into Limerick to be given access to general practitioner services [44702/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44722/22]
    • Medical Cards
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost to provide medical cards to all those 80 years of age and above; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter in which a Section 39 care provider who could not provide consistent and regular care to two women with...
    • Vaccination Programme
      566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 26 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on a timeframe for the commencement of a catch-up HPV vaccination...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      567. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in organisations (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus payment. [44764/22]
    • Departmental Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the average waiting time for an appointment; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that will be made for a person (details supplied) to ensure that they will receive essential therapy services given that they have been...
    • Mental Health Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1775 of 26 July 2022, the details of the mentioned enhancement of mental health services through the allocation of...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital may be eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund;...
    • Departmental Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time psychiatrist is assigned to St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; if so, the number of hours per week and the number of days per...
    • Disability Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation plan for the Disability Capacity Review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44847/22]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the banning of flavoured-vaping products in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44856/22]
    • Departmental Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds available in the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Emergency Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the training procedures for emergency call operators; when the last review of training processes was undertaken; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if clinical posts are vacant in the cancer genetics department of St. James’s Hospital; the length of time that these posts have been vacant; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund and recruit more permanent genetic counsellor posts to the cancer genetics department in St. James’s Hospital, in line with...
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on implementing recommendation 19 of the National Cancer Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44867/22]
    • Cancer Research
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons diagnosed with the genetic condition of lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence which he received from an orthodontist (details supplied) on 5 September 2022 in relation to the children...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      585. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to meet with their orthopaedic surgeon given the urgency of the case. [44885/22]
    • Disability Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a swimming pool (details supplied) at an organisation is not open; if his Department will grant funding for same; if his Department has...
    • Hospital Facilities
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the long-promised extension of facilities at Naas General Hospital; the extent, if any, to which the originally planned-for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that plans to meet the requirements of scoliosis patients cannot be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      590. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing a scheme of paid leave for health service employees with long-Covid in the public health sector. [44923/22]
    • Disability Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be reviewed; when a bus escort will be made available for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in relation to use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; if the house will be rented beyond 2022; if not, if the house will be...
    • Mental Health Commission
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE management consulted with the Mental Health Commission prior to transferring a resident of a centre (details supplied); if the resident has been...
    • Mental Health Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of a centre (details supplied) who have been transferred to shared rooms in other facilities since June 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the ongoing issues and needs of the diabetes community in Ireland, that is, living with one of the top-ten most-challenging health...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      597. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish information for additional healthcare employees that are covered by the Government decision on the pandemic special recognition payment,...
    • Health Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if children who require high index lenses in their glasses can avail of funding under the children's optical voucher scheme to cover the additional cost of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      600. To ask the Minister for Health when all of the remaining groups that are eligible for the pandemic recognition payment but have not received it to date, will be able to apply for the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to ending the pause on the use of mesh for urinary stress incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgeries in Irish public...
    • Pharmacy Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if FEMPI cuts imposed on community pharmacists will be reversed; if these pharmacies will be awarded a fee increase given the fact that their running costs...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44985/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will secure an urgent appointment to meet with a consultant immunologist. [44990/22]
    • Disability Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make full-time residential care available for a disabled person (details supplied). [44993/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of hospital beds, broken down by acute, non-acute and ICU beds that are in place in HSE-run hospitals in September 2022; the...
    • Disability Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the additional staffing resources that are being provided to the Clare children's disability network team for the purpose of reducing waiting lists in County...
    • Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre, Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; when the centre will be fully...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip, cataract and knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary; the average waiting time...
    • Health Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the delivery of podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Clare; the status of the service going forward; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for radiology reporting across all hospitals in the UL Hospitals Group for August 2021 and August 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the level of radiology reporting undertaken by contracted companies within the UL Hospitals Group; if any HSE-employed consultants are undertaking radiology...
    • Hospital Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for post-mortem examinations at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45028/22]
    • Health Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to establish a working group to develop a gender identity service model of care for young persons; if so, the timeline that he is working towards...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      618. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1399 of 8 September 2022, the members that were appointed to the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board; and...
    • Nursing Homes
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps that he will take to ensure that the departure of a large number of private nursing homes from the market due to the severe underfunding of...
    • Health Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45091/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to streamline the process for the recruitment of non-European Union healthcare workers for the nursing home sector; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking in response to a finding from a State body (details supplied) to reduce the number of beds in the acute mental health unit in...
    • Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide chiropody services for public patients in CHO4. [45137/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the examination by the HSE and the Department of Health into progressing the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to the list...
    • Home Help Service
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for home-help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45148/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of the governance structures around the HSE's drug reimbursement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45174/22]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Communities
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a subsidy will be provided to fishermen in this State to assist them with the dramatic increases in fuel costs, similar to those...
    • Fishing Industry
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that he plans to introduce for the struggling fish processing and exporting sector in this State, utilising...
    • Fishing Communities
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment...
    • Farm Inspections
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scientific basis for the increase in the frequency of TB testing; if he will outline the analysis that his Department has carried...
    • Forestry Sector
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Service has official policies regarding forest inspections and forestry application referrals for private and Coillte...
    • Departmental Staff
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week...
    • Departmental Meetings
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he spoke with his counterpart during his recent visit to Singapore. [44603/22]
    • Food Industry
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of sheep meat imported from New Zealand in 2021 and the first half of 2022. [44604/22]
    • Greyhound Industry
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that have been exported to other jurisdictions by location in each of the past five years to date; the...
    • Teagasc Activities
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44647/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if harvesting lop and top or brash from forestry harvesting sites is permitted with the current standard for harvesting and...
    • Fishing Industry
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his departmental officials have met with representatives of the fishing vessel owner organisations since March this year to...
    • Agriculture Industry
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which it may be possible for Ireland’s agri-food industry to help meet the challenges of world food shortages...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [44961/22]
    • Animal Welfare
      656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that his Department spent during the calendar year 2021 supporting animal welfare and animal sanctuary organisations....
    • Coillte Teoranta
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that Coillte is not maintaining its land in good order in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      659. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that funding for community groups and youth centres and so on, will be increased to reflect the significant impacts...
    • Rural Schemes
      660. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44391/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      661. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local improvement scheme applications that have been received by county to date in 2022; the number that have been...
    • Departmental Staff
      662. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons employed in her Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week...
    • Departmental Schemes
      663. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide additional funding to the public participation networks to allow them to provide additional funds to community...
    • Rural Schemes
      667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund 1 funding application submitted by Clare County Council to her Department...
    • Island Communities
      668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 31 May 2022, the status of the development of Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement that she has had with Mayo County Council and the HSE regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) from the HSE...

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