Written answers

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the forward planning her Department has achieved in respect of special class places for children with additional needs in secondary schools in...
    • School Textbooks
      10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with schoolbook publishers to achieve necessary savings for the free schoolbooks scheme rather than reducing the rate paid per...
    • School Equipment
      11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and supports that are available to schools to assist with the repair or replacement of equipment in special classrooms, given the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school places that will be available for the school year starting August/September 2024, above 2023 levels, for children...
    • School Enrolments
      14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure that there are sufficient school places for every child who needs one in September; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of ASD places for mid-Cork secondary schools to meet the demand required; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the administrative workload that teaching principals have to deal with; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s effort to meet the demand for school places in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she accepts recommendations by NCSE regarding school places; if so, if she will ensure the school building unit implement such recommendations...
    • School Funding
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment which has been made from excellence funds to promote creative collaboration among clusters of schools; and if she has plans to...
    • School Accommodation
      24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the engineer’s report into a school (details supplied) in Ballincollig, Cork. [23836/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the plan for a new-build school in Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ongoing review of SET teaching hours at primary schools; the number of additional hours allocated, if any;...
    • School Transport
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of transporting special education children to school in south Dublin for the academic years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces and the number of applicants to special schools in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 areas; and to outline her plans to ensure the...
    • School Staff
      31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action she will take to fill vacant teaching posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23913/24]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dáta faoina mbainfear amach an gheallúint sa Chlár Rialtais faoi dhúbailt a dhéanamh ar sholáthar an...
    • Schools Building Projects
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23828/24]
    • School Transport
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will reach a decision on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions to reflect the importance of their work for...
    • School Enrolments
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the establishment of a Gaelcholáiste in the south Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s plans to increase the provision of school bus services in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school building projects in Cork; the number of new schools in planning stage; the number of new school builds that have...
    • Mental Health Services
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the counselling supports pilot scheme that was rolled out to a number of primary schools across seven counties will be reviewed, fully...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to combat large class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23770/24]
    • School Funding
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the funding that has been made available for STEM in schools; if there is a shortfall in funding; if more funding will become available...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government intends to expand the Covid learning and supports scheme. [23837/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding and plans for this year’s Summer Programme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23765/24]
    • School Enrolments
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a new secondary school in Dublin 8, given the identified need in surrounding catchment area; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school places that will be available for the school year starting August/September 2024, above 2023 levels, for children...
    • School Funding
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the provision of additional resources for primary and secondary schools that have taken on additional students as a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to allay the concerns expressed by organisations (details supplied) regarding the circular recently issued by her...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints made to the Ombudsman for Children in 2023 concerning education, outlined in the Ombudsman's annual report; her...
    • School Staff
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the staffing appeal by a school (details supplied). [23771/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the development of a new primary and secondary Gaelscoil campus in Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issue of a school (details supplied) in relation to the provision of a special language class for the...
    • School Enrolments
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 16 April 2024, the status of her Department's engagement with schools in the Galway City School...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent findings from the Ombudsman of Children where 40% of complaints received are in respect of supports in the education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the development of a proposed new school (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement...
    • Irish Language
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the long-awaited policy on Irish medium education outside the Gaeltacht will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the lack of autism places in schools for September 2024; and if she will investigate the case of a child (details supplied)....
    • Education Costs
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action she will take to make primary and secondary education genuinely free in light of the continuing cost-of-living crisis; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to ensure that all disabled students are provided with an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an overview of the timescale for the approval of school building projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23835/24]
    • Pleananna Oideachais
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills de thoradh Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 102 den 16 Aibreán 2024, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an dul chun cinn atá...
    • Special Educational Needs
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a way that people who are not qualified as teachers, but who are highly experienced and qualified in other ways in working with...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; and the names of the online...
    • Ministerial Staff
      71. To ask the Taoiseach the payments made or due to be made to advisers and staff of the former Taoiseach who left office on his resignation, in tabular form. [23794/24]
    • Cabinet Committees
      73. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [24030/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 14 May 2024, to list previous occasions where the State has recognised a new state in...
    • Passport Services
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a passport application (details supplied) and expedite same. [23532/24]
    • Official Engagements
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the government of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23645/24]
    • Passport Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications received in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month; the number of applications whereby a witness was...
    • Human Rights
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to re-examine the position regarding recognition of the Armenian Genocide 1915-1917; and if he will report on any engagement with...
    • Passport Services
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied), given the passport was supposed to issue on 24 April 2024; if...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to reach the 0.7% of gross national income for overseas development...
    • Official Engagements
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on international engagements carried out by the Minister for International Development and the Diaspora carried out since the...
    • Military Neutrality
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can confirm Ireland's signature of a letter reported in the Austrian press (details supplied); if he will publish the text of this...
    • Departmental Funding
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 1 May 2024, the amount allocated to multilateral international organisations in 2024, by...
    • Departmental Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of embassies operated by his Department in 2023; the total operating cost for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Defective Building Materials
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to ensure homeowners eligible for the defective concrete blocks scheme can apply for SEAI grants...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that solar panels being installed on domestic roofs must be installed 500mm from the edge, whereas...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how frequently the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the proposed floating storage and regasification unit will...
    • Building Energy Rating
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason works carried out to a home under the free energy upgrades warmer home scheme (details supplied) did not...
    • National Broadband Plan
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that were included in the NBP intervention areas, in error (details supplied); what engagement...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a timeline on improvement works to cybersecurity infrastructure, including a breakdown of current and...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timetable for publication and consideration of draft legislation to ban disposable vapes; if primary or secondary...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the guidelines for the development of offshore wind farms will be published; if a draft of the guidelines will be...
    • Departmental Data
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the will report on the excellence in energy efficient design scheme; the funding available to be drawn down; how...
    • Energy Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislative or regulatory frameworks in place to allow Ireland to import proposed fuels for an emergency gas...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work of his Department on how the current public interest determination used to evaluate proposed projects properly...
    • Waste Management
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applicants that have applied to his Department under the farm film plastic recovery scheme since 1997,...
  • Department of Defence
    • Official Engagements
      127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on defence-related engagements carried out by the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence carried out...
    • Departmental Data
      128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended in relation to EU peacekeeping missions in the years 2008 and to date in 2024, by mission, by year, in tabular form; and if...
    • Defence Forces
      129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current total number of Defence Forces personnel; the allocation under Budget 2024 in relation to sustaining that cohort; the targeted...
    • Departmental Funding
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocated to veterans' associations in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has issued any guidelines to local authorities with respect to the dangers posed by dead trees adjacent to public roads; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that many transport companies are insisting that a non-refundable deposit be made in order for...
    • Driver Test
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for driving tests in Cork; the progress that has been made in reducing the waiting times; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the CIÉ 1951 superannuation scheme; if his...
    • Driver Licences
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the US states with which Ireland operates driving licence exchange agreements; his plans to increase the number of states with which such...
    • Road Signage
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional traffic calming measures, including further raised pedestrian crossings will be installed on the N86 in the vicinity of a...
    • Road Projects
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the badly needed Newport-Derrada road scheme in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23618/24]
    • Bus Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the Local Link services currently available in counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively; and if there are plans for an...
    • Rail Network
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline on the progression of the Navan rail line; and the most up-to-date estimated cost, including a breakdown of current and...
    • Road Projects
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline on the upgrade works for the N2/A5; and the most up-to-date estimated cost, including a breakdown of current and capital...
    • Public Transport
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if research/scoping work has been carried out on plans for additional trains due to the increase in the population size of Portlaoise...
    • Driver Test
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23923/24]
    • Road Projects
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to discuss what progress has been made in the construction of the Coonagh-Knockalisheen road; when he anticipates it being completed; and...
    • Air Safety
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of reports that planes associated with the flight school, charter flights and flight clubs at Weston Airport are operating...
    • Road Safety Authority
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the continued vacancies of two positions on the board of the Road Safety Authority since 1 January 2024; when the...
    • Employment Rights
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers directly employed by CIÉ tours; the number of drivers contracted by CIÉ tours to operate their services;...
    • Bus Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/24]
    • Medical Records
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time D501 medical reports administered by the Road Safety Authority remain valid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to facilitating the "walk around test", which is required as part of the process of acquiring a category...
    • Driver Licences
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the various processes involved in obtaining a category D driving licence to drive a bus in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a legal requirement for car tyres to be of a certain size, quality and minimum load bearing capacity; if so, if these...
    • Road Projects
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has instructed Transport Infrastructure Ireland to withhold funding for overlay of national roads or national secondary...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24042/24]
    • Road Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been withdrawn from Transport Infrastructure Ireland by his Department for the three road projects (details supplied); and...
    • Bus Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the delays experienced by 15B bus route users on 17 May (details supplied); if he will provide an explanation as to the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Exemptions
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if exceptions can be made with regard to the vacant property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23559/24]
    • Middle East
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline, given his powers to freeze, seize or otherwise impose restrictive measures on assets for the purpose of combating terrorism under the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if lands that have received business tax relief for fixed terms will be exempted from the residential lands zoned tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of disposals of a business by a parent to a child in the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive; the number of disposals of companies valued at over...
    • Tax Exemptions
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 14 May 2024, under the Value-Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 (people with disabilities can claim a...
    • Housing Schemes
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns in correspondence (details supplied); if there are any suitable schemes available to this person; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a customer/economic impact assessment for an interest rate scheme (details supplied); if this assessment is required for new schemes entering the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission to extend a VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23935/24]
    • Insurance Coverage
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns of sports/recreation clubs regarding the lack of insurance cover available to cover children's summer camps...
    • State Bodies
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the arrangement that NAMA/Nalm had with a company (details supplied) in relation to a hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24109/24]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works can prioritise works adjacent to Kildysart graveyard, County Clare, to stop the burial ground being...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in response to queries from persons who are concerned that there will be a break in the parity between retired civil and...
    • Waterways Issues
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on issues regarding a river in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23825/24]
    • National Monuments
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his office will facilitate a meeting between the head of monuments and a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role, if any, his Department plays in the repair and replacement of private housing estate walls and fences damaged by flooding; if...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Directives
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will work for the strongest possible transposition into Irish law of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, with a view to...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to sign the new ERO for security officers into law, which would increase the wages of thousands of low paid security...
    • Employment Schemes
      182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs for 2019 and 2020 in County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Budget Targets
      183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated to any measure falling under the National AI Strategy for 2023; the projected funding for 2024; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will engage with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding funding...
    • Education and Training Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided by his Department, either directly or through a State agency, for upskilling, reskilling, and further education...
    • Trade Promotion
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the trading online voucher in 2023; the cost for the State to provide 90% funding based on 2023 data, in...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the delays in bringing forward the ERO for security officers in 2024. [23672/24]
    • Work Permits
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the abrupt implementation of substantial salary hikes for employment permits (details supplied) without adequate...
    • Business Supports
      189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses, broken down by each local authority area in the State, that registered for the increased cost of business...
    • Economic Policy
      191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to publish the next report on the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce. [23846/24]
    • Business Supports
      192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to the payment of the increased cost of business...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definitive timeline for the completion of the permanent buildings for a school (details supplied); what stage the development is currently...
    • School Enrolments
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the forward planning unit in her Department has identified the potential shortfall in primary school places in the Carrickmines area due to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a school (details supplied) to purchase land adjacent to it for a carpark; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends the digital strategy ICT grant to be an annual payment to ensure continuity for pupils; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school books grant was reduced by €16 this year; if she will consider reinstating the higher amount; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to extend the cost-of-living measure to support increased school running costs past the current academic year; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing the capitation grant at primary school level, given the reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on salary and pensions for caretakers in school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23577/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the number of children in south Tipperary who are currently engaged with the SENO and NCSE and who are yet to have a school placement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of suitable accommodation for a primary school (details supplied); when the project will progress; and if...
    • School Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the reduction in ancillary grant funding to schools which do not employ grant-funded secretaries is having a negative impact...
    • School Accommodation
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23605/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays in commencing the building of a new school (details supplied); if she will ensure that the project can move to stage 3...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 15 May 2024, the capital investment by his Department in computer and data infrastructure projects,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent measures she will take to tackle the critical lack of designated ASD school places for children in north Kildare, with children...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in a situation where two primary schools have amalgamated but the new base school is further away than other primary schools in the area, if the...
    • School Enrolments
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the catchment area for a school (details supplied) was decided; and if the area can be slightly extended to incorporate the Holywell area of...
    • School Facilities
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update for the proposed autism unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23634/24]
    • School Management
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 9 April 2024, if she will consider correspondence between a parent and a patron body and a board of...
    • School Funding
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her response to the concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied) in relation to the lack of resources and supports and the impact...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 16 April 2024, her plans to develop a new policy on Gaeltacht education, to follow on from the...
    • School Staff
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the situation whereby teachers who were initially on the pre-2013 pension (legacy scheme) and were forced to...
    • School Admissions
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an ASD school place will be provided for the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23732/24]
    • School Curriculum
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the clash between State exams in Ireland and the equivalent exams in Ukraine; the number of students affected by the clash;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on works for a school (details supplied). [23783/24]
    • School Accommodation
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a situation between two schools (details supplied); if the matter will be examined and an agreeable solution...
    • School Transport
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement to date with Bus Éireann in reviewing the age requirement currently in place under school transport for bus drivers; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to open a special school in the Citywest area of Dublin; if so, when this would take place; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23848/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a young child receives a school placement by September 2024 (details supplied). [23851/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will issue the letter of intent for a new school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Admissions
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to ensure a school place in a local Gaelscoil is accommodated and confirmed for September 2024 in the case of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a timeline for the expected commencement date for a school (details supplied) in Drogheda which received planning permission in...
    • School Accommodation
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the overcrowded conditions in the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, which have resulted in some classes...
    • School Enrolments
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her long-term plans for the development of national schools in the Fermoy and east Cork area generally to avoid overcrowding and promote the best...
    • Special Educational Needs
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what provisions are in place, or planned, to ensure the best supports possible are provided for schools which have a high number of students with...
    • School Facilities
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process for identifying and selecting facilities for national schools, the basic requirements and additional criteria which are...
    • School Accommodation
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the rationale for housing the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, in the basement of a shared building which is...
    • Teacher Training
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the long-term plan for upskilling for post-primary teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23943/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied) to accommodate additional places for students with autism. [22404/24]
    • School Staff
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an issue in relation to a school (details supplied); if she will consult with this school directly to rectify the issues...
    • School Transport
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence from parents of children who require a school bus service (details supplied) will be reviewed and assistance...
    • Schools Building Projects
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23990/24]
    • School Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the cuts her Department has applied to the school ancillary and capitation grants, especially for schools that have additional...
    • Special Educational Needs
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the publication of the next circular in relation to SNA allocation to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24018/24]
    • School Admissions
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to ensure a place in primary school for a child (details supplied). [24022/24]
    • School Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be able to access a grant; when the next round of grants will open; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service can be provided for an area in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24050/24]
    • School Textbooks
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the funding awarded for schoolbooks was reduced to €80 per pupil from €96 in 2023; the savings to her Department from...
    • Schools Building Projects
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in recent months in respect of the provision of extra classroom accommodation/spaces at a school (details supplied), with particular...
    • School Admissions
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts in hand to ensure that all students in Kill secure a school place in September 2024, in view of the fact that a number of primary...
    • School Enrolments
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that all primary and second level school places required for September 2024 are available throughout County Kildare,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in 2024 in the provision of a new school building (details supplied), in view of the fact that the current premises was only...
    • School Staff
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address issues of teacher shortages at all primary and or second-level schools throughout...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will take place regarding the overpayment taken from the lump sum pension of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Organisations
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views with regard to a briefing (details supplied) which seeks to create a full time, sustainable football industry that...
    • Sports Facilities
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason it is taking so long to repair the lifts in the National Aquatic Centre (details supplied). [23993/24]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 29 March 2022, the details and total cost to date of the development constructed at...
    • EU Programmes
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her Department’s commitment to the delivery of the EU Work Plan for Sport 2024-2027. [24046/24]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Vacant Properties
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a report on the initiatives being taken to bring vacant properties back into use in Carlow; the number brought back...
    • Departmental Reviews
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the progress made in respect of the review into the differential rent administered by local authorities; and if...
    • Housing Schemes
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what grants or supports are available to a person with intellectual disabilities owing to an injury (details supplied), where...
    • Departmental Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Clonmel town under the Urban Regeneration and Development...
    • Local Authorities
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to the contents of a news article (details supplied) regarding Dublin City Council tenants having to live...
    • Legislative Measures
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Planning and Development Bill 2023 provides that applicants seeking planning permission to build one-off family homes...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 16 May 2024, the progress made to date in implementing the actions, committed to...
    • Housing Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average all-in development costs for one-bed bungalows and low-rise apartment blocks delivered under the SHIP, Part V,...
    • Local Authorities
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Cork County Council has been limited to only taking a €75,000 equity share in Rathealy Close, Fermoy. [23681/24]
    • Departmental Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of targeted and delivered social and affordable homes in Kerry for the...
    • Animal Culls
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that persons licensed to cull deer will be able to continue such services and that such licences will not...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 14 May 2024, the position regarding the licence for a club (details supplied)...
    • Fire Service
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to move all retained firefighters to a fortnightly pay cycle; if he can provide, in tabular...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on plans to complete the removal of invasive species such as cherry laurel from the Glen of the Downs...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on plans to remove invasive species in the State; to provide, in tabular form, the projects undertaken for...
    • Departmental Policies
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on plans for nature rewilding; the details of State-funded projects between 2020 and 2023 and to date in...
    • Turbary Rights
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any restriction on the exercise of the turbary right of turf cutting on lands included in Lough Nillan Bog...
    • Departmental Programmes
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for the caravan loan scheme for 2024 will be allocated to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full and part-time staff, broken down by grade, working in the Residential Tenancies Board for each of the past...
    • Local Elections
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasons for his decision to increase the spending limits for local election candidates; the information he considered...
    • Island Communities
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider invoking the special policy planning regulation for county development plans in relation to planning on...
    • Departmental Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the social housing retrofitting over a five-year period, rising incrementally between 20% in...
    • Housing Schemes
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a planned affordable housing scheme (details supplied) is no longer going ahead despite the new homes being...
    • Recycling Policy
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, with regard to his Department's removal of tents in Dublin and the recent moving of asylum applicants,...
    • Electoral Process
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will publish the specific address of political candidates; the actions his Department have taken to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the current maximum remediation option grant of €420,000 by 10% as provided for in the Remediation...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of meetings held by each Minister in his Department with each of two organisations (details supplied), since...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Nature Advisory Committee, as recommended in the 2021 Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will be...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in establishing a sustainable hunting of wild birds stakeholder forum; the timeline for its...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been any purchases of tenant in situ properties where there were issues of pyrite since the scheme commenced....
    • Departmental Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the review of the suite engineering qualifications declared under section 160 of the Local Government...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recourse a person (details supplied) has in circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23534/24]
    • Departmental Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing maternity benefit to cover the first 12 months of a...
    • Legislative Process
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe within which the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, which was signed into law in...
    • Departmental Policies
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on means testing home carers who may wish to return to work; if a scheme is being developed to ensure that such...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason parents of twins and triplets only receive one entitlement to parent's benefit until the child attains the age of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the appeal of a refusal of a disability allowance (details supplied); if an oral hearing will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports her Department has in place for people who are unable to work due to long-Covid. [23727/24]
    • State Pensions
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review/appeal of a decision to apply a State pension (non-contributory) overpayment on the...
    • Departmental Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide projections of social insurance fund receipts, expenditure and total cumulative reserve out to 2030; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the instructions that have been given to staff in Intreo offices regarding changes to the means testing of the one parent...
    • Departmental Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all payments and schemes that are funded or part-funded by the Social Insurance Fund; to provide...
    • State Pensions
      324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum rate of State pension (contributory) a person (details supplied) qualifies for; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a claim (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24008/24]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Staff
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that there is a designated liaison staff member located at the IPO office on Mount Street who will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-bikes and e-scooters seized by gardaí within the Wicklow division in 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024;...
    • Visa Applications
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that are currently being processed for the join family (sponsor is a spouse and Irish citizen) visa;...
    • Court Procedures
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken by her Department to modernise and update contempt of court laws; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on a stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide figures relating to the number of members of An Garda Síochána serving in the community policing unit and...
    • Immigration Policy
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the negative impact that not being able to work or engage in any business, trade or profession is having on...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the number of fines issued by the courts for offences relating to the sale of illicit tobacco and tobacco...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation/citizenship for an individual (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make...
    • Work Permits
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would consider allowing the spouses of non-EU PhD students the right to work where they hold a stamp 2A permission....
    • Immigration Policy
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation to efforts to regularise the migration situation between Ireland and Georgia, particularly through...
    • Crime Prevention
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she and her Department are taking to prevent further attacks on politicians, political candidates and campaigners;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initial and ongoing training provided to members of An Garda Síochána and any civil support staff in...
    • Prison Service
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of different cell or room types of accommodation for prisoners, by metric size, not including the sanitary annex,...
    • Legislative Measures
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that a judge (details supplied) in the High Court in August 2020 criticised her Department for not implementing...
    • Prison Service
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners certified for each prison in the most recent Rule 18 certificates issued before this date to each...
    • Departmental Policies
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is proposed to re-establish the Firearms Consultative Panel to ensure a structured forum for regular and inclusive...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Staff
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of public servants working at Government offices in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim (currently the Department of...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that are available under the Common Agricultural Policy for owners of commonage or other agricultural schemes...
    • Fishing Industry
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a number of issues in respect of the fisheries sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept that the recently announced changes to the Ash dieback compensation and support package, having employed a...
    • Beef Sector
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to advise who compiles the beef indices put in place to determine star ratings for cows; how this is determined; what engagement is...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 7 March 2024, if he will provide the information sought, namely the number of TAMS 2...
    • Harbours and Piers
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a winch will be repaired at the pier in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23905/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will, as a matter of urgency, ensure that the European Commission establishes, by means of an implementing decision, the...
    • Land Issues
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23938/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not included in the Shannon Callows scheme even though they are within the Shannon SPA;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organics payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Horse Racing Ireland is due back in the Houses of the Oireachtas to discuss the overspend at the Curragh Racecourse. [24095/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is aware of the conditions of the dogs being held in a location (details supplied); if there are inspections held...
    • Forestry Sector
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement with Coillte with a view to increasing the pension payments for retired workers, considering that their...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Reviews
      372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available the 2023 CDNT staff census and workforce review; the reason for the delay in...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended to provide information to the general public on the assisted decision-making legislation, in...
    • Mental Health Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1355 of 9 April 2024, the number of young people on the assessment of need...
    • Disability Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on when Section 39 workers can expect to receive agreed pay increases; and if he will make...
    • International Protection
      378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government previously had a contract with a company (details supplied) to provide accommodation to...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarification will be provided regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ukraine War
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has decided to move over 200 Ukrainians from a facility (details supplied) in Ennis...
    • Legislative Measures
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the reform into the equality legislation, with specific reference to the introduction of...
    • International Protection
      391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 14 May 2024, if the breakdown of data for each individual accounted...
    • Disability Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the progress made opening an overnight respite centre in County Monaghan; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans in relation to an accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a community childcare service (details supplied) has been included in the initial list of 800 services...
    • Special Educational Needs
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied) in relation to the lack of...
    • International Protection
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any new plans for the relocation of people seeking international protection to a location (details...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason St Patrick's Guild, Temple Hill, Dublin, has been excluded from the mother and baby payment scheme....
    • International Protection
      401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans to accommodate people seeking international protection at a location (details supplied) include the...
    • Child Protection
      403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if serious concerns raised by the mother of a child (details supplied) are being thoroughly investigated and...
    • International Protection
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he and his Government colleagues intend to deal with the very serious economic impact of removing a location...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the steps being taken to expedite the preliminary team assessments (following the High...
    • Departmental Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on additional funding sources to enable the office of the Ombudsman for Children to...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of actions related to female genital mutilation in the third national strategy on domestic, sexual...
    • Employment Rights
      408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he supports the proposal for pregnant women who become sick while pregnant to be allowed to take sick leave...
    • Special Educational Needs
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (detail supplied) will be reviewed; if a similar funding application can be made in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child awaiting an assessment of need (details supplied) will be examined urgently. [24023/24]
    • Disability Services
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the lack of adequate reliable transport facilities available to an organisation (details supplied) will be...
    • Childcare Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new childminding regulations will be published; the proposed implementation date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 8 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of costs, by provider and the...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the locations where people with disabilities who require serious dental treatment (details supplied) can obtain same in the State; and if he will...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 5,500 Hepatitis C home testing kits ordered from the HSE in the past year that were returned for testing; of those, how many people received...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called for an outpatient physiotherapy appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore....
    • Health Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the level of support and assistance available in the case of an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23540/24]
    • Dental Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23562/24]
    • Health Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23579/24]
    • Care Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Health to seek urgent assistance for a person (details supplied) who is 74 years old and a full-time carer to their spouse who is housebound, and where the person has...
    • Pharmacy Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [23581/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      423. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will conclude its evaluation of preferred continuous glucose monitors under the medicines management programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has updated all of its computers, laptops, phones, servers and tablets since the cyber attack; if so, if it has retrieved all of the obsolete items;...
    • Dental Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the range of dental treatments available to medical card holders who are under active chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment or under medication...
    • Health Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was referred on 22 December 2022, will receive a date for assessment with regard to surgical management of...
    • Primary Care Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a primary care appointment for a child (details supplied). [23644/24]
    • Hospital Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the change to the availability of post-partum services in CUH was reduced from parents of a child aged up to ten months down to four months;...
    • Dental Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the dental practices within Westmeath which now accept medical card patients. [23660/24]
    • Legislative Process
      435. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 8 May 2024, if he will list all the preparatory steps which are required prior to commencement of the Public...
    • Cancer Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in relation to the urgent case of a person (details supplied) waiting to start treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      437. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/24]
    • Hospital Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of delivering an in-patient clinical setting bed. [23679/24]
    • Medical Cards
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address medical card renewals and medical card assessments for those with lifelong/permanent mental disabilities,...
    • Hospital Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current position and plans to develop a national service for nephrology transitional care in a hospital (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an immediate recruitment process will be put in place in spite of the HSE recruitment freeze, to fill an essential post in Ennis General...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is reasonable that a child in County Mayo (details supplied) with additional needs has to wait two years from referral to be seen by...
    • Health Services Staff
      443. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when Section 39 workers can expect to receive agreed pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23712/24]
    • Medical Cards
      444. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23715/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) is waiting so long for neck surgery and is enduring severe pain while awaiting surgery; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medication as recommended by Children's Health Ireland will be made available at an early date for a child (details supplied); and if he...
    • Health Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the transfer of services from a service (details supplied) to the HSE; when this information will be made available; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the full staff available on each of the CAMHS teams in south Tipperary; the number and position of staff on leave; the length of leave and reason for leave;...
    • Insurance Coverage
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason private health insurance companies only cover the cost of a stay in psychiatric hospitals for maximum 100 days with unwell and vulnerable...
    • Home Help Service
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO in CHO 4 as of 1 May 2024 or the latest date available; the number of persons currently on the...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to help protect its essential and hugely important heart and stroke support...
    • Nursing Homes
      454. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of plans for a community nursing unit in Cashel; to provide an update on the status of investigations into a site (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      455. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department at Midland...
    • Health Services Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the children community services in County Carlow; the number of vacancies that exist; his plans to recruit...
    • Health Service Executive
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that inappropriate language in regard to disability is still contained on HSE application forms, such as the long-term illness scheme form, which...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      458. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [23784/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE funding for the provision of wigs for persons with alopecia will remain in place and if he can confirm there are no cuts planned for this very important...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund refurbishment works for an ambulance base (details supplied) given those working in it are concerned as to the safety of the building and...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE’s mapping exercise undertaken as part of action 2.4.12 of the Implementation Plan for the Third National...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      462. 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. [23873/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      463. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of beds that have been booked by the HSE in Bartra nursing home in Clondalkin Lodge; the duration these beds have been booked for; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      464. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for bilateral knee replacement; if he has been placed on the NTPF waiting list for surgery in a...
    • Cancer Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the discrepancy in access to innovative oncology treatments for Irish cancer patients in the public health system, compared with patients with...
    • Hospital Staff
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues highlighted by an organisation (details supplied) in recent correspondence; the number of nursing vacancies currently unfilled in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure proper care is provided for people who continue to suffer from long Covid; if the specific case (details supplied) of a person with long...
    • Health Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE provides to an organisation (details supplied) specifically towards patient services, excluding funding for awareness campaigns;...
    • Substance Misuse
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to community drug and alcohol and rehabilitation services in Waterford in 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [23966/24]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if the spouse of a recently deceased former employee of the HSE is entitled to a surviving partner’s partial pension payment (details supplied). [23978/24]
    • Health Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 30 April 2024, if his attention has been drawn to concerns that Ireland is falling behind other EU member states...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if a definite date for a knee operation will be scheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [23980/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the level of psychiatry staffing in each emergency department; the number of existing posts, by staff grade; the number of vacancies; and the number of...
    • Hospital Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing access to the medical cannabis access programme for cerebral palsy; if so, the outcome of that consideration; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress in tackling the backlog at University Hospital Waterford histopathology laboratory (details supplied); the current...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the status of actions related to female genital mutilation in the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider funding for an increase in fees to community optometrists and for a national public eye care programme for patients over the...
    • Nursing Homes
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); the person who made this decision; where the residents will be relocated to; when this...
    • Mental Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the services available, or planned, to provide consultation and assessment clinics for adults with ADHD in the Cavan-Monaghan area; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decision by an organisation (details supplied) to no longer collect centre-specific data for a large proportion of west...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if new patients are being accepted at the STI clinic in University Hospital Waterford; if not, the reason; the extent of waiting lists, in tabular form; and if...
    • Dental Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 18 May 2023, the reason no response has issued from the HSE to this query (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure adequate access to consultation/assessment for adults with ADHD; the funding allocated; the current waiting times, by CHO, in the years...
    • Medical Cards
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of a GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24060/24]
    • Departmental Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing posts approved at Tipperary University Hospital, by discipline; the number of nursing posts filled; the number of vacant nursing posts,...
    • Disability Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person from County Leitrim (details supplied) has not been considered for a primary medical certificate, despite the fact that they were diagnosed...
    • Medicinal Products
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the implications of an item being high tech on the drug payment scheme; and how an item can be changed to the regular drug payment scheme from high tech....
    • Nursing Homes
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the proposed closure of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24111/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Information and Communications Technology
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 15 May 2024, the capital investment by his Department in computer and data infrastructure projects,...
    • Grant Payments
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for a person who is studying general nursing in a college (details supplied). [23636/24]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 15 May 2024, the capital funding provided by his Department to organisations or agencies under the...
    • Third Level Education
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for a future third level institute in Portlaoise town; the scoping and research advance work done by his Department and his...
    • Residency Permits
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with his Cabinet colleagues about furthering the recent extension of the stamp 1G permissions to cover spouses of non-EU PhD...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Planning Issues
      506. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development given the Department's position that there are no current plans to reform legislation regarding burial grounds due to other...
    • Departmental Funding
      510. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of all funding provided by her Department to Clonmel town under schemes such as the Town Centre First, Rural...
    • Rural Schemes
      513. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will introduce an annual funding stream for the maintenance and development of walking trails, similar to the allocation of...
    • Community Development Projects
      514. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received a valid application from a band (details supplied) under the community recognition fund 2024, for the development...
    • Regeneration Projects
      516. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Rural Regeneration Development Fund can be used by local authorities to purchase vacant and derelict properties for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will reconsider the conditions applied to a measure under the CLÁR Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a...

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