Written answers
Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht about the progress of sports capital grant applications; the total value of the fund estimated for this year’s round of...
- Tourism Industry
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her engagement with other Departments and State agencies to support hotels in rural communities. [10407/24]
- Sports Funding
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the large-scale sport infrastructure fund will be launched; if she will outline the guidelines for same; and if she will make a...
- Tourism Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a strategy to ensure tourism in Ireland is more regionally balanced in terms of the entry and exit points of...
- Tourism Industry
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional measures she has put in place to support downstream businesses whose revenue has dropped mainly due to the fact...
- Pleanáil Teanga
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na pleananna nua atá aici agus na beartais nua atá i gceist aici a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le cur chun cinn na...
- Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht soiléiriú a thabhairt ar aon teagmháil idir a Roinn, an Roinn Tithíochta agus brúghrúpa (sonraí...
- Sport and Recreational Development
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to encourage the participation of females in sport; if she can provide an update on the...
- Foras na Gaeilge
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an aontaíonn sí leis an rún glactha ag Ard Fheis Conradh na Gaeilge maidir leis an gcreatlach maoinithe ag Foras na...
- Sports Funding
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail what core funding has been allocated to support sporting organisations, national governing bodies of sport and local...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé fós mar sprioc aici Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge a thabhairt ar ais, mar a gheall an iar-Aire Stáit...
- Departmental Strategies
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on the progress to date in the development of the national counter disinformation strategy; when she expects this...
- Broadcasting Sector
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position on the provision of funding to safeguard the future of RTé; if the issue of bogus self-employment and...
- Artists' Remuneration
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the universal basic income pilot scheme for artists after it is due to end in 2025. [17059/24]
- Tourism Industry
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department plans to provide tourist amenities at the Cúil Na Móna plant at Togher, Portlaoise, along with the...
- Swimming Pools
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of the funding available to swimming pools needing capital investment; and if she will make a statement...
- Raidió Teilifís éireann
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received reports on governance and culture, and contractor fees and HR, in RTé, which were due in March 2024; when...
- Departmental Funding
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 15 February 2024, the status of the drawdown of the €1 million in Galway 2020...
- údarás na Gaeltachta
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain atá sé i gceist aici an bille leasaithe ar údarás na Gaeltachta a fhoilsiú; agus an...
- Arts Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department is supporting Irish theatre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17002/24]
- údarás na Gaeltachta
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 15 February 2024, the status of the údarás na Gaeltachta housing initiative...
- Tourism Industry
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by her Department to ensure the viability of the Irish self-catering sector is protected; agus an...
- Film Industry
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the work of the stakeholders' forum, one of the recommendations of the recent report on section...
- Sports Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its push for sporting facilities for the young people of...
- Sports Facilities
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to upgrade public sports pitches with suitable disability infrastructure to accommodate people of all abilities,...
- Olympic Games
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what supports have been made available in relation to Irish participation in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024; and...
- Tourism Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether she had any discussions with the military authorities in relation to the possibility of retaining the Lé Eithne as an...
- údarás na Gaeltachta
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 62 den 15 Feabhra 2024, maidir leis an obair athbhreithnithe atá déanta ag...
- Sports Funding
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the recommendations of the recently published review of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; the reason for the...
- Foras na Gaeilge
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she is taking to overhaul Foras na Gaeilge as a funding mechanism for the Irish language sector, funding for which over...
- Tourism Industry
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the role of the night-time economy manager in Drogheda since the Government policy decision to close the...
- Departmental Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on her Department's engagement with Gaeltaca and on the funding of the Irish language, particularly language...
- Sports Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the NDP has sufficiently taken into account and is adequately resourced to meet the growing demand for sports facilities,...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Regional Development
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his Department’s efforts, in conjunction with IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, to attract...
- Employment Rights
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date of the last four meetings of the Labour Employer Economic Forum subgroup on collective bargaining; the methods he is using to...
- Business Supports
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois, respectively, that have registered for the increased cost...
- Business Regulation
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for a range of measures to reduce red tape and the administrative burden on business; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what communication took place with the food processing sector around the introduction of the changes to the work permit legislation;...
- Export Controls
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 8 February 2024, the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of...
- Employment Rights
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the number of statutory sick days will increase as per the timeline of seven days from January 2025 and ten days from January...
- Insurance Industry
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the Central Bank report that shows a large decrease in the cost of settling insurance claims through the Injuries...
- Work Permits
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 20 March 2024, for an update on plans to remove dental nurses from the ineligible...
- National Minimum Wage
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the possibility of the State providing supports for businesses in meeting their obligations as regards a living wage,...
- Artificial Intelligence
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the recent approval of AI legislation by the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16888/24]
- Insurance Industry
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the recent Supreme Court ruling in relation to the personal injuries guidelines; and if he will make a statement on...
- Employment Rights
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a campaign (details supplied) being run by organisations; if he will meet with the four unions in relation to the...
- Business Supports
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford that have registered to date for the increased cost of...
- Regional Development
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the south-east regional enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Enterprise Support Services
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with the local business community and stakeholders in Drogheda to discuss their significant concerns on employment and...
- Employment Rights
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he is ensuring that workers in the technology sector facing redundancies are protected; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that will be make available for small businesses struggling with the increased cost of operating a business. [17042/24]
- Poverty Data
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the scale of in-work-poverty, where, according to CSO data, the rate stands at 5.9%; and the role that a living wage...
- Farm Safety
96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the farm safety partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8377/24]
- Business Supports
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in implementing the measures to assist businesses to meet additional costs, as announced in budget 2024; and if...
- Consumer Prices
98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the causes of inflation, both internal and external, and their effects...
- Business Supports
99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the first payments under the increased cost of business grant will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16939/24]
- Trade Data
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of Ireland’s imports from Israel since 7 October 2023; the total value of Ireland’s exports to Israel...
- Enterprise Policy
101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to remain satisfied that any threats to enterprise, trade and employment continue to be adequately...
- Business Supports
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken by his Department to assist businesses in Ireland to decarbonise, particularly in light of the findings of a...
- National Minimum Wage
105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to bring forward new legislation to transpose the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages; and if he will meet with four...
- Co-operative Sector
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether employee-owned businesses and workers co-operatives offer a solution to succession crises, where they arise,...
- Business Supports
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what supports are in place for financial assistance by way of grants for the self-employed; what agencies offer these supports in...
- Insurance Industry
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform measures that fall under the remit of his Department; and if...
- Business Supports
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the most up-to-date information regarding the increased cost of business scheme; if the scheme is open for applications;...
- Regional Development
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose-built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry
113. 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...
- Business Supports
114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider supports for businesses facing increased labour costs through the PRSI system; and if he will make a statement on...
- Employment Rights
115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve job quality and pay in the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17046/24]
- Referendum Campaigns
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the current situation with respect to the proposed referendum on the Unified Patent Court; and if he will make a statement...
- Business Supports
120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on progress on industrial heat decarbonisation; the supports available for industry to decarbonise; his plans to increase...
- National Minimum Wage
121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the Labour Employer Economic Forum subgroup on collective bargaining has met in 2024; and if he can provisionally...
- Legislative Process
122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 will progress...
- Business Supports
123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each of the four Dublin local authority areas that have registered for the increased cost of business...
- Industrial Development
125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a update on the construction of an advanced manufacturing facility at Marlinstown, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor difficulties experienced by Irish exporters arising from Brexit; the measures...
- Diplomatic Representation
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the number of times the Irish ambassador to Israel has appeared on Israeli state TV and radio or written opinion pieces...
- Middle East
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagement with the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the West Bank and Gaza. []
- Diplomatic Representation
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to date of establishing the Embassy of Ireland in Islamabad; if these costs involved purchasing or leasing a new or existing...
- Foreign Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons the Government is willing to recognise the independence of Palestine but not the independence of Taiwan; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Climate Change Policy
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland accepts the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Swiss climate case; if so, whether...
- Recycling Policy
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 9 April 2024, to report on Ireland’s engagement rate with the...
- Departmental Reports
139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to the commitment given by his officials to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection regarding when...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Heritage Sites
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the transfer of Dunguaire Castle to Galway County Council; when the process is expected to be complete; and if he...
- Data Protection
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 28 February 2024, why GDPR was not given as a reason for data withholding, if it was known at...
- Bus Services
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus timetable could be adjusted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17097/24]
- Rail Network
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail which intercity rail services will be allocated the new railcar carriages; when they will be deployed; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Accidents
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of deaths on Irish roads in each year from 2006 to date; the breakdown for each year, by age group and gender; and if he will...
- Road Safety
147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools in County Kerry that applied for the safe routes to school scheme; the status of each application, in tabular form,...
- Bus Services
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus service from Leixlip to Blanchardstown hospital can be facilitated or incorporated into current routes to facilitate elderly...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
149. To ask the Minister for Finance if stamp duty is paid on any Part V, affordable housing fund turnkey purchase or CREL-funded turnkey purchase homes. [17190/24]
- Tax Exemptions
150. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the consideration of the VAT proposal submitted by an organisation (details supplied) in March 2024, which calls for the extension of...
- Illicit Trade
153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of X-ray scanners used to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports and airports; the number of dates on which they were deployed and used at...
- Probate Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a spouse can only access €27,000 of a deceased spouse’s credit union savings and any remainder must go to probate; his views on...
- Tax Reliefs
157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been approached by the Department of Transport to consider expanding the bike-to-school provision; if so, if an anticipated cost figure has been...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions
159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional current costs he anticipates will be involved in revising the Garda retirement age upward from 60 to 62 years. [17243/24]
- State Properties
160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider and support the recommencement of children’s swimming lessons in Templemore Garda College’s swimming pool on...
- Coastal Erosion
161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated in 2024 to address the ongoing serious coast erosion in Rosslare, County Wexford, and other coastal areas...
- Flood Risk Management
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a river flooding risk (details supplied); what solutions the local authority has proposed; if his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Trade Agreements
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on reported recent talks between the EU and the Mercosur group on a trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when two work permits will be granted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17091/24]
- Business Supports
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he is aware of difficulties experienced by various sectors in the economy to obtain the necessary levels of...
- Work Permits
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he has received communications from employers throughout the country who are experiencing difficulty in...
- Construction Industry
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he expects to meet any staff shortages in the construction sector, with particular reference to the need to meet...
- Work Permits
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit-related visa applications currently awaiting process, with particular reference to various aspects of the...
- Enterprise Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor each trade and industry, with a view to addressing any issues arising;...
- Diaspora Issues
171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which Irish people overseas can be encouraged to return in order to meet staff vacancies throughout industry; and if he...
- Business Supports
172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which particular efforts are being made to assist employers particularly hit by staff shortages; whether specific...
- Job Creation
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which employment has fluctuated in this jurisdiction over the past two years to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures, if any, in place to deal with the fact that a school (details supplied) is already at maximum pupil capacity now and cannot accept...
- Schools Building Projects
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify, with regard to the new school premises built in Kildare town to house a school (details supplied) whose building is being...
- School Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any measures she or her Department are considering to offer incentives to teachers to fill the many vacant teaching posts in County...
- School Enrolments
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.119 of 11 April 2024, if she will arrange for a further response to issue to follow-up queries (details...
- Special Educational Needs
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the implementation of Circular 0002/2024, given the serious concerns around the reduction in SET hours for students and...
- School Accommodation
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for an ASD class (details supplied) in south Tipperary; the reason for the delays in...
- Schools Building Projects
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the present status of the project to redevelop a school (details supplied), where many strains are being experienced in the...
- Irish Language
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her consideration of and response to an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17120/24]
- School Accommodation
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the construction of two classrooms for a school (details supplied) as they are urgently required and given the tender...
- School Textbooks
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the tendering arrangements for secondary school books; and if consideration can be given to tendering in smaller...
- Schools Building Projects
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is included in the funding of €800 million for 90 school building projects announced by her Department...
- Special Educational Needs
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for ASD classes in a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will reconsider this. [17182/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by an additional...
- Schools Building Projects
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is included in the funding of €800 million for 90 school building projects announced by her Department...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Funding
194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding her Department is making available in Waterford and the south east for festival supports in 2024. [17015/24]
- Coláistí Samhraidh
195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon anailís déanta aici ar an tionchar atá ann ar cheantair Gaeltachta agus coláistí samhraidh...
- Sports Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any grant aid available for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Events
197. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider approving and supporting the proposal for funding for hosting a tournament (details supplied) over a...
- Sports Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on a sports capital application (details supplied). [17176/24]
- Tourism Industry
199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the tourism industry is likely to grow over the next 12 months; whether she proposes to take any further...
- Sports Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if and-or when sport capital sports grants are likely to be awarded or granted in the current year; and if she will make a...
- Arts Policy
204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department has directly supported the arts in the current year; her proposals for the future in this...
- Culture Policy
206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department are engaged in the promotion of Irish culture at home and abroad, perhaps targeting the...
- Gaeltacht Policy
207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to promote and develop the use of the Irish language in all Gaeltacht areas...
- Irish Language
208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor the use of the Irish language throughout the country, its potential...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Emergency Accommodation
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures, if any, in place to address the fact there is no available emergency accommodation in the whole of County...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a pause on wind farm developments until the new guidelines are put in place to replace the current 2006...
- Vacant Properties
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will look into practical issues applicants are experiencing with the vacant property refurbishment grant (details...
- Traveller Accommodation
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding sought from his Department and the number of properties purchased by Tipperary County Council for...
- Fire Service
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to increase the retirement age for retained firefighters; if so, when this will be in place; what will...
- Local Authorities
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount sought by each local authority from his Department for each of the past two years for housing adaptation grants;...
- Regeneration Projects
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for the urban regeneration and development fund for towns; the number of towns that qualify for such funding; if...
- Housing Policy
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether requirements for social housing assessment have changed from two months to 12 months of payslips; if so, when this...
- Housing Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time to assess a social housing application, by local authority, in tabular form. [17185/24]
- Housing Schemes
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and the number of approvals for the first home scheme in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Allotments Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position of the publication date for a best-practice guide for the provision of allotments and community gardens by local...
- Housing Schemes
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what progress has been made in respect of the two affordable housing scheme applications from Clare County Council for Ennis;...
- Housing Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update following the recent housing development rejection by his Department in north Clare due to a lack of...
- Housing Policy
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures a tenant can take in cases where they do not receive an official notice to quit and therefore local authorities...
- Vacant Properties
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications to date in Kerry for the vacant property refurbishment grant, in tabular form; the number of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding the rolling out of further hot school meals in schools in County Kerry; the number of new...
- Social Welfare Benefits
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for supplementary welfare will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider classifying Covid-19 as an occupational illness, as has been recommended in many EU member states; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the oral appeal for a person (details supplied) will be heard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17103/24]
- Departmental Data
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 781 of 9 April 2024, the number of payments stopped where her Department was made aware...
- Social Welfare Appeals
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the practice of the Social Protection Appeals Office accepting appeals in the context of scoping decisions without grounds...
- Social Welfare Benefits
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer’s allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); if the letter of refusal issued by her...
- Social Welfare Code
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the living alone increase to elderly people who have their disabled child living with them but...
- Social Welfare Appeals
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received as this has been pending for...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a PPS number might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason adequate consideration was not given to the application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Freedom of Speech
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of developments in Scotland since the recent commencement of new hate crime and hate speech legislation there;...
- Data Protection
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 5 March 2024, why GDPR was not given as a reason for data withholding, if it was...
- Family Reunification
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 926 of 20 March 2024, the reason the person’s solicitor has not been contacted to...
- EU Bodies
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 11 April 2024, the number of times Ireland has participated in training and joint...
- Family Reunification
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed the requirements for family reunification and the granting of stamp 1G visas for spouses and-or dependants...
- Asylum Seekers
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have registered for asylum in Ireland for each of the past ten years, including each month of...
- Deportation Orders
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that have been issued in the past five years and for each month this year; the number that...
- Asylum Seekers
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have entered the country for the past five years and each month this year without a passport...
- Control of Firearms
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Firearms Consultative Panel, which had been established by her predecessor in 2015, has been discontinued; and...
- Departmental Data
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminals who have changed their name by deed poll over the past ten years; her plans to stop sex offenders and...
- Immigration Policy
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has the power and discretion under statute to grant citizenship to a person in circumstances (details supplied); and the...
- An Garda Síochána
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first- and full-year cost of paying Garda trainees a training allowance at the lowest point on the Garda pay scale for the...
- Departmental Reviews
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the current policy or legislative reviews taking place within her Department; and the actual and...
- Departmental Expenditure
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs associated with the establishment of the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of creating one IRP card in 2023. [17246/24]
- Domestic Violence
259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of familicides or domestic homicides that have taken place in the past five years; and the estimated cost to her...
- Legal Aid
260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current budget for the Family Law Legal Aid Panel. [17248/24]
- Youth Services
261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of a doubling of Garda diversion schemes. [17249/24]
- Legal Aid
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of a 10% increase in funding for legal aid. [17251/24]
- Prison Service
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of a 10% increase in Prison Service funding. [17252/24]
- Restorative Justice
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to double investment in restorative justice programmes. [17253/24]
- Immigration Status
265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status or entitlement to an Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Family Reunification
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in processing an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Immigration Status
269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how best a person (details supplied) should proceed to obtain stamp 4 from her current stamp 1 status; and if she will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Promotion
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the application for PGI status for boxty. [17128/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, with regard to the TAMS scheme, he will consider allowing farmhouse and farm bills to be linked in one bill, allow unused...
- Departmental Data
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded or confirmed dates of fireblight erwinia amylovora infections detections by his Department to date in 2024;...
- Agriculture Schemes
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the low-emissions slurry spreading scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Expenditure
274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on IPAS accommodation for each of the past ten years; the amount spent on direct provision for...
- Disability Services
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has not received respite care in over nine years; the reason the HSE...
- Departmental Contracts
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of properties and corresponding beds offered to his Department that met the requirements under...
- International Protection
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to state clearly if it his intention to use any other single residential properties, similar to the premises at...
- Children in Care
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the system Tusla has in place for children in State care to make a complaint; the number of complaints Tusla has...
- Disability Diagnoses
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that Clare Early Intervention Services often deem children with additional needs as not meeting...
- Department of Health
- Primary Care Services
280. To ask the Minister for Health when the parent of a child (details supplied) will receive a call back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17218/24]
- Departmental Funding
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the funding given to an organisation (details supplied); if he accepts that the current 9% it receives is not enough; and if he...
- Regulatory Bodies
282. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in respect of regulating psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists in light of the number of issues in the media with the lack of...
- Cancer Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current lack of a mammogram service in west Cork; to provide a reasoning for the suspension of the availability of the...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of candidates or patients with addresses in County Louth who are currently on the waiting list for their first formal and direct appointment at the...
- Hospital Overcrowding
287. To ask the Minister for Health the longest duration any patient has spent on a hospital trolley in each public hospital nationwide in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he...
- Medical Cards
288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical cards for persons (details supplied); the reason the cards were reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17132/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
289. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to provide patients with financial support to cover the cost of the strips...
- Departmental Reports
290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report of the National Radiation Therapist Review Group; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17147/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
291. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an urgent appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital, given two surgery appointments have been...
- Hospital Overcrowding
292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days that triage or assessment rooms in CUH ED have been occupied by patients on trolleys, or were unusable for any other reason, in the past 12...
- Care Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available through emergency community support for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to secure treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17168/24]
- Health Services Staff
297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists working in County Wexford; if he is aware of a pending staff departure; and if there is a candidate lined up to replace the...
- Hospital Facilities
298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new theatre at Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny, which was included in the HSE capital programme announced in 2023 and was granted...
- Hospital Admissions
299. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted as a matter of urgency to Dún Laoghaire rehabilitation clinic; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
300. To ask the Minister for Health if the urgent eye surgery required in the case of a person (details supplied) will be arranged immediately at WUH, as the surgery was to be carried out in...
- Health Services Staff
302. To ask the Minister for Health when the ban on recruitment to the HSE will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17195/24]
- Departmental Data
303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline which public hospitals in Ireland are considered to be teaching hospitals; and if he will outline figures as to the number of nurses placed...
- Dental Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health if siblings in sixth class in a primary school (details supplied) can be provided with dental treatment by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disabilities Assessments
306. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the waiting lists for adult assessments, such as ASD and ADHD, in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
307. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a patient who needed the services of Shannondoc in north Clare, was told they had to make their way to the service to get treatment and...
- Medical Register
309. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding the delay in establishing a statutory register of counsellors and psychotherapists in the State; and if he will make a statement...
- Child Safety
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the final report of the independent review of gender identity services for children and young people, known as the Cass review, published...
- Hospital Appointments Status
311. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with a neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [17255/24]
- Medical Cards
313. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17272/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Provision
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in the delivery of English language classes to IPAS and BOTPs in Ireland, by area, and on a monthly basis, for the...
- Qualifications Recognition
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a person can have their professional qualification (details supplied) recognised by the NFQ in line with recognition of...
- Grant Payments
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the eligibility criteria for the student grant scheme to enable students whose family was granted legal residency in...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
318. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for the town and village renewal scheme 2023 by an organisation (details supplied); when a decision is...
