Written answers

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Legislative Reviews
      36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review existing legislation in relation to the responsibilities of senior public servants to ensure greater transparency and...
    • Public Spending Code
      41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of any analysis carried out by his Department into the expected impacts of the recent changes to the public spending code,...
    • Public Sector Staff
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning any new measures in budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public...
    • National Development Plan
      46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 6 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason modular home suppliers contracted to an organisation (details supplied) to build modular homes for refugees are expected to...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to identify best practice in respect of public expenditure and reform, having regard to prevailing...
    • National Development Plan
      50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Flood Risk Management
      52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the flood relief schemes in Cork South-West. [30759/23]
    • National Development Plan
      53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Regional Development
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the approach taken by his Department in actively assessing the impact of public expenditure on regional inequality; and if he...
    • Departmental Strategies
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the development of an evaluation approach for the carbon capture of OPW-managed peatlands, woodlands, wetlands and...
    • Housing Policy
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service publication, Housing Analytical Notes, published on 5 December 2022,...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the steps being taken to speed up the capacity to deliver major public projects [31026/23]
    • National Development Plan
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the performance in relation to delivery of the NDP to date against the revised NDP adopted when this Government came to power; the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the steps he is taking to expedite flood relief schemes in order to protect residents, businesses and local communities at...
    • National Development Plan
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Clare, Tipperary and Limerick, respectively, under the timeframe...
    • Road Projects
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a request from the Department of Transport for extra funding for roads projects; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Development Plan
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 1 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Data Protection
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review current GDPR policies to ensure data sharing is possible and more streamlined between State agencies, where there are...
    • Flood Risk Management
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress on the implementation of same that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department is developing a financial strategy to deal with the impact of long Covid on society in the medium to long term; if...
    • Flood Risk Management
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood defence construction works will advance in the Upper Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30969/23]
    • EU Funding
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the transfer of Brexit adjustment reserve funding to the REPowerEU fund; if he will confirm whether the...
    • National Development Plan
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress to date under national strategic outcome No. 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will...
    • Freedom of Information
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Government’s review of the operation and functionality of the Freedom of Information Act 2014;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget Process
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will comment on how the 2023 well-being framework will feature in the National Economic Dialogue, the summer economic Statement and...
    • Flood Risk Management
      78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on a flood scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30950/23]
    • National Development Plan
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly, respectively, under the...
    • State Properties
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has taken in the review of occupancy status of public buildings. [31024/23]
    • Heritage Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the schedule of work and detail on the plans under way by the State in relation to Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street; and to clarify...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      85. To ask the Taoiseach the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, for...
    • Public Sector Staff
      86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by the Director Of Public Prosecutions, broken down by grade, for each of the past five years. [30307/23]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • European Court of Human Rights
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the process and timeline for the national selection procedure to shortlist three qualified candidates for submission to...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30544/23]
    • Military Neutrality
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the definition of military neutrality as it appears on his Department's website (details supplied); who approved this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs for the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; if any panellists or chairs, or the forum chair, are receiving...
    • Passport Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30773/23]
    • Human Rights
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent arrests by the Turkish Government of members of the HDP, Green Left Party and other opposition voices; and if he will...
    • Passport Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to change the system in relation to the witnessing of signatures on passport applications by a member of An Garda...
    • Departmental Meetings
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the number of meetings held by his Department with international diplomats or agencies in relation to criminal...
    • Passport Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will ensure a passport is delivered to a person (details supplied) in time for travel on 4 July 2023. [31147/23]
    • Foreign Policy
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s engagement with the Arctic Council's requests for formal recognition of the State’s interest in...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work of his Department with its counterparts in Qatar relating to a political declaration on the social development...
    • Passport Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the case of an individual who has lost two passports in ten years, is there a way to appeal their inclusion on the restricted list of...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Schemes
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans he and his Department have for blue carbon sequestration certification; the financial recognition and-or...
    • Fisheries Protection
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on fish kill in north Clare; if he will report on his engagement with Inland Fisheries Ireland and the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the position in respect of NewEra’s role in pension increases for An Post staff; if NewEra...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department holds any information on the number of telecommunications cables that pass through the Irish marine...
    • Departmental Schemes
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications processed to date for the warmer homes deep retrofit scheme; the number approved and denied...
    • Fisheries Protection
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of the invasive roach population in Lough Corrib and Lough Mask, which are both SACs; the consequences for...
    • Inland Fisheries
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no preliminary draft policy papers for the inland fisheries sector, no single comprehensive policy statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional SEAI grant supports are available for households which have already had solar panels installed; and if he...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide his response to a report (details supplied) concerning Ireland's implementation of the sustainable...
    • Energy Prices
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that while electricity companies (details supplied) are deducting energy costs, they are simultaneously...
    • Departmental Schemes
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider increasing the size of the SEAI solar PV grant KW/PH rate in order that consumers can avail of...
    • Recycling Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss potential modification of the operation of the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the plans to install fibre optics in the Foxrock area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional resources will be provided to the SEAI to ensure that applicants for the warmer homes scheme are not...
    • Fisheries Protection
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 June 2023, if he will reveal the cause of death of a critically...
    • Energy Production
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many micro-generators are exporting to the grid. [30899/23]
    • Environmental Schemes
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address concerns that there are insufficient financial incentives for persons to apply for options such as...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 13 June 2023, to publish the monthly reports on the financial status of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 789 of 13 June 2023, to outline the locations of the activities undertaken by IFI...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the review of greenhouse gas emissions on a consumption basis, as outlined in the Climate Action...
    • Climate Action Plan
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a climate delivery task force has been established to focus on the specific areas or initiatives of climate delivery...
    • Departmental Priorities
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected timeline for delivery of a regulatory framework for district heating; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Climate Action Plan
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about the updated roadmap guidance to reflect updates to Public Sector Mandate, as outlined in the Climate Action Plan...
    • Mining Industry
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many prospect mining licences have been issued in County Clare on a yearly basis for 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Inland Fisheries
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the workforce plan for Inland Fisheries Ireland; how many bailiffs are currently employed; if there are...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what financial supports are available to individuals and communities seeking to develop renewable energy in their...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has plans for Fort Shannon to develop these lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30737/23]
    • Defence Forces
      148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the work of members of the Defence Forces to assist in the evacuation of Irish citizens from Sudan was hampered by the legal basis...
    • Departmental Consultations
      150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of hosting the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; the costs of travel and accommodation for its participants; the...
    • Defence Forces
      152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will examine an issue in relation to persons working as civilians within the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond or seek responses to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next speed limit review will be carried out on regional non-national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30519/23]
    • Transport Costs
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the current age range of the young adult Leap card from 19 to 23 to 19 to 26 years, as is the situation in the...
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail line from Claremorris to Collooney was last cleared or maintained; if he will instruct Iarnród Éireann to clear...
    • Departmental Funding
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 25 May 2023, the name and contact number of the official to contact regarding the...
    • Driver Test
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the RSA has decided to no longer carry out motorcycle tests in Killarney, County Kerry (details supplied); the reason no...
    • Haulage Industry
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made any representations to the British Government to raise the concerns of members of a hauliers' organisation (details...
    • National Car Test
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the system previously operated for priority booking for NCT tests has been taken down form the online booking system; if he will...
    • Air Safety
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest progress regarding the acquisition of counter-drone technology for the Dublin Airport Authority as a temporary measure to...
    • Driver Test
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been waiting months for a driving test will be given a date for a test; and if he...
    • National Car Test
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason someone seeking a priority appointment through the NCT cannot do so until the original test date has passed; if he intends to...
    • Bus Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any correspondence on an element of BusConnects, Cork (details supplied); and if he will publish who contacted him....
    • Air Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can assess any flight-path changes and frequency of same in aircraft using Dublin Airport, given the new aircraft...
    • Bus Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many bus drivers were recruited for the Dublin region to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31209/23]
    • Public Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what measures have been put in place to ensure wheelchair accessibility for buses and trains providing services to County Galway,...
    • Driver Test
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that will be taken to reduce driving test waiting times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when road enhancement works will begin on the R498 at Latteragh, Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Tolls
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has held any further consultation with stakeholders in respect of the increase in toll charges from 1 July 2023; if he will revisit...
    • Electric Vehicles
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate the use of mechanised scooters; if he will introduce measures to deal with the problem of uninsured mechanised...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a group has been convened to discuss structures for delivery of the public procurement framework, as outlined in the climate action...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that pensioners on the CIÉ pension scheme have not received an increase since 2008, which is causing significant...
    • Ports Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cruise liner ships that have visited and berthed in the ports around Ireland in each of the past ten years; if his...
  • Department of Finance
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning to create a special infrastructure development fund or equivalent vehicle with funds identified from forecasted surpluses based on windfall...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has formally taken back responsibility for the ethics reform agenda; if he will provide an update on his legislative priorities in respect of the ethics...
    • Public Sector Pay
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30507/23]
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance what solution, other that the cumbersome process of getting a variation to the zoning in city or county development plans, is available for businesses that in...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts being made by his Department to alleviate the cost of mortgage increases, in light of recent ECB interest rate increases; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the higher rate of VAT at 23% which is charged to customers who undertake car rental and car sharing journeys for a period of five weeks...
    • Electronic Commerce
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the proposed digital euro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30631/23]
    • Economic Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on domestic and EU plans to protect the use of cash in our society and economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to bridge the gap between the tax relief rates available to drivers and passengers under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate if, and the reason why, NAMA-NALM is permitted to use an Irish citizen’s personal tax number in its own interest (details...
    • Insurance Industry
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the CSO is showing that the cost of home insurance has gone up by 23% in the past six months; if he has assessed the forces behind this...
    • Tax Reliefs
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the provision of a grant-aided, needs-based vehicular adaptation scheme to replace the disabled drivers and disabled...
    • Tax Yield
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue raised in first-year 2024 and full-year terms from the scheduled increase in carbon tax on 1 May 2024 and 9 October 2024, respectively...
    • Tax Code
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the residential zoned land tax, as currently constituted, could have profound implications for many farmers and small landowners who are...
    • Pension Levy
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if, when a company is paying a pension out of its company funds, the pension is liable to the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Exemptions
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the tax exemption of €200 per year on the income received by domestic micro-generators from their suppliers by way of the...
    • Credit Availability
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that owners of homes with defective concrete blocks are, in the main, unable to have their homes remortgaged; how he proposes to address this...
    • Tax Yield
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing the corporate tax rate to 20% and 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30992/23]
    • Trade Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest available figures for total pre-tax gross corporate trading profits for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30994/23]
    • Tax Yield
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by imposing a financial transaction tax of 0.1% on shares and securities and 0.01% on derivatives; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance how many property owners are paying LPT on one property; two properties; three properties; four properties; between five and ten; between ten and 20; between...
    • Tax Yield
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a full-year estimate of the revenue that would be generated by introducing a levy of 33% on commercial aviation fuel; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the latest figures of the net worth of Irish households, including the net worth of the top 1%, the top 5% and the top 10% of these...
    • Tax Yield
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance to give a full-year cost of lost VAT to the Exchequer by introducing price controls that cap petrol/diesel at €1.30 and 1.40 per litre; electricity at...
    • Tax Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost for index linking the existing tax bands to inflation in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/23]
    • Departmental Bodies
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the appointment of board members to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31079/23]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance provided to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund regarding industries, sectors or otherwise, which it is prohibited from investing in; and if he...
    • Customs and Excise
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the additional excise duty applied to goods coming into Ireland from other EU countries but shipped through the UK; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider requesting the retail banks and credit unions to exempt people with disabilities from bank charges as it is an added cost to those who are...
    • Construction Industry
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will defer the introduction of the concrete levy due to be introduced on 1 September 2023, given the current construction inflation and the additional...
    • Insurance Coverage
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on bike and quad racing insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31333/23]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he intends to make any changes to the supplementary...
    • Flood Risk Management
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the cost issue relating to the design and delivery of the flood relief scheme for the Gort lowlands as a result of a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts that a company (details supplied) has been involved in; the projects it has been involved with; if the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a situation regarding public sector pay (details supplied); if he acknowledges the unfairness of same; and the measures he...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appeals his officials dealt with in each of the past five years relating to individuals in receipt of occupational...
    • National Development Plan
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Leitrim, Louth and Donegal,...
    • Departmental Projects
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will provide a secure area for a team (details supplied) to store its equipment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Climate Action Plan
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the review of the assessment emissions impact of public investment and the recommended reforms, as outlined in the...
    • National Development Plan
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Galway, Roscommon and Mayo, respectively under the timeframe of...
    • Climate Action Plan
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the capacity of public sector bodies to deliver climate action identifying action areas, as outlined in the Climate...
    • Office of Public Works
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an OPW staff residential property can be allocated (details supplied). [31197/23]
    • State Properties
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount per year invested in Castletown House since the OPW took ownership to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Review of Ireland's Statutory Framework for Ethics in...
    • Public Spending Code
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Health and the HSE with regard to the recent changes to the...
    • Brexit Supports
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full list of the cost of projects being considered for inclusion in Ireland's Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR, claim...
    • Public Services Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the legal obligations on the civil and public service to assist residents in Ireland to access State services through...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform has become a feature of public procurement with a view to ensuring prompt delivery of projects and contracts;...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects all Government projects to continue to be completed on time and within budget; and if he will make a...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he remains satisfied that levels of public expenditure here are adequately proofed to ensure best outcome for the Exchequer and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any outstanding matters arising from financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation have...
    • National Development Plan
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to monitor issues such as public procurement and-or the removal of any other administrative...
    • Public Sector Staff
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of new whole-time equivalents in the Civil Service and public service up to 2030; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with NewEra, An Post and or the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of an enhanced pension...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Family Reunification
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that healthcare assistants who have been recruited by the HSE from abroad, are facing terrible difficulties reuniting...
    • Consumer Protection
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions his Department is undertaking to ensure that unregistered practitioners in a variety of trades are unable to advertise...
    • Business Supports
      274. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cloth-weaving factories operating in the country; if any special recognition and supports are available to such a...
    • Employment Rights
      275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a series of matters concerning an amendment to the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 (details...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the current Workplace Relations Act 2015 that changes the way cases under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 are heard...
    • Employment Rights
      278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will honour the terms of the Employment Regulation Order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a climate delivery taskforce has been established to focus on the specific areas or initiatives of climate delivery that require...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the XEX status of guidance councillors will be restored in all secondary schools where their hours are based on the number of students in the...
    • School Enrolments
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that there is an anticipated shortage of school places in an area (details supplied); and if measures are being taken to provide...
    • School Funding
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30495/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently consider approving emergency works for a primary school (details supplied) in County Leitrim following recent damage caused...
    • School Patronage
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the final draft report of the school facilitator in the Raheny Diversity Pilot initiative to parents of children in...
    • School Staff
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans there are to maintain staffing levels in a school (details supplied) to ensure there will continue to be a teacher per class in the...
    • Maternity Leave
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what arrangements are in place to provide maternity leave for primary school teachers whose children have been born through surrogacy; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the approval for a new school extension project (details supplied) as of June 2023; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30530/23]
    • Schools Administration
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the current Department of Education policy is regarding the care of old school roll books; if there are plans to digitise old school roll...
    • Special Educational Needs
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 13 June 2023, if an adequate response will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30542/23]
    • School Funding
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the ICT grant to primary schools for the current academic year has been withdrawn; her plans to restore this vital grant; and if she...
    • Recycling Policy
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has provided any policies or circulars to schools on recycling furniture they no longer want; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Administration
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps will be taken to allay parent concerns regarding a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Patronage
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the facilitators report on the proposed divestment at schools (details supplied) has been revised following submissions from interested...
    • School Staff
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the decision not to award an extra teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo that now will have 34...
    • School Funding
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue ICT grants for national schools at double the previous rate before the commencement of the new academic year to address the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who the members of the independent Primary Staffing Appeals Board are; if there are any teachers on the board; if there is a mechanism to appeal...
    • School Transport
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a transport application for a pupil (details supplied); when a decision will be made on the application;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a plan to address the urgency for a new school building for a school (details supplied); if she will follow up her commitment to visit...
    • School Management
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a primary school principal must be the health and safety representative on the Board of Management; if she can make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied) works for which you indicated in a previous...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a reason for the omission of the term "homophobic", "transphobic" and "biphobic" from the most recent Action Plan on Bullying,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital budget allocation for her Department in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [31084/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [31085/23]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers that would be needed to reduce the pupil/teacher ratio to 22:1 at primary level. [31087/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [31088/23]
    • School Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when ICT grants will be paid to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31163/23]
    • State Examinations
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the State Examinations Commission regarding the possibility of an examination deferral for a student (details supplied),...
    • Site Acquisitions
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31187/23]
    • School Funding
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ICT grant for a school (details supplied); if this school will be given an allocation of ICT funding for 2022-2023; and if she...
    • Education Policy
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department engaged with schools to ensure that their Acceptable Use Policy for the use of smartphones is set up effectively and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an ASD class for a school (details supplied) in Dublin south west; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the failure of her Department to financially assist a school (details supplied) with the normal departmental grants...
    • Schools Building Projects
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will provide the finances required to demolish and rebuild school buildings at a school (details supplied) and a boundary...
    • School Funding
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding support available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31278/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31380/23]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is planning to open a new round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; if so, if those previously awarded...
    • Departmental Communications
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will indicate the costs associated with the publication and distribution of 1923: Birth of a Nation; and the estimated...
    • Sports Facilities
      333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that has been had with Europe in regard to the suitability and longevity of 4G playing pitches, and the components...
    • Sports Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed date for the opening of the next round of sports capital grants; and if projects that were previously funded can...
    • Departmental Schemes
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department sought or obtained a copy of any contracts between recipients of the live performance supports scheme and...
    • Sports Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding, if any, that was provided by her Department for the recently opened Rugby Museum in Limerick; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a charge is levied by Ireland on undersea telecommunications operators for the use of the Irish marine EEZ as a...
    • Departmental Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all registered charities that received funding by way of grant-in-aid or through schemes administered by his...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all registered charities working in the area of housing or homelessness with which his Department has engaged from...
    • Housing Schemes
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person returning to Ireland, having worked for three years overseas, can avail of the help-to-buy scheme and-or the first...
    • Heritage Schemes
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any heritage recognition that can be availed of for the last remaining weaver facility in the Liberties (details...
    • Tax Code
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a number of viable businesses (details supplied) that may struggle to continue to trade and could close and...
    • Housing Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the revised social housing construction and acquisition caps for local authorities and AHBs under the social...
    • Building Regulations
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [30756/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure carer's allowance is not included in the assessment of means testing for social housing...
    • Departmental Properties
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether his Department owns a site (details supplied). [30774/23]
    • Housing Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all housing developments currently in the pipeline of the Land Development Agency; the...
    • Vacant Sites
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by local authority, of the most up-to-date amounts collected under the vacant site levy, in...
    • Housing Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out each of the bundles of PPP social housing, including a list of locations and number of units in each scheme...
    • Control of Firearms
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outlaw all night-time shooting, following a past recommendation from the NPWS that hunting be prohibited from...
    • Housing Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns that there are insufficient financial incentives for persons to apply for options such as home...
    • Local Authorities
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new architectural departments being set up across local authorities will be concluded; if he has a timeframe for the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update and indicative timeline on the legal action the Government intends to take against manufacturers...
    • Regeneration Projects
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of properties each local authority has targeted for purchase through the Urban...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Services has ever, or will, make an application to designate lands (details supplied) as...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service's attention has been drawn to the spraying and-or poisoning of lands at a location...
    • Climate Action Plan
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress to retain and strengthen climate action policy objectives in the implementation and...
    • Housing Schemes
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of acquiring one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, per unit, in Dublin under the buy-and-renew scheme;...
    • Housing Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 26 July 2022, if he will provide the number of houses bought by each council for...
    • Legislative Measures
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to introduce legislation in response to the Supreme Court ruling in a case (details supplied); and if...
    • Vacant Properties
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the decision by some mortgage lenders not to grant mortgages on properties which would qualify for the vacant...
    • Water Pollution
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the proposals from Uisce Éireann to upgrade Ringsend water treatment plant, including a detailed...
    • Vacant Properties
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the six vacant houses (details supplied) in County Clare will be retained by Clare County Council; if the said properties...
    • Housing Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the income threshold for people applying for the local authority home loan to take into account...
    • Departmental Policies
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31239/23]
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role his Department has in setting the tenancy rates for voluntary houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31248/23]
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of funding given towards the building of voluntary houses; if a breakdown can be provided for each voluntary...
    • Local Government Reform
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the programme for Government commitments in relation to local government; and if he...
    • Water Pollution
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what powers, if any, the EPA or a local authority have under the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008, or any other...
    • Housing Schemes
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the new cost-rental subsidy scheme, including who will be eligible to access the fund; the level of...
    • Housing Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a progress report on Housing For All. [30979/23]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • State Pensions
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate to the grounds upon which an individual in receipt of an income from an Approved Retirement Fund, before age 66...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can access a welfare payment. [30502/23]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which jobseeker’s benefit applicants who are ancillary staff who work in schools and have to sign on for...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) was denied a welfare payment. [30531/23]
    • State Pensions
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the State pension will be increased to 34% of average earnings to meet the Government’s commitment on pensions;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of bonus payments of weekly child benefit that were made in November 2022 as part of the package of cost-of-living...
    • Legislative Measures
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is her intention to legislate for an automatic enrolment retirement savings scheme in 2023; if so, if the scheme will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address concerns that persons applying for disability allowance are being charged €60-80 for letters by their GPs;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 83 of 23 May 2023, if she will provide an update on her engagements with the Minister for...
    • State Pensions
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a full review of the contributory pension of a person (details supplied). [30753/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is having money deducted from their pay which they did not agree to; if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on introducing a cost of disability payment in Budget 2024 of at least €20 per week as a first step to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a rule preventing a person on disability allowance or invalidity pension from taking up an unpaid directorship in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; the status of this application; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new employer PRSI rate of 19.75% on any salaries paid over...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on her Department's report regarding a free travel scheme for people with epilepsy. [31053/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many additional carers are now qualifying for the carer’s allowance on the basis of the changes to the means test...
    • State Pensions
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals officers assigned to assessing both applications and appeals, respectively, for the State pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes introduced to the living alone allowance since 27 June 2020; and if she will detail the number of recipients, by...
    • State Pensions
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes introduced to the State pension since 27 June 2020; and if she will detail the number of recipients, by county,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes introduced to the qualified child payment since 27 June 2020; and if she will detail the number of recipients, by...
    • School Meals Programme
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes introduced to the hot school meals programme since 27 June 2020; and if she will detail the number of recipients,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes introduced to the disability allowance since 27 June 2020; and if she will detail the number of recipients, by...
    • School Meals Programme
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase funding for school meals at second level, given that primary school children receive €3.20 and...
    • Insurance Coverage
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to tackle the insurance issues that have arisen within the EmployAbility programme that are hindering people with...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's support grant and a respite grant will be considered in the case of a person (details...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what correspondence can issue from her Department confirming that a person (details supplied) is a named qualified adult...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31202/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person's (details supplied) illness benefit payment will be affected if they apply for the carer's support grant. [31226/23]
    • Data Protection
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person participating in the JobPath programme who declines to sign a consent form allowing Seetec to make contact with...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if plans are in place to reform the carer’s allowance criteria for persons who were self-employed for some time prior...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Work Permits
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made for a visa applicant (details supplied) issued with a general employment permit in July 2022; if...
    • Visa Agreements
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether diplomatic passport holders from non-EU countries are permitted to access Ireland without a visa; if so, to identify...
    • Visa Applications
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications for those issued with general work permits that were processed each week in the past 12 months;...
    • Substance Misuse
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí are aware of HHC cannabinoids being sold in vapes in Ireland; and if there have been any investigations into...
    • An Garda Síochána
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost if 1,500 new gardaí were recruited in both 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [30665/23]
    • Prison Service
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional WTE senior psychologists and two additional psychologists for the Irish...
    • An Garda Síochána
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents that the Garda armed support unit was requested to attend in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Departmental Investigations
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the result of an investigation the cause of a person's death (details supplied) will be available to the family; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule, by Garda division, of the number of checkpoints that were set up in 2022 and to date in 2023...
    • Family Reunification
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to concerns and proposals from a person (details supplied) in respect of family reunification; and if she...
    • An Garda Síochána
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí, by rank assigned to each respective Garda station in west Kerry, that is, Dingle, Annascaul,...
    • Asylum Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commence publishing daily figures in relation to the number of asylum applications processed under headings such...
    • International Protection
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be issued a new recommendation from the International Protection Office following the...
    • Prison Service
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure in relation to early release (community return scheme) of a prisoner and if she has a role in deciding, signing...
    • International Protection
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many holders of subsidiary protection declarations have had their subsidiary protection ceased in accordance with section...
    • Legislative Measures
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking Bill 2022 will be brought before Dáil Éireann. [31052/23]
    • Residency Permits
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish residence permit cards that were issued in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [31098/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of designated community gardaí in Carlow in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31117/23]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to extend funding for community CCTV in Tullow in order to sustain the valuable service; and if she will...
    • Travel Documents
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people have entered Ireland without the valid documentation for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Legislative Measures
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce any legislative provision to ensure that issues such as the presence of asbestos are disclosed during...
    • Visa Applications
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite an application lodged by a person (details supplied) in September 2022 for renewal of a stamp 4 visa by a...
    • Gambling Sector
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update with regard to the gambling regulations of 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fisheries Protection
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the workforce plan for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority; how many bailiffs are currently employed; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline attached to the funding of €1.2 million provided by his Department for Bunbeg pier in County Donegal can be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to including combine harvesters in the eligible equipment list for the tillage capital investment...
    • Agriculture Supports
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline how his Department intends to incentivise farmers to reach the target of 20,000 hectares of beans planted by 2027;...
    • Fishing Industry
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address situations where individuals have begun a fishing vessel decommissioning process, but due to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals for a voluntary dairy reduction scheme that are being explored as part of the food vision dairy group; the...
    • Forestry Sector
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in granting approval to persons who wish to plant forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Industry
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Ireland-New Zealand Joint Research Mechanism pilot research initiative; the progress that has been made...
    • Control of Dogs
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update in relation to the Control of Dogs Act 1986 working group; if he will provide details of the number of additional dog...
    • Animal Culls
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that will be taken to reduce the deer population following the consultation process carried out by his Department where 86%...
    • Farm Costs
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted any analysis of the percentage increase in the cost of farm fertiliser in each of the past 24 months;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are different scoring timeframes for groups participating in ACRES co-operation project teams; if he will allow the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rasaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system records the date, specific location and method of disposal of the carcasses...
    • Forestry Sector
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can specify the importer and distributor of the 30,000 ash plants infected with ash die back (Chalara fraxinea), imported from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital budget allocation for his Department in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [31093/23]
    • Agriculture Industry
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise what consideration has been given to re-establishing sugar beet processing in the State; if he will advise on any...
    • Climate Action Plan
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a climate delivery taskforce has been established to focus on the specific areas or initiatives of climate delivery that require...
    • Forestry Sector
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment processes that are currently being...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the €271 million provided from Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding in Budgets 2022 and 2023 was spent; if there is an...
    • Departmental Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding his Department has provided and will provide in the future to support moving the Irish fishing fleet to low impact gears;...
    • Fishing Industry
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what plans his Department has to start moving the Irish fishing fleet to electric/renewable fuel sources in the years ahead; the...
    • Veterinary Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to offering veterinary positions/contracts to veterinarians who have qualified in other jurisdictions...
    • Greyhound Industry
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds named on the RCETS to date who were born in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation regarding negotiations to address the pay parity in relation to Section 39 disability...
    • Departmental Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital allocations that have been made by his Department to the Disability Capital Programme in 2020, 2021...
    • Departmental Funding
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding his Department plans to allocate to progress the recommendations in the Disability Capacity Review;...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 20 April 2023, when an accommodation provider for Ukrainian...
    • Direct Provision System
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has entered into an agreement to use a building (details supplied) in County Kerry as a direct...
    • Children in Care
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new child care workers who have started working in special care units in each of the past 24...
    • Departmental Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new total whole-time equivalent staffing posts in special care units, broken down by grade and...
    • Childcare Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the county childcare committees are reporting a scarcity of childcare places for children under two years of...
    • Residential Institutions
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken by his Department to aid a survivor of abuse (details supplied) to retain their personal...
    • Children in Care
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors taken into State care in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively;...
    • Equality Issues
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps can be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities claiming under the Equal Status Act 2000 and/or...
    • Children in Care
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who are suspected to be homeless; and the number of persons who are...
    • Direct Provision System
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the direct provision centres currently operating in the State; the number of persons residing in...
    • Children in Care
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children taken into State care in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [30680/23]
    • Child Protection
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on the child protection notification system of Tusla in each of the past...
    • Children in Care
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons aged under 17 years who became pregnant while in State care in each of the past ten years...
    • Child Protection
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla reported suspected child abuse to the gardaí over the past two years; and if a...
    • Children in Care
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care that reported being sexually assaulted while in care in each of the past...
    • Residential Institutions
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children referred to the parent and infant unit in Bessborough for residential support...
    • Children in Care
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have availed of and been through parental assessments that have subsequently had their...
    • Child Protection
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have been subject to parental assessment by the State in each of the past five years....
    • Children in Care
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children of Traveller ethnicity taken into State care in each of the 17 service areas of Tusla in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of internal case reviews conducted by Tusla in the past ten years; the number that produced a...
    • Departmental Data
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of reviews conducted by the National Review Panel since its establishment in 2010; and the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has met with the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection since he took office; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has met with the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection since he took office; and the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of recruitment agencies that Tusla is currently in a contract with regarding employment; the cost...
    • Departmental Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private fostering companies or agencies currently operating in the State and or currently...
    • Child Abuse
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children out of the 122 cases of suspected child abuse in County Kerry which went unreported by...
    • Child and Family Agency
      569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla employees sacked or dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers in the State who are unaccompanied minors; the number which are in State care or...
    • Children in Care
      577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that died while in the care of the State in each of the past ten years, and to date in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were engaging with Tusla or that Tusla had identified as at risk, who suffered a...
    • Ukraine War
      584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if financial supports are made available to businesses, including those providing healthcare (details supplied)...
    • Disability Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will continue to fund a bus service for young people to attend disability day services and training in...
    • Departmental Policies
      586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 992 of 21 March 2023, if an update is available on the scoping exercise...
    • Departmental Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the recently announced education and training bursary scheme 2023-2024 is extended to individuals who are...
    • Childcare Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to tackle the lack of childcare spaces in the Dublin Bay north area; his plans to make childcare more...
    • Disability Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter in relation to the provision of a service for a child (details supplied); and if he...
    • Direct Provision System
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has either met with or corresponded with managers of direct provision centres since he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 13 June 2023, to ensure funding is provided to an organisation for...
    • Disability Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing disability...
    • Departmental Regulations
      598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the drafting of regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Work-life Balance...
    • International Protection
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the details of the proposed offer of mediation between the local community and the international...
    • Grant Payments
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names and addresses of all successful and unsuccessful applicants, respectively in relation to the operation...
    • Childcare Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans Tusla has to provide child art psychotherapy services nationwide, building on and expanding the...
    • Disability Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential services for people with disabilities provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department has considered further utilising privately-owned modular housing developments for...
    • Departmental Functions
      608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on reviewing the sections of the Health Act 2004 relevant to his functions; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to establish a direct portal for legal firms or advocates for the creation of enduring...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Strategies
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the prompt implementation of the 2% pay increase for all public nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Accommodation
      611. To ask the Minister for Health how many people with mental illnesses known to the State or HSE are currently living in emergency accommodation; how many people living in emergency...
    • Hospital Equipment
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish this Deputy with the details of capital funding for a second CT scanner and build under capital submissions for the RCSI hospital group to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, by Connolly Hospital on the outsourcing of scans and tests to the private...
    • Mental Health Policy
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when he will give the necessary powers to the Mental Health Commission to regulate not just approved inpatient mental health services, but the 24-hour...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the South/South West Hospital Group in each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in...
    • Health Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30510/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider or re-evaluate the cessation of the national contract for the vasectomy procedure; and if he will also provide the number of persons...
    • Healthcare Policy
      620. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the response to the use of synthetic cannabinoids in vapes; and if there are any investigations into the use of cannabinoids in vapes. [30553/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people referred by their GP to lung rapid access clinics electronically in each of the months from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form....
    • Cancer Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients on active cancer treatment admitted to hospital for treatment through emergency departments, in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to having his Department conduct a review of the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); if he will request his Department to re-examine...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      634. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive the balance of the pandemic special recognition payment from the HSE as they have only received 60%; and...
    • Medical Cards
      635. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns that medical card patients are being charged for blood tests; to clarify what precisely the policy is on this matter; if medical card...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      636. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be put in place to enable the new dental hospital to be built in Curaheen, Cork, given planning permission was granted for this...
    • Health Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a new geographically limited HSE GMS contract for public vasectomy services from August 2023 (details supplied); his views...
    • Pharmacy Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding fees and pay restoration for pharmacists prior to the 30 June 2023 deadline; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when the Slainte Care project on the development of a national diabetes register will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be scheduled for a procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the option of appointing a project delivery team to oversee the delivery of major projects including the new emergency department,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy and dietitians in CHO2, in tabular form, with a breakdown of the...
    • Health Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare professionals employed by the HSE to provide therapies such as speech and language and occupational therapy can provide such services in...
    • Parking Provision
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the current rates of car-parking at University Hospital Kerry; if he will clarify whether there have been any increases or decreases in charges since 2018; the...
    • Weather Events
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the damage that was caused by the recent flooding event at University Hospital Kerry; the monetary cost of the damage; if the event could have been prevented;...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry each day in May 2023, in tabular form; if an explanation can be provided for the...
    • Hospital Staff
      648. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all current staffing levels at University Hospital Kerry, with a comparative breakdown for each year since 2018, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of current endoscopy waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry, showing the number of patients waiting less than 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36 and 36...
    • Hospital Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of presentations at University Hospital Kerry emergency department in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of staff vacancies across all departments and details of each vacancy at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births at University Hospital Kerry maternity ward in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the staffing level...
    • Hospital Facilities
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the details of future capital works planned for University Hospital Kerry; the breakdown of each facility; the corresponding timeline in each case; the costs...
    • Healthcare Policy
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reconfiguration of the current hospital groups under new regional structures as proposed in Sláintecare; the likely implications on...
    • Health Service Executive
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the HSE's communication policy for persons wishing to record, film or take photographs on a HSE site. [30750/23]
    • Health Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that a national vasectomy services contract is in place for all areas of the State to enable medical card holders access this...
    • Care of the Elderly
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if an appropriate permanent facility compliant with infection, prevention and control measures can be secured in the Macroom area as a matter of priority to...
    • Health Service Executive
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he has looked at ensuring pay parity for employees across the HSE, Section 38 and Section 39 organisations in the context of staff retention in relevant...
    • Departmental Communications
      659. To ask the Minister for Health when a comprehensive response will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding communications which were sent to them. [30791/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for Charleville primary care centre following the retirements of two general practitioners (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale of the decision to exclude Section 39 employees who did not work in long-term residential care facilities from receiving the pandemic special...
    • Departmental Schemes
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will look at reducing the three-year cap to one year in the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30800/23]
    • Health Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding for a person (details supplied) who has secured a place and is waiting to transfer to a facility for rehab care that they urgently...
    • Medicinal Products
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the unfairness in the treatment of diabetes patients in Ireland where Free Style Libre is decided on age criteria rather than clinical need;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a referral to the National Rehabilitation Hospital is expedited for a person (details supplied). [30818/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific timeline which he and his Departmental officials have given to HIQA to complete its HTA regarding the provision of an enhanced...
    • Hospital Transfers
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care bed at a suitable facility. [30836/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if any assistance can be given to a person (details supplied) towards the cost of a power pack for a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal did not get fully reimbursed from the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if he will make...
    • Healthcare Policy
      676. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1130 of 13 June 2023, if he accepts that patient safety is of paramount importance and introducing a temporary short-term...
    • Budget Process
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the pre-budget 2024 submission of an organisation (details supplied); if so, his views on the submission; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes
      680. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 23 February 2023, if there is any further development in the provision of a pathway for a person to claim...
    • Work Permits
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait from accepting a job application to starting work for people applying for work permits from abroad in each hospital under HSE management; how...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      683. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by CHO of the provision of optometry services for all ages; what is and is not covered; the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been called for a procedure in University Hospital Waterford; if they can obtain the procedure through the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the establishment of a primary care centre in Maynooth, County Kildare (details supplied); and the outcome of...
    • Medicinal Products
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the measure he and his Department are taking to ensure supply of HRT medicines following shortages of utrogestran and oestrogen patches; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      691. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the processes to mediate the pay concerns of workers within section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30921/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the after-hours GP service for Mallow, Fermoy and Mitchelstown; if his Department will intervene to find GPs who will work late...
    • Departmental Schemes
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties that owners of homes with defective concrete blocks are having in fully accessing the fair deal scheme; how he proposes to...
    • Health Promotion
      694. To ask the Minister for Health for details on the sun smart sunscreen campaign; where it is being piloted; for how much and under what criteria it might be deemed successful and expanded;...
    • Medicinal Products
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30957/23]
    • Health Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health for an-up-to date review on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31027/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      698. To ask the Minister for Health for a reply on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31029/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 604 of 25 April 2023 and 468 of 18 May 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties...
    • Mental Health Commission
      704. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1219, 1292 and 1294 of 13 June 2023, what assurances were given to the Mental Health Commission by the HSE regarding the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the national mental health policy guiding Cork HSE management in its plans to replace long-stay mental health facilities in hospital campus...
    • Health Service Executive
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the companies or individuals contracted by the HSE to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods in 2023; the name of the arborist who carried out an...
    • Abortion Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health whether proposals to 'decriminalise' performing terminations of pregnancy would permit non-medically trained individuals to carry out terminations without...
    • Health Services Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite promotion of suitably qualified non-EEA healthcare assistants as nurses with an employer letter, without the need for a language...
    • Vaccination Programme
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify whether the main vaccination centre for CHO 8 is going to be located in Ardee, County Louth (details supplied). [31060/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31067/23]
    • Legislative Reviews
      713. To ask the Minister for Health to conduct a review of the Health Act 2004. [31074/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      714. 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. [31081/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering addressing the pay disparity between section 39 workers and their section 38 and HSE colleagues in order to attract more therapists to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current average waiting times for urgent and routine paediatric dermatology appointments in each of the seven hospital...
    • Hospital Staff
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the HSE has advertised for the post of consultant otolaryngologist since January 2022. [31095/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [31096/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in use at Mullingar Regional Hospital. [31097/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of queries logged with HSE MyOptions (including phone calls and chat queries) in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, categorised in tabular...
    • General Practitioner Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's...
    • Voluntary Hospital Sector
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition (details supplied); the steps he will take on foot of it; if he will ensure there is an end to pay disparity...
    • Hospital Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE Health Sector Employment Report for April 2023 does not contain the equivalent staff breakdown details for Cork University Hospital, which...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has made a claim for the pandemic bonus payment for all its employees who qualified for the pandemic bonus payment scheme; and...
    • Medical Cards
      727. To ask the Minister for Health to make the appropriate changes so that the living alone allowance is not assessable income for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pharmacy Services
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with Minister for Health regarding pay restoration for community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/23]
    • Health Strategies
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to develop a national hearing care plan, as recommended by the World Health Organisation; if he has held discussions with the relevant...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangement that has been put in place regarding the pandemic bonus payment for employees of a nursing home (details supplied), given that to date they...
    • Pharmacy Services
      732. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an...
    • Nursing Homes
      733. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 1 June 2023, if he can explain how a family (details supplied) are expected to pay interest. [31213/23]
    • Dental Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Health what services are available under the dental treatment services scheme in Ballinasloe; the action that is being taken to ensure that medical card holders can...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO9; the projects completed since June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if the part-time psychiatric nurse service, provided to clients in County Sligo, will be re-instated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital management at UHK has considered the provision of modular housing on peripheral greenfield areas on the hospital campus to incentivise medical...
    • Departmental Records
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have resigned from positions at UHK in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31262/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of internal and external applicants for the most recent competition for the position of general manager at UHK; how the process was carried out; and...
    • Departmental Records
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds in use at UHK; how this compares to each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the progress or otherwise that has been made on orthopaedic waiting lists at UHK since June 2022; if a breakdown of numbers will be provided, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to address issues of concern at UHK since the engagement of the HSE National Director of Acute Operations in November 2021; and...
    • Pharmacy Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase fees paid to pharmacists for dispensing medicines to a flat fee of €5, €5.50, €6 and €6.50 per item,...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection regarding this...
    • Departmental Records
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health services provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the costs of this provision for the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making on expanding the national heel-prick test, given that 28 June is International Neonatal Screening Day; how many diseases babies born...
    • Public Spending Code
      759. To ask the Minister for Health for details of any engagement his Department and the HSE has had with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with regard to the recent...
    • Cancer Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the hospitals in Ireland that offer and provide a cold cap machine to patients undergoing intravenous chemotherapy; and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the complications, if any, that have been associated with the use of MAGEC rods in Crumlin Hospital, specifically related to end cap...
    • Hospital Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the complication and re-operation rate for spinal operations performed in Temple Street of patients with spinal muscle atrophy; if this is...
    • Mental Health Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if trainee counselling psychologists will receive an equivalent conditional funding increase and three-year fee freeze to that which will now be offered to...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      768. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the pre-Budget 2024 submission of by organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31330/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 24 June 2023, to provide an update on plans to expand eligibility for GP visit cards to people who earn the median...
    • Mental Health Services
      775. To ask the Minister for Health what supports are in place regarding housing and aftercare for a person who has been admitted involuntarily into care under the Mental Health Act 2001 and who...
    • National Children's Hospital
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the projected total cost of the completion of the new National Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30826/23]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on a series of key aspects related to the ongoing review and the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill, 2023 and the ongoing...
    • Third Level Admissions
      785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify if he has engaged with the universities with a view to increasing the number of Irish students who can access dentistry courses in...
    • Departmental Reviews
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will immediately publish the review on PHD status. [30614/23]
    • Third Level Education
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PhDs classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four-year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme...
    • Job Creation
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any pathways for job opportunities are being developed for people who take part in QQI training and education courses, specifically at a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the National Review of State Supports for PhD researchers. [31071/23]
    • Scientific Research
      803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Ireland’s position with regard to scientific concentration in the recent IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook; and his plans to...
    • Third Level Fees
      804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing third-level registration and tuition fees for repeating students including the associated reduction in...
    • Third Level Education
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PhD researchers classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four year duration, similar to the hosting agreement...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      814. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a project (details supplied) has been submitted for funding to her Department; when allocations of funding in respect of these...
    • Departmental Data
      816. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out information (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31107/23]

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