Parliamentary questions

Disability Services

Marian Harkin

1377. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57107/23]

International Protection

Marian Harkin

1386. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the number of international protection applicants, by area in each local electoral area in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57179/23]

Dental Services

Marian Harkin

1497. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56510/23]

Tax Appeals Commission

Marian Harkin

69. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance for an update on a decision of the Tax Appeal Commission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55663/23]

Middle East

Marian Harkin

111. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use his best efforts to evacuate persons from Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/23]

National Broadband Plan

Marian Harkin

177. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for a connection to the NBI scheme for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55261/23]

Defective Building Materials

Marian Harkin

389. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the inclusion of Sligo in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54497/23]

Courts Staff

Marian Harkin

533. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of the 17 current serving country registrars attached to each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54737/23]

Forestry Sector

Marian Harkin

605. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what precautions the Government is taking to reduce the risk of importing further disease through the importation of trees, saplings, shrubs and soil; if there is a plan in place to increase the production of native Irish stock for the home market, so Ireland can decrease or stop its reliance on importation and protect our native plants/trees from further disease or loss of 100% Irish strain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54631/23]

Departmental Policies

Marian Harkin

820. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55198/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Marian Harkin

94. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection to give an update on the progress regarding the pay parity claim by supervisors of RSS and TUS. [54377/23]

Industrial Disputes

Marian Harkin

237. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection for a timeframe to finalise the pay parity claim of RSS and Tús supervisors. [54378/23]

International Protection

Marian Harkin

377. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants who have arrived in Ireland for each of the past five years, in tabular form, including the number per year; the numbers who were refused entry at the border; the number per year whose applications have been approved/refused; the number per year who have received deportation orders, and of those, the number deported by year, all in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53203/23]

Disability Services

Marian Harkin

454. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to an issue raised (details supplied), if he can provide an update on any progress made on the re-opening of the hydrotherapy pool at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53202/23]

Special Educational Needs

Marian Harkin

122. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the application to provide an ASD suite in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49931/23]

Middle East

Marian Harkin

152. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts his Department is making to ensure the safe passage of Irish citizens from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49932/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

35. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he can provide an update on the implementation of the 425 Galway to Mountbellew service; when in Q4 is it expected to be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52761/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

36. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he can provide an update on the implementation of the Tuam to Athenry TFI local link; when in Q4 is it expected to be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52762/23]

Schools Building Projects

Marian Harkin

62. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52686/23]

Job Creation

Marian Harkin

241. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of Enterprise Ireland sponsored jobs, by county for the years 2016 - 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51866/23]

Insurance Industry

Marian Harkin

400. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice given the impact high legal fees are having in driving up insurance premiums, when she plans to publish the findings of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51851/23]

Hospital Facilities

Marian Harkin

570. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what plans and policies are in place to ensure the continuation of the dermatology services in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/23]

Hospital Facilities

Marian Harkin

571. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what plans and policies are in place to ensure the continuation of the dermatology services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/23]

Departmental Funding

Marian Harkin

680. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are any current open funds for women’s shed projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52218/23]

Trade Agreements

Marian Harkin

46. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the European Commission to start the process of suspending the EU-Israel Trade Agreement. [51090/23]

International Relations

Marian Harkin

153. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures, if any, he and his Department have taken to strengthen diplomatic ties with Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51639/23]

International Protection

Marian Harkin

147. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information on a series of matters in relation to international protection applicants (details supplied), by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51388/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marian Harkin

333. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50672/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Marian Harkin

563. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for a specific technical aid for the blind and visually impaired for personal use, not for use in the workplace (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51015/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Marian Harkin

564. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for technical aids for the blind and visually iimpaired for personal use, in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51016/23]

Health Services Staff

Marian Harkin

577. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health how many full-time and part-time healthcare staff have been employed in a facility (details supplied); to provide a breakdown of each medical discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51094/23]

Tax Code

Marian Harkin

160. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 19 October 2023, if he will clarify an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50327/23]

Courts Staff

Marian Harkin

108. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of any plans for the appointment of a county registrar to Sligo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/23]

Medical Cards

Marian Harkin

152. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1328 of 7 November 2023, if treatment for retrograde cricophalyngeas dysfunction (R-CPD) will be made available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50226/23]

Military Aircraft

Marian Harkin

58. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide information in regard to US military planes refuelling in Shannon in relation to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49661/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Marian Harkin

597. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe for the construction of the new renal dialysis unit in Sligo university unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49930/23]

Departmental Funding

Marian Harkin

622. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in respect of each of the higher education institutes across the country, to provide details of capital investment allocations to each of these institutes for the years 2012-2022 inclusive; and if he will present this information in tabular form. [49928/23]

Departmental Funding

Marian Harkin

623. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of capital investment allocated to each of the new technological universities since they were established. [49929/23]

Regulatory Bodies

Marian Harkin

305. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans by CORU to recognise athletic rehabilitation therapists in its regulation process; if not, the reason they will not be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/23]

School Funding

Marian Harkin

39. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education what funding was allocated for school libraries in budget 2023 and budget 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48908/23]

Ukraine War

Marian Harkin

48. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many modular homes have been provided for refugees in 2023; and what plans his Department have to provide additional modular homes. [48376/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Marian Harkin

53. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in terms of resources to accommodate and provide related support, what plans does his Department have in place to manage the increased flow of Ukrainian refugees and other international protection applicants over the coming winter months. [48375/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Marian Harkin

68. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that the rights of children and adults with disabilities are upheld in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48372/23]

Disability Services

Marian Harkin

70. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to deal with the crisis in children’s disability services due to lack of early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/23]

Job Creation

Marian Harkin

399. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA-sponsored jobs, by county or by region, for the years 2016 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/23]

Job Creation

Marian Harkin

400. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in IDA-sponsored jobs, by county or by region, for the years 2016 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47861/23]

Job Creation

Marian Harkin

401. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new Enterprise Ireland-sponsored jobs, by county or by region, for the years 2016 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47862/23]

Job Losses

Marian Harkin

402. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in Enterprise Ireland-sponsored jobs, by county or by region, for the years 2016 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47863/23]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

555. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48675/23]

Business Supports

Marian Harkin

583. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if downstream businesses such as restaurants, cafés and gastropubs, that have suffered an equally devastating impact as a result of reduced footfall/tourism caused by contracting of beds by the Government for humanitarian purposes, will be included in any specific business support scheme for tourism activities and attractions, which is currently being examined by Fáilte Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48197/23]