Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Road Tolls

Peadar Tóibín

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the body that operates profits from the toll bridges on the M50 motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/24]

Road Tolls

Peadar Tóibín

145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total amount paid by drivers who drove through tolls on the M50 in each of the past ten years. [24440/24]

Road Tolls

Peadar Tóibín

146. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total amount paid by drivers who drove through tolls on Irish motorways, by toll types, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form [24441/24]

Road Tolls

Peadar Tóibín

147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the scale or structure of the late payment penalties applied to persons who fail to pay their toll charge on the M50 before 8pm the following day; if the penalties increase as time passes; and if so, the rate of this increase. [24442/24]

Road Tolls

Peadar Tóibín

148. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will list the top twenty largest penalties imposed on any individual driver or vehicle owner who failed or forgot to pay their M50 toll charges by the deadline prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24443/24]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

149. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of tickets sold for the Limerick to Galway train line in the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the breakdown of tickets sold, between adult single, adult return, student single, student return, child single and child return, in tabular from. [24447/24]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the cost of operating the Limerick to Galway train line in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [24448/24]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

151. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the revenue collected from the Limerick to Galway train line in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form [24449/24]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the current price of €175 for a student monthly train ticket from Limerick to Galway, the current cost of an adult monthly ticket from Limerick to Galway of €350 and the current cost of an adult single one-way ticket from Limerick to Galway of €18.40 are appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/24]

Tax Data

Peadar Tóibín

158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in fuel tax in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, by fuel type, and in monetary value. [24438/24]

Vacant Properties

Peadar Tóibín

186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who have availed of the vacant property refurbishment grant in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024 [24444/24]

Vacant Properties

Peadar Tóibín

187. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of money that has been paid out under the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [24445/24]

Vacant Properties

Peadar Tóibín

188. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any local authorities have drawn down money under the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme; if so, if he will list the local authorities; and the amount of grants and the total funding that each received in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form.
[24446/24]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 24 April 2024, if she will reply to an email submitted to her office (details supplied) regarding school transport in County Meath; and the actions taken to secure school transport for the students concerned commencing from September 2024. [24171/24]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the plans to alleviate the crisis of prisoner overcrowding for prisoners and staff where there has been a substantial increase in the prison population in all prisons countrywide, and in view of the plans for Thornton Hall to be used for IPAS, which was originally intended as a site for a new prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23343/24]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

230. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of male and female prisoners in each prison; the number of prison rooms per each prison; and the number occupying each prison room in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [23344/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of operations conducted under Operation Sonnet from 2023 to date; the number people sent back across the Border; the number of personnel working in the GNIB that have been involved in these operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23126/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased in each local authority where tenants had received a notice to quit in each year. [22470/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased with the use of a local authority home loan in each local authority in each year. [22471/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

344. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the core targets for each local authority in terms of house building; and the number that have been built in each local authority to date. [22472/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason core targets for house building are being enforced as caps. [22483/24]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that applied for asylum in each of the past ten years who gained entry to the country by way of a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa. [22463/24]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

426. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that applied for a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa for each of the past ten years; and the breakdown of the top 15 countries in each cohort. [22464/24]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the method her Department uses to confirm that a person visiting Ireland on a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa has left the country. [22465/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

502. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number, county location and cost of land purchases made by the Government in order to provide accommodation for asylum seekers and people from Ukraine in each of the past ten years. [22466/24]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of additional funding his Department has given to charities since December 2023 for the purpose of providing tents and sleeping bags to homeless asylum seekers (details supplied). [22841/24]

Medical Qualifications

Peadar Tóibín

656. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places for medical students in Irish universities for each of the past ten years; and how many of these are used for international students. [22467/24]

Nursing Education

Peadar Tóibín

657. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places for student nurses in Irish universities for each of the past ten years; and how many of these are used for international students. [22469/24]

Transport Policy

Peadar Tóibín

67. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to introduce congestion charges in the State; and if he will outline how the charges would work. [15530/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

98. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

217. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to revise the age of retirement for the Prison Service (details supplied). [22216/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

28. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

37. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

56. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Deportation Orders

Peadar Tóibín

72. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportation orders revoked by her Department in each of the past ten years.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21961/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

74. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

97. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many nurses were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21945/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many doctors were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21946/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many dentists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21947/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many midwives were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21948/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

120. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many management staff were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21949/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many psychiatrists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21950/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many occupational therapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21951/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

123. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many physiotherapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21952/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many speech and language therapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21953/24]

General Practitioner Services

Peadar Tóibín

131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 30 April 2024, the number accessing Midoc in Tullamore on a weekly basis in 2024; to provide a breakdown of the number travelling from the Birr, Banagher, Cloghan, Kinnitty and Ferbane areas, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/24]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of special care dentists, by county, and the numbers of dental patients with additional needs and-or anxiety attending special care dentists who required a general anaesthetic, for each of the past five years, by county. [22049/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Recycling Policy

Peadar Tóibín

102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of tax collected on plastic bottles and cans since the deposit return scheme was introduced, and the amount in deposits paid back to customers in each of those months. [21718/24]