Written answers
Thursday, 9 March 2023
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Industry
5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the proposed banning of creosote stakes by Minister Ryan, and in recognition of 46,000 farmers applying for GLAS, with a...
- Departmental Policies
7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to support women farmers. [11747/23]
- Agriculture Industry
8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the ESB poles can continue to be creosoted but a farmer using a timber stake cannot buy the product to do same (details supplied);...
- Forestry Sector
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be made available to farmers to plant agroforestry under the new Forestry Programme; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policies
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to be confident that a food production shortage/reduction can be avoided while at the same time...
- Agriculture Industry
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the production of agricultural hemp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/23]
- Environmental Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the influence the EPA report on targets to re-wetlands and the proposed reductions in herd numbers will have on policy in his...
- Forestry Sector
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in reducing the delays in processing and finalising tree planting and tree felling licences; and if he will make...
- Renewable Energy Generation
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 24 January 2023, if he is satisfied that all PV installers who are required to sign off...
- Animal Diseases
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to tackle the spread of TB in the badger population, which is easily transferred to livestock....
- Common Fisheries Policy
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy; the details of any engagement he has had with an...
- Agriculture Industry
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the production of agricultural hemp. [11793/23]
- Veterinary Services
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with his Ministerial colleagues regarding increased places for those intending to study veterinary...
- Forestry Sector
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to increase rates of afforestation. [11628/23]
- Departmental Policies
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work being undertaken by his Department in the area of precision fermentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Industry
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he realises that the industry are informing persons that due to new legislation being proposed in relation to creosote fencing...
- Forestry Sector
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an explanation for the unspent €25,995,012 from the forestry Budget for 2022. [11629/23]
- Pesticide Use
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an alternative to diquat for desiccating potatoes is being recommended for potato farmers in the State; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the development of the urban horse welfare programme, which is a priority of the new animal welfare...
- Food Waste
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to tackle food waste. [11709/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the ewe premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11781/23]
- Farm Costs
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been discussions at the EU Agriculture Council in relation to the need to introduce measures to help offset the...
- Agriculture Schemes
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Cork north-west who have been accepted to the ACRES scheme. [11514/23]
- Hedge Cutting
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to protect and restore native hedgerows given the biodiversity crisis; and if he will make a...
- Animal Diseases
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is evidence to suggest that there is an increase of TB infection in livestock near clear-felling sites; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept all 46,000 applicants to the current tranche of the ACRES scheme; the plans he has to introduce a gap payment to...
- Crime Prevention
43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to tackle the increasing incidences of cattle-rustling being reported across the country. [11513/23]
- Agriculture Supports
44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support sheep farmers in response to depressed meat and wool prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Industry
45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to date to implement the 19 recommendations of the report of the Food Vision Dairy Group. [11497/23]
- Forestry Sector
46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his targets for issuing afforestation licences in 2023. [11936/23]
- Fisheries Protection
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to address the Programme For Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for...
- Climate Action Plan
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the actions that relate specifically to anaerobic digestion in the Climate Action Plan 2021; the...
- Agriculture Schemes
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention to increase the payment for the sheep welfare scheme to €30 per ewe, as requested by the farming...
- Departmental Policies
50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the aims of the recently launched policy and strategic studies research call; the role it will play in...
- Agriculture Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with farmers and farming organisations regarding their concerns about the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme...
- Agriculture Industry
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation to beef sustainability measures in 2023. [11775/23]
- Agriculture Supports
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his further plans to assist sheep farmers during the current difficulties they are experiencing; and if he will make a statement on...
- Control of Dogs
55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the legislation his Department is involved in regarding the control of dogs; and if he will make a...
- Animal Diseases
56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost associated with complying with new TB regulations; his intention as to how this cost be funded; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Industry
57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the proposed Wool Council; the terms of reference for this council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9695/23]
- Food Promotion
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the recent trade mission to Germany, relating to Irish food exports; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishing Industry
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts of the Government to secure a quota in bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet from...
- Departmental Policies
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all the measures his Department and the Government have put in place to protect the business dealings of farmers,...
- Agriculture Schemes
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dribble bars can be included in the new TAMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11442/23]
- Official Engagements
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the agenda for the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council to be held in Brussels on 20 March 2023. [11710/23]
- Fishing Industry
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Norway is currently allowed to fish 74,000 tonnes of blue whiting in Irish waters,...
- Agriculture Supports
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that is being made by his Department to directly support the cost of shearing sheep and to present wool in optimum...
- Veterinary Services
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with his Ministerial colleagues regarding increased places for those intending to study veterinary...
- Agriculture Supports
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that have been put in place to help farm families to deal with the cost-inflation challenges stemming from...
- Animal Welfare
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to protect horses in Cork city this year. [11825/23]
- Agriculture Industry
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in the establishment of the Wool Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11958/23]
- Food Industry
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which good husbandry, production methods and hygienic requirements continue to be applied in respect of all food exports...
- Agriculture Schemes
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications from the Cork East constituency that were accepted into the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Climate Change Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the Environmental Protection Agency report (details supplied) noting the need to reduce national...
- Organic Farming
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to be accepted into the organic farming scheme in 2023; the expected increase in agricultural land under...
- Horticulture Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for indoor vegetable growers who rely heavily on electricity and gas to grow their crops. [11800/23]
- Renewable Energy Generation
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the adoption of rooftop solar generation on farms. [11777/23]
- Food Industry
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects Government to be in a position to appoint a agri-food independent regulator. [11797/23]
- Animal Welfare
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his plans to target the sale and distribution of animals through illicit puppy farms; and if he will...
- Animal Slaughtering
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission a social, economic and environmental impact assessment of factory-controlled feedlots. [11778/23]
- Veterinary Services
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with his Ministerial colleagues regarding increased places for those intending to study veterinary...
- Aquaculture Industry
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development 2030. [11725/23]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing commencements in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11966/23]
- Departmental Schemes
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing adaption grants awarded in 2022 in Cork; the total value in euros; the number of families that...
- Housing Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current position with regard to the future plans to build affordable purchase homes in County Louth and east...
- Environmental Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the Irish Government’s response to the draft EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement...
- Rental Sector
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce any supports, such as HAP, for households who are facing eviction or seeking accommodation but...
- Forest Fires
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the number of illegal land fires recorded for 2022. [11612/23]
- Local Authorities
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the list, per local authority, of additional personnel/housing officers requested of his Department over the past two years;...
- Housing Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to review the housing target/cap figures for county development plans in light of the initial population results...
- Local Authorities
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant-in-situ properties bought by local authorities over the past two years; and if he will make a statement...
- Environmental Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on ensuring that all marine protected areas only begin 500m offshore. [11613/23]
- Rental Sector
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the measures that have been taken to improve the residential tenancies board to support tenancy...
- Homeless Accommodation
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent record levels of persons accessing emergency accommodation; the action he is taking to address this;...
- Housing Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11755/23]
- Local Authorities
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding for local authorities in the upcoming budget to increase staffing levels; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of modular homes constructed for local authorities in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rental Sector
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the eviction ban at the end of March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11854/23]
- Housing Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to provide affordable purchase and cost rental housing in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11;...
- Wastewater Treatment
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the wastewater needs of rural villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase homes that were delivered in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the number of planned units for 2023; and...
- Wastewater Treatment
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to advance a Waste Water Treatment Plants under the Multi-Annual Developer Provided Water Services...
- Vacant Properties
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social homes brought back into use in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10977/23]
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of the cost to date of the mortgage to rent scheme; if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the...
- Housing Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 26 January 2023, if he has received the report in respect of 2021 and 2022 to date...
- Electoral Process
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline details of plans to replace by-elections with an alternate system, as outlined in the Programme for...
- Housing Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the final figure for local authority own build social housing completions in the four Dublin local...
- Housing Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is guidance on the proof of income documents that are acceptable for social housing applicants who are employed in...
- Vacant Properties
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the commercial banks are fully informed, through the Central Bank, of the subordinate nature of the...
- Departmental Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will regularise the funding to support Galway County Council to bring their local government fund in line with...
- Housing Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an overview of the application of Housing for All in County Clare. [11544/23]
- Rental Sector
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered taking any action to alleviate the "genuine difficulties" being experienced by users in...
- Housing Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to help persons who are over the threshold financially for social housing but cannot secure mortgage...
- Housing Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase homes delivered in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10978/23]
- Defective Building Materials
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that homeowners with properties affected by Mica are continuing to pay full mortgage costs on their homes, some...
- Planning Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that residents associations have the right to appeal planning decisions, and that successful appellants will...
- Housing Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the roll-out of the affordable housing scheme; if he is satisfied that the targets are being reached;...
- Defective Building Materials
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the defects scheme for apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that Tathony House is acquired for social and affordable housing despite the fact that some of the tenants...
- Vacant Properties
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social homes returned to active use in 2022 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the tenant purchase scheme; his plans to reform the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10644/23]
- Emergency Accommodation
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify the additional supports or arrangements that he has in place in terms of emergency provision of beds and...
- Housing Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the delivery of affordable housing in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in the delivery of affordable housing schemes for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Schemes
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the review of the Housing Aid for Older People Housing Adaptation Grants and Mobility Aids Grants to...
- Building Regulations
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the reform of Technical Guidance Document B of the Building Regulations. [11818/23]
- Housing Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and other bodies to ensure the immediate servicing of the public housing lands in Old...
- Departmental Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he is making more homebuyers eligible for local authority home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11597/23]
- Fire Service
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the recommendations on the review of retained firefighters has been brought to Cabinet and accepted by Government; and...
- Traveller Accommodation
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of recommendations of the 2019 report by the Expert Group on Traveller...
- Planning Issues
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning malpractice in County Donegal; and the actions...
- Defective Building Materials
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the MICA redress scheme to allow for penalty-free downsizing to encourage smaller,...
- Housing Policy
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department include units marked by local authorities as substantially complete in their quarterly Housing for All...
- Rental Sector
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental units in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of units delivered by approved housing bodies, the...
- Defective Building Materials
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the enhanced defective concrete block redress scheme. [11815/23]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit (details supplied); when it is likely a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Mining Industry
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if licences have been issued for specific minerals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Energy Prices
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of meetings his officials had with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to examine...
- Electricity Grid
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with the CRU regarding the regulation of companies providing heating to multiple unit...
- Legislative Measures
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No.141 of 28 February 2023, the reasons he stated there are no plans to amend the...
- Public Sector Pensions
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence (details supplied) in relation to an issue relating to the Eircom Superannuation...
- Special Areas of Conservation
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Inland Fisheries Ireland published the 2021 Lough Melvin Water Framework Directive Fish Survey Report on 23 February...
- Renewable Energy Generation
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans that are in place to hold events in person in County Wexford in relation to the public consultation on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is fair to target motorists at a time when the cost-of-living is soaring (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Driver Test
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving testers in each county, in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, and if he...
- Road Safety
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reviewing a speed limit on a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12011/23]
- Bus Services
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 4 October 2022, for an update on the 203 stop at the Dominican Centre in Cork. [12023/23]
- Airport Policy
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all projects undertaken by the airport authorities nationally have been processed through the public procurement process in each of...
- Bus Services
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the categories of licensed bus transport operators who can accept the free travel pass; the reason this facility is not open to all...
- Road Projects
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding made available through Budget 2023 for the N2 Clontibret to the Border scheme; the progress that will be made in delivering...
- Air Safety
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his plan to tackle drone activity in Dublin Airport; when anti-drone technology will be available to...
- Driver Licences
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a drivers licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12159/23]
- Departmental Properties
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in ownership or part ownership of, or under...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
189. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); if, in his opinion, this will mean that all counsellors and psychotherapists will be exempt from this 13.5% VAT...
- National Minimum Wage
193. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year additional revenue that would be raised in taxes by removing sub-minima rates of the national minimum wage for those aged...
- Tax Credits
194. To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of the R and D tax credit and evaluation of the knowledge development box will be published. [12123/23]
- Business Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if advice will be provided to a company (details supplied); whether this company is eligible for TEBSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12132/23]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Supports
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocations to date from the Brexit adjustment reserve; the Department to which funds were allocated; the purpose of the allocation;...
- Public Sector Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when public sector employees expect to receive the percentage of back pay to February 2022 under the National Wage Agreement; and if he...
- Departmental Properties
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of or...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Online Safety
199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Online Safety Commissioner will have any responsibility for ensuring social media companies do not allow the targeting of...
- Departmental Properties
203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Pollution
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of actions Ireland is taking on foot of the State being referred to the European Court of Justice...
- State Bodies
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the sites under consideration by the Land Development Agency in Limerick; the projected supply of homes on those...
- Electoral Process
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the reform of electoral laws to prevent donations from non-citizens outside the State...
- Office of Public Works
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the action taken by the OPW to protect national parks. [10496/23]
- Housing Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of modular homes being built in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rental Sector
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline measures being taken to prevent landlords fleeing the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Referendum Campaigns
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of drafting the wording for a referendum on the right to water. [12021/23]
- Rental Sector
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of the current designated rent pressure zones will be completed; if he will review the standardised average rent...
- Foreshore Issues
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing levels assigned to the foreshore unit in his Department in the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form; if he...
- Housing Schemes
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a status update on a public housing scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regeneration Projects
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will reopen for regeneration sites. [12095/23]
- Vacant Properties
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the vacant property refurbishment grant can be considered where the applicant fulfils the conditions of the scheme and has...
- Housing Schemes
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider widening the income considered to apply for the tenant purchase scheme to include those working on...
- Rental Sector
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps, if any, that the Department can take to assist persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part...
- Housing Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the time spent to carry out the four-stage approval process for publicly funded capital projects for each social housing, cost...
- Housing Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has decided upon an ‘NCT-style’ system for housing, in line with advice from an organisation (details...
- Departmental Reports
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the Housing Commission report. [12184/23]
- Rental Sector
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give consideration to the establishment of a statutory rent arrears fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate given the increasing demand and pressure for housing; the extent, if any, to which he might look at the...
- Housing Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department has identified issues deemed to impede the provision of much-needed affordable housing on...
- Housing Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the total number of houses delivered/made available to each local authority housing applicants in each of...
- Housing Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which the various forms of assistance available for first-time house buyers are upgrading satisfactorily without...
- Planning Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions applied for and refused by county in each of the past four years to date; the way such...
- Rental Sector
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants currently in receipt of HAP or rent support; the extent to which progress is being made to...
- Housing Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a number of private/subsidised sites might be provided in urban and rural areas as a matter of urgency to confront the ever...
- Vacant Properties
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an audit of vacant publicly owned buildings has been carried out or can be carried out with a view to providing emergency...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when a person (details supplied) might expect to receive their passport in respect of which they made application online on 1 January...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
246. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list the NATO training exercises that the Defence Forces have participated in over the past five years; where these exercises have taken...
- Departmental Properties
252. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part ownership of, or under the...
- Vacant Properties
253. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of vacant, disused or decommissioned properties owned by his Department which potentially could be used for accommodation...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what can be done for a child in the following circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12018/23]
- Freedom of Information
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests under GDPR or FOI for personal data from her Department, including average processing times monthly during the period 1...
- Departmental Correspondence
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek assistance for a school (details supplied ) in respect of a payment issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12080/23]
- Special Educational Needs
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools can expect to receive notification of their SNA and SET allocations for the academic year beginning in September 2023; and if she...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided to a person (details supplied) regarding an issue pertaining to the Teaching Council. [12088/23]
- Schools Building Projects
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the update position in relation to funding that was announced in 2022 (details supplied); the progress that has been made to date since this...
- Educational Disadvantage
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the Refined DEIS Identification Model, namely when the updated model of identification and classification for DEIS will be fully...
- Air Quality
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent to date of the €62 million allocation for HEPA filters in schools. [12138/23]
- Special Educational Needs
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will centralise the school place application model for students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Admissions
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which emergency measures are being taken to ensure the availability of the adequate number of school places at primary and second...
- School Transport
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the position arising from challenges experienced in the current year throughout North Kildare and nationally in the school...
- School Admissions
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a person (details supplied) might expect to receive notice to the effect that a school place is available for their daughter; and if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an application for carers allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she can confirm that...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can now expect a decision regarding their PRSI classification. [12129/23]
- State Pensions
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can make provision to ensure that those persons who had been in receipt of illness benefit for a substantial number of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes that have been made to the household benefits package since the start of the Government term; and if she will...
- State Pensions
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to a contribution based pension in the case of a person (details supplied); her total number of eligible...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancies within the children’s disability network teams in New Ross, County Wexford; the...
- Child Protection
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether child protection assessments are carried out in respect of all referrals of children...
- Disability Services
282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following publication of the 2022 Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review, if he...
- International Protection
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will, within the international protection system, distinguish victims of trafficking in accommodation in...
- Ukraine War
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) who is experiencing financial...
- Disability Services
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of additional adult respite services in Kerry, and in particular in the Killarney area (details...
- Legislative Measures
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; the timeline he has in place to...
- Freedom of Information
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of engagements or meetings his officials have had with Tusla about GDPR/FOI subject...
- Legislative Measures
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; the timeline he has in place to...
- Ukraine War
292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if discussions are expected regarding the housing situation for Ukrainians who want to work but are afraid of...
- Departmental Correspondence
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- International Protection
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new International Protection Support Service has...
- Legislative Measures
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; the timeline he has in place to...
- Departmental Properties
297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of...
- International Protection
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons in IPAS accommodation in County Clare have access to playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person in receipt of carers allowance will have their course fees covered when they undertake a further education course in administration...
- Grant Payments
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to intervening and facilitating SUSI to use discretion. [12067/23]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.462 of 14 November 2022 concerning a person (details supplied); if the application has...
- Immigration Policy
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of joint applications made to the Immigrant Investor Programme; the amount invested or endowed, programme by year,...
- Naturalisation Applications
306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a person (details supplied) might be considered for naturalisation given that they continue in employment; and if...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
308. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number and waiting time for people that have been referred to long-Covid clinics in each health area for 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, and 24...
- Departmental Properties
309. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for the site of the former St. Brigid’s nursing home at Crooksling, Brittas, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Charges
310. To ask the Minister for Health if any reviews have taken place regarding the issue of parking charges at hospitals; if he intends taking any actions to curtail parking charges at hospitals;...
- Health Services
312. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide retinal screening facilities in locations in County Laois (details supplied); if not, if he will consider same; and if he will...
- State Pensions
313. To ask the Minister for Health when pension arrears will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12017/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
314. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12020/23]
- Health Services Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update and modernise CORU’s assessment of recognition process, given that it remains a paper-based and lengthy process; if he is aware...
- Medicinal Products
316. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to approve an EMA-approved orphan medicine in Ireland, from receipt of application for reimbursement to actual approval;...
- Disease Management
324. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with a group (details supplied); if the group would qualify for any funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12039/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify his and the HSE's position on Special Leave with Pay for HSE personnel suffering from long-term Covid illness and unable to work; if the...
- Disability Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand public healthcare services for children with disabilities, with a view to decreasing the use of private providers in this area; and if he...
- Ambulance Service
327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency call outs to all ambulance stations in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in 2021 and 2022 on a monthly basis, in tabular...
- Health Strategies
328. To ask the Minister for Health given the expiry of the National Cardiovascular Health Strategy; ‘Changing Cardiovascular Health Policy’ four years ago, when is it proposed that...
- Tax Code
329. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to expand sugar related taxes to include other goods including a wide range of high sugar quantity confectionary sweets, snacks and other...
- Tobacco Control Measures
330. To ask the Minister for Health the current Government position with regard to target timeframe to achieve a tobacco free Ireland. [12062/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
331. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the final report on the protected disclosure into allegations made by a whistle-blower in April regarding the care of patients during...
- Protected Disclosures
332. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE refused a request from the investigation team (details supplied) appointed by the HSE to investigate complaints made by protected disclosure into a...
- Medical Cards
333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pain patches (Versatis) for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis are not included on the medical card; and if he will change the regulation to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
334. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected for workers with long covid that return to work; if long-covid can be recognised as an occupational health injury for their future...
- Health Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding announced in Budget 2023 to aid Section 39 organisations in the context of the cost-of-living crisis will be made available; whether,...
- Health Services Staff
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 173 public health nurses in CHO9; the number that are full-time or part-time; the grades they are on; the annual nursing...
- Hospital Appointments Status
339. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12135/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
340. To ask the Minister for Health whether a long Covid clinic launched by a person (details supplied) was denied funding, and the reason for same. [12137/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE has designated the purpose-built Seven Springs Day Centre in Loughrea, County Galway as part of the community nursing unit in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
343. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards to establish an inquiry into the State's response to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12154/23]
- Health Services Staff
344. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an "RTÉ Investigates" report (details supplied) in relation to unregulated "psychologists" in the private sector; the...
- Departmental Properties
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of or under the control of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
346. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a company (details supplied) and if they have been considered by two hospitals to tackle significant waiting lists; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health the venues in County Clare that are used by CAMHS; the services provided in each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12181/23]
- Health Services
348. To ask the Minister for Health if he has fulfilled his commitment to facilitating homebirth services and midwife led services in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Properties
349. To ask the Minister for Health total number of vacant, disused or decommissioned properties owned by the HSE or Department of Health which potentially could be used for accommodation...
- Medical Cards
350. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12230/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fuel Prices
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increased costs of renewable fuel energy; if they will reduce in price; and if he will make a...
- Pesticide Use
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if this State gathers data on the amount of rodenticide sold in Ireland each year, or on the amount imported into Ireland each year;...
- Agriculture Schemes
354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention to increase the payment for the sheep welfare scheme to €30 per ewe, as requested by the farming...
- Agriculture Supports
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to support the sheep sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/23]
- Control of Dogs
356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve dog control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11883/23]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to recent Teagasc research (details supplied) into the sequestering of carbon on Irish farms; and if...
- Departmental Policies
358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to studies showing Government policies are fuelling a mental health crisis among farmers (details...
- Fishing Industry
359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts of the Government to secure a fair allocation of fishing quota across the range of...
- Agriculture Supports
360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a hardship fund to assist a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12077/23]
- Horse Racing Industry
361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how organisations may affiliate to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12098/23]
- Agriculture Industry
362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure an adequate supply of fencing is available to farmers in 2023 following the implementation of a ban...
- Departmental Priorities
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department accepts the recommendations of the Wool Feasibility Study; the progress made implementing any accepted...
- Departmental Data
364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individuals who received payments from his Department in 2022 that were customers of a bank (details supplied) that...
- Animal Diseases
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 25 October 2022, the meeting of the TB Forum at which it was agreed that new requirements...
- Coillte Teoranta
366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if following a judgement from the European Court of Justice prohibiting Coillte from receiving state supports; if any repayments were...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a thosófar an obair ar Chéim a Trí den obair ar mhuiríne Ros an Mhíl; agus an ndéanfaidh...
- Harbours and Piers
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the ongoing construction of the Ros a'Mhíl deep water quay, if he has considered increasing the spec of the deck...
- Departmental Properties
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of...
- Fisheries Protection
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce regulations on limiting the number of pots under each licence held by inshore fishermen around the coast....
- Agriculture Schemes
374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to lobbies from groups (details supplied) with respect to increasing targeted sheep payments to...
- Departmental Data
375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of the beef herd at present; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated in the past five years; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Supports
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which farmers dependent on sheep rearing have experienced an income reduction in recent times; the measures in place or...
- Agriculture Industry
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current strength of the dairy herd; the degree if any to which it has fluctuated or likely to so do in the future, with...
- Animal Diseases
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ongoing effort to combat bovine TB with particular reference to carriers; the evidence that exists in this regard; and if he will...
- Food Industry
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all food imports into this country remain subject to Irish and EU standards in respect of husbandry, processing...
- Forestry Sector
385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the ongoing forestry development programme continues with due regard for the necessity to use marginal lands as...
- Food Industry
386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which plans are afoot to protect possible shortages in the food chain in this country given the increased population;...
- Agriculture Industry
387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cereal industry in this country continues to remain viable given the evidence of competition in the market...
- Agriculture Supports
390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm supports contain new money or a replacement for previous schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
