Written answers

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes she is making to her Department’s free travel scheme to support people with epilepsy and other medical...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason lone parents working on CE schemes are excluded from receiving the €400 cost of living payment, given the...
    • Budget 2024
      63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with an organisation (details supplied) that Budget 2024 is regressive because temporary changes like one-off...
    • State Pensions
      64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is undertaking a review of the criteria for qualification for the State pension; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the review of means testing rules of social welfare schemes; whether it is still intended to complete the...
    • Departmental Communications
      68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of any engagement between her Department and disabled persons organisations and disability organisations in the...
    • Departmental Data
      69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the ‘best of both’ calculation was undertaken for the period 2020 to 2023; how many State pension...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she considers that the €4 increase in the qualified child payment will make a significant impact on child poverty;...
    • Poverty Levels
      71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she anticipates poverty in this country will be ended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46429/23]
    • Departmental Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Clare who availed of an additional need's payment since 1 January 2023, in tabular form; and...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the key aspects of the proposed three-tiered personal support payment for people with disabilities. [46391/23]
    • State Pensions
      74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing pro-rata pensions on the basis of the proportion of contributions made by the pensioner relative...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that after forty-five years of working, a person (details supplied) has no entitlement to anything between the...
    • Disability Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what engagement she has had with disability groups in relation to the recent green paper on disability supports. [46394/23]
    • Community Welfare Services
      78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location in County Laois where face-to-face meetings with a community welfare officer takes place; and the procedure to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an increase in the top-up payments to the CE, TUS and RSS schemes in line with the national minimum wage;...
    • Budget 2024
      80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the changes to child benefit arising from Budget 2024; when these changes will take effect; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for aligning people’s unemployment benefits with their previous earnings. [46382/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if time spent acting as a carer can be applied when calculating illness benefit; if time spent caring for children can be...
    • Public Services Card
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an online system will be made available for application for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received any reports on the onerous nature of applying for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding their entitlement to partial capacity benefit; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to tackle the introduction of booking fees of between €2-€10 by private transport companies for...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if personal assistants, who work with those with disabilities at third-level institutes and who have to sign on for...
    • Budget 2024
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no additional one-off payment of one-parent family payment was included in Budget 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Support Services
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department supports the National Employability Service; the outcomes of any such supports; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with the principle of restoring the State pension to its 2020 spending power; and if she will commit to doing...
    • Employment Support Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that are being taken, in conjunction with other Departments, to address the issue of unemployment blackspots across...
    • Budget 2024
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the qualified child payment only saw an increase of €2 in Budget 2023 and €4 in Budget 2024, despite...
    • Departmental Data
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of lone parents in receipt of the working family payment from the beginning of 2018 until the end of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the current backlog in processing applications for child benefit. [46180/23]
    • State Pensions
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of persons who were allowed to remain long-term on illness benefit when restricted duration was first...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider expanding the illness benefit payment to self-employed persons (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the current processing times for disability allowance, carers allowance and social welfare appeals; if...
    • Poverty Levels
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she anticipates that poverty among people with disabilities in this country will be ended; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people availed of the Activation and Family Support Programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered introducing a permanent cost-of-living payment for disabled people; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Budget 2024
      112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the Budget 2024 input document for the State pension process in October, given that Ireland is the only...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has examined the provision of a statutory bereavement leave, and the costs associated with this; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the disability allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • State Bodies
      117. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; and if not, if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      118. To ask the Taoiseach if he will direct that an organisation (details supplied) be invited to become a participatory member of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF); and if so, when an...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Irish Aid
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of grants given by Irish Aid in each of the years 2019 to 2022 to organisations (details supplied); if the money was used for the...
    • Consular Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the case of an Irish resident in Gaza and their Irish-born child (details supplied), and include them in any...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied) who applied in August 2023;...
    • Ministerial Communications
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the United States Secretary of State in the past five months. [46479/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth registrations currently being processed within his Department. [46480/23]
    • State Bodies
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a copy of annual accounts of the Climate Action Fund, as submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General...
    • National Broadband Plan
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) can expect to be provided with high-speed broadband. [46074/23]
    • Energy Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the winter moratorium on disconnections applies to dwellings without planning permission; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Generation
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason homes with solar panels in an area in County Kildare (details supplied) are being prevented from providing...
    • Departmental Reports
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the supply of energy report will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Usage
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the total amount of gas supplied to data centres for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will...
    • Energy Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason incandescent bulbs are banned in Ireland, given people with extreme light sensitivity/photosensitivity...
    • Energy Conservation
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether the home energy upgrade grant can be paid for insulation on an extension, and not the whole house; and if he...
    • Mining Industry
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will agree to the temporary warehousing of royalties from 2022 on the activities of a company (details supplied)...
    • Exploration Industry
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the renewal of the drilling licence for an area of the operation of a company (details...
    • State Bodies
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email...
    • Local Government Reform
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department...
    • Departmental Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much revenue was earned from the levy paid by holders of Maritime Area Consent in 2022 and in 2023, in tabular...
    • Departmental Funding
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason behind the removal of funding for the 'getting citizens online fund'; if it will be restored going forward...
    • Departmental Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the details of the source of the revenues paid into the Climate Action Fund, on an annual basis from 2020;...
    • Energy Prices
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that all household energy consumers including people availing of prepay systems will benefit from...
    • Departmental Bodies
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department intends to publish the minutes of the recent Government task force on offshore energy; and if he will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Official Engagements
      144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail his EU counterparts he has spoken with formally to date in 2023, in tabular form. [46465/23]
    • Defence Forces
      145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by rank currently in the Defence Forces School of Music; and when will each of the vacancies be filled, in tabular...
    • State Bodies
      146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports adding additional or express services on the 15-bus route in the mornings to address overcrowding issues in the Knocklyon...
    • Planning Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he made any submissions to Dublin City Council during the development plan process calling for rezoning of land at Dublin Port,...
    • Bus Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional buses will be added to the number 15 bus route (details supplied); and if not, if alternative services will be added to the...
    • Local Authorities
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding drawn down by Cork City Council in 2023 for footpath repair. [46147/23]
    • Active Travel
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he raised concerns with Cork City Council regarding uneven allocation of Active Travel Funding in 2022 or 2023. [46148/23]
    • Road Safety Authority
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which the Road Safety Authority will have completed its review of the road traffic collision data sharing policies, and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that roughly 2,260 CIÉ retired salaried staff have not received a pension increase since 2008; if he will ensure that...
    • Departmental Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of international ballast water management certificates issued by Ireland from the commencement of the statutory instrument...
    • International Agreements
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to the ratification of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for updated measures to improve the provision of electric vehicle charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/23]
    • Taxi Regulations
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to extend the local hackney pilot scheme to further rural areas, in particular to areas of Westmeath, such as...
    • Parking Provision
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a disability pass. [46350/23]
    • Penalty Points System
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for clarification regarding the application of penalty points to drivers found operating a vehicle with an expired NCT certificate, when...
    • Bus Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the delivery date of all proposed BusConnects routes serving the Swords area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of new licence exchange agreements with non-EU or EEA countries, which would allow HGV companies to expand their pool of...
    • Rail Network
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that will be provided in 2024 and 2025 to purchase additional, larger carriages for the LUAS on both lines. [46470/23]
    • Bus Éireann
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new measures that are being taken to ensure greater capacity bicycle storage facilities on new Bus Éireann coaches. [46471/23]
    • Airport Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order for US military contracted planes to...
    • State Bodies
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for...
    • Electric Vehicles
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new draft e-scooter regulations currently exclude shared e-scooters due to the fact that they include a 25kg weight limit;...
    • Local Government Reform
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been...
    • Public Transport
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the expansion of young adult leap cards to include 24- and 25-year-olds; a timeline for the introduction of same;...
    • Driver Test
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional testers have been allocated to deal with the backlog of people awaiting driving tests; if he will provide an update on...
    • Public Transport
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new rail fares for the proposed Dublin community zone will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46624/23]
    • Road Projects
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to repair road infrastructure in Cork city and Cork county, following severe flooding; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans, and those of Irish Rail, to install public toilets and a roof covering at Tara Street station. [46688/23]
    • Road Safety
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assessment has been made or will be made of the potential role of the lack of lighting at motorway junctions in recent fatalities...
    • Legislative Measures
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed timeline for the enactment of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, specifically in relation to the antisocial use of...
    • Military Aircraft
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) which was on contract to the US military, was authorised to carry weapons or munitions through Shannon...
    • Electric Vehicles
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been any reports compiled on the safety of electric vehicles, particularly when parked in multistorey car parks, given...
  • Department of Finance
    • State Bodies
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the appointment of a new Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, given that there is no appeal function for decisions on primary medical...
    • Tax Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount levied under the vacant homes tax to date in 2023; and the number of properties this has been levied against by county, in tabular form. [46139/23]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to address concerns regarding the inadequate and inefficient operation of the automated import and automated...
    • Tax Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who may have either underpayments or overpayments for the 2021 and 2022 tax years, respectively, and who have not yet submitted a...
    • Housing Schemes
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing one member of a couple to get their share of the help to buy scheme if their partner previously benefited in their own right; and...
    • Tax Credits
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason healthcare assistants cannot avail of the flat rate expenses the same as other occupations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/23]
    • State Bodies
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance when the new national infrastructure firm will be established; the amount to be transferred into the fund each year; if there is a ceiling on the fund; how he...
    • Tax Code
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review Ireland’s financial services tax regime, as encouraged by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare; if he plans to review the...
    • Tax Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 17 October 2023, to name the third party sources used to cost the zero-rating of VAT on e-books and audiobooks in...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to have the long awaited revised qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate which will be fit for purpose; and if he will make a...
    • EU Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made funding applications for projects under the EU anti-fraud programme 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if so, the applications...
    • State Bodies
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he...
    • Local Government Reform
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in...
    • Departmental Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated proportion of corporation tax receipts that were spent on capital expenditure from 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 11 September 2023, when the facility to set up a repeat rental notification at monthly intervals, including an...
    • Housing Policy
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a policy change to Government’s various assistance schemes for first-time buyers based on a policy matter (details supplied); and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flexible Work Practices
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce survey on remote and hybrid working patterns for non-State employees, if the State is...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that the new e Tender platform is not functioning and does not have the ability to accept submissions; if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the year in which a person who worked in a semi-State company and took early retirement in 2010, should have ceased paying the pension...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46155/23]
    • State Bodies
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available...
    • Local Government Reform
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been...
    • Departmental Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding set aside, from windfall taxes, for the Climate Action Fund for 2024-2026, as referenced in the Summer Economic...
    • Public Services Provision
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has taken steps to ensure that across the public service, there are alternative forms of access for those who are not equipped to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide support for homes and businesses affected by flooding in Cork city. [46672/23]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expedite a work permit for a person (details supplied) as it is needed to get a visa renewal; and if he will make a...
    • Social Media
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46708/23]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on legal advice and/or legal representation between 2015 to date, broken down on an annual basis....
    • Work Permits
      220. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide this Deputy with a reply regarding issues presented by a person (details supplied) in relation to regulations that...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      223. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many cases have been taken to the Workplace Relations Commission by employees against employers regarding tips, service charges...
    • Living Wage
      224. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department's plans for the introduction of a living wage. [46219/23]
    • Business Regulation
      225. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the case of a company (details supplied) will be examined to ensure the correct course of action is being followed in this regard....
    • EU Directives
      226. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date for the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive; how he intends to assist companies to meet this...
    • Air Quality
      227. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality, in accordance with section 60 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No....
    • Employment Rights
      230. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the conditions of the employment of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46359/23]
    • Trade Agreements
      231. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and Australia. [46481/23]
    • State Bodies
      232. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland has a presence in South Korea. [46482/23]
    • Trade Agreements
      233. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and India. [46483/23]
    • State Bodies
      234. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available...
    • Local Government Reform
      235. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been...
    • Business Supports
      236. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he could provide an overview of the new increased cost of business scheme; to confirm whether the scheme will be based on...
    • Work Permits
      238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update and timeline for the seasonal work permit scheme, given its introduction is crucial to the horticulture...
    • Departmental Schemes
      239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be an emergency humanitarian support scheme for businesses affected by severe flooding in Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update in respect of enacting the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in full. [46706/23]
    • Job Losses
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the projected job losses at a plant (details supplied); his plans to ensure continued employment for affected staff; and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teaching Qualifications
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether the Teaching Council and the Department of Education have decided upon an alternative degree programme to substitute...
    • Special Educational Needs
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision her Department is making to increase places in ASD special education units/classes in secondary schools in County Wexford; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been designated as a DEIS school; if her Department will designate additional schools in the DEIS...
    • Legislative Reviews
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46089/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many additional autistic classes were opened for the 2023-2024 school year nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46090/23]
    • School Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that are vacant nationwide in primary and post-primary schools for the 2023-2024 school year; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is undertaking a review for the criteria a child needs to meet for access to an SNA with a view to widening this criteria; and...
    • Grant Payments
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for when primary schools can expect to receive their ICT grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46098/23]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Dublin Fingal since June 2020; the funding allocated each...
    • Special Educational Needs
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the SNA positions budgeted for in 2023 that were filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46100/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the master plan for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46101/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the future provision and timescales for the delivery of additional ASD units in Clane, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46171/23]
    • School Transport
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an escorted school transport service has been approved for a person (details supplied); when transport will commence; and if she will make a...
    • School Textbooks
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns that schoolbooks under the free schoolbooks scheme are not being covered (details supplied) resulting in a shorter...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence received from a school (details supplied) given the gravity of the issue raised by the management of the...
    • School Funding
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current ancillary grant given to national schools that have a capacity of over 500 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for school transport on behalf of a person (details supplied) has been received; when a decision will be made; and if approved,...
    • Public Sector Pay
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers still awaiting remuneration for invigilating and marking State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46241/23]
    • Grant Payments
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the IT grant for primary schools; the timeline for when schools can draw down this funding for this school year; and if...
    • School Funding
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to support primary schools with the cost of cleaning following the cessation of the Covid supports to assist with...
    • Budget 2024
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the €60 million funding for cost-of-living supports for schools announced in Budget 2024; how this will be...
    • School Transport
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will identify the 12 post-primary schools mentioned by her Departmental staff at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Further and Higher...
    • Schools Building Projects
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46277/23]
    • School Accommodation
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect progress on a permanent extension to the school. [46279/23]
    • Grant Payments
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant schedule will be issued to school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46290/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46294/23]
    • School Staff
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the retention of a third teacher in a school (details supplied), given the unprecedented increase in enrolment numbers; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a person (details supplied) can take a matter further as advised by the Board of Education when their daughter who is legally blind was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Laois will receive promised ASD units; when the temporary buildings will be put in place; and if she...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if internet speeds will be increased for a school (details supplied). [46330/23]
    • School Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46345/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a school (details supplied) and to put in place the required resources for an ASD class to proceed, in order that parents...
    • School Accommodation
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the planned additional classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 17 October 2023, if she can make enquiries with Bus Éireann and ask them to confirm whether...
    • Schools Building Projects
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to an Irish-medium secondary school to serve the Swords area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department’s technical design guidelines for SEN design do not provide for covering for outdoor play areas given the nature...
    • State Bodies
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each;...
    • School Transport
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the case of a child with special needs (details supplied) who is collected from Swords at 7 am before their bus makes a...
    • Local Government Reform
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if she will provide a schedule of functions of her Department that have been devolved in...
    • School Transport
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus, which drives through Clane daily, in order to get to Caragh can stop in Clane to pick up two children (details supplied) who...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the fact that experienced second level teachers such as a teacher (details supplied) who qualified in the UK are being lost to...
    • Home Schooling
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in processing the application for the home schooling of a person (details supplied) given that all requested...
    • State Examinations
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason candidates who sat the L2LP Junior Cert Programme will receive their certificates later than those who sat the Junior Certificate;...
    • School Accommodation
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve building works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46651/23]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sí cur síos ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le bunú Gaelcholáiste neamhspleách in...
    • School Accommodation
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 26 September 2023, if she will expedite an additional school accommodation application for a school...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the reason that the Teaching Council of Ireland will no longer recognise BA Honours graduates from St. Nicholas Montessori,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for her Department's decision not to approve accessibility modifications, including a ramp for wheelchair access to the PE hall and a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the organisations (details supplied) from 2013 to 2023; and if she will...
    • State Bodies
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of current Fáilte Ireland board members who are directors or shareholders in companies that have received finance,...
    • Local Government Reform
      310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if she will provide a schedule of functions of her Department that have...
    • Sports Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated per year through the Sport Capital Fund, over the past ten years; the amount allocated this year;...
    • Pension Provisions
      312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an increase in payment to RTÉ pensioners is under consideration; if she will indicate how long has elapsed since the last...
    • Official Engagements
      313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all sporting groups and clubs the Junior Minister for Sport (details supplied) met during their...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Public Sector Pay
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost for 2023 and 2024 of delivering pay parity between section 10 staff. [46720/23]
    • Housing Policy
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason those on a widow’s pension, rather than a State pension, remain ineligible for the tenant purchase scheme;...
    • Housing Schemes
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in situ scheme purchases in progress, completed and refused by local authority to date in 2023. [46145/23]
    • Local Authorities
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans, if any, to direct all local authorities to accept childcare expenses as a budget line when engaging third-party...
    • Housing Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of general Government capital expenditure on social and affordable housing, by local authorities, approved...
    • Departmental Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be available for interim and emergency fire safety works for homeowners with Celtic Tiger era building...
    • Legislative Programme
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the draft legislation for the Celtic Tiger era building defects redress scheme be published. [46198/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social housing leases currently being funded by his Department with a breakdown of the number of units in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation underpinning the first right of refusal for private renters to purchase their rental homes when the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the €65 million allocated for defects in budget 2023 that has been spent to date with a breakdown on how...
    • Housing Schemes
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applications for the Croí Cónaithe towns refurbishment grant; the total number of approvals; the...
    • Departmental Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what percentage of social and affordable homes delivered in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 were by way of off-site...
    • Housing Schemes
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a couple can be considered for the fresh start principle if they have sold properties a number of years prior to a meeting...
    • Vacant Properties
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 27 June, his views on the decision by some mortgage lenders (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Reviews
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the results of the focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines relating to minimum setback distance for...
    • Budget 2024
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a scenario analysis post-budget 2024 for a person who is a first-time buyer, single and earning...
    • International Protection
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 17 October to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and...
    • Valuation Office
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if, on the basis that the Valuation Act 2015 sets out two conditions for the exemption to apply to charities,...
    • State Bodies
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is...
    • Housing Schemes
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the income thresholds for those applying for the Rebuild Ireland Local Authority Home Loan under the fresh start principle; if...
    • Local Government Reform
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have...
    • Departmental Bodies
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 312 and 332 of 17 October 2023, how the figures contained in the response regarding LDA...
    • Defective Building Materials
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether sufficient funding has been provided in Budget 2024 for the redress schemes for apartment and duplex defects and for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether in situations where apartment or duplex complexes affected by defects receive offers from developers to address...
    • Legislative Measures
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the marine protected areas Bill will be published; how the legislation will apply to projects that applied for planning...
    • Water Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Mayo County Council will receive the Framework Document to enable it to submit the bids request for the rural water...
    • Housing Policy
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a policy change to Government’s various assistance schemes for first-time buyers based on a policy...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual, total first and full-year cost to increase equally the guardian payment by 100% over three years; and...
    • Public Services Card
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the current difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) trying to renew their public services...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision on a treatment benefit medical appliances application will be reviewed in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the fuel allowance payment is available to those on long-term illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the income limits for people on disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was forced to stop working 20 years ago, now aged 61 years and in receipt of a local authority pension of...
    • School Meals Programme
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the expansion of the hot school meals programme to non-DEIS primary schools; how schools can register...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the publication of the litigation management report on 7 February 2023, what further actions are required; if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward changes to the means test for carer's allowance to January 2024 rather than June 2024, given the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter in relation to illness benefit will be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person’s disability allowance was cut off (details supplied); the reason there is no record of their...
    • State Pensions
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision can be made on the contributory pension for a person (details supplied) based on the information already...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been...
    • State Pensions
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person aged over 66 years can continue to work and pay PRSI contributions and have them counted for the purposes of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of fuel allowance for 2023; and if she intends to expand the qualifying criteria. [32064/23]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for carer’s allowance will be processed and a decision made (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing additional funding next year to the treatment benefit scheme, to increase optical benefit...
    • State Bodies
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a domiciliary care allowance appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pensions
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a query in relation to entitlement to the State pension will be expedited (details supplied). [46574/23]
    • Local Government Reform
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if she will provide a schedule of functions of her Department that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take steps to ensure that the household package, including the free fuel scheme, is paid to a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give a commitment to processing humanitarian assistance scheme applications as expeditiously as possible...
    • Employment Support Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the local employability service in south Dublin which has been supporting community since 2004 has been advised...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which means and other tests for carer's allowance continue to be cognisant of the person’s...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer’s allowance whose payment has been reviewed in recent times; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of means-tested, non-contributory State pension in each of the past five years to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a longer-term payment might be made available to applicants who ordinarily would qualify for benefit...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full extent of payments, entitlements and benefits available on a means-tested basis; the extent to which these have been...
    • Budget 2024
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the benefits accruing to families as a result of Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46741/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which it is possible to seamlessly transfer suitable applicants from domiciliary care allowance to disability...
    • Medical Cards
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate the degree to which dental benefit is available through the GMS system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2024
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applicants for working family payment have received an increase in Budget 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which social welfare payment of an urgent nature can be made available to a wider variety of people now living...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Aid
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an individual availing of criminal legal aid must make a contribution or any repayment of the costs of the provision of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda stations closed over the period 2013 to 2023 to date, annually, in tabular form. [46337/23]
    • Crime Prevention
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing seven new crime prevention officers per annum, including all associated costs such as...
    • An Garda Síochána
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of Garda members that currently have the APNR app activated on their mobility devices. [46468/23]
    • State Bodies
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is...
    • Citizenship Applications
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a Ukrainian person who has been in Ireland for a year and would like to apply for Irish citizenship;...
    • Local Government Reform
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if she will provide a schedule of functions of her Department that have...
    • An Garda Síochána
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how will the McPherson perception test will be used, specifically with regard to the crime of incitement to hatred; and if she...
    • Citizenship Applications
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate the progress to date in determination of application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) who...
    • Family Reunification
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
    • Programme for Government
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a penal policy consultative council to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46628/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to the establishment of the position of a Victims Commissioner to represent victims of crime;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the funding of a public information campaign to promote knowledge of the Criminal Injuries Compensation...
    • Domestic Violence
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to increasing the number of refuge places to 470 from the current target of 280, to ensure that...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ring fence dedicated funding to fully implement her Department’s Zero Tolerance Action Plan; and if she will...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to the expansion of her Department’s Community-based CCTV grant aid scheme in order that...
    • Departmental Programmes
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside dedicated funding for the purposes of community rejuvenation and diversion programmes to support young...
    • Victim Support Services
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support mandatory trauma-informed training for all of those who engage with victims/survivors of crime; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have had charges entered against them for simple possession of a controlled drug for their own...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys are worth anything when it comes to stocking densities and fulfilling requirements; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will be made available to assist landowners in dealing with ash dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department provides annual funding to Irish farming organisations; the breakdown of funding allocations for 2021, 2022 and to...
    • Agriculture Supports
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that have been considered by his Department with regard to supporting access to land for young farmers and new entrants...
    • Departmental Funding
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many PhD researchers are funded by his Department, including those funded by agencies and bodies under the auspices of his...
    • Agriculture Industry
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the findings of a ground inspection will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a product (details supplied) will be released to the business that bought the product. [46177/23]
    • Just Transition
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial amount spent on climate, environment and associated programmes from the EU Just Transition Fund; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to increase the stipends to PhDs working on research for agricultural agencies, in line with the recent increases made...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide flexibility for buying and submitting receipts for the national liming programme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Greyhound Industry
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to Greyhound Racing Ireland of sponsoring the Greyhound Derby quarter-finals, semi-finals and final on a television channel...
    • Pesticide Use
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department intends to introduce a ban on a substance (details supplied) being used due to concerns that it may be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS 3 application (details supplied); when is it likely a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greyhound Industry
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE accountants directly employed by Rasaíocht Con Éireann in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Agriculture Industry
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the highlighting pathways to empower rural women to have sustainable and equitable livelihoods in farming,...
    • Forestry Sector
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, and in view of the criteria stated in the native woodland conservation...
    • State Bodies
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available...
    • Animal Diseases
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting times for receipt of bovine TB compensation in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Local Government Reform
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been...
    • Horticulture Sector
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the white mushroom production sector and the vast majority of Irish strawberry growers are excluded from the new...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an external review into the discrepancies identified in accounts of the IHRB (details supplied) will be commenced; and if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forestry licensing plan for the remainder of 2023 and 2024, given the new forestry programme...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with services being provided in St. Michael’s House across its various locations; and...
    • Health Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46529/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost for 2023 and 2024 of delivering pay parity between section 56, section 38 and section 39...
    • Special Educational Needs
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the criteria involved for the allocation of therapist allocation for special schools; the reason a...
    • Disability Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that due to staffing issues within the children’s disability network team in the CHO7 area,...
    • Children in Care
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, total first and full-year cost to increase the number of State residential care units for...
    • Childcare Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year, full-year and annual cost to reduce childcare fees by 50% from September 2024. [46064/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s...
    • Disability Services
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be seen by a...
    • Primary Care Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are waiting on primary care occupational therapy in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are waiting for their assessment of need in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many childcare providers in the Fingal constituency have signed up for the CORE funding; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many therapist vacancies in the assessment of need teams in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the smaller early education providers will benefit from the CORE funding announced in Budget 2024; and if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he envisions the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 will be enacted, given it was...
    • Disability Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting initial appointment with a CDNT in Cork by waiting time, in tabular form. [46140/23]
    • Transport Costs
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the resumption of the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes, which were...
    • Childcare Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to professionalise the early childhood home visiting sector; his plans to ensure ring-fenced budgetary...
    • Disability Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a person (details supplied) with a disability who had been placed in a nursing home for a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Pillar 1 of the building blocks grant scheme, namely improvement grants, will open for submissions in 2024;...
    • Disability Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children who require speech and language therapy in County Mayo are being referred to private practices; if...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State's reservations to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each LHO, in tabular...
    • Health Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (details supplied) will be investigated; if respite care will be provided for them; and...
    • Equality Issues
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is there is an obligation on local authorities to ensure that they meet a minimum statutory obligation for the...
    • Disability Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the test that must be satisfied in order for a person to avail of a fund (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • State Bodies
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email...
    • Disability Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ask his Department to contact the parents of a child (details supplied) who has been on a list for...
    • Departmental Priorities
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 27 June 2023, if the scoping exercise is complete; when proposals...
    • Local Government Reform
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his...
    • Equality Issues
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measure he will take to close the gender pay gap, reported recently by the Central Statistics Office...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on day service waiting lists, that is, waitlists for children with disabilities who are...
    • Budget 2024
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide clarity with regard to the Government commitment in budget 2024 to deliver 22 million hours...
    • Home Care Packages
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applicants for home care support who are awaiting the allocation of home care; his views on the...
    • International Protection
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of properties in Donegal that are currently being used to accommodate refugees and those availing of...
    • Public Sector Pay
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost for 2023 and 2024 of delivering pay parity between section 56 and section 38 staff contracted...
    • Disability Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) with developmental delays and speech and language difficulties will be seen at a...
  • Department of Health
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health to consider increasing the funding allocation to an important service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46665/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      496. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 28 February 2023, whether there are plans for compensation to be offered to those who had no other option but to...
    • Budget 2024
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the decision in budget 2024 regarding funding for new treatments; how this aligns with Government commitment to healthcare...
    • Medicinal Products
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification in relation to the ground-breaking treatments, such as Sotatercept, which show potential in revolutionising the care for...
    • Home Help Service
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason times are constantly changing for home help (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46076/23]
    • Medical Qualifications
      501. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the regulation of the athletics therapeutical profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46082/23]
    • Home Help Service
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of application for additional home help support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health how many children are on the waiting list for the CAMHS team in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46103/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned hospital for north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46115/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      506. To ask the Minister for Health how many nurses were recruited in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/23]
    • Vaccination Programme
      511. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the chicken pox vaccine being included in the HSE child vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46121/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL that are currently listed as urgent; how long these urgent patients have been awaiting surgery...
    • Hospital Investigations
      517. To ask the Minister for Health whether the spring being removed from the patients at Temple Street (details supplied) will be retained, in order that it can be analysed as part of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [46143/23]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi. [46144/23]
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      521. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review into the Drug and Alcohol Taskforce Handbook. [46150/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      524. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the HSE recruitment freeze announced following the Budget 2024 allocation for his Department; the expected end date...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 3 October 2023, if he will advise on communications from the national medical card unit which states that under...
    • Hospital Procedures
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) will be streamlined and made more efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46203/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      528. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise underactive hyperthyroidism as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/23]
    • Health Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46212/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      531. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46217/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that people working as healthcare assistants who have overseas nursing qualifications can register as nurses in Ireland...
    • Food Safety
      533. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure an appropriate inspection regime commences from the start of 2024, with regard to the contracts between the Food Safety Authority of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment under the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      535. To ask the Minister for Health what measures his Department and the HSE are putting in place due to the increase in outbreaks of head lice, scabies and bed bugs in people across the country;...
    • Health Promotion
      536. To ask the Minister for Health what measures and guidance his Department and the HSE will put in place for people returning home from Paris and France to ensure Ireland does not face an...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with St. Vincent's Hospital Dublin, hepatology department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      538. To ask the Minister for Health what benefit accrued to a person (details supplied) having paid into two pensions since 2017, as they retired on a full pension in 2017, and has since returned...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the current waiting times to have cataracts removed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Sector
      541. To ask the Minister for Health how many additional homes came into the system for rent, since the assessment of rent of private dwelling houses for the fair deal consideration, reduced from...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      542. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a referred appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46288/23]
    • Dental Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to dental treatment available for children in Tallaght, Dublin 24, if the HSE Old County Road clinic only deals with dental emergencies now; if so,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Crumlin Children's Hospital currently only has two modern ultrasound machines, when it needs four in the radiography, radiology and...
    • Eating Disorders
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eating disorder teams currently in place in each CHO; the number of staff currently assigned to each team; the number of vacancies; the plans to...
    • Ambulance Service
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot avail of light therapy treatment for a skin condition at Letterkenny University Hospital. [46315/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if the premises for the promised new CHO 5 North Wexford CAMHS centre has been secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46316/23]
    • Health Strategies
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a call by an organisation (details supplied) for the development and implementation of a national strategy to reduce epilepsy-related deaths;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to make provision for a range of different models of general practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of GPs in relation to the...
    • Mental Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46351/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      554. To ask the Minister for Health to look into a matter on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46358/23]
    • Health Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will consider reconvening the HSE Working Group on Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation (Substance Users) to identify bed capacity issues...
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46418/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether or not hospital consultants or treating physicians received a payment in any of the past ten years for switching patients from brand...
    • Health Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if the option is available for suitable patients in County Donegal in need of intravenous therapy to be facilitated in their own community setting (details...
    • Medical Cards
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) can be reopened to allow for up-to-date supporting documents to be submitted in support of this...
    • Health Services Staff
      562. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether additional incentives or pay increases are necessary for staff nurses working in bodies, such as St. Michael’s House, that receive...
    • Health Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees. [46473/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title in the HSE National Antimicrobial Resistant Team; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; when...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      566. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown on waiting lists (details supplied) for County Mayo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46487/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of mental health spending by the HSE in tabular form, per capita, per CHO in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Care Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of carers employed by the HSE in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46502/23]
    • Health Services
      594. To ask the Minister for Health when an increase to the fees payable to contractors for a standard eye examination under the community ophthalmic services scheme will be implemented, in view...
    • State Bodies
      595. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he...
    • Departmental Data
      596. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients in receipt of high-tech medications are eligible for bio-similar medicines but have not opted to be switched to them; the estimated savings...
    • Departmental Policies
      597. To ask the Minister for Health following a recommendation made by the WHO in 2021, to provide an update on his Department’s progress in developing a National Hearing Care Plan; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      598. To ask the Minister for Health how the recruitment embargo will be managed to protect front line delivery, while other cost control measures are evolved; whether measures such as exempting...
    • Departmental Functions
      599. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if the fitting of a permanent AV fistula is covered under GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46596/23]
    • Departmental Data
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in each CHO area for the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023 that are waiting to have a permanent AV fistula fitted; how long each...
    • Departmental Priorities
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that his Department and the HSE are taking due to the increase in the outbreaks in head lice, scabies and bed bugs across the country; if there is...
    • Abortion Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, in view of testimony to the Oireachtas Health Committee on 18 October 2023 (details supplied) that according to research women were...
    • Primary Care Centres
      604. To ask the Minister for Health when the announcement was originally made for a facility (details supplied); who made the announcement; what funding has been put in place; whether a...
    • Departmental Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Health how many staff are currently employed in a range of posts (details supplied); and how many vacancies currently exist for the same posts; in tabular form. [46635/23]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is registered as blind meets the qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [46653/23]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board and progress in relation to opening the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons who have paid for IVF in respect of the publicly funded scheme; his plans to ensure that such persons are compensated; and if he...
    • Health Strategies
      610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence a screening programme for SKID and SMA; his views on the recommendations of the National Screening Advisory Committee in respect of same;...
    • Mortality Rates
      611. To ask the Minister for Health his views on maternal deaths during the period 2019-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46661/23]
    • Departmental Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug overdoses in each county in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023, and the types of drug consumed, in tabular form; and the number of...
    • Home Care Packages
      613. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to home care services as provided by the HSE, his Department’s policy with reference to outsourcing home care services; if there are plans...
    • Abortion Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the HSE's Implementation Group to deliver on the operational recommendations in the Independent Review of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      616. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 28 September 2023, when a response will issue from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46673/23]
    • Health Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 10 October 2023, if the external review will include operations carried out on adults at Cappagh Hospital. [46676/23]
    • Departmental Budgets
      618. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the full service acute hospitals budget allocated at the beginning of 2023 to each of the nine ‘model 4’ hospitals nationally; the...
    • Hospital Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the financial rewards his Department is planning to give to the budget of University Hospital Waterford in recognition for the five months' additional capacity...
    • Hospital Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the hospital group CEOs hold other remunerated positions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46685/23]
    • Hospital Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients waiting for gynaecology outpatients are being advised that “due to the increased demand for gynaecology services at the Coombe Women...
    • Departmental Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that children’s health may be compromised due to the lack of staff in Limekiln Lane Health Centre, the Old County Road health centre...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the increase of €4,000 in the PhD stipend is only available to SFI and IRC candidates; if there is any intention to extend this...
    • Further and Higher Education
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the rules pertaining to traineeships at ETB centres, specifically to allow school-levers enrolling on such courses to...
    • Departmental Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PhD researchers funded through Government departments or public bodies or agencies under the auspices of those departments but are...
    • Third Level Education
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 30 May 2023, the status of the proposed new veterinary school at the University of Limerick; if he...
    • Student Accommodation
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans there are for developing on-campus student accommodations units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/23]
    • Further and Higher Education
      634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a certificate will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46243/23]
    • Third Level Costs
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the grants which are available on a means-tested basis towards the student contribution charged by Irish colleges,...
    • Departmental Funding
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to unlock the €1.5 billion international training fund; how this fund can be used to support the apprenticeship system. [46260/23]
    • Third Level Education
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out an audit on the quality of research equipment and infrastructure across all third-level institutions and commit to any...
    • Education Policy
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he plans to close the funding gap in higher education; and how he envisions that investment in higher education will keep pace with the OECD...
    • Education Schemes
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will identify the plans for centres of excellence; the locations of each centre, and the update of the roll-out of each centre at the...
    • Budget 2024
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students returning to third level education to complete a degree at the same level as one previously attained, but four years ago, are...
    • Third Level Education
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can provide a breakdown or request a breakdown of the number of DARE places available in each of the third-level participating...
    • Further and Higher Education
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved PLC places in Co Kildare in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023 in tabular form. [46477/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in offering a college place for an apprentice electrician (details supplied); if any assistance can be offered in this...
    • State Bodies
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each;...
    • Local Government Reform
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in...
    • Departmental Strategies
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new National Student Accommodation Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46636/23]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Projects
      650. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on works at a building (details supplied); when it will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the latest round of Clár announcements will have funding paid out to respective successful groups; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      652. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Wifi4EU project will be relaunched for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46397/23]
    • Budget 2024
      653. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding under Budget 2024 that is being made by her Department for an organisation (details supplied) in rural areas; and if she...
    • Rural Schemes
      654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the possible funding streams that are available for a community group to apply to for a plaque (details supplied); and if she will...
    • State Bodies
      655. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available...
    • Local Government Reform
      656. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if she will provide a schedule of functions of her Department that have been...

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