Written answers
Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on discussions with his counterparts in Europe with regard to imposing sanctions on Israel because of its war crimes in Gaza; and if...
- Passport Services
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on passport applications and processing times presently; the number of applications that have been processed to date in 2024;...
- Northern Ireland
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will discuss as a matter of urgency in early July with members of the British government the need to repeal the legacy legislation...
- Middle East
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 9 May 2024, for a status update on his engagement at EU level to seek a review of whether Israel...
- Ukraine War
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the informal exchange of views with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba at the June EU Foreign...
- Middle East
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the response from the European Commission to the joint request from Ireland and Spain for an ‘urgent review’...
- Passport Services
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the current situation with respect to the printing of passports in the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on...
- Middle East
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on President Biden to stop providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/24]
- Heritage Projects
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider establishing an investigative taskforce to establish if the Holy See are in the possession of the crown of Brian Boru, former...
- Official Engagements
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he has met with his British counterpart since he took office. [27026/24]
- International Relations
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with reference to “Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for the US and Canada 2019 to 2025”, he will report on...
- Human Rights
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the accelerating and systematic repression in Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27281/24]
- Military Neutrality
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will commit to a referendum on enshrining neutrality in the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27525/24]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he is promoting North South cooperation and engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27579/24]
- Ukraine War
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view of the recent agreement at the G7 summit to mobilise an extra $50 billion of aid to Ukraine using frozen Russian state assets; and...
- European Court of Human Rights
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the inter-state case initiated against the United Kingdom under the European Convention on Human Rights on 20 December...
- Passport Services
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that there are delays in passports due to issues with validating signatures. [27596/24]
- Foreign Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that total global military expenditure reached $2,443 billion in 2023; that this is the highest military spending on record;...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the €1.5 million in funding for civic society organisations which he recently announced under the Government’s...
- Official Engagements
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list the occasions on which he has met with the British secretary of state for Northern Ireland since he took office. [27025/24]
- Foreign Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which this country continues to respond to the needs of poorer communities, often beset by war, famine and national disasters;...
- Nuclear Proliferation
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications to continue the tradition of working against nuclear...
- Ukraine War
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to claims that up to 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly moved to Russian detention camps since the Russian invasion of...
- Middle East
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 9 May 2024, the details of his engagement to date, both at bilateral level with his Israeli...
- Child Abduction
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a case (details supplied), whose two sons are being held in Egypt by their father without her consent; and if he will make a...
- International Relations
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the United States government is seeking to establish a closer relationship with the regime in Saudi Arabia and that an...
- Cybersecurity Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the initiatives he is taking with his EU counterparts in relation to threats of hybrid and covert operations by Russia within the European...
- Middle East
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government intends to lodge a declaration of intervention in the case before the International Criminal Court taken by South Africa...
- EU Bodies
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report the discussion relating to recent developments in Georgia at the EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a...
- Northern Ireland
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, recently established by the UK government; and if he...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to investing in Bantry Bay for development as a hub for renewal energy; and if he will...
- Electricity Grid
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on battery energy storage systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27269/24]
- National Broadband Plan
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a policy to ensure both 100% geographic and population 5G mobile phone coverage, as part of the...
- Mining Industry
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support local people and oppose the mining of lithium at Moylisha Hill in Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Climate Change Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland continues to make progress towards meeting climate change issues, with particular reference...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the progress of legislative or other changes that will provide for local authorities to install CCTV...
- Energy Prices
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to ensure that electricity price reductions are passed on to customers. [27541/24]
- Illegal Dumping
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a dumping taskforce in Cork city. [27601/24]
- Air Quality
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide air quality monitoring devices to be located on State-owned lands and buildings; and if he will make...
- Energy Prices
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be further electricity credits for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27540/24]
- Environmental Schemes
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for further delays in timelines from registration of applications under the free energy upgrades, warmer home...
- Waste Management
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if farmers are allowed to burn bushes this year, as per the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning)...
- Recycling Policy
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the re-turn scheme; to report on how the scheme is monitored and regulated; to report on how unclaimed...
- Energy Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the revised energy poverty action plan will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27115/24]
- North-South Interconnector
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has had and-or the briefings he has received in respect of the North South Interconnector. [27367/24]
- Data Centres
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that a €1.2 billion data centre has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in...
- Electricity Grid
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work he and his Department are undertaking to increase electricity grid capacity in line with our 2030 target; if...
- Environmental Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the funding streams that are available for geothermal heating schemes, including the amount that has...
- Renewable Energy Generation
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 14 May 2024, if phase two of the small-scale renewable energy support scheme...
- Climate Change Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the barriers that successful applicants face, in particular community groups, when accessing funds;...
- Building Energy Rating
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the target of 500,000 homes to BER B2 or higher by 2030; the proportion of retrofits that achieved a BER B2...
- National Broadband Plan
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to date with the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; if it is intended to expedite the roll-out...
- Energy Infrastructure
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the conclusion of the private wires consultation; when the Government will bring forward a private wires...
- Renewable Energy Generation
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on plans to develop offshore wind infrastructure off the south coast; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he and his Department continue to make towards the provision of high-speed, high-quality broadband...
- State Bodies
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is concerned at reports that a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council appeared to be repeating talking...
- National Security
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the State’s involvement in the global anti-spyware initiative that stops companies producing...
- Broadband Infrastructure
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider a distribution box at a location (details supplied) to extend broadband to the home; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Trade Promotion
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he would consider re-opening Ireland's trade and investment office in Taiwan, which was closed in 2012; and if he will make a statement...
- Passport Services
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite a passport application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport despite the fact that the...
- Foreign Policy
105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland encourages a greater, more rapid response to emerging global emergencies arising from starvation, crop failure,...
- Human Rights
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland, through its membership of the United Nations Security Council or otherwise, is making a priority list of human...
- EU Enlargement
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position in regard to European Union enlargement; the progress from the point of view of the applicant countries; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the activities of the Boko Haram and the Al Shabaab continue to be monitored and restricted; and if he will make a...
- Irish Aid
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the most prominent locations worldwide to which international aid continues to be made available by Ireland and other countries in an effort...
- Human Trafficking
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the trafficking of women and children or vulnerable persons continues to be combatted at international level; the...
- Passport Services
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the processing of passport applications is being expedited to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with both communities in Northern Ireland and the British government, with a...
- Foreign Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community continues to monitor the events in the various countries worldwide which are currently deemed to be victims...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Climate Action Plan
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the findings of the completed land use review will be incorporated into the Climate Action Plan. [27729/24]
- Energy Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will implement to ensure there are adequate safety measures in place in relation to the development of...
- Illegal Dumping
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on progress in dealing with the illegal landfill site at Whitestown in Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27662/24]
- Energy Prices
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the revenue that was raised via the cap on market revenues; how this compares to the original projected revenue; and if...
- National Broadband Plan
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the loans charged by investors to National Broadband Ireland and their associated companies were obliged under the...
- Departmental Policies
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the responsibility of his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department to implement regulations...
- Energy Infrastructure
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if regulations are applicable in relation to the development of facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Broadband Infrastructure
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full extent of the progress to date in making high speed modern broadband available throughout the country, in...
- Waste Management
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which efforts continue to be made to reduce the use of plastic, with particular reference to banning...
- Broadband Infrastructure
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he can take to speed up the provision of broadband services through the medium of fibre-optics throughout...
- Waste Management
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular...
- Climate Change Policy
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he continues to consult with the relevant Minister and the agri-food producing sector, with a view...
- Electricity Generation
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to explore electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by way of wind,...
- Climate Change Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the various programmes for carbon sequestration have advanced; the methods most commonly used; and...
- Energy Prices
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of producing electricity here compares with other countries throughout Europe, with...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to clarify an issue (details supplied). [27637/24]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tax Code
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding motor tax renewal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/24]
- Cycling Facilities
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of Dublin City Council’s new ‘Delivering for Dublin Agreement’, which contains a commitment to expand the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a ban on private jets as a measure to reduce global carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vacant Properties
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 22 March 2023, the progress made to bring back into use habitable properties, or properties...
- Rail Network
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that all InterCity services operated by Irish Rail have at least one designated quiet carriage; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on the development plans of the Dublin metro; the number of staff employed to work on this project; and if...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of legal claims taken against TII in relation to injuries after incidents involving cyclists and the Luas tracks, for the...
- Bus Services
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he intends introducing legislation to ensure that all buses providing scheduled services, both in rural and urban areas, are...
- Air Services
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the IAA will provide figures for assistance received by passengers with restricted mobility since 2019; the proportion of this...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to increase the level of regulation of lifetime loan products provided by companies (details supplied) to prevent them charging punitive interests...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Transport Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in light of Dublin City Council’s new ‘Delivering for Dublin Agreement’ which contains a commitment to expand the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Climate Change Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the fullest possible extent to which all measures can offset the impact...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an additional accommodation application made by a school (details supplied). [27632/24]
- School Facilities
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 23 May 2024, if the rental accommodation which has been sourced has ‘the connection of the...
- Grant Payments
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 12 June 2024, if she will review the application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Facilities
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 01 May 2024, the communications between the design team of the ongoing additional school...
- Disability Services
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children from Balbriggan with an autism diagnosis who are not accommodated in an ASD unit in Balbriggan can apply to be admitted to an ASD...
- Schools Administration
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding co-educational schools in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27702/24]
- Special Educational Needs
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has not given sanction for a pre-fab classroom to facilitate the autism class on the grounds of a school (details supplied), for...
- Residential Institutions
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason advertisements are being broadcast on radio encouraging survivors of industrial schools to ring an organisation (details supplied),...
- Teaching Qualifications
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén cháilíocht Ghaeilge atá ag teastáil do phoist mar phríomhoidí i nGaelcholáistí agus i...
- Special Educational Needs
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct an audit on the gap between the number of children in north Tipperary moving from autism units in primary schools...
- School Accommodation
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27753/24]
- Schools Building Projects
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that there will be no further delays to the building of a school (details supplied); if the project will be expedited as a...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the difficulty in accessing funding under Action 23 of the National Sports Policy 2018 to 2027 (details...
- Television Licence Fee
169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the total cost of...
- An Ghaeltacht
171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén cineál plé a bhí aici nó ag a Roinn leis an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Legislative Process
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the transposition of the Nature Restoration Law into Irish law. [27728/24]
- Rental Sector
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of prosecutions for non-compliance with improvement and prohibition notices...
- Coastal Erosion
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the Government’s plans to address the continuing impacts of coastal erosion at the Murrough in...
- Rental Sector
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarity on the ability of local authorities to provide a rent cap on pensioners rent rates; the reason...
- Approved Housing Bodies
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will liaise with a trust (details supplied) in relation to refurbishments taking place to ensure tenants are provided...
- Housing Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 30 May 2024, if a person who sold their family home following divorce proceedings...
- Wastewater Treatment
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration would be given to reviewing the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority...
- Housing Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of buildings Carlow County Council refurbished; the number that are going back into local authority stock; the...
- Homeless Persons Supports
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families and individuals who made contact with local authorities on the basis that they considered themselves to...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Supreme Court Rulings
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, noting the recent judgement given by the Supreme Court in respect to surviving cohabitants and their children, in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27659/24]
- Social Welfare Benefits
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial assistance available from her Department for assistance with substantial arrears of household energy bills...
- Social Welfare Appeals
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27774/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent supplement or other assistance is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the extent to which former partners barred from the family home for very valid reasons continue to make a...
- State Pensions
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the eligible social welfare contributions for entitlement to the State pension (contributory) or the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate, notwithstanding previous Parliamentary Questions and the replies thereto, whether she might reconsider the case...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Programme for Government
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding the spent convictions legislation committed to in the Programme for Government. [27652/24]
- Residency Permits
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a residency matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27653/24]
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to combat lenient sentencing in cases of violence against women; and if she will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if attendees at naturalisation ceremonies to become Irish citizens can be provided with immediate proof that they are now Irish...
- Departmental Schemes
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons enrolled on community return schemes, by area, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Legislative Programme
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status the sex-for-rent legislation; if she will ensure that it is included in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human...
- Court Judgments
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to Government to review a decision made by a judge in court; the sanctions available to remove a judge or...
- Naturalisation Applications
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a mechanism to expedite a naturalisation application in circumstances (details supplied); if advice will be...
- Prison Service
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners being held on remand, awaiting trial in this State, for between two and three years, three and four...
- An Garda Síochána
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to roads policing units; if she will update her Department’s website with publication...
- Antisocial Behaviour
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which anti-social behaviour has occurred in an estate (details supplied) in the past two years; and if she will...
- Deportation Orders
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration might be given to deferring the deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Citizenship Applications
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a couple (details supplied) can apply for citizenship while on temporary permission given their circumstances; if an...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Slaughtering
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently initiate an investigation into the practice of veterinary surgeons at a plant (details supplied) in County...
- Agriculture Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a succession planning advice grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27656/24]
- Greyhound Industry
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an investigation will be carried out into an Irish racing greyhound (details supplied) regarding their nine litters producing 58...
- Animal Slaughtering
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to what extent officials of his Department carried out regular and thorough inspections of the horse abattoir at Straffan, County...
- Agriculture Supports
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial assistance available from his Department, if any, in respect of succession advice on the transfer of a family farm; the...
- Fishing Industry
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of fish landings in each port in Ireland, by county, in tabular form. [27691/24]
- Animal Welfare
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has full confidence in his Department’s officials who were on the premises where the mistreatment and abuse of horses...
- Greyhound Industry
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total attendance at Lifford Greyhound Stadium for each of the months from April 2023 to May 2024, with attendance figures broken...
- Livestock Issues
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered herd owners on the three Aran islands off the coast of Galway; the number of these that are participating in...
- State Bodies
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if employees of Teagasc are entitled to a five year career break; if so, the criteria for a five year career break; and if he will...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve the provision of childcare in an area (details supplied) whereby childcare facilities are...
- Care Services
228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can arrange emergency respite care for a person (details supplied). [27672/24]
- Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE positions filled in each of the twelve CDNTs across CHO5, broken down by each individual team,...
- Disability Services
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to address the lack of appropriate co-existing accommodation for CDNTs across CHO5,...
- International Protection
232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of homes currently hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection and receiving an accommodation...
- Health Service Executive
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in the provision of facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Schemes
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of strips for the CoaguChek machine under the GMS and drugs payment schemes to bring Ireland into line with other...
- Cancer Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend cancer genetics services, by waiting time period (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18+ months) in CHI at...
- Insurance Coverage
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the Health Insurance Authority facilitates comparisons between valid, existing, to be discontinued and other available policies on its...
- Mental Health Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a CAMHS assessment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27654/24]
- Home Help Service
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case for additional home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27657/24]
- Departmental Schemes
240. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an appeal under the community drug scheme for a continuous glucose monitoring sensor reimbursement was refused for a person in County Donegal...
- Tax Rebates
241. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of awarding tax rebates to patients with interstitial lung disease to alleviate the personal financial burden of the disease, similar to that in...
- Departmental Data
242. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of establishing and maintaining a clinical care programme for interstitial lung disease patients assuming approximately 5,000 active cases and...
- Health Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the sexual health clinic in Waterford is effectively non-operational and local health services are unable to offer PrEP services, for which...
- Nursing Homes
245. To ask the Minister for Health if applicants being transferred from an acute hospital bed to a private nursing home have an automatic initial entitlement to nursing home subvention for a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
246. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a diabetic child requiring specialised equipment for a three-year-old (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the income limit for the over-70s medical card, given the increases in the State pension over recent years; and if he will make...
- Health Services Staff
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the management and administrative sector of the health service paid €100,000 to €150,000 annually, €150,000 to...
- Hospital Staff
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction the appointment to provide two advanced nurse practitioners for the adult type 1 diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital; and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
250. To ask the Minister for Health if every adult with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital will receive an OPD appointment to be held in 2024; if not, the reason therefore;...
- Hospital Procedures
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the patients with type 1 diabetes attending the adult diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital have commenced insulin pump therapy;...
- Ambulance Service
252. To ask the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) will be provided on the National Ambulance Service in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/24]
- Hospital Equipment
253. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the DEXA machine in St. Vincent’s University Hospital is broken; when the machine will be back in...
- Health Service Executive
254. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27761/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
255. To ask the Minister for Health to expediate the fitting and provision of hearing aids for a person (details supplied). [27764/24]
- Hospital Staff
256. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for junior doctors rotating into UHL to take the HSEL and sepsis training before they work on the ward; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ambulance Service
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of echo and delta (life threatening) ambulance calls that were received in the Kilrush catchment area; the length of time the ambulance took to...
- Addiction Treatment Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which financial support or other assistance might be offered to a drug rehabilitation centre (details supplied) in north Kildare; if other...
- Medical Cards
261. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card renewal might be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/24]
- Health Service Executive
263. To ask the Minister for Health if patients previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who are then diagnosed with type 1 diabetes based on blood results qualify for the continuous glucose...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhféadfadh sé soiléiriú a dhéanamh ar Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 269 an 30 Bealtaine 2024 agus Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh...
- Education and Training Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will meet with the organisation involved. [27754/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é an chionroinnt airgid atá curtha ar fáil faoin gClár SICAP Reatha do na hoileáin amach ó...
