Written answers
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/24]
- Consular Services
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an update can be provided on a case (details supplied); the steps being taken by his Department to assist the family; and if he will make a...
- Military Aircraft
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US military aircraft inspected in Shannon by the IAA for weapons on stopover while en route to Israel since 7 October 2023; and...
- Foreign Birth Registration
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Legislative Process
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether the delay in publishing the marine protected areas Bill will have consequences for the State’s ability to...
- Fisheries Protection
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if stock management operations on Lough Corrib SAC, that is, the removal of invasive and-or non-native freshwater fish...
- Public Procurement Contracts
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16829/24]
- Fuel Oil Specifications
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what action his Department is taking to research and develop the hydrotreated vegetable oil market in Ireland, in view...
- Electric Vehicles
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter in relation to EV charging (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16790/24]
- Transport Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the barriers to student bodies establishing a carpooling scheme for travel to a university campus (details supplied);...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Irregularities
13. To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken by his Department in response to important information given in a letter to the then Minister in relation to loans to a company (details...
- Tax Exemptions
16. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he has considered the proposal submitted to him in March 2024; if he intends to extend...
- Tax Yield
20. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from restricting the employers' PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will...
- Fuel Oil Specifications
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration would be given to reclassifying hydrotreated vegetable oil as a home heating fuel, in view that it is currently rated as a transport fuel and...
- Tax Collection
24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will urgently examine the situation whereby some RTÉ employees are being forced to make punitive payments to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Financial Irregularities
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned about the ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission requiring a bank to make €500 million...
- White Papers
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 7 February 2024, to provide an update on the implementation of the White Paper on...
- Business Supports
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses in each of counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo and Galway have to date registered...
- Enterprise Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on the implementation of the north-east regional enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16909/24]
- Business Supports
30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each of the four Dublin local authority areas that have to date registered for the increased cost of...
- Insurance Industry
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if new mediation measures are providing a significant step change for resolving insurance claims nationwide; and if he will make a...
- Referendum Campaigns
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government still intends to hold a referendum for Ireland to join the Unified Patent Court on 7 June 2024; whether an...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of a new school building (details supplied); the reason for the delays in the delivery of this new building;...
- School Staff
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed in relation to the allocation of a permanent EAL post at the school; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 20 March 2024, if correspondence will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Public Sector Pensions
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is on the correct rate of teacher's pension; if there is any other pension or benefit available to the person from...
- School Transport
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is unable to access school transport when capacity is available; if this case will be considered further;...
- Schools Building Projects
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); if her Department can clarify the points raised by the school; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to boarding school facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16839/24]
- Schools Building Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) for which the stage 2b file was submitted to her Department in August...
- School Staff
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 20 March 2024, the date for when she expects the survey to commence; when the survey will be...
- Special Educational Needs
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review and action the very concerning case of revoked autism places for the coming school term (details supplied); and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated position on the construction of a school in County Mayo (details supplied); the stage it is at; when the school can expect further...
- School Staff
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the appeals board felt that a school (details supplied) did not meet the criteria under Circular 0011/2024 to retain its 12th teacher, as an...
- Special Educational Needs
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 5 March 2024, the reason no contact has been made with the parents of a child (details supplied) in...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with three mainstream teachers that, based on the enrolment figures of September 2023, are due to lose a teacher for the...
- School Transport
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve the school transport system for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16977/24]
- Teacher Training
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students from Ireland who have done their teacher training course in the UK can return to Ireland to complete their induction rather than doing...
- School Staff
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many permanent teaching posts are currently unfilled for the 2023-24 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17030/24]
- Schools Building Projects
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in regard to her press release of 10 April 2024, which references that 800 school building projects have been completed since 2020 and 300...
- School Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minor works funding provided for each county in each school year 2020-21 to 2023-24, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Museum Projects
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 11 July 2023, considering the ongoing funding issues that continue with the Drogheda...
- Sports Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the best contact and method for a GAA club to inquire about removing an historical charge against its facility by her Department....
- Acht na Gaeltachta
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 17 den 15 Feabhra 2024, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an obair athbhreithnithe...
- Sports Events
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her office from a person (details supplied); if she and the Government...
- Tourism Schemes
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what progress has been made on commitments in the programme for Government in respect of developing a wild Atlantic walkway and a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Fire Safety
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the apartment blocks and duplexes in Dublin South-Central currently eligible for the...
- Legislative Process
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm that the marine protected areas Bill will be brought forward in April; whether the delay to date in...
- Wastewater Treatment
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide funding to connect Birch Hill Estate and Old Killarney Village Cottages to the public sewerage scheme at Aghadoe,...
- Departmental Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the community heritage grant scheme for 2024; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning guidelines in respect of childcare facilities as part of large-scale developments will be published; and if...
- Environmental Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to issue an ocean environment policy statement; if so, what this statement will incorporate; and if he will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a resolution found for the matter; and if she will make a...
- Widow's Pension
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widows' or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or co-habiting couples and the judgment...
- Social Welfare Appeals
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer's application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16787/24]
- Social Welfare Code
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16792/24]
- Social Welfare Appeals
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16841/24]
- Social Welfare Benefits
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for invalidity allowance by a person (details supplied) will be determined by her Department; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16869/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be put into payment after being allowed on appeal in...
- Community Welfare Services
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the return of community welfare offices to principal secondary towns in provincial Ireland (details...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will seek a review of a domiciliary care allowance case (details supplied) where the child is profoundly deaf but this...
- Legislative Measures
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to concerns raised in respect of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Appeals
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied) in respect of a person in County Kerry. [17050/24]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Measures
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the concern of organisations in the charity sector that run raffles as a funding mechanism regarding the...
- Immigration Policy
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is now in a position to supply the information sought in a previous question (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- International Protection
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is in a position to supply the information sought in a previous question (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Family Reunification
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on a join family visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); if a decision...
- An Garda Síochána
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí in the roads policing unit for each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, to include a...
- Work Permits
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite an application for the atypical work scheme, given the time constraints outlined in correspondence from the...
- Immigration Policy
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a referendum will be required before the State can formally opt in to the regulations that comprise the EU Migration and...
- International Protection
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who have applied for permission to her to leave Ireland from 2019 to date in...
- An Garda Síochána
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposed new Garda station at Northern Cross, Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a naturalisation certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); if the certificate has...
- State Pardons
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the possible posthumous pardoning in the historic cases of Poff and Barrett in County Kerry;...
- An Garda Síochána
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 922 and 923 of 20 March 2024, if she will address further matters (details supplied)....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Tillage Sector
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area of tillage land in the State, in hectares; the number of tillage farms; and the average farm size, in hectares. [16912/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants under the tillage capital investment scheme; the total area of land; and the average farm size of those...
- Departmental Schemes
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the total number of applications for the reconstitution scheme for ash dieback; the number of approvals to...
- Animal Diseases
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many herds in Ireland have been struck with Johne's disease; if he is aware of any supports for farmers facing this issue; and if...
- Aquaculture Industry
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will issue on the renewal of aquaculture licences at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); if licences will...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [16898/24]
- Departmental Reports
114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the publication of the report on the Demonstration Project on Personalised Budgets; if the...
- Disability Services
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether those with a disability from birth have the same qualifying criteria for access to speech and language...
- Mother and Baby Homes
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Inquiry has called on the Government to grant redress...
- After-School Support Services
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review a case (details supplied); if a similar funding application can be made in Cavan by the child...
- International Protection
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide all communication with regard to an offer of accommodation for international protection applicants in...
- Disability Services
119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed and a follow-up with the HSE arranged;...
- Departmental Expenditure
120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended by his Department in 2022 on the accommodation of pets and other animals. [16928/24]
- Disability Services
123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential disability respite centres in use by December 2018, December 2019, December...
- Disabilities Assessments
124. 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, by CHO, age category and...
- Disability Services
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by CHO, age category and time waiting,...
- Childcare Services
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can help a playschool (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16971/24]
- International Protection
127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can confirm with regard to the IPAS contract signed with a hotel (details supplied), if the contract is...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
128. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will get an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16778/24]
- General Practitioner Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has any responsibility for the monitoring of medical card patients' access to appointments in private GP facilities; specifically, if there...
- Mental Health Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to develop a dedicated pathway for adult ADHD assessment services in Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16808/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
136. To ask the Minister for Health how many adults are currently waiting for audiology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16815/24]
- State Properties
139. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans the HSE has for the old GP building on the Galway Road, Kinnegad (details supplied). [16818/24]
- Hospital Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health if he was aware that the phone service for families of immunocompromised children in Crumlin hospital has been stopped (details supplied); the reason for same;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16826/24]
- Medical Internships
142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the internship placement allocation to allow Irish graduate medical students who trained in Derry or Belfast equal status to other Irish...
- Dental Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment can be offered to a person (details supplied); the options available in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Abortion Services
144. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the independent abortion review with respect to recommendations concerning necessary legislative amendments, including...
- Health Strategies
145. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the timeframe for the next women's health action plan; if it will include actions relating to the improvement of abortion services in Ireland;...
- Health Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health if a case (details supplied) regarding a speech and language service being stopped due to staff shortage will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Health if an Irish citizen who graduates with a medicine degree from a Northern Ireland University can be funded and return to work in the HSE notwithstanding the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
148. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment for rehabilitation expedited. [16877/24]
- Nursing Homes
149. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Cashel community nursing unit, following previous indications that a decision on the unit would be made in quarter 1 of 2024; and if he...
- Health Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are in place to contact parents and advise them that their newborn children are not receiving their developmental checks in Dublin Mid-West due...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
151. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [16907/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16950/24]
- Departmental Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by hospital, in tabular form. [16962/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month in 2023 and to date in 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [16963/24]
- Tobacco Control Measures
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to legislate to raise the legal age of the sale of tobacco from 18 to 21 this year; if so, the timeline he is working towards in progressing the...
- Departmental Meetings
165. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1360 of 9 April 2024, to clarify his Department's definition of an "informal" meeting; to outline the difference between...
- Departmental Funding
166. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding shortage concerns by an organisation (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure the long-term continuity...
- Medicinal Products
167. To ask the Minister for Health if all cancer drug therapies available to Irish patients are universally and equitably available on the public system; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
168. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16972/24]
- Health Services Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on salaries and fees for trainee clinical psychologists in each year of the past five years, in tabular form; the number of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
170. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17013/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Reports
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the deadline for sectoral input responses to a report (details supplied), as the request to ETBI on 22 March, with a deadline...
- Departmental Reviews
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the status of PhD researchers, that is, their classification as either students or employees, will be published. [16843/24]
- Period Poverty
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure all third-level educational institutions provide free period products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16892/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount in the community recognition fund; the amount allocated to County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Library Projects
177. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital envelope required for a library project proposed for Blackrock-Mahon in Cork city. [16926/24]
- Community Development Projects
178. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on an application under the 2024 local enhancement programme by a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
