Parliamentary questions

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

1342. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date on which he expects the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital to move to operating 24-hour care. [12138/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

1377. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the GP streaming service for UHL Hospital that was announced by the CEO of the HSE recently will commence operating; the way in which it will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

1416. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the decision was made to open the new community nursing home in Nenagh as a step-down facility for UHL patients; who made the decision to do this; and on what date this will commence. [12540/24]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

199. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the likely opening date for the new Shannon crossing. [11525/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education how many ASD units there are in Tipperary primary and post primary schools; and if she will list their locations. [11370/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

287. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many gardaí were attested with full powers in the calendar year 2023. [11371/24]

Hospital Overcrowding

Alan Kelly

399. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health what measures he is taking to address the overcrowding situation in the UHL hospital group. [11369/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11168/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

23. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11160/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

35. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11158/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

46. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11155/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

56. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11170/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

67. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11159/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

72. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11165/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

78. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11157/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

101. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11156/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

107. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11169/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11163/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

129. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11167/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11164/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

175. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11153/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11154/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

229. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11162/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

235. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11161/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

240. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied).
[11166/24]

Direct Provision System

Alan Kelly

540. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the designation of the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea as a hotel for 'dual purpose' thereby supporting local businesses and tourism similar to the designation that he and the Government are now supporting for the D Hotel in Drogheda. [9978/24]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

7. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if further sanctions were discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting to be applied on Belarus due to its involvement in the war with Ukraine. [9535/24]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

8. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Brazilian Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2024. [9536/24]

Cycling Facilities

Alan Kelly

22. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding that was provided for cycling facilities in County Tipperary in 2023 and the expected funding for same in 2024, in tabular form [9530/24]

Tax Yield

Alan Kelly

29. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing stamp duty on first time buyers of homes of less than €385,000. [9532/24]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Alan Kelly

30. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated if the late registration fee of 0.1% was increased to 0.45% for each day over 30 days for which vehicles remain unregistered for VRT based on 2023 figures. [9533/24]

Public Appointments Service

Alan Kelly

34. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Public Appointment Service will hold general civil service competitions for individuals with fluency in Irish at administrative officer and assistant principal officer level during Q2 in 2024. [9537/24]

National Cultural Institutions

Alan Kelly

62. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current members of the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and the Minister that appointed each member [9539/24]

Local Authorities

Alan Kelly

70. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of funding requests his Department received from Tipperary County Council towards purchasing additional fire appliances in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; of the funding requests received, the number that were approved per year in tabular form. [9540/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

91. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer in tabular form. [9534/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Kelly

107. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE funded therapists that have been allocated to special schools in County Tipperary in tabular form. [9531/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

147. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he plans to open an accident and emergency department in Nenagh and or Ennis hospitals, given the terrible situation regarding access to University Hospital Limerick; and if not, his new plans to alleviate overcrowding in UHL. [9472/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patient visits handled in total by Nenagh Hospital across all disciplines for the years 2016-2023 inclusive, providing total figures for each year, in tabular form. [9473/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

149. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patient visits handled by Ennis Hospital across all disciplines for the years 2016-2023 inclusive, providing total figures for each year, in tabular form. [9474/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

150. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patient visits handled by St. John's Hospital Limerick across all disciplines for the years 2016-2023 inclusive, providing total figures for each year, in tabular form. [9475/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

151. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patient visits handled by University Hospital Limerick across all disciplines for the years 2016-2023 inclusive, providing total figures for each year, in tabular form. [9476/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of external cleaning companies that provide cleaning services to her Department in 2023 and to date in 2024 and the amount paid to each company for such works in tabular form. [9538/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

130. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE railway accident investigators employed by his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [9257/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

320. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade working in the special investigation unit of her Department as of 20 February 2024. [9259/24]

Domestic Violence

Alan Kelly

358. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated current and capital costs of providing eight additional staffed family refuge spaces. [9263/24]

EU Funding

Alan Kelly

359. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if An Garda Síochána or her Department has made funding applications for projects under the EU Anti-Fraud Programme in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and if so, the applications. [9264/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

360. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian equine instructors working in the Garda mounted unit in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [9265/24]

Greyhound Industry

Alan Kelly

399. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of revenue generated through hospitality sales at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the number that attended restaurant services at this stadium during same period, in tabular form. [9266/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Alan Kelly

400. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland publishes figures for race attendees including everyone who attends even those who gain free admission for example trainers, jockeys, stable staff, press and so on; and if he will request HRI to provide the amount of paying attendees to all events for the past 12 months. [9267/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

456. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of recruiting two additional senior staff grade physiotherapists and two additional clinical specialist in the area of psychology for each children's disability network teams. [9260/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

457. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of summer camp-based specialist services for children with complex support needs that will be established in County Tipperary for summer 2024. [9261/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

458. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in behaviours of concern working within CHO areas 3 and 5 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9262/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

566. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new Nenagh community nursing home will be open before June 2024. [9071/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

613. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons attached to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9252/24]

Health Promotion

Alan Kelly

614. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of HSE anti-smoking courses within CHOs 3 and 5 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9253/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the HSE national antimicrobial resistant team; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [9254/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

616. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working in the neurology department of Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9255/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

617. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based in the Cashel minor injuries unit in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9256/24]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

644. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the number of undergraduate new entrants in pharmacy by 20%, broken down by the number of additional new entrants a 20% increase would achieve. [9258/24]

Energy Prices

Alan Kelly

144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is any financial assistance/credits available to be put towards the electricity bills of parents of seriously ill children who depend upon high electric usage medical equipment 24/7 for survival. [7991/24]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 23 January 2024, if she will list the hotels referenced in the PQs that are now closed and/or deregistered, by county and whether closed and/or deregistered, in tabular form. [7866/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Alan Kelly

371. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people benefit from the wage subsidy scheme, by county and by month for 2022, 2023 and for January 2024. [7616/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Alan Kelly

372. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people under the wage subsidy scheme have lost that payment following the acquiring of hotels and other accommodation settings for Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants, by month and by county for 2022, 2023 and for January 2024. [7617/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Alan Kelly

373. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people under the wage subsidy scheme have lost that payment following the acquiring of hotels and other accommodation settings for Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants, by month and by county for 2022, 2023 and for January 2024. [7618/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Kelly

178. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the 2024 sports capital grants will be announced to the successful clubs and organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6701/24]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

152. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke with the US House of Representative Minority Leader during his recent visit to Washington DC. [6602/24]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of WTE staff by grade working in the Passport Office as of 7 February 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [6603/24]

Bus Éireann

Alan Kelly

220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of new full-time bus mechanics recruited by Bus Éireann in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [6597/24]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

221. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the Road Traffic Measures Bill 2023; and when this Bill will progress to the next stage. [6598/24]

Office of Public Works

Alan Kelly

248. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the visitor numbers for each visitor attractions operated by the OPW for each month of 2023, in tabular form. [6593/24]

Office of Government Procurement

Alan Kelly

249. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title currently in the Office of Government Procurement; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6594/24]

Enterprise Policy

Alan Kelly

258. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland intends to open an office in Mexico City. [6595/24]

Industrial Development

Alan Kelly

259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of capital funding allocated to IDA Ireland for its Regional Property Programme in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6596/24]

State Bodies

Alan Kelly

376. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of WTE staff, by job title working in the marketing department of Failte Ireland as of 7 February 2024; the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title within the marketing department; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6592/24]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the fire services Bill; and this Bill will progress to the next stage. [6591/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

465. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that were made for clerical civilian jobs in An Garda Síochána following the recruitment drive that closed on 20 September 2023; how many of the 400 clerical positions that were available have been now filled by civilians; the number of gardaí that have been freed-up from these clerical roles to be available for other frontline work in the force, in tabular form. [6309/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

477. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 23 January 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [6599/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

478. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of suspect identification suites in each Garda division, in tabular form. [6601/24]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

517. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the successful applicants for work under the 2024 Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme will be published. [6605/24]

State Properties

Alan Kelly

531. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason Baggot Street Hospital, which is owned by the State, has not been used to house either international protection applicants or Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6272/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

532. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees housed and international protection applicants, respectively, housed in each local election area as of 6 February 2024. [6273/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

538. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what progress has been made by his Department regarding the purchase of Grant's Hotel in Roscrea to become a community hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/24]

Child and Family Agency

Alan Kelly

551. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE social workers, by grade recruited by Tusla in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the number of vacant WTE social workers posts currently in Tusla. [6604/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

607. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, adult ADHD specialists working in community healthcare organisations, CHO 3 and CHO 5, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.. [6606/24]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

608. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of heart transplant procedures that have been performed to date in 2024. [6607/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

609. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, consultant gastroenterologist and gastroenterologist registrars attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6608/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Kelly

632. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of WTE enforcement lawyers employed by the Charities Regulator in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [6609/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

543. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the required WTEs will be in place to open the new Nenagh community nursing home; and the date it is expected to be open. [5418/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

106. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the running costs of the Irish Embassy in Washington DC, Paris and London in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2485/24]

Energy Conservation

Alan Kelly

144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for external wall insulation in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2949/24]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

173. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a 2023 end-of-year report on the Connecting Ireland Plan for County Tipperary; the funding that was allocated and spent; the services that have been delivered; the funding that will be allocated for 2024; and the services that are expected to be delivered in 2024 in County Tipperary. [2481/24]

National Transport Authority

Alan Kelly

190. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost to recruit 15 additional full-time taxi enforcement officers for the National Transport Authority. [2943/24]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

262. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last met the Director General of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; and when he is next scheduled to meet the Director General. [2946/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

302. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed [2942/24]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of hotels across the country that closed between 2014 and 2024, by county and by year. [3024/24]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of new hotels registered across the country between 2014 and 2024, by county and by year. [3025/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

404. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of December 2023; and the total spend on each payment in December 2023. [2951/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

423. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vetting applications processed by the Garda National Vetting Bureau in 2023. [2482/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

424. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 12 December 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [2483/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

425. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles reported stolen to gardaí within the Tipperary division in 2023. [2484/24]