Parliamentary questions

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

1919. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied). [43630/22]

Water Services

Pa Daly

342. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that he will take to ensure that Irish Water has the necessary resources to ensure a sufficient interim supply for the Ardfert, County Kerry, area while the connection to the central regional water supply scheme is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38857/22]

Student Accommodation

Pa Daly

616. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he will take to ensure that third level students can secure student accommodation given the lack of available housing through on or off-campus accommodation or through private rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/22]

Student Accommodation

Pa Daly

617. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the use of student accommodation for emergency housing during term time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38866/22]

Student Accommodation

Pa Daly

618. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to any quota for accessible or adapted student accommodation on-campus to ensure that all students with disabilities can access suitable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38867/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

699. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment. [38926/22]

Ambulance Service

Pa Daly

176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances serving south Kerry; and the locations in which they are stationed. [37558/22]

General Practitioner Services

Pa Daly

181. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on directly employing general practitioners in rural areas within the HSE as per the recommendations in Sláintecare. [37557/22]

State Bodies

Pa Daly

217. 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 and 2 of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37905/22]

Industrial Development

Pa Daly

218. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the job figures outlined by the IDA as attributable to it in its 2021 annual report by county in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/22]

Airport Policy

Pa Daly

254. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will explore the potential for Kerry Airport to cater to additional flights and routes given the excessive delays and operational difficulties affecting inbound and outbound flights at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37023/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

439. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the responsibilities of the Director of Services for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) within local authorities; and if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the local authorities who have appointed someone to this role. [37730/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

466. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited. [37015/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

686. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 27 April 2022, the gross total spend to date by the International Protection Accommodation Services on privately owned accommodation as part of its response to the crisis in Ukraine. [37729/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

755. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for international protection that were dealt with under the single application procedure to date in 2022. [37999/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

795. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the date by when a senior podiatrist will take-up position in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37072/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

796. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of months that University Hospital Kerry has been without a senior podiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37073/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

797. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if one whole-time equivalent senior podiatrist will be appointed to University Hospital Kerry as opposed to a shared resource with another hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37074/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

798. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for an appointment with a senior podiatrist in University Hospital Kerry; the number waiting 0-3, 4-6, 6-9, 12-18 months and more than 18 months who had to travel from County Kerry to counties Cork and Limerick, respectively to be seen by a consultant podiatrist from January 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37075/22]

Driver Test

Pa Daly

168. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport when an applicant (details supplied) will receive a date for their driving test given their extenuating circumstances. [36812/22]

Citizenship Applications

Pa Daly

192. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current waiting times for citizenship applications by EEA and non-EEA applicants in tabular form. [36549/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the planned reforms to GSOC, including whether she envisages an increase in funding for any new body to replace it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35896/22]

Legal Aid

Pa Daly

2. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail the supports her Department gives to Free Legal Advice Centres; if her Department has received its 2021 annual report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35898/22]

Public Private Partnerships

Pa Daly

3. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the projects that will benefit from funding allotted under the public private partnership line item in her Department’s planned capital expenditure for 2022. [36290/22]

Children in Care

Pa Daly

432. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to increase the allowances paid to Tusla foster carers. [35290/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

440. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if HIQA inspections will apply to all providers of accommodation to IPAS; and the details of any exceptions. [35470/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

441. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation enabling HIQA inspections of IPAS-contracted properties will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35471/22]

Departmental Contracts

Pa Daly

464. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, his Department or IPAS were aware of a matter before awarding a contract for accommodation services to a vendor (details supplied). [36242/22]

Domestic Violence

Pa Daly

533. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she envisages having to directly provide domestic violence refuge centres through her Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of counties or areas of the country in which these services are currently absent. [35970/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

857. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will make an extraordinary payment to University Hospital Kerry staff to ensure that the pandemic bonus payment is made urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36201/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

858. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic bonus payment was not paid to University Hospital Kerry staff on 30 June 2022 as expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36202/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

859. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a 24/7 paediatric oncology consultant to be available in Crumlin for care questions that may arise for outpatients receiving services in or near their home hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36203/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

860. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide on-site accommodation for those parents and children who must travel more than 50 km to Crumlin for care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36204/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

861. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a paediatric oncology ward in University Hospital Kerry to facilitate a more co-ordinated level of care for paediatric cancer patients, including services such as haematology, port and wound dressings, administration of chemotherapy and other care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36205/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

862. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide social workers, play therapists and psychologists within University Hospital Kerry in order to help paediatric cancer patients deal with the side effects of their cancer diagnosis and treatment, many of which lead to mental health struggles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36206/22]

Departmental Projects

Pa Daly

8. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [32407/22]

Departmental Inquiries

Pa Daly

127. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of the number of actions defended by the Chief State Solicitor or Attorney General in which the Minister for Education is a named party for 2019, 2020, 2021 and year to date in 2022, in tabular form. [34496/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

864. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a procedure. [34208/22]

Rental Sector

Pa Daly

43. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm if directives have been issued to local authorities permitting them to purchase housing assistance payment, rental accommodation scheme and rent supplement properties where a notice to quit has been issued.
[32408/22]

Rental Sector

Pa Daly

85. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views in relation to the recent changes to homeless housing assistance payment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32409/22]

Water Quality

Pa Daly

212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the latest EPA water quality report. [27941/22]

Water Quality

Pa Daly

213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the water quality initiatives undertaken by his Department and agencies under his Department's remit.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

82. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited (details supplied) in view of the pending travel date. [32994/22]

School Staff

Pa Daly

129. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will approve the retention of a sixth classroom teacher for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33105/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

193. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the use of teleclinics or similar video communications as a means of consultant psychiatrist appointments for CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33074/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

194. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the personnel employed to conduct teleclinics for CAMHS, noting their qualifications; if they are HSE employees or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33075/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

195. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the use of teleclinics to conduct CAMHS consultations is part of the strategy to resource CAMHS teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33076/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will include a person (details supplied) in the north Kerry CAMHS audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33078/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Pa Daly

82. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 31 May 2022, the breakdown of the amounts paid to barristers by the Chief State Solicitor or Attorney General in actions where the Minister for Education is a named party, together with the amount received by each individual barrister for 2019, 2020, 2021 and year to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32260/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

294. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport renewal for a person (details supplied) will be processed expeditiously. [31852/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

383. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport renewal for a person (details supplied) can be processed expeditiously. [32149/22]

Departmental Contracts

Pa Daly

561. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 31 May 2022, the amount that was paid to each barrister in actions in which she is a named party in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32252/22]

Visa Applications

Pa Daly

678. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons to date who have applied for the current undocumented scheme; and the breakdown of those within the international protection strand and the more general scheme. [32287/22]

Health Services Staff

Pa Daly

748. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the Intern Employment Eligibility Assessment; and the number of persons who took and passed the assessment in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [31944/22]

Residential Institutions

Pa Daly

411. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans that are within the proposals for a national memorial and records centre to commemorate those who were boarded out from State care. [31650/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

479. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of eligible healthcare workers that have already received the Covid recognition payment within County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31510/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

480. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the date that all eligible healthcare workers will have received the Covid recognition payment within County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31511/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

481. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) will receive the Covid recognition payment. [31513/22]

Health Services Staff

Pa Daly

195. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the start date for a dietitian within the north Kerry CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31064/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the current resources within the north Kerry CAMHS team noting those shared from other teams or areas and those which are full-time resources for north Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31065/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Pa Daly

240. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant application for an organisation (details supplied). [31266/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

602. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite the processing and return of submitted documents related to passports for persons (details supplied). [29245/22]

School Staff

Pa Daly

988. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will approve the retention of a classroom teacher in a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29594/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

1329. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the processing of the ML10 money laundering identity verification forms by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30029/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

1330. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if the ML10 money laundering identity verification forms can be authorised in any An Garda Síochána station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30030/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 146 of 18 May 2022, his views on the different categories of accommodation listed therein (details supplied) and their function. [28271/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

3. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the Ukrainian refugee crisis unit within his Department; and his further views on the number of Ukrainian refugees who have arrived and who have requested assistance from the International Protection Accommodation Services. [28272/22]

Childcare Services

Pa Daly

5. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the State agency for early learning and care and school-age childcare. [28273/22]

Vacant Properties

Pa Daly

96. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 April 2021, the number of full-time equivalent vacant homes officers by local authority in tabular form for 2021 and to date in 2022. [28358/22]

Vacant Properties

Pa Daly

97. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 April 2021, if he receives regular updates on the number of homes applied for through the vacant homes scheme by local authority; and if so, if he will provide the up-to-date figures for 2021 and to date in 2022. [28359/22]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

183. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 22 March 2022, the number of applications for the undocumented migrants' scheme that have been received to date; the number that have been approved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28213/22]

Special Areas of Conservation

Pa Daly

267. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Wild Atlantic Nature LIFE IP project can be extended to cover Kerry boglands. [28047/22]

Housing Policy

Pa Daly

271. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the return of local authority housing in which a tenant passes away and the directions or circulars are given to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/22]

Departmental Funding

Pa Daly

272. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that house refurbishment for reallocation is funded between his Department and local authorities; the circulars or directions by his Department that have been issued in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28163/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

310. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport (details supplied) will issue. [27518/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

354. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport for a person (details supplied) will issue. [28015/22]

Departmental Contracts

Pa Daly

377. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of the senior councils and barristers paid or retained for work on behalf of her Department; and the amounts paid to each for each the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27318/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

642. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a consultant podiatrist will take up a position in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27312/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

643. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of months that University Hospital Kerry has been without a consultant podiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27313/22]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

644. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had to travel from County Kerry to each hospital in counties Cork and Limerick to be seen by a consultant podiatrist from January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27314/22]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

656. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a paediatric diabetes team in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27352/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pa Daly

694. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if a ceiling-track hoist will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27538/22]

Vaccination Programme

Pa Daly

729. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the accessibility of the Covid-19 booster programme, especially in relation to appointments made through off-line methods. [27804/22]

Housing Schemes

Pa Daly

48. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on 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. [26825/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

248. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport application for a child (details supplied) will issue. [25747/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

249. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will issue. [25752/22]

Court Procedures

Pa Daly

556. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she has any plans for reform of pre-action protocols in medical negligence cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26407/22]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

598. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount of the HSE budget for 2021 that was returned or unspent from the South South West Hospital Group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/22]

Health Service Executive

Pa Daly

599. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the HSE 2021 budget for capital spend, services and staff, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Pa Daly

141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection when the extra €100 fuel allowance payment will be paid to recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25297/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties 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. [25055/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

188. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue related to a CAMHS referral for a person (details supplied). [25034/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pa Daly

24. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24359/22]

Social Welfare Offices

Pa Daly

125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a secure webchat capability for local INTREO offices to facilitate families with young children, those with disabilities and the elderly, given the difficulties they may face attending offices in person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24535/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will temporarily cease rent supplement reviews in which rent has been increased and the recipient is being advised to seek alternative or cheaper accommodation, given the current housing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Pa Daly

156. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when he last spoke to the British Prime Minister. [23921/22]

Social Welfare Code

Pa Daly

520. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to remove blank years from a person's contributions history if residing and working in another State, given the impact of this on the total contributions average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24864/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number and corresponding percentage of members of An Garda Síochána who have a moderate and-or strong competency in spoken Irish by Gaeltacht area in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24213/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the community response plan that is in place by county or other geographic breakdown in each of the years from 2010 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24228/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

659. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of times that a community response plan has been invoked by county or other geographic breakdown during each of the calendar years from 2010 to 2021, in tabular form [24229/22]