Parliamentary questions

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the full scheme design for the microgeneration support scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54878/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the results of the survey on the microgeneration support scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54879/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the microgeneration support scheme participants will receive payment for excess renewable electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54880/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated timeframe for future payments will be determined for the microgeneration support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54881/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

124. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the tariffs for excess renewable electricity that suppliers export to the grid; the way that these will be correlated to current market value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54882/22]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

263. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the monthly number of automatic licence renewals to date in 2022, in tabular form. [54507/22]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the monthly number of automatic off-licence renewals to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54508/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

447. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will assist in the expeditious processing of a passport for a person (details supplied). [54855/22]

Legal Aid

Pa Daly

843. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she has received a work-in-progress report on the civil legal aid review; and when the review intends to accept submissions from NGOs and other bodies. [54306/22]

Departmental Investigations

Pa Daly

1022. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the detail behind the methodology employed for the north Kerry child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, sample audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54615/22]

Departmental Investigations

Pa Daly

1023. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the total number of files selected for inclusion in the north Kerry CAMHS sample audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54616/22]

Departmental Investigations

Pa Daly

1024. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if any files, originally selected for inclusion in the north Kerry CAMHS sample audit, were subsequently removed from the list of files; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54617/22]

Departmental Investigations

Pa Daly

1025. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the date by which the sample audit of north Kerry CAMHS files will be completed; the date by which the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54618/22]

Departmental Investigations

Pa Daly

1026. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will request a full review of all north Kerry CAMHS files opened since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54619/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

1046. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the clinical governance structures in place for CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54681/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

1047. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the methods employed by the HSE to ensure that the appropriate clinical governance structures were put in place where the HSE took over the provision of CAMHS services from charitable organisations in counties Cork and Kerry from 2012 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54682/22]

Vaccination Programme

Pa Daly

1083. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views in relation to the meningitis B vaccine being excluded from the early childhood vaccination programme for children born prior to 2016, and its high cost in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54822/22]

Home Help Service

Pa Daly

1095. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the retention of home help hours for a cancer patient (details supplied). [54874/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

1128. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied). [55068/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Pa Daly

1282. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for Glas first-tranche applicants beyond 10 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54995/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Pa Daly

1283. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged local farmers in advance of the launch of the current ACRES scheme to elicit feedback on sustainability and conservation of the rural landscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54996/22]

Public Sector Pay

Pa Daly

119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the remuneration of staff at Pobal. [44811/22]

Trade Agreements

Pa Daly

112. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the announced increases in the Brazilian national herd comparable to the total cattle population in this State; and any implications that the Mercosur Trade Agreement may have on this. [53123/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Pa Daly

139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary measures that are affecting suckler beef and sheep farmers under Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53122/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Pa Daly

322. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the details of a circular or directive issued by his Department, empowering local authorities to purchase HAP, RAS or rent supplement-subsidised properties where a notice to quit has been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53422/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Pa Daly

323. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will communicate to Kerry County Council the details of a circular or directive issued by his Department, empowering local authorities to purchase HAP, RAS or rent supplement-subsidised properties where a notice to quit has been issued, including the particulars of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53423/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Pa Daly

324. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties purchased and in the process of being purchased, under a circular or directive issued by his Department, empowering local authorities to purchase HAP, RAS or rent supplement-subsidised properties where a notice to quit has been issued, by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53424/22]

Courts Service

Pa Daly

58. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the projects which will be funded by the capital allocations to the Courts Service in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51611/22]

General Practitioner Services

Pa Daly

139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had recently with an organisation (details supplied). [51609/22]

General Practitioner Services

Pa Daly

184. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address GP shortages. [51610/22]

Student Accommodation

Pa Daly

119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on student accommodation providers charging a full month’s rent to students where they have not spent a full initial month upon moving into their accommodation. [51607/22]

Student Accommodation

Pa Daly

125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements that he has had recently with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to student accommodation. [51608/22]

Planning Issues

Pa Daly

332. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the number of appeals to An Bord Pleanála that are currently in excess of the 18-week timeframe; the number that have exceeded this timeframe to date in 2022; and the total number of appeals to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51239/22]

Planning Issues

Pa Daly

333. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the number of An Bord Pleanála decisions that have been set aside by judicial review decisions in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51240/22]

Planning Issues

Pa Daly

346. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on recent issues within An Bord Pleanála; and the steps he has taken in relation to the organisation’s ongoing operation. [51667/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pa Daly

539. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for all or part of the disability support grant. [52006/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pa Daly

540. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend eligibility of the disability support grant to include those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52013/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

541. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time in advance of 1 January 2023 that applications for fuel allowance under the increased income threshold can be submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52014/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

542. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the cut-off date for applications to have fuel allowance paid as a lump sum for the winter season 2022/2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52015/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

543. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements, if any, that she is making to assist with the expeditious processing of additional fuel allowance applications as a result of the extended income threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52016/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

555. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on scheme A funding application (details supplied). [51231/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

564. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of transfers between different IPAS accommodation centres for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51486/22]

Asylum Seekers

Pa Daly

572. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements that he has had with HIQA over inspections for IPAS contracted properties. [51896/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Pa Daly

573. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department is competing with other Government agencies for private sector accommodation, including homeless emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51897/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

574. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the average transfer notice period provided, by month, to those in IPAS accommodation to date in 2022, broken down by the status of the those receiving notices, for example TPD, leave to remain, current applicants for protection and so on in tabular form. [51898/22]

Housing Schemes

Pa Daly

331. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the inclusion of carer’s allowance in income calculations for local authority home loans. [50097/22]

State Pensions

Pa Daly

492. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application by a person (details supplied) for the State pension (non-contributory). [49583/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Pa Daly

688. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied). [49851/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

193. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education when a pupil (details supplied) will receive their school bus ticket. [48929/22]

Rights of Way

Pa Daly

553. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to bring forward new proposals in the area of right-of-way laws. [48441/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pa Daly

125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of communications managers employed by bodies under his Department's aegis (details supplied); the associated grades of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47517/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

269. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Annual Report for the years 2013 to 2014 up to and including 2020 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47530/22]

Departmental Staff

Pa Daly

140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that vacancies for Higher Executive Officers in Government Departments are now taking applicants from the panel of Higher Executive Officers who are Irish-language speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47101/22]

Departmental Staff

Pa Daly

141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the percentage of Higher Executive Officers appointed to date in 2022 who are Irish-language speakers; if he will also report on the percentage of Higher Executive Officers overall who are Irish speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47102/22]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

456. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of a haematology day ward in University Hospital Kerry, equipped for ten patients, to facilitate the delivery of chemotherapy and related blood work or infusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46704/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

457. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will support the installation of an isolator in University Hospital Kerry to facilitate load balancing between University Hospital Kerry and Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46705/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

458. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the laboratory staff in University Hospital Kerry from a rota of one to five to one to ten to ensure that laboratory staff have sufficient recovery time between shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46706/22]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

459. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that haematology patients are often required to travel daily for prolonged periods of time, two hours each way, from parts of north and west Kerry to Cork, in order to receive essential chemotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46707/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

476. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the thirty-five recommendations contained in the Maskey Report for South Kerry CAMHS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46803/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

477. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report the recommendations, if any, of the thirty-five recommendations contained in the Maskey Report for South Kerry CAMHS that have been implemented in North Kerry CAMHS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46804/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

478. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the State-wide review and prescription audit for CAMHS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46805/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

479. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to some CAMHS patients being seen by consultant psychiatrists via video-link or tele-clinic without prior notice that this would be the format of the consultation, or without being advised that they have the right to refuse this format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46806/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

480. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the way that CAMHS patients are informed about the use of video-link or teleclinic to avail of services; their rights regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46807/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

481. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if all CAMHS patients seen by a consultant psychiatrist via video-link or teleclinic had a professionally-trained member of the CAMHS team present in the room with the patient and family members during each consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46808/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

482. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the options available to CAMHS patients who decline a video-link or teleclinic with a consultant psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46809/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

483. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of current CAMHS patients in each of north Kerry awaiting their first occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology appointments for longer than 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 months and three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46810/22]

Technological Universities

Pa Daly

447. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the parameters under which DARE programme places are allocated in Munster Technological University (details supplied). [45668/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

282. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a procedure. [45213/22]

Civil Service

Pa Daly

179. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on Irish language-specific recruitment panels and the poor rates of appointment from these panels to full-time civil service posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44419/22]

Civil Service

Pa Daly

195. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on Irish-language specific recruitment panels and the poor rates of appointment from these panels to full-time civil service posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44420/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

286. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the school bus collecting children from Banna Road, Ardfert, is now picking children up at 7.35 am to travel outwards to Ballybunion before bringing schoolchildren to school in Tralee, due to the busy junction on the main road and concerns about children crossing the road on the inbound journey at 8:20 am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44553/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

287. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will request Bus Éireann to instruct the contracted bus services for the school transport scheme to pick-up children up on Banna Road, Ardfert. [44554/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Pa Daly

391. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare claims and additional needs payment claims made in County Kerry for each month from January 2021 to August 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44881/22]

Community Welfare Services

Pa Daly

392. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in each Intreo office in County Kerry as of 31 December 2021 and as of 31 August 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44882/22]

Community Welfare Services

Pa Daly

393. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she will take to address the processing delays of supplementary welfare and additional needs payment claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44883/22]

Local Authorities

Pa Daly

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will explore the potential for repurposing unspent funding for bicycle lanes and walkways held by Kerry County Council into funding for readying vacant council-owned properties for tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/22]

Banking Sector

Pa Daly

319. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he was informed of the intention of a bank (details supplied) to remove all cash services from a number of its branches prior to the announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42006/22]

Housing Schemes

Pa Daly

516. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the progress with regard to fixed-track ceiling hoists being funded under local authority housing grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42074/22]

Housing Schemes

Pa Daly

517. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the number of meetings his Department had with the Department of Health and-or the HSE in 2022 to discuss funding and the provision of fixed-track ceiling hoists under a grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42075/22]

Rental Sector

Pa Daly

579. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on expanding the capacity for telephone support at the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43019/22]

Rental Sector

Pa Daly

580. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to some landlords being unable to register their tenancies and that they cannot contact the Residential Tenancies Board to resolve the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43020/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

746. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review the process and handling of a first-time passport application for a person (details supplied). [43125/22]

Defence Forces

Pa Daly

782. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on any changes to catering arrangements for army recruits in recent months, in particular in cases in which recruits are now expected to arrange certain meals outside the barracks in which they are stationed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41972/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

856. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will approve a remote area grant for a person (details supplied). [42673/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

883. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will approve a school transport scheme ticket for a pupil (details supplied). [43051/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

886. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to technical issues with the school bus transport portal and that some applicants with emails (details supplied) have not been receiving correspondence from Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43072/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

887. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the number of school bus transport applicants for concessionary tickets for the 2022-2023 school year; the number of applications from primary and secondary students, respectively, for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43073/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

888. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the number of school bus transport applicants who were refused concessionary tickets for the 2022-2023 school year; the number of applications from primary and secondary students, respectively, for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43074/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

901. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education her Department's views in relation to the use of a vendor product (details supplied) for school bus applications including details of the system’s implementation, cost and any bugs or customer service issues experienced to date. [43130/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

915. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the position regarding contracted-out buses participating in the school transport scheme being permitted to drive to the crossroads on Banna Road, Ardfert to pick up schoolchildren for schools in the Tralee area as opposed to the schoolchildren having to stand at the edge of a busy junction on a main road; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43243/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

917. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education when a school transport ticket will issue to a person (details supplied). [43269/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

918. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will approve a school bus transport ticket for a person (details supplied). [43270/22]

School Transport

Pa Daly

928. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if a school bus transport ticket will be approved for a student (details supplied). [43418/22]

Employment Schemes

Pa Daly

1054. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has at times used the catalyst questionnaire to identify children as challenges for parents seeking employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41995/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

1123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance for a person (details supplied). [42988/22]

Childcare Services

Pa Daly

1202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on childcare for parents of young children who are seeking work but cannot afford to pay for childcare while in receipt of the jobseeker’s benefit or allowance. [41994/22]

International Agreements

Pa Daly

1207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements that he has had with the Minister for Justice on the suspension of the Council of Europe agreement on the abolition of visas for refugees. [42155/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

1208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of temporary protection document holders accommodated by the International Protection Accommodation Services in a location (details supplied), in tabular form. [42156/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

1230. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 18 May 2022, if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and any other accommodation for those seeking asylum; and if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties. [42773/22]

Council of Europe

Pa Daly

1370. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the recent decision to suspend the Council of Europe agreement on the abolition of visas for refugees; and the estimated number of visitors affected by the agreement in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [42154/22]