Written answers

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      36. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [41209/23]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      59. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the UN General Assembly. [41531/23]
    • Cabinet Committees
      63. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will meet next. [41425/23]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of previous and active missions that the Army Ranger Wing has been involved in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42607/23]
    • Departmental Reports
      84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the report on the Consultative Forum on International Security will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42552/23]
    • Naval Service
      85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval personnel who availed of the Naval Service seagoing commitment in 2021 and in 2022; the total amount drawn down in each of...
    • Defence Forces
      86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he continues in his efforts to ensure the full implementation of all aspects of the report of the Defence Forces; and if he...
    • Departmental Strategies
      90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s defence strategy and protocol for the undersea cables regarding the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on when there will be an extension of service for sergeants with post-1994 contracts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his proposals to provide increased support for veterans' associations. [42544/23]
    • Defence Forces
      97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an outline of the strategies and improvements required to attract females to enlist in the Defence Forces and feel fully respected; and if he...
    • Official Travel
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will list the occasions Taoisigh have used the Government jet in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [33726/23]
    • Defence Forces
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in view of the lack of an Army barracks in the central border area, further consideration will be given at an early date to the reopening of...
    • White Papers
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the security environment analysis arising from the White Paper on Defence will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ukraine War
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total military aid given by the EU to Ukraine since the beginning of the Ukrainian war; the amount promised but not yet given; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the structure and operations of the Civil-Military Defence Women's Network set up in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service
      126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sailings of Irish Naval Vessels that have been unable to proceed this year due to staffing issues; the number of vessels currently...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • An Garda Síochána
      127. To ask the Taoiseach how many times, and on what dates, the Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office convened in 2022 and 2023. [42120/23]
    • Data Protection
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42374/23]
    • European Union
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if he has acted on his recent statement that he would invite EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkievicius to Ireland to discuss the outcome of the recent nitrates...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      135. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the President of the United States. [41729/23]
    • Child Poverty
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline how the new child poverty unit within his Department will address the data deficit in terms of regional mapping of child poverty; what means the unit...
    • Departmental Policies
      138. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details supplied)....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be expedited as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and all requested supporting...
    • Data Protection
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42366/23]
    • Official Engagements
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite the Governor of the State of Virginia in the US to Ireland before the end of year. [42377/23]
    • United Nations
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, during his recent visit to the United Nations, he sought a progress report on the work of the anti-corruption task force for Ukraine...
    • Departmental Policies
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the competent agency for providing personal security clearance in the State; if provision for such clearance is provided exclusively for...
    • Foreign Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements that he has had with his European and international counterparts regarding ongoing political unrest in Niger; the number of...
    • Departmental Policies
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42716/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has any plans to assist those in receipt of the State pension with the annual cost of servicing their gas/oil...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what provision can be made for a community in Dublin’s north inner city (details supplied) that does not have...
    • Environmental Policy
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views that €70 million is sufficient to drive zero carbon investment in industry through scaling up and...
    • Departmental Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount he allocated in the 2023 climate action fund for the installation of solar panels on schools; and if he will...
    • Energy Conservation
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to examine a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42272/23]
    • Data Protection
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42364/23]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether a distribution box could be installed to supply broadband to a house (details supplied). [42569/23]
    • National Broadband Plan
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as...
    • Postal Services
      157.Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaighasked theMinister for the Environment, Climate and Communicationsif he would consider the introduction of a postcode capable of being used by An Post in light of...
    • Departmental Policies
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by...
    • Fuel Prices
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average price, per barrel of oil, that the State is paying. [42830/23]
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment figure of the Naval Service and that proposed under Level of Ambition 2 of the Report on the Commission of the Defence...
    • Data Protection
      161. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42361/23]
    • Defence Forces
      162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the promised legislation to establish the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces on a statutory basis; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Strategies
      167. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strategy documents or reports currently governing the approach of his Department; those that are under review; those currently being...
    • Pension Provisions
      169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason that a former Army Private, who retired in February 2012 with 34 years of service, has a 31-year pension, but when they turn 66,...
    • Defence Forces
      170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military capability in respect of air and sea surveillance is sufficiently modernised and updated to meet ever-increasing...
    • Naval Service
      172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans, if any, afoot to ensure the availability of all naval vessels needed to patrol our shorelines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to indicate, following the recent successful activity of the Air Corps in deterring those who would present a threat to the State, the extent to...
    • Departmental Policies
      180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any departmental functions are assisted by language model-based...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and Irish Rail will consider the full reopening and upgrading of the train station in Clonmel, County Tipperary; if he and Irish...
    • Taxi Regulations
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the anomaly whereby cars purchased for use as a taxi prior to 2010 can continue to be used, whereas cars purchased...
    • Driver Test
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a service can be restored to south County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42116/23]
    • Greenways Provision
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the successful delivery of the Athlone to Galway greenway; the projected timescale for such delivery; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what steps he is taking to ensure that citizens who have been trained as helicopter pilots in the North of Ireland have their...
    • Rail Network
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in line with the freight strategy published some time ago by Iarnród Éireann, and the ever increasing interest being shown by...
    • Bus Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capacity will be increased on a busy bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42245/23]
    • Rail Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on a public transport project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42257/23]
    • National Transport Authority
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the NTA has been made aware of its obligations under the UNCRPD to consult, actively involve and prioritise Disabled Persons...
    • Rail Network
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the Galway Oranmore Passing Loop rail project which was announced in 2021, stated that it would commence in Autumn 2022...
    • Pension Provisions
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that pensioners of a company (details supplied) are struggling with the cost of living because their pensions were cut and...
    • Bus Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide extra resources to increase capacity on a bus service (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he considers it acceptable that a young person in Donegal (details supplied) who needs a car for getting to and from college and work...
    • Data Protection
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42376/23]
    • Rail Network
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated costs to introduce a light rail transport system in Limerick, Galway and Cork. [42385/23]
    • Bus Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a new bus shelter at a location (details supplied); and if this new shelter is likely to be estimated before the...
    • Pension Provisions
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking in response to the absence of an increase in pension payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • State Bodies
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence regarding cash not being taken at a State agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the reasoning behind the change of speed limit on a road (details supplied); and if an evaluation of the new speed limit could...
    • Electric Vehicles
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in subsidies and VRT concessions which will be available to the purchaser of electric vehicles from the start of 2024, both...
    • Road Projects
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request to meet with a group (details supplied); if he will accept its invitation to meet with it to discuss the...
    • Road Safety
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider Blarney for a ‘safe routes to schools’ study. [42481/23]
    • Bus Services
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware of issues with buses in Glanmire; and whether he will consider additional buses on the route to remedy this. [42488/23]
    • Driver Test
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42539/23]
    • Transport Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date with the review of the Galway Transport Strategy 2016 which he said in the Dáil was expected to be...
    • Traffic Management
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if traffic calming and a pedestrian crossing will be installed at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether it would not be possible for Irish Rail to facilitate the 800 supporters who need to travel to Cork from Inchicore for a sporting...
    • Climate Change Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the alternatively fuelled heavy duty purchasing scheme has been paused; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the S-Spine of BusConnects will be implemented. [42641/23]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has seen an alternative proposal for flight paths at Dublin Airport (details supplied) which have the potential to address the...
    • Bus Éireann
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the ongoing poor service on the 103 Bus Éireann route; his assessment and plans to address same; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed new bus route L14 in Bray, County Wicklow, will start operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42675/23]
    • Transport Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has examined the possible use of A-Traktors for young drivers in Ireland, as is in operation in Sweden; and if he...
    • Traffic Management
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, given the unprecedented traffic gridlock caused by the closure of the Obelisk Bridge for works, he will liaise with Louth County...
    • Taxi Regulations
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, noting the availability of online maps and route planners, there is consideration being given to removing the SPSV exam which...
    • Greenways Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons that the Grand Canal Greenway in Clondalkin has been closed to users now for the third time to facilitate cabling works for a...
    • Rail Network
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he intends publishing all the back-up documentation referred to by a company that worked on contract for his Department here and...
    • Departmental Policies
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language...
    • Departmental Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) registered here; the number of SUVs registered in each county in each of the years 2013 to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance on behalf of a person (details supplied) when will an appeals board be formed to deal with primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given in relation to agricultural relief from capital gains tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would consider extending the benefit-in-kind relief for workplace health and well-being supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42165/23]
    • Tax Code
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider facilitating a short term solution with regard to the ongoing issue of tax implications for cross-Border remote workers; while this short...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will broaden the scope of qualifiers for the primary medical certificate to include mental health issues, ADHD and autism; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the process to apply for the rent tax credit if you do not have a MyGovID; the process to apply for the rent tax credit if you do not have internet access; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on measures to reconstitute the Disabled Drivers Medical Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42241/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance when he hopes to commence the provisions in the 2022 Finance Act in relation to the key employee engagement programme; the nature of any conversations he is...
    • Data Protection
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42365/23]
    • Tax Code
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 if the stamp duty on ATM-only cards and debit cards were scrapped. [42392/23]
    • Official Engagements
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Spanish counterpart. [42394/23]
    • State Bodies
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance to review correspondence regarding cash not being taken at a State agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42403/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided by the State to an organisation (details supplied), per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42404/23]
    • Tax Code
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance what the structure of motor tax and of VRT will be from the start of 2024; and whether it will embody any new measures to promote more sustainable purchases....
    • Tax Reliefs
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the request that the tax relief for filmmaking should include requirements of more generous copyright for creative workers on these films,...
    • Tax Code
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who avail of the exemption from income taxes of room rental generating less than €14,000, and of childcare in the home of under...
    • Budget 2024
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the pension fund threshold from €2 million to €2.4 million; if he is considering any...
    • Tax Code
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if the term “qualifying residence” referenced in the definition of “self-build qualifying residence” in section 477C of the Taxes...
    • Banking Sector
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank plans to introduce a regulatory regime to govern the independent operators of ATMs, as recommended by the Retail Banking Review; if his...
    • Budget 2024
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42670/23]
    • Tax Code
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42738/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details...
    • Departmental Reviews
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of Ireland's personal tax system will be published in advance of the fiscal budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42838/23]
    • Departmental Records
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department records the type of vehicle involved in road accidents which become the subject of a civil trial involving an insurance company. [42842/23]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Budget 2024
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure increased investment in the Shared Island Fund in the upcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42138/23]
    • Office of Public Works
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the mediation process currently underway in relation to lands at Castletown Estate, County Kildare...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate if he is considering an enhanced national infrastructure fund with an additional commitment of upwards of €30...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is currently an existing executive officer and has applied for a conservation ranger...
    • National Parks
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to the report that OPW is to commission a cull of wild rabbits at a national park in Kerry, he will instruct the OPW to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any rationale for an area (details supplied) to be considered a flood risk; if recent reviews of the area have been carried...
    • Data Protection
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42371/23]
    • Civil Service
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of non-established civil servants currently employed by the State, by grade. [42396/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any reviews or studies have been conducted by his Department into the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the...
    • Civil Service
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to re-establish the civil service accountability board, as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance,...
    • Departmental Policies
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a timeline for the implementation of the Strategic Framework Plan for Dublin Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker is paid a minimum of €17 per hour; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to matters raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42762/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Regulations
      280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of EU Regulation 2021/57 relating to the carrying or use of lead gunshot on or within 100...
    • Budget 2024
      281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to ensure increased investment in the All-Island Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund in the upcoming Budget; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      282. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated number of claims and their duration under the employer funded sick pay scheme since it was introduced this year;...
    • Employment Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42260/23]
    • Data Protection
      284. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42363/23]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42526/23]
    • Industrial Development
      286. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his representations to the IDA in relation to environmental and workers' rights concerns in respect of a company...
    • Departmental Policies
      287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a child (details supplied) cannot get the transport to school that they so badly need; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the application for a new build for a school (details supplied) will be approved; the reason for the delay in making a decision on this...
    • School Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address teacher shortages in secondary schools by allowing teachers who are working 22 hours in a school and who could work in another school...
    • Departmental Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that had solar panels installed as part of the summer works programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular...
    • School Funding
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that were granted funds from the summer works programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [42195/23]
    • School Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that days worked by an SNA are not cumulative for payscale purposes; the reason that they are based on contracts, given that a person...
    • School Transport
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case urgently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42217/23]
    • School Admissions
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps are being taken to increase the number of early start places in the county area of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Childcare...
    • School Textbooks
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is considering providing free schoolbooks for secondary school students, for the upcoming school year; and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the Children's Books Ireland's Right to Be a Reader Campaign, urging the government to provide sustained funding for school...
    • School Transport
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be provided with SEN school transport, in view that it is now over 4 weeks since the school term commenced,...
    • School Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to re-introduce additional payments for teachers who gain extra qualifications, such as a special education qualification or a...
    • Departmental Policies
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a representation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to have teaching added to the critical skills list; and if...
    • Budget 2024
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided in Budget 2024 for the primary education system to ensure mental health supports and reduce class sizes;...
    • School Accommodation
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42336/23]
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many school bus services in Galway county are currently not running due to lack of drivers or lack of buses; how many children are affected...
    • Special Educational Needs
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortage of SNA hours in a school (details supplied); if she will ensure that the extra hours the school has applied for...
    • Data Protection
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42362/23]
    • Education Policy
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) is not recognised by the State; if, since 2007, the school has applied to be recognised; if so, the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any reviews or studies have been conducted by her Department into the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the construction of...
    • Departmental Projects
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of how the €500,000 funding that was made available in 2009 for a memorial to honour all survivors of all...
    • Special Educational Needs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that students in a school in Dublin (details supplied) who require full access to an SNA have been denied this access, with only one...
    • School Admissions
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department can take to review the catchment area of a school (details supplied), to allow children who live a 90 second walk...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide clarity on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42477/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of issues with a new secondary school building in Blarney that is causing traffic chaos; what actions have been taken to...
    • School Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans to roll out of the ICT grant to schools (primary and secondary) for the current school year under the digital...
    • School Accommodation
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for a school extension (details supplied). [42522/23]
    • School Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider that an additional minor works grant be paid to primary schools again this year, in light of the extra costs of running...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed and the estimated cost for these works. [42540/23]
    • Budget 2024
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to raise four concerns from an organisation (details supplied) as part of submissions on Budget 2024. [42648/23]
    • School Funding
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes and funding streams available to assist schools green their external spaces, with, for example, trees and landscaped green areas; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 11 September 2023, the measures that her Department is taking to address further delays experienced...
    • School Funding
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next IT grant will be issued to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42674/23]
    • School Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that special education bus services for many students with additional needs have been stopped; the reason for this; if she will...
    • Departmental Reports
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42749/23]
    • School Transport
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 629 of 11 September 2023 and 287 of 26 September 2023, the total number of school transport applications...
    • Special Educational Needs
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the additional educational needs class at a school (details supplied); to confirm that an additional educational needs...
    • Defective Building Materials
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools that currently have pyrite problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42791/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what Departmental monitoring systems are in place to oversee the completion of construction works, including the completion of works on the snag...
    • School Transport
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a private bus service taking students from the Newcastle and Rathcoole areas of County Dublin to schools in the Celbridge,...
    • Departmental Policies
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based...
    • School Transport
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will request Bus Éireann to review the change in school transport pick-up arrangements for two children attending their nearest...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Organisations
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of people and volunteers who have applied for Garda vetting through sporting bodies, by sport, from 2019 to date; and...
    • Child Protection
      343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of people who have completed child protection training through sporting bodies, by sport, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Sports Organisations
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of registered sports exercise performance psychologists who are registered members with Sport Ireland; and if she will...
    • Data Protection
      345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42375/23]
    • Tourism Promotion
      346. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Fáilte Ireland plans to re-open a tourism information office at Dublin Airport; and the estimated costs to restore such a...
    • Sports Funding
      347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on sourcing funding to support a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42756/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether his officials are working on legislation relating to the statutory definition of homelessness or other...
    • Planning Issues
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish the revised rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42156/23]
    • Public Sector Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person's civil service years can be reconciled with a salary scale of a new position (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when the revised wind energy development guidelines will be published; when they are expected to commence; and if...
    • Housing Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social homes delivered in the first half of 2023, with a breakdown by delivery stream including: SHIP...
    • Housing Schemes
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/23]
    • Marine Protected Areas
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the marine protected areas legislation is going to have its final draft published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline when the draft legislation to support the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes with fire safety,...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a constituent’s correspondence (details supplied) of 20 September 2023 has received a substantive reply; if...
    • Departmental Reports
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report from the AHB Unencumbered Units Working Group is on schedule for publication this month; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any grant available to a person aged under 66 years to renovate their home where it is in very poor condition; and...
    • Housing Schemes
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the vacant property refurbishment grant to incorporate recently occupied homes, where the homes...
    • Departmental Bodies
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the appointment of all CEOs to bodies under the remit of his Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date...
    • Data Protection
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42369/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital and current funding that his Department has provided to Dublin Zoo in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Wildlife Protection
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that he only removed four out of 15 amber- and red-list birds from the open season order; and if he will urgently...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will arrange for officials to address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42496/23]
    • Planning Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a change can be made to planning regulations for houses that were developed as holiday homes, that they can be bought now...
    • Seanad Elections
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in light of the Supreme Court ruling in March that the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution mandated the Houses of the...
    • Departmental Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list the 'census towns' in the State, for the purposes of the Land Development Agency Act 2021, within which land owned by...
    • Housing Policy
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to individuals seeking to purchase log cabins as a primary residence; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details, including costs, of efforts to reduce and eliminate rhododendron ponticum from the Glen of the Downs...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 26 September 2023, if he can confirm whether he or persons (details supplied)...
    • Housing Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42741/23]
    • Housing Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding compulsory purchase order powers of local authorities for the provision of housing; how this is being...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the status of the review on the domestic wastewater treatment system grant scheme; when the review is...
    • Legislative Measures
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to commence the substitute consent provisions of the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation...
    • Departmental Policies
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of approved housing bodies, AHBs, that are understood to be continuing to operate and collect rents, but...
    • Planning Issues
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide, in tabular form and on a local authority basis, the number of planning enforcement notices taken against the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Grant Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person does not qualify for a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what assistance is available to cover interpreter costs for a deaf employee, as the employee is currently only able to work...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the assistance available to a person who qualified for a mobility grant; where there is a shortfall; if community...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow the re-examination of an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied); if this appeal can...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42119/23]
    • Social Welfare Code
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider removing the 'means-testing' criteria as part of the carer’s allowance application; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current estimated date for the commencement of the provision which would see a larger pension for those who work beyond...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a carers allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42145/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a letter of confirmation of the QAA increase will be sent to a person (details supplied); when will arrears issue; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for disability allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review for disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [42220/23]
    • Departmental Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all illness and injury payment benefits to €300 per week, excluding...
    • Social Welfare Code
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, given the continued cost of energy, she will examine increasing the capital thresholds for eligibility for fuel allowance...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the free travel scheme to include people with epilepsy, as advocated for by an organisation...
    • State Pensions
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of the State pension will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she proposes to make changes to the disability allowance scheme; if the introduction of a tier-based system is under...
    • Data Protection
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42373/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of old-age pensioners who have been deemed ineligible for the fuel allowance due to residing with someone who does...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied)...
    • School Meals Programme
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) can be included in the free schools hot meals scheme being rolled out in the current year; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can confirm when the income limit for the carer's allowance means test was last reviewed by her Department; if she is...
    • School Meals Programme
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the hot school meals programme to special schools; and how many schools would benefit from such an...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting on their back payment for jobseeker’s allowance; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the considerations her Department is currently making as regards the recognition of long-Covid as an occupational illness;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average rate of payment towards funeral costs received through the additional needs payment to date in 2023. [42778/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the Amendment of Section 22 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, specifically in relation...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's recommendation to people who are suffering a short-term illness or injury which prevents them from engaging...
    • Departmental Policies
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the recent changes to visa applications for Bolivian nationals; if there are plans to review this decision; and...
    • Family Reunification
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that family reunification visas were refused (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Measures
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the legislation disregarding historical homosexual offences will be included in the autumn legislative programme; and if she...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the scoping exercise report on the tragic death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Bodies
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider establishing a dedicated email contact for local government elected representatives in respect of INIS...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an intention to open an investigation into historical allegations of abuse in the Probation Service; and if there...
    • International Protection
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail, in tabular form, the number of applications for international protection; the number approved; the number rejected;...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline what DSGBV initiatives her Department undertakes and what has been allocated to them in terms of capital and current...
    • Data Protection
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42370/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each district within the DMR region as of 26 September 2023, in tabular form....
    • EU Bodies
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding provided to Frontex, the European border guard agency, in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the...
    • Ukraine War
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees from Ukraine who have come to Ireland seeking protection since the Russian invasion. [42406/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown, by division, in tabular form, of the number of civilian staff in gardaí, and their grade, for each...
    • Departmental Policies
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to concerns raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42487/23]
    • Immigration Status
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working directly in the processing of visa/immigration applications, by year, from 2010 to date; and the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the recommendations on promotions contained within the Cultural Audit of May 2018, prepared by the Policing Authority,...
    • Departmental Functions
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of a petition (details supplied) sent to her office; if she will meet the requests put forward by this...
    • Departmental Policies
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42748/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new recruits to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department records the type of vehicle involved in road accidents which become the subject of a criminal trial; if not,...
    • Residency Permits
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 1 March 2023, her plans to reduce or remove the annual fee for renewals of Irish...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the size and location of land owned by local authorities which is zoned for forestry; and the status of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that under the deer tree shelter, hare and deer fencing scheme that alder is eligible as an additional broadleaf, ADB...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the grazing season under the ACRES scheme on geese and swan lands and breeding wader lands for...
    • Agriculture Industry
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further flexibility will be provided regarding the announced extension to the slurry spreading deadline, with consideration of...
    • Greyhound Industry
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all non-coursing greyhounds presented to race on Rásaíocht Con Éireann-licensed tracks must be registered on the...
    • Departmental Functions
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on his Department's approach to map acres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/23]
    • Animal Diseases
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); if the Minister is aware that since the identification of TB reactors in their herd,...
    • Departmental Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the awareness of his Department of the ongoing assessment for oyster trestles along the Quay Shore, Newtowncunningham,...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown by county of the €10.9m paid out under the tillage incentive scheme (TIS) in 2022 in tabular form as...
    • Greyhound Industry
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 12,483 non-coursing greyhounds born and registered with the Irish Coursing Club between January 1st 2021 and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the liming scheme until March 2024, taking into account the exceptional wet summer and soil saturation...
    • Forestry Sector
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42335/23]
    • Data Protection
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42359/23]
    • Greyhound Industry
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that Greyhound Racing Ireland has stopped publishing control committee reports and control appeal committee reports on...
    • State Bodies
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what plans he and his Department have to renew or offer a long-term lease which will expire soon at a building (details supplied) in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he is considering extending the closing date for the National Liming Programme 2023 beyond the 31st of October 2023 due to...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the establishment and work of the new agri-food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia; the number of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects payments to commence for the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42602/23]
    • Food Industry
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cheesemakers who are registered producers; the number who have ceased operating under their licence number over the...
    • Statutory Instruments
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the progress made regarding derogations for small producers in the context of Statutory Instrument...
    • Agriculture Industry
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide clarification on when Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 will be implemented in Ireland; the measures...
    • Forestry Sector
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the IT structures for the processing of forestry application under the new Forestry Programme 2023-2027 are in place; and if not,...
    • Agriculture Supports
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports his Department is providing to farmers and businesses affected by ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the future of timber...
    • Agriculture Industry
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has investigated the potential of biochar in Ireland; if so, what supports are being made available to...
    • Brexit Supports
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish, in tabular form, a full breakdown of all funding allocated by his Department under the Brexit adjustment reserve...
    • Departmental Policies
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Youth Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite places in each CHO area; the number of respite places in each CHO that are reserved for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will respond to the individual...
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pathway for an 18-year-old who is still in secondary school to access assessments for ADHD/ADD in Wexford;...
    • Childcare Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to address the staffing crisis in the early years sector. [42190/23]
    • Disability Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the status of mobility grants for people with a disability; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42263/23]
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what alternative options are open to a person (details supplied) when they are unable to comply with Section 4...
    • International Protection
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why a person (details supplied) who has been availing of temporary accommodation in Waterford, has been refused...
    • Disability Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/23]
    • Childcare Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of crèches and preschools that have closed, by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to...
    • Disability Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of psychologists available to children in south Tipperary within the CDNT/ primary care services; the...
    • Childcare Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be provided for the childcare sector in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports there are for Ukrainians and other nationalities, whose first language is not English, to help...
    • Data Protection
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023....
    • Hospital Facilities
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications in CHO7 for assistive technology in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Ukraine War
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees from Ukraine who are currently residing with host families in Ireland. [42408/23]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people who applied for the childminder development grant advertised in June 2023; whether he was...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to accommodate refugees in a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the commitment made in May 2023 in response to the Labour Party motion on Autism &...
    • Departmental Priorities
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Government’s plans to provide for regulation of the translation and interpreting sectors and...
    • Disability Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when vacancies in speech and language and occupational therapists in the north Dublin HSE region will be filled;...
    • Home Care Packages
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be awarded in respect of a person in County Mayo (details supplied), so that staff can be...
    • International Protection
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to state the total number of adults and children currently being accommodated by IPAS who have leave to remain...
    • Departmental Schemes
      547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can clarify the situation, whereby some persons funded for a 24/7 residential service, are...
    • Disability Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect an appointment from Inishowen...
    • Childcare Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a company (details supplied) has signed up to the core funding model for childcare, and in doing so, agreed...
    • International Protection
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any properties formerly in use as nursing homes have been offered to his Department for use to accommodate...
    • Health Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review a case and correspondence (details supplied); if he can offer any further assistance in this case; and...
    • Disability Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of family forums that took place in 2022 as part of the Progressing Disability Services for Children...
    • Childcare Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding a typical preschool service receives from the State on a weekly basis, including both ECCE...
    • Disability Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available to disability services in Leitrim in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the mother and baby institutions payment scheme to open for applications; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available to older persons’ services in County Leitrim in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42726/23]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to a charity (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42767/23]
    • Home Help Service
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that home help support is urgently put in place for a person (details supplied). [42108/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a young child who suffered a complicated fracture at a sports ground in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, on Saturday, 23 September was left...
    • Home Help Service
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a person receiving further home help (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health what provisions his Department has in place in regard to medical card applicants in County Wexford who are unable to provide a GP acceptance form due to the...
    • State Claims Agency
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an update from the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42163/23]
    • Vaccination Programme
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is sponsoring a vaccination campaign for a vaccination against shingles; if so, if the vaccination is available on the medical card and or drug...
    • Hospital Investigations
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place for the investigation of adverse incidents in labour; the criteria which determine whether a concise or comprehensive incident review is...
    • Health Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE’s obstetric event support team within the National Women and Infant Health Programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products
      575. To ask the Minister for Health to include the drug ketamine, used for cerebral palsy patients, in the long-term illness scheme. [42197/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum bed capacity in Áras Mhic Dara, An Cheathrú Rua each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds that are currently...
    • Health Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are significant delays in COS Scheme - Community Opthalmic Physicians employed by HSE. [42205/23]
    • Disability Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has succeeded in recruiting a psychiatrist with responsibility for treating and supporting children with autism or intellectual disabilities in the...
    • Dental Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the orthodontic treatment waiting list in each of the last 3 years and to date in 2023; to provide the data on 6-month incremental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      584. To ask the Minister for Health to detail, in tabular form, the remuneration packages in place for each of the hospital group CEOs presently in position; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      585. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department's position on CEOs of hospital groups undertaking other paid work activity or employment; if there are any limits or disbarments to...
    • Departmental Strategies
      588. To ask the Minister for Health how many recruitment processes for a clinical lead in any area of the Irish health service initiated since 8 February 2020 to date have not included among the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      589. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); if they have been graded as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42253/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a minor injuries clinic in the community hospital in Donegal town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42266/23]
    • Home Care Packages
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for home support who have been approved but placed on a waiting list in each county in community healthcare organisation or CHO 5; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      594. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      595. To ask the Minister for Health how many voluntary, section 39 funded organisations have been refused the pandemic special recognition payment and to outline the reasons for refusals; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      597. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the €110,000, which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register (details supplied);...
    • Dental Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder, who cannot secure an appointment with a dentist providing medical card services in their area, can avail of any other scheme to help...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      608. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation is coming in to ban disposable vapes being sold to under 18s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; if he is aware of the impact that this is having on the delivery of frontline patient services; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      612. To ask the Minister for Health whether the special leave with pay scheme will be extended for those suffering from long-Covid; if the scheme is not extended, what payment will replace this...
    • Hospital Facilities
      613. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 901 of 20 September 2023, when it is expected that the review by his Department and the HSE of matters raised will be...
    • Data Protection
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42368/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices that are currently available in each hospital, in tabular form. [42378/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day and night shift leaders in the ICU departments of Tallaght University Hospital, St. James's Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gallbladder surgeries performed at the Mater Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42380/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each minor injuries unit, in tabular form. [42381/23]
    • Medical Cards
      624. To ask the Minister for Health what the means thresholds for the medical card and for the GP-only card that will apply from the start of 2024, will be; and whether it is intended that these...
    • General Practitioner Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the annual capitation payments which will be in place in 2024 for GPs to cover the provision of service to the different age groups; and the increase that this...
    • Departmental Policies
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the regime for sharing for prescriptions and for drugs refund from the start of 2024. [42417/23]
    • Hospital Charges
      629. To ask the Minister for Health what the charges at hospitals will be from the start of 2024 for A&E attendance, outpatient attendance, blood tests/diagnostic tests, inpatient care,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the terms under which a patient can obtain treatment abroad under the schemes from the start of 2024; and whether rules of access for care in Northern Ireland...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      631. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has received any reports from the NTPF of the main types of procedures which it has been supporting; whether the target waiting time before an offer...
    • Nursing Homes
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the system of assessing contribution by patients from their income and from their assets towards the cost of nursing home care under the fair deal scheme, that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for their urgent neuro-surgical operation at Beaumont Hospital. [42430/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if any reviews or studies have been conducted by his Department into the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the construction buildings providing...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the application for a new 97-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital; if the updated public spending...
    • Mental Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS in CHO2 in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of those referrals which were refused; the number currently on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      637. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for hip replacement surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      638. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1803 of 11 September 2023, if he will provide an update regarding flooding at University Hospital Kerry; the costs...
    • Disease Management
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a diabetes taskforce of relevant stakeholders to develop a national diabetes strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every...
    • Hospital Equipment
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the ongoing issues experienced in relation to the dialysis machines in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied); what actions his Department will...
    • Health Services Staff
      643. To ask the Minister for Health to seek clarity on whether there has been anyone appointed through CAMHS into the role of psychiatrist with responsibilities for children with autism or ID for...
    • Abortion Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of proposed 'safe access zones' that Tailte Éireann and his Department estimate will be created by the Health (Termination of Pregnancy...
    • Nursing Homes
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in County Wexford, both public nursing homes and private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Patient Safety
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the news that there were orthopaedic surgeries with unlicensed implants performed at Temple Street Hospital, he will advise whether HIQA was...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add age-related macular degeneration to the eligible illnesses on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [42523/23]
    • Abortion Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Government has commissioned any opinion polling related to any aspects of abortion provision since 2019 and to date in 2023; and if so, what...
    • European Parliament
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department supports the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a common EU framework to allow the sale of human embryos and other bioproducts...
    • Departmental Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 20 June 2023, the number of complaints submitted for review under the Dignity at Work policy by HSE employees and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      656. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who was employed as home help by the HSE during the Covid pandemic period, has applied for the...
    • Ambulance Service
      657. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42627/23]
    • Driver Test
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42631/23]
    • Departmental Data
      659. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of calls logged to MyOptions annually from 2019 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to a response provided by the HSE (details supplied), he will confirm that the lack of a full public health nurse service in the CHO7 region is the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that a GP can claim in reimbursements, broken down by category, in tabular form, as part of the provision of antenatal care during...
    • Dental Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that most dentists in Kilkenny will not take medical cards for dentures (details supplied). [42656/23]
    • Psychological Assessments
      663. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological...
    • Health Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      665. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full list of those who were paid the €1,000 Covid bonus payment, broken down into the different groups; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, has a representative radiologist at the weekly multidisciplinary team meetings in GUH to present cases...
    • Community Care
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the maximum entitlement to community social care hours for those at the end of their lives is 21 hours per week; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      670. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment in the ophthalmology department at University Hospital...
    • Medical Cards
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an application for a discretionary medical card by an applicant (details supplied) was refused, despite forwarded evidence demonstrating that...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading of a facility (details supplied); if funding has been allocated to this project; if so, when the work will commence; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Boot Road primary care centre in Clondalkin will open; and if he will outline the services that it will provide. [42717/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [42719/23]
    • Health Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the national home support office; the number of positions for which funding has been provided; and the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade and senior grade psychology posts employed by the HSE in CHO5 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on capital work projects at Ennis Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42725/23]
    • Dental Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses working in the dental clinic at University Hospital, Kerry, in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons at Galway University Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42728/23]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on capital works at Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon, in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42729/23]
    • Home Help Service
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE home help carers in County Sligo, in tabular form. [42730/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42731/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he has agreed to limit the ability of the HSE to assign patients to GP GMS lists; the date on which this policy commenced; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Homes
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review of a fair deal application (details supplied). [42742/23]
    • Pharmacy Services
      695. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42744/23]
    • Health Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [42746/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      697. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review mental health difficulties and burnout among healthcare staff. [42750/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include employees of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service for the pandemic payment for health care workers, given that they worked throughout the...
    • Nursing Homes
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of additional charges being introduced by nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to the representation to his office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the health sector's special scheme for front-line workers who contracted Covid-19 and who have been unable to work due to ongoing health...
    • Health Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to a representation (details supplied) recently made to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42783/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details...
    • Health Promotion
      705. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national lung cancer screening programme. [42834/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      706. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1045 of 20 September 2023, the specific requirements for the advertising of local recruitment competitions, as opposed to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Grant Payments
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand the list of documents acceptable to SUSI to verify independent residence (details supplied) for students whose accommodation is...
    • Departmental Funding
      709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider unlocking the €1.5 billion surplus in the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42141/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current estimate of first-time registration on traditional apprenticeships and newly developed apprenticeship, respectively; the number of...
    • Departmental Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current estimate of recipients of undergraduate student support from SUSI, and if he will indicate their distribution between adjacent...
    • Education Schemes
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a national training voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42148/23]
    • Technological Universities
      713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure technological universities have access to a borrowing framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42151/23]
    • Education Schemes
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a late HEAR grant application will be accepted from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to enumerate the number of childcare courses nationally; furthermore, if it is possible to attain a figure to establish how many of these...
    • Data Protection
      716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42367/23]
    • Third Level Education
      717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CAO application process alerts students of unapproved courses that do not qualify for SUSI grants; if he is aware of the financial...
    • Education Schemes
      718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding, if any, is available for a masters in child and adolescent therapy (details supplied). [42497/23]
    • Further and Higher Education
      719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, in light of the recent publication of his report on PhD stipends, the discussions he has had with different universities; if...
    • Education Schemes
      721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42655/23]
    • Irish Language
      722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the interests of promoting the Irish language and boosting employment opportunities, he will consider introducing a new Irish-language...
    • Education Schemes
      723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can determine what exact documentation is required by an applicant for a SUSI grant (details supplied) in order to have their application...
    • Third Level Admissions
      724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address matters raised (details supplied) regarding students from the North wishing to study in universities in the South; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence mailed to his office (details supplied) on a policy matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42715/23]
    • Departmental Data
      726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the numbers by college/course location attendance that comprise the reported 21% dropout rate figure (details supplied); and...
    • Third Level Education
      727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a timeline for when the engineering building in Waterford will be sanctioned (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Higher Education Authority and/or universities to give consideration to additional special degree and masters...
    • Departmental Policies
      729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      730. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will change the criteria for funding for some of the smaller islands on the Donegal coast (details supplied). [42747/23]
    • Data Protection
      731. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42372/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what capital funding streams are open to community groups, such as men's sheds, that are seeking to either build or acquire a...
    • Departmental Policies
      733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language...

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