Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Third Level Costs

Kieran O'Donnell

620. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grant supports either through SUSI or other schemes that are available to postgraduate students enrolled in level 9 programmes that are delivered online only (details supplied); if there are plans to introduce provision for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38965/22]

School Staff

Kieran O'Donnell

301. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education if a payroll issue will be resolved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38188/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kieran O'Donnell

322. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/22]

Housing Provision

Kieran O'Donnell

279. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the number of affordable housing units that have been provided since 3 September 2021, under part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2020, as amended by the Affordable Housing Act 2021; the breakdown of the number of affordable housing units by houses and apartment units, respectively, built and sold, built and not yet sold, currently under construction that have been agreed with the relevant local authority as part of the grant of planning permission with construction yet to commence in tabular form. [34347/22]

Hospital Staff

Kieran O'Donnell

806. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans to provide additional neurology nurse specialists in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Kieran O'Donnell

122. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that are being taken to improve the resilience of IT systems in the civil service and wider public sector given the ever-present risk of cybercrime. [31330/22]

Public Procurement Contracts

Kieran O'Donnell

148. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the revised criteria and assessment process in place for public works contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31329/22]

Public Transport

Kieran O'Donnell

63. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport if he will retain the reduced public transport fares to help with the cost of living in 2023; if he has further considered reducing public transport fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30734/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Kieran O'Donnell

50. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expert team deployed to tackle crisis-levels of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick. [26980/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Kieran O'Donnell

148. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who still remain on the pandemic unemployment payment; the measures that her Department has implemented that have been the most impactful to ensure those who were on the payment found new employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24650/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kieran O'Donnell

231. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a companion free travel pass will be issued to a person (details supplied). [21558/22]

Rail Network

Kieran O'Donnell

398. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a request by an organisation (details supplied) to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the Irish Rail manual level crossing upgrade project and provide the ring fenced funding required to initiate the process of automating the 12 manual level crossings remaining on the line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/22]

Rental Sector

Kieran O'Donnell

598. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the new short-term letting regulations (details supplied) as outlined in the recent Housing for All plan; the progress that has been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20480/22]

Telecommunications Services

Kieran O'Donnell

89. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the work of the mobile phone and broadband task force, which was re-established in December 2021; the action plan of the task force.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17899/22]

Digital Hubs

Kieran O'Donnell

138. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the connected hubs in County Limerick and north County Tipperary; the process on becoming a connected hub; and the available funding for hubs under the connected hubs funding stream. [17898/22]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Kieran O'Donnell

507. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education if information in relation to a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18349/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Kieran O'Donnell

73. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17025/22]

School Staff

Kieran O'Donnell

278. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will have a response to their application for incremental credits for a special needs assistant, which was made to her Department in January 2022; if the candidate is successful, will their payment be backdated to 01 January 2021; the reason the application is taking so long to process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17238/22]

An Garda Síochána

Kieran O'Donnell

89. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda recruits who have attested to date in 2022; and the number estimated to attest for the remainder of 2022. [16258/22]

Ukraine War

Kieran O'Donnell

151. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the work of her Department in assisting persons from Ukraine who have arrived in Ireland through Shannon airport in particular the status of the persons affected by the Russian invasion. [16257/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Kieran O'Donnell

365. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign births registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15934/22]

Healthcare Policy

Kieran O'Donnell

730. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Regulation of Psychotherapy and Counselling under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [16428/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Kieran O'Donnell

69. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15162/22]

Social Welfare Code

Kieran O'Donnell

59. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to index linking social welfare payments which would help mitigate the impact of inflation. [14864/22]

Social Welfare Code

Kieran O'Donnell

61. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if the household benefits package will be enhanced given the increased cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14863/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Kieran O'Donnell

83. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeship courses available both nationally and in Limerick city and county in 2022; and the work ongoing to support older persons or persons changing careers in accessing apprenticeships. [12708/22]

Public Transport

Kieran O'Donnell

75. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport the progress on the introduction of the new half price public transport fare for 19-23-year-olds; and the timeline for the reduction of fares by 20% as part of measures to help with the cost of living [12103/22]

Aviation Industry

Kieran O'Donnell

89. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport the status of the resumption of transatlantic flights from Shannon Airport; the State supports provided to a company (details supplied) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12102/22]

Housing Schemes

Kieran O'Donnell

140. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the outcome of the review on income eligibility for social housing under the Housing for All plan will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12100/22]

Housing Policy

Kieran O'Donnell

167. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the affordable housing schemes under the Housing for All plan; the timeline for the introduction of the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12101/22]

Hospital Facilities

Kieran O'Donnell

224. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when University Hospital Limerick will become a DAFNE-accredited diabetes centre; and the number of whole-time equivalent posts (details supplied) currently in place in the adult outpatient diabetes clinic in each of the hospitals in the University of Limerick hospital group, in tabular form. [12151/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Kieran O'Donnell

225. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for a device (details supplied) by the long-term iIlness scheme or the primary care reimbursement service; and the number of such persons that were over 21 years of age in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [12152/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Kieran O'Donnell

226. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the number of funding applications received by the long-term illness scheme or the primary care reimbursement service for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system; the number of applications received for persons over 21 years of age; the number of applications approved; the number of applications approved for persons over 21 years of age; the number of applications that were rejected; and the number of applications that were rejected for persons over 21 years of age in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [12153/22]

Hospital Admissions

Kieran O'Donnell

227. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick hospital group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to severe hypoglycaemia in each of the years 2017 to 2021 in age ranges (details supplied) in tabular form. [12154/22]

Sports Funding

Kieran O'Donnell

65. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an overview of the sports capital and equipment programme appeals process; the timelines involved for sports clubs and organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10333/22]

National Broadband Plan

Kieran O'Donnell

136. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan to homes in County Limerick to date; and the steps being taken speed up the overall roll-out in 2022. [10249/22]

State Pensions

Kieran O'Donnell

323. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a full review will be carried out on the file of a person (details supplied) with a view to awarding them the State pension (contributory). [10658/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Kieran O'Donnell

868. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the way that persons aged 4 to 39 years that followed public health guidance and used antigen tests to detect Covid-19 positivity following onset of symptoms, can now obtain a Covid Recovery Certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9994/22]

Trade Missions

Kieran O'Donnell

115. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the destinations for official trade missions planned by his Department for 2022. [7071/22]

Trade Promotion

Kieran O'Donnell

135. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the recent activity by his Department and agencies such as Bord Bia to open new markets for Irish food producers. [7070/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Kieran O'Donnell

96. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the implementation of the Five-Year Action Plan for Apprenticeships. [6430/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Kieran O'Donnell

102. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of support provided under the Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage Fund over the past two years. [6431/22]

Housing Policy

Kieran O'Donnell

322. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of Housing for All - Pathway to Eradicate Homelessness; if he has considered matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kieran O'Donnell

47. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection when carers will benefit from the changes to the carer’s allowance which are part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5486/22]

Employment Schemes

Kieran O'Donnell

51. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection when the changes to the community employment scheme such as enabling persons 60 years of age and over to continue on schemes will take effect. [5485/22]

Health Services

Kieran O'Donnell

446. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if issues in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5635/22]

Vaccination Programme

Kieran O'Donnell

153. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when the 12 to 15 years of age cohort who received their second dose over three months will receive their Covid-19 booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5334/22]

Special Educational Needs

Kieran O'Donnell

71. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education if all new school building projects or extension projects will include special education facilities or incorporate the principles of universal design; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4720/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Kieran O'Donnell

48. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the work of his Department in supporting the distribution of vaccines to protect against Covid-19 in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3911/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Kieran O'Donnell

59. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which Ireland’s embassy and consular network is aligned with the goal of attracting development and business to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3910/22]