Parliamentary questions

International Protection

Pa Daly

416. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 19 October 2021, the engagements that have occurred with approved housing bodies in relation to sourcing accommodation for international protection applicants. [60528/21]

Nursing Homes

Pa Daly

583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the temporary assistance payment scheme given the surge in Covid-19 cases and the costs of infection control in nursing homes and residential care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60279/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pa Daly

69. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views in relation to the forthcoming Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021. [58560/21]

Direct Provision System

Pa Daly

77. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the White Paper on ending direct provision. [58559/21]

Eating Disorders

Pa Daly

110. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of in-patient beds available in the State for children with eating disorders. [58555/21]

Eating Disorders

Pa Daly

154. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views in relation to Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and the way it applies to those with eating disorders. [58556/21]

Third Level Education

Pa Daly

64. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to review the criteria and income thresholds for SUSI grants to ensure that a family qualifying for the working family payment is deemed eligible for a fee and maintenance SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58611/21]

Grant Payments

Pa Daly

105. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the criteria to establish a SUSI applicant’s independence from their parents in cases in which the applicant is under 23 years of age and is living independently from their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58612/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

612. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding parents being able to visit their child together in children's hospitals, particularly when the parents must travel to Dublin from places like County Kerry and one parent is currently forced to sit outside the hospital due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58736/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

613. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding parents who are faced with hearing a difficult diagnosis while their child is an inpatient in hospital but cannot currently meet with their child's consultant together due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58737/21]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

617. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued an appointment. [58749/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

34. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Budget 2022 allocation to her Department in view of the potential need for further pandemic unemployment payments given the changes to night-time hospitality restrictions recently announced. [57964/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Pa Daly

93. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the assessments her Department has carried out in relation to available jobs within the hospitality sector; and the way they have informed the stance of her Department on the pandemic unemployment payment scheme. [57965/21]

Court Accommodation

Pa Daly

193. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider holding an updated review of existing courthouses, including the courthouse in Tralee, County Kerry in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [57963/21]

Court Accommodation

Pa Daly

198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if assessments have been carried out by a conservation architect grade 1 of the current courthouse building in Tralee, County Kerry in deciding to relocate court services from the current site. [57962/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Pa Daly

295. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the six-month limit for eligibility for a payment from the mother and baby home redress scheme applies with respect to the date of an adoption order or the date of the child physically leaving the institution. [58077/21]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Pa Daly

114. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the date by which all payments will be made under the July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56435/21]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Pa Daly

115. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the criteria that applies to July provision payments in terms of determining those payments that will be made late; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56436/21]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Pa Daly

116. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the process for communicating changes or delays to July provision payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56437/21]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Pa Daly

117. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if payments will be made in respect of the July Provision to persons (details supplied). [56438/21]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

260. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds to be removed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56447/21]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

261. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of each type of bed, that is, geriatric, acute and short stay at HSE-provided community and district hospitals in County Kerry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56448/21]

Electricity Generation

Pa Daly

164. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date by which the microgeneration support scheme will be ready for individuals, community groups, business owners and farmers to sell eligible electricity to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56086/21]

Departmental Consultations

Pa Daly

165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date on which his Department will publish the summary responses to the public consultation in relation to the microgeneration support scheme which closed on 18 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56087/21]

Departmental Consultations

Pa Daly

166. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date on which his Department will publish the findings from the submissions to the public consultation regarding the microgeneration support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56088/21]

Departmental Bodies

Pa Daly

167. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of times that the Micro-generation Working Group met in each month of 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56089/21]

Civil Service

Pa Daly

234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the deadline for the Irish language executive officer panel due to expire on 31 December 2021 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant delays in placements being offered to successful candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55749/21]

Civil Service

Pa Daly

235. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the processes for filling executive officer placements to ensure that Irish language executive officer panels are considered alongside general English language panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55750/21]

Judicial Reviews

Pa Daly

269. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of decisions that have been upheld; the number of decisions that were set aside in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55512/21]

Judicial Reviews

Pa Daly

270. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions that have been taken by State bodies in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55513/21]

Semi-State Bodies

Pa Daly

271. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount incurred by An Bord Pleanála in legal and consultant fees in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55514/21]

Semi-State Bodies

Pa Daly

272. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that all external services and consultants retained by An Bord Pleanála have been procured in accordance with the relevant procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55515/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pa Daly

405. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the back to work enterprise allowance for those applicants who were approved between February 2020 and June 2021 considering many were not able to open their businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56115/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Pa Daly

49. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his plans to tackle the increase in demand on homeless services due to evictions from private rentals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54568/21]

Vacant Properties

Pa Daly

59. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant local authority owned properties in County Kerry; the funding set aside to upgrade these vacant properties in 2022; the target number of properties to be upgraded in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54569/21]

Sport and Recreational Development

Pa Daly

143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements she has had with various sporting bodies and others in relation to the return of indoor sports and cultural activities for children. [54945/21]

Sports Organisations

Pa Daly

176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements she has had with basketball representatives including Basketball Ireland over return to play protocols. [54944/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

452. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the safeguarding measures that are currently implemented in schools in relation to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54710/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

563. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic beds designated for pelvic fractures in each of the seven hospital groups in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54045/21]

Foreign Direct Investment

Pa Daly

57. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies or organisations the IDA has discussed with visits to County Kerry during 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52995/21]

Enterprise Policy

Pa Daly

74. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times it is anticipated that the Shannon Estuary Task Force will meet before the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52996/21]

Sports Funding

Pa Daly

338. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53323/21]

Forestry Sector

Pa Daly

341. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take regarding necessary repairs at a location (details supplied). [52042/21]

Housing Policy

Pa Daly

344. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the €250,000 limit which applies on Rebuilding Ireland home loans in view of increased building costs. [52113/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Pa Daly

361. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons accommodated through homeless services within Kerry County Council; the locations they are housed in; and the numbers in each location in tabular form. [52342/21]

School Staff

Pa Daly

533. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will approve the retention of a mainstream teacher in a school (details supplied). [52736/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Pa Daly

584. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve a child benefit application for a child (details supplied) given that information pertinent to a review of the original decision has not been forthcoming from the relevant agency. [52276/21]

Alcohol Sales

Pa Daly

734. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the regulatory and legislative challenges posed by drink delivery services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52353/21]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

738. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the establishment of a complaints process within the Irish Prison Service; and her plans for establishing an independent means of complaint in addition. [52446/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

781. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the system for managing exemptions to the Covid-19 vaccine relative to the Covid-19 vaccine pass in cases in which a person has a valid medical reason for being unable to get the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51991/21]

Health Services Staff

Pa Daly

818. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [52122/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

831. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a modular unit is installed at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of urgency to deal with the capacity crisis currently affecting the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52150/21]

Health Service Executive

Pa Daly

843. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the HSE policy with respect to bereavement leave in a set of circumstances (details supplied). [52183/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

866. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions undertaken by the Health and Safety Authority or any other relevant body under the provisions of the Health Act 1947 within sections 31AE, 31AF, 31AG and 31 AH since the enactment of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021. [52274/21]

Health Services

Pa Daly

904. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3254 of 27 July 2021, if he will request an urgent update from the HSE in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52385/21]

Health Services Staff

Pa Daly

1002. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of tissue viability nurses available to medical card holders by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52844/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Pa Daly

1042. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the assisted human reproduction Bill; when it will be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52989/21]

Courts Service

Pa Daly

107. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her plans to reform family law facilities outside of Dublin; and her plans in relation to family law facilities in regional towns and cities. [51079/21]

Budget 2022

Pa Daly

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the capital expenditure measures Budget 2022 allocation for her Department contains; if she will provide the priorities in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51078/21]

Primary Care Centres

Pa Daly

128. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of his review into primary care facilities. [50810/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

162. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of each capital expenditure projects planned with respect to University Hospital Kerry; and the timeline for their completion. [50809/21]

International Protection

Pa Daly

642. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the forthcoming allocation scheme for housing international protection applicants. [50390/21]

Gambling Sector

Pa Daly

691. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the establishment of the gambling regulator; the amount allocated for its establishment in budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50701/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

692. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of projected recruits, actual recruits, newly attested trainees and retirements in An Garda Síochána in each of the years from 2019 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [50702/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

693. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the details of the new community safety fund as outlined in budget 2022 measures; and the existing initiatives that are to be incorporated into the fund or discontinued due to its establishment. [50703/21]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

31. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of in-person and e-visits made by the IDA to each county in quarters 1, 2 and 3 of 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/21]

Regional Development

Pa Daly

33. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the taskforce established to focus on the development of the Shannon Estuary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49616/21]

Regional Development

Pa Daly

34. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of local development plans to stimulate economic activity for those areas that expected economic development arising from the Shannon LNG project; when these plans will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49617/21]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

179. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the performance of each local authority with respect to their housing supply targets in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [49447/21]

Housing Schemes

Pa Daly

180. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the incorporation of the serviced sites fund into the affordable housing fund; his further views on the distinction between the responsibilities the latter has as compared to the Croí Cónaithe towns fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49448/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

455. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda civilian staff who retired in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [49659/21]

Vaccination Programme

Pa Daly

517. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding vaccinations in secondary schools given many have now been scheduled in HSE vaccination centres on an individual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49365/21]

Vaccination Programme

Pa Daly

518. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a secondary school vaccination programme is now being conducted on an individual basis in HSE vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49369/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

595. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if an MRI machine in use at University Hospital Kerry is used exclusively for private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49637/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

596. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI machines in use at University Hospital Kerry; the body that operates the machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49638/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

597. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that received an MRI in University Hospital Kerry in each of the past 36 months by public and private in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49639/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

598. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred from County Kerry to County Cork for an MRI in each of the past 36 months by public and private in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49640/21]

Third Level Admissions

Pa Daly

337. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action he will take regarding a CAO appeal by a person (details supplied). [48965/21]

Third Level Admissions

Pa Daly

338. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will request the Central Applications Office to review the graphical user interface of its application system to ensure it is compliant with the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48972/21]

Alcohol Sales

Pa Daly

212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the monthly number of automatic renewals of licence renewals to date in 2021, in tabular form. [48106/21]

Alcohol Sales

Pa Daly

213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the monthly number of automatic renewals of off-licence renewals to date in 2021, in tabular form. [48107/21]

Alcohol Sales

Pa Daly

516. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her planned reforms to licensing laws; and when she anticipates being able to publish these legislative proposals. [47747/21]

Rights of Way

Pa Daly

523. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her plans for reform in the area of easements and rights of way and when she anticipates being able to bring legislation on the matter. [47812/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

568. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1364 of 9 September 2021, the monthly and yearly spend on antibiotics in each acute hospital for the year to date in 2021, by the relevant hospital in tabular form. [47564/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

597. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the decision to transfer oncology day services including all ancillary services from University Hospital Kerry to the Bons Secours Hospital, Tralee; the projected timeline of the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47686/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

598. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the projected costs related to the transfer of oncology day services including all ancillary services from University Hospital Kerry to the Bons Secours Hospital, Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/21]

Customs and Excise

Pa Daly

81. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will investigate issues arising between An Post and the Revenue Commissioners related to the calculation and collection of VAT and duties on parcels; the steps he will take to establish a clear process for handling such issues that avoids parcels being returned to the originator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46908/21]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

406. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be approved for a person (details supplied). [46069/21]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

562. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her position on offences related to non-fatal strangulation; if her attention has been drawn to reforms in Northern Ireland in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45940/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

655. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elective surgeries have been cancelled at University Hospital Kerry since 9 September 2021 with no plan to resume them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46147/21]

Hospital Overcrowding

Pa Daly

656. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the plan to address overcrowding at University Hospital Kerry, which has led to the cancellation of elective surgeries for an extended period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46148/21]

Hospital Procedures

Pa Daly

657. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the details of the plan to ensure that elective surgeries can resume at University Hospital Kerry, even if at a limited capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46149/21]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the details of the plan to address the shortage of consultants and nursing staff at University Hospital Kerry given these staff shortages have been publicly cited as the reason that elective surgeries have been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46150/21]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

659. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the timeline by which his Department and the HSE will deliver a plan to address staff shortages, cancelled surgeries and staff retention issues at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46151/21]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

660. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the decision has been made to downgrade University Hospital Kerry from a model 3 hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46152/21]

General Practitioner Services

Pa Daly

733. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1429 of 9 September 2021, if the required permission cited in the question for general practitioners taking annual leave was given in the case of a general practitioner (details supplied) for 2021; if an application for reimbursement for a locum was received by the HSE to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46299/21]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

772. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who requested mental health services in University Hospital Kerry accident and emergency department in each of the years 2017 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/21]

Education Standards

Pa Daly

94. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will report on progress made to date on the commitment to reduce the primary level pupil-teacher ratio to 25:1 with emphasis on those classrooms which currently experience ratios of 30:1 and above; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45332/21]

Educational Disadvantage

Pa Daly

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the number of mainstream teaching posts, special education teaching posts and special needs assistants added at each of primary and post-primary levels for the 2021-2022 school year; the way these numbers compare to commitments made for each in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45333/21]

Ticket Touting

Pa Daly

78. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a venue (details supplied) has applied to be a designated venue or if it has applied to have any of its events designated under the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021. [44671/21]