Written answers
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cross-Border Co-operation
25. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the shared island initiative by his Department. [27028/24]
- Ukraine War
32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland. [27040/24]
- Departmental Data
41. To ask the Taoiseach the increases that have been made to funding to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each of the years 2020 to 2024. [28602/24]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Cross-Border Co-operation
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with his UK counterpart regarding the condition of Lough Neagh; if this issue can be raised at the North-South Ministerial...
- International Protection
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to publish his Department’s feedback to the International Protection Office on the potential designation of Algeria as a safe country...
- Foreign Birth Registration
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28441/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Inland Fisheries
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on species categorisation policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28452/24]
- Waste Management
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is possible to implement the levy on coffee cups, cigarette packs, plastic vapes and cartons and takeaway soft...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of court cases in which the Defence Forces were a party in each of the past ten years; the length of time the cases have taken to be...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Greenways Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a feasibility study public (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/24]
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the motor tax office is charging more for the motor tax if it is paid quarterly or twice a year, while we are still in a...
- Road Safety Authority
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was given for the establishment of the Road Safety Authority in 2006; and the amount of funding the RSA was...
- Public Transport
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual, first- and full-year cost of making the 20% public transport fare reduction permanent, in tabular form. [28547/24]
- Bus Services
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual cost for 2024 and 2025, as well as the total cost, of the Connecting Ireland rural bus scheme, in tabular form. [28551/24]
- Road Projects
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding commitment to the A5/N2 upgrade, as well as an annual breakdown of this commitment for the years 2024-2029, in tabular...
- Driver Test
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual, first- and full-year costs of employing an additional 25, 50, 75, and 100 driving testers, in tabular form. [28553/24]
- Electric Vehicles
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of electric car chargers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27267/24]
- Driver Test
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that adequate personnel are allocated to the Cavan driver test centre to reduce delays in tests; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, broken down by county; and the number of applicants associated with these claims; and the number...
- Customs and Excise
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the presence of a new nicotine inhaling product type on the market (details supplied); if this product type will be included in the excise...
- Tax Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the calculations resulting in a figure of €545 million when estimating the cost of reducing VAT to 9% for food-led hospitality businesses; if he could...
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the income cut-off point for retirees and pensioners before they become liable for income tax and DIRT tax on savings, which...
- Tax Reliefs
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the advantageous (40% and 39% respectively) visual effects (VFX)-related tax reliefs system the French and UK governments have introduced to...
- Financial Services
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any progress on the commitment in the Programme for Government to develop new stress tests for financial institutions to look at the impact...
- State Bodies
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the availability of cash payments to State agencies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/24]
- Customs and Excise
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that the decision not to raise the minimum excise duty on cigarettes in Budget 2024 has allowed manufacturers to absorb the 75c general...
- Credit Unions
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a spouse can only access €27,000 of a deceased spouse’s credit union savings and any remainder must go to probate; his views on...
- Financial Services
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the pillar banks refusing outright to provide mortgages to customers who wish to purchase their home from a local authority under the tenant...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- An Garda Síochána
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional current costs she anticipates will be involved in revising the Garda retirement age upward from 60 to 62 years. [28595/24]
- Legal Aid
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of plans by barristers practising criminal law to withdraw services on 9, 15 and 24 July 2024; if he will provide details...
- Public Procurement Contracts
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration was given by the Institute of Public Administration to sell its buildings on Lansdowne Road and move to high end...
- Office of Public Works
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and the Office of Public Works will consider the construction of a permanent and more substantial boundary wall between facilities...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in Lucan schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28379/24]
- Schools Building Projects
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the stage 3 report relating to the devolved project application made by a school (details supplied) to be completed; and if she...
- School Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) from a national organisation in relation to...
- School Accommodation
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent consideration to a review of specifications for school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Transport
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if seats could be secured on the local bus which services the school in an area (details supplied). [28443/24]
- Special Educational Needs
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28449/24]
- School Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine funding issues for a primary school currently experiencing difficulties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Enrolments
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment options for those within the Darndale D17 school planning area, given that there are no secondary schools within the area; how a...
- Special Educational Needs
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in which occupational therapy services have been piloted in schools; if those pilots have been evaluated; her plans to extend the pilot...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available to district motor sport clubs who bring motor sport events to their counties; and if she will make...
- Artists' Remuneration
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if alternative funding is available for an artist in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools in DubIin mid-west that avail of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a treatment benefit application for hearing aids by a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be...
- Social Welfare Payments
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28436/24]
- Social Insurance
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28434/24]
- School Meals Programme
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a complete list of applicants for a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Payments
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to revise the means testing criteria for the fuel allowance, specifically concerning the calculation of an...
- Citizens Information Services
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a pay claim and Labour Court recommendation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of illness benefit overpayments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legal Aid
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with criminal barrister representatives on the issue of their pay restoration, given the significant cuts to...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all of the papers/documents produced by the Charlton Tribunal are available in hard copy and digital format for research or...
- Legal Aid
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 20 June 2024, if she can be more specific as to when the Civil Legal Aid Review...
- An Garda Síochána
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the introduction of a fast-track recruitment process for Garda Reserve personnel, to join An Garda...
- Work Permits
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for an application for the extension of work permit conditions; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries reported in County Roscommon in 2023 and to date in 2024. [28519/24]
- An Garda Síochána
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to Garda stations in County Roscommon; and the stations they are based in. [28521/24]
- Prison Service
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of death-in-custody reports that have been submitted by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons to her in each on the...
- An Garda Síochána
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first- and full-year cost of paying Garda trainees a training allowance at the lowest point on the Garda pay scale for the...
- Legislative Reviews
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the current policy or legislative reviews taking place within her Department; and the actual and projected...
- Crime Prevention
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs that have been associated with the establishment of the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of creating one IRP card in 2023. [28598/24]
- Departmental Data
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of familicides or domestic homicides that have taken place in the past five years; and the estimated cost to her...
- Legal Aid
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current budget for the family law legal aid panel. [28600/24]
- An Garda Síochána
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost for a doubling of the Garda diversion schemes. [28601/24]
- Legal Aid
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of a 10% increase in funding to legal aid. [28603/24]
- Prison Service
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of a 10% increase in prison services funding. [28604/24]
- Restorative Justice
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of doubling investment in restorative justice programmes. [28605/24]
- Family Reunification
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family reunification visa application (details supplied); and the current processing target times for...
- Prison Service
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the legislation to increase the retirement age for prison officers from 60 to 62 years will be enacted; and if she will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that TAMS 3 funding under the solar capital investment scheme is limited to farmers who have a minimum of five hectares of...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults under 65 years living in a nursing home and supported under the fair deal scheme in 2023...
- International Protection
163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 25 June 2024, his Department’s plan to accommodate Ukrainian...
- Residential Institutions
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has put a cap of 180 days on the mother and baby redress scheme (details supplied);...
- Family Resource Centres
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure that family resource centres receive funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first-, full-year and annual cost of increasing the current minimum rate of pay for early years...
- Disability Services
170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, total first- and full-year cost to increase the number of State residential care units for...
- Children in Care
171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, first- and full-year cost to increase the aftercare payment for all young people up to the...
- Residential Institutions
172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, first- and full-year costs of extending the mother and baby homes redress scheme to...
- Disability Services
173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated capital cost of providing 24, 36 and 48 additional planned residential places, respectively; and...
- International Protection
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the English-language supports available to children who are international protection applicants (details...
- Child and Family Agency
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the new data protection officer in Tusla can be independent if they are also a director of services within...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to international protection applicants who wish to enter third level education in Ireland (details supplied). [28446/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
215. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of the study by Fáilte Ireland regarding the Beara Breifne walkway, estimating that it will take up to €22...
- Seirbhísí Oileán
218. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén dul chun cinn atá déanta chun comhairleoirí a cheapadh le staidéar a dhéanamh ar riachtanais maidir...
