Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Functions

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [24326/22]

Departmental Functions

Mick Barry

2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30714/22]

Departmental Functions

Ivana Bacik

3. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [25827/22]

Departmental Functions

Bríd Smith

4. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [27832/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30840/22]

Departmental Functions

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30843/22]

Departmental Functions

Cian O'Callaghan

7. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [32511/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [34038/22]

Departmental Functions

Paul Murphy

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [34041/22]

Departmental Functions

Claire Kerrane

10. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department's economic policy unit. [34618/22]

Departmental Functions

Barry Cowen

11. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [35587/22]

Departmental Functions

Dara Calleary

12. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [35906/22]

Departmental Functions

Brendan Smith

13. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [34569/22]

Departmental Functions

Cian O'Callaghan

14. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [36168/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Mary Lou McDonald

15. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [25802/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

16. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [32076/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Ivana Bacik

17. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [32140/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

18. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach his views on his recent engagements at the World Economic Forum. [27389/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Neale Richmond

19. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the World Economic Forum. [27628/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum. [29327/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

21. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [29332/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

22. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach his views on his recent engagements at the World Economic Forum. [30715/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mattie McGrath

23. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the actions that he has taken to raise and highlight the ongoing record energy and food prices which are further compounding the tragic inequalities caused by the pandemic in view of his attendance at the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos [30981/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mattie McGrath

24. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that he attended the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos. [30983/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the World Economic Forum. [34039/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the World Economic Forum. [34042/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Seán Haughey

27. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the World Economic Forum. [35581/22]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

81. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the pandemic bonus payment and special leave with pay for frontline healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/22]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

82. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he acknowledges that the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP, is not fulfilling its potential given that only 12 persons have been registered on the MCAP, the limitations to date and the programme’s upcoming clinical review. [38141/22]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

83. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the crisis in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/22]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

84. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is making to provide emergency dental cover for adult medical card holders who are unable to access a dental service due to the current oral healthcare crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38125/22]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

85. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that an estimated 21% of persons with Parkinson’s disease reported having had access to a Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist since diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38142/22]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Smith

86. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if an international recruitment campaign for healthcare professionals, including therapists, is under way in the context of employment with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37477/22]

Medical Cards

Michael Moynihan

87. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he intends to review the medical card assessment process for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37502/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

88. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is granted the pay parity with their laboratory colleagues that they have been seeking for 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/22]

Health Services Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

90. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all positions within the children's disability network teams, CDNTS, are filled and that there are no staffing gaps. [37487/22]

Emergency Departments

Brian Stanley

91. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the future of the 24-hour status of the accident and emergency unit in Portlaoise hospital given the situation regarding Navan hospital. [37480/22]

Health Services Staff

Bríd Smith

92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in talks with laboratory workers who are members of an organisation (details supplied) to resolve their dispute; if he will be seeking additional funding to deal with historic issues of pay and conditions amongst these workers; the current number of vacancies among these grades in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37685/22]

Disability Services

Brendan Smith

96. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the recruitment of additional therapy assistants in the delivery of healthcare services; if therapy assistants will have a role in the provision of healthcare services for persons with a disability, particularly in areas in which there are unacceptable delays at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37494/22]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

1. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of higher education institution, HEI, student accommodation projects with planning permission; the steps he is taking to support these projects progressing to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36672/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that he is putting in place to address student poverty; if he will consider introducing free public transport, investing in ensuring student accommodation is affordable and subsidising IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/22]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking that will come into effect this upcoming academic year to support student and families with the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36673/22]

Third Level Fees

Cathal Berry

4. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way he intends to address the extremely high cost of tuition fees for graduate entry medicine courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36722/22]

Third Level Education

Richard O'Donoghue

5. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he would consider the setting up of a three-year academic degree (details supplied), with a fourth year to be completed in practice, in order to alleviate the lengthy waiting lists for children. [36968/22]

Disability Services

Michael Moynihan

7. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail progress on supporting more students with disabilities to access further and higher education, including the status of the new national plan for equity of access to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36753/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

8. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will request that personal assistant, PA, hours in further and higher education be provided based on the needs of the disabled person rather than an allocation of one personal assistant per student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36730/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the discussions that he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the student accommodation crisis that will hit in early September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Bruton

10. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of advertising of apprenticeship opportunities posted on the apprenticeship website; and the initiatives to get more sectoral organisations to get their members to advertise in this way. [36446/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Niamh Smyth

11. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to rolling out a national bystander intervention programme around sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36756/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

David Stanton

12. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will list the uptake of apprenticeships by trade, sector and by county for each of the years from 2020 to 2022, to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36681/22]

Third Level Education

Cathal Crowe

13. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to increase the availability of third level courses for the study of educational psychology. [36581/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

80. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact there will be on core funding for the early years sector in the event that no employment regulation order is agreed, if only one employment regulation order is agreed or if a graduate premium is not agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

81. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review and possibly expand the access and inclusion model, AIM, programme, given the vital role it plays in early learning and care, ELC, and school age childcare, SAC, settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/22]

Direct Provision System

Holly Cairns

82. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [36285/22]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; the person who is carrying out the review; the expected timeline for completion and publication of the revised implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Brian Leddin

84. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on take-up of the transition payment for early years providers; how effective has the payment been in ensuring financial stability; if he expects similar take-up of core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36742/22]

Childcare Services

Matt Carthy

86. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector, and to reduce the cost of childcare to parents. [35755/22]

Childcare Services

Holly Cairns

87. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [36287/22]

Childcare Services

Bríd Smith

88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify matters in relation to the 9,000-plus childcare places in Dublin where the provider is refusing to accept the State subsidy; if parents who have no alternative to these places can be supported in some way; if he has plans to support them in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/22]

Childcare Services

Brendan Smith

89. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total grant aid available for the provision of additional childcare places and the upgrading of existing accommodation in 2021; the level of funding for such developments in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/22]

Residential Institutions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

90. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline progress made under the commitments set out in An Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36702/22]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

91. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has sought reports from the childcare committees in the various Dublin local authority areas on the availability of childcare for children under two years of age; if there are measures which could be taken in the short term to meet supply constraints; if he will request that local authorities undertake assessments of childcare supply needs as part of their five-year development plan exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/22]

International Protection

James O'Connor

92. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish refugee protection programme since its inception; when the next group of refugees from Jordan and Lebanon is expected to travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36699/22]

Departmental Reports

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

93. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an outline of the value of the Growing Up In Ireland longitudinal survey in terms of policymaking across Government; when it is anticipated the new cohort will be created and how large this cohort will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36714/22]

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]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

4. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if consideration has been given to a register of those convicted of serious crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35643/22]

Youth Services

Michael Moynihan

6. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the expansion of youth diversion projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35741/22]

An Garda Síochána

Neale Richmond

7. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in Ireland broken down per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35719/22]

Northern Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

8. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the ongoing contact she or her Department has with the Northern Ireland Justice Department on matters of North-South interest; when she last met the Minister of Justice in that jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35994/22]

Departmental Schemes

Joe Carey

10. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the new community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35702/22]

Asylum Applications

Aindrias Moynihan

11. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice the measures that are in place to deal with the recent rise in the number of persons seeking asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35965/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Alan Farrell

13. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail the implementation plan for the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35750/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Richard Bruton

14. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the way the environment for a person suffering domestic violence will improve under the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. [35976/22]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Farrell

24. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on her work to legislate against hate crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35751/22]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the actions that she intends to take to ensure increased capacity in school transport in the next school year. [34952/22]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) from the Ombudsman for Children that states that children with special education needs are not getting their right to education without discrimination and that this is putting an unacceptable level of stress and pressure on families and their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34919/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

3. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of proposed emergency legislation to shorten the section 37A process. [34948/22]

Schools Building Projects

Matt Shanahan

4. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education the present procurement schedule and timelines for a new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34954/22]

School Staff

Michael McNamara

5. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the status of the implementation of the agreement of improved pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35179/22]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

6. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the ongoing training that will be provided to current teachers to deliver appropriate education and supports to autistic children entering their school or class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34026/22]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

7. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to establish a new special school in Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34894/22]

School Admissions

David Stanton

8. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the current situation with respect to secondary school places in the east Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34891/22]

State Examinations

Paul Murphy

10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the delay in the publication of leaving certificate examination results until early September 2022, which will cause immense difficulty for students seeking accommodation away from home and for students who may have been allocated places internationally, conditional on a certain starting date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34923/22]

School Accommodation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

11. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision to not re-evaluate a school (details supplied) and its grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34025/22]

School Transport

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

14. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand the eligibility criteria for school transport in answer to the demonstrated need as a response to the need for climate action and as a way to mitigate increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

16. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure that students who have a unforeseen medical emergency while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34589/22]

Departmental Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [24328/22]

Departmental Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [29503/22]

Departmental Projects

Aindrias Moynihan

3. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the details of the second report on Ireland's well-being framework recently published by his Department. [30068/22]

Departmental Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [30724/22]

Departmental Projects

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [30727/22]

Departmental Projects

Ivana Bacik

6. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [32139/22]

Departmental Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

7. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [34229/22]

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]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [24221/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Seán Haughey

10. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the President of the French Republic since his re-election. [24818/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [26199/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [25806/22]