Thursday, 19 May 2022

Parliamentary Questions

Thu, 19 May 2022

Dáil Éireann

33rd Dáil

Vol. 1022 No. 4

Last updated: 24 Oct 2023, 01:30

Unrevised

Showing 29 Oral Questions and 379 Written Answers

Oral questions

Written answers

Written Answers Nos. 1-20
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 8)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 11)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 187)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 188)
- Freight Sector (Question No. 9)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 12)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 16)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 17)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 18)
- Work Permits (Question No. 19)
- Job Creation (Question No. 20)
Written Answers Nos. 21-40
- Industrial Development (Question No. 21)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 22)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 23)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 24)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 25)
- Departmental Consultations (Question No. 26)
- Energy Prices (Question No. 27)
- Legislative Measures (Question No. 28)
- Living Wage (Question No. 29)
- Universal Basic Income (Question No. 31)
- Regional Development (Question No. 32)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 34)
- Living Wage (Question No. 35)
- Job Losses (Question No. 36)
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (Question No. 38)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 39)
- Departmental Policies (Question No. 40)
Written Answers Nos. 41-60
- Industrial Development (Question No. 41)
- Low Pay (Question No. 42)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 43)
- Exports Growth (Question No. 44)
- Flexible Work Practices (Question No. 45)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 46)
- Consumer Protection (Question No. 47)
- Departmental Policies (Question No. 48)
- Foreign Direct Investment (Question No. 49)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 50)
- Work Permits (Question No. 51)
- Low Pay (Question No. 53)
- Company Law (Question No. 54)
- Low Pay (Question No. 55)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 56)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 57)
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (Question No. 60)
Written Answers Nos. 61-80
- EU Directives (Question No. 61)
- Small and Medium Enterprises (Question No. 62)
- Joint Labour Committees (Question No. 63)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 64)
- EU Directives (Question No. 65)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 66)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 76)
- Living Wage (Question No. 67)
- Work Permits (Question No. 68)
- Data Centres (Question No. 69)
- Foreign Direct Investment (Question No. 70)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 71)
- Human Rights (Question No. 72)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 73)
- Health and Safety (Question No. 74)
- Health and Safety (Question No. 82)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 75)
- Low Pay (Question No. 77)
- Living Wage (Question No. 78)
- Employment Support Services (Question No. 79)
- Work Permits (Question No. 80)
Written Answers Nos. 81-100
- Industrial Development (Question No. 81)
- Regional Development (Question No. 83)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 84)
- Regional Development (Question No. 85)
- Energy Prices (Question No. 86)
- Labour Market (Question No. 87)
- Regional Development (Question No. 88)
- Industrial Development (Question No. 89)
- Data Centres (Question No. 90)
- Job Creation (Question No. 91)
- Climate Change Policy (Question No. 92)
- EU Directives (Question No. 93)
- Living Wage (Question No. 94)
Written Answers Nos. 101-120
- Third Level Education (Question No. 101)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 103)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 107)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 108)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 111)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 112)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 113)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 114)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 115)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 116)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 117)
- Research and Development (Question No. 118)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 119)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 120)
Written Answers Nos. 121-140
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 121)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 167)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 122)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 186)
- Technological Universities (Question No. 123)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 124)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 125)
- Technological Universities (Question No. 126)
- Technological Universities (Question No. 146)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 127)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 128)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 129)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 130)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 131)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 132)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 140)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 153)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 133)
- Technological Universities (Question No. 134)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 135)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 174)
- Student Accommodation (Question No. 136)
- Third Level Fees (Question No. 137)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 138)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 177)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 139)
Written Answers Nos. 141-160
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 141)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 142)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 143)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 144)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 145)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 147)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 163)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 324)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 325)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 326)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 327)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 328)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 329)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 148)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 149)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 150)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 151)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 152)
- Technological Universities (Question No. 154)
- Student Accommodation (Question No. 155)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 156)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 157)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 158)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 173)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 159)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 160)
Written Answers Nos. 161-180
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 161)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 162)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 164)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 165)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 166)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 168)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 169)
- Technological Universities (Question No. 170)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 171)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 172)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 175)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 176)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 178)
- Research and Development (Question No. 179)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 180)
Written Answers Nos. 181-200
- Third Level Education (Question No. 181)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 182)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 183)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 184)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 185)
- Labour Market (Question No. 189)
- Employment Rights (Question No. 190)
- Regional Development (Question No. 191)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 192)
- Enterprise Support Services (Question No. 193)
- Enterprise Policy (Question No. 194)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 195)
- Health and Safety (Question No. 196)
- Health and Safety (Question No. 197)
- Flexible Work Practices (Question No. 198)
- Enterprise Policy (Question No. 199)
- Enterprise Policy (Question No. 200)
Written Answers Nos. 201-220
- Job Creation (Question No. 201)
- Small and Medium Enterprises (Question No. 202)
- Foreign Direct Investment (Question No. 203)
- Labour Market (Question No. 204)
- Energy Prices (Question No. 205)
- Energy Conservation (Question No. 206)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 207)
- Energy Conservation (Question No. 208)
- National Car Test (Question No. 209)
- Bus Éireann (Question No. 210)
- Public Transport (Question No. 211)
- Driver Licences (Question No. 212)
- National Car Test (Question No. 213)
- Electric Vehicles (Question No. 214)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 215)
- Public Transport (Question No. 216)
- Job Creation (Question No. 217)
- Primary Medical Certificates (Question No. 218)
- Covid-19 Pandemic (Question No. 219)
- Tax Code (Question No. 220)
Written Answers Nos. 221-240
- Tax Code (Question No. 221)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 222)
- Tax Collection (Question No. 223)
- Tax Collection (Question No. 224)
- Flexible Work Practices (Question No. 225)
- Flood Risk Management (Question No. 226)
- Office of Public Works (Question No. 227)
- National Monuments (Question No. 228)
- National Monuments (Question No. 229)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 230)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 231)
- Water Quality (Question No. 232)
- Defective Building Materials (Question No. 233)
- Rental Sector (Question No. 234)
- Housing Schemes (Question No. 235)
- Housing Provision (Question No. 236)
- Defective Building Materials (Question No. 237)
- Planning Issues (Question No. 238)
- Construction Industry (Question No. 239)
- Environmental Policy (Question No. 240)
Written Answers Nos. 241-260
- Defective Building Materials (Question No. 241)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 242)
- Water Services (Question No. 243)
- Passport Services (Question No. 244)
- Passport Services (Question No. 247)
- Passport Services (Question No. 252)
- Passport Services (Question No. 253)
- Passport Services (Question No. 255)
- Passport Services (Question No. 267)
- Passport Services (Question No. 268)
- Passport Services (Question No. 245)
- Passport Services (Question No. 250)
- Passport Services (Question No. 251)
- Passport Services (Question No. 262)
- Passport Services (Question No. 265)
- Passport Services (Question No. 266)
- International Relations (Question No. 246)
- Passport Services (Question No. 248)
- Foreign Birth Registration (Question No. 249)
- Passport Services (Question No. 254)
- Passport Services (Question No. 256)
- Passport Services (Question No. 257)
- Passport Services (Question No. 258)
- Passport Services (Question No. 259)
- Passport Services (Question No. 260)
Written Answers Nos. 261-280
- International Relations (Question No. 261)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 263)
- Passport Services (Question No. 264)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 269)
- School Transport (Question No. 270)
- Special Educational Needs (Question No. 271)
- School Funding (Question No. 272)
- Site Acquisitions (Question No. 273)
- School Staff (Question No. 274)
- Site Acquisitions (Question No. 275)
- Special Educational Needs (Question No. 276)
- Special Educational Needs (Question No. 277)
- Site Acquisitions (Question No. 278)
- Schools Building Projects (Question No. 279)
- Schools Building Projects (Question No. 280)
Written Answers Nos. 281-300
- Schools Building Projects (Question No. 281)
- State Examinations (Question No. 282)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 283)
- Special Educational Needs (Question No. 284)
- Site Acquisitions (Question No. 285)
- School Transport (Question No. 286)
- School Facilities (Question No. 287)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 288)
- Social Welfare Schemes (Question No. 289)
- Social Welfare Schemes (Question No. 290)
- Social Welfare Schemes (Question No. 296)
- Social Welfare Schemes (Question No. 298)
- Social Welfare Schemes (Question No. 299)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 291)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 292)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 293)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 294)
- Social Welfare Schemes (Question No. 295)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 297)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 300)
Written Answers Nos. 301-320
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 301)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 302)
- Departmental Consultations (Question No. 303)
- Personal Public Service Numbers (Question No. 304)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 305)
- Employment Schemes (Question No. 306)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 307)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 308)
- Social Welfare Benefits (Question No. 309)
- Social Welfare Payments (Question No. 310)
- Social Welfare Benefits (Question No. 311)
- Early Childhood Care and Education (Question No. 312)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 313)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 314)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 315)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 316)
- Third Level Education (Question No. 317)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 318)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 319)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 320)
Written Answers Nos. 321-340
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 321)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 322)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 323)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (Question No. 330)
- Further and Higher Education (Question No. 331)
- United Nations (Question No. 332)
- Crime Prevention (Question No. 333)
- Travel Documents (Question No. 334)
- Residency Permits (Question No. 335)
- Citizenship Applications (Question No. 336)
- Direct Provision System (Question No. 337)
- Ukraine War (Question No. 338)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 339)
- Residency Permits (Question No. 340)
Written Answers Nos. 341-363
- Immigration Status (Question No. 341)
- Health Services (Question No. 342)
- Health Services (Question No. 343)
- Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 344)
- Medical Aids and Appliances (Question No. 345)
- Health Services (Question No. 346)
- Hospital Staff (Question No. 347)
- Hospital Staff (Question No. 348)
- Obesity Levels (Question No. 349)
- Health Services Staff (Question No. 350)
- Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 351)
- Covid-19 Pandemic (Question No. 352)
- Health Services Staff (Question No. 353)
- Health Services Staff (Question No. 354)
- Health Services Staff (Question No. 355)
- Departmental Consultations (Question No. 356)
- Hospital Equipment (Question No. 357)
- Medical Aids and Appliances (Question No. 358)
- Health Services (Question No. 359)
- Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 360)
- Dental Services (Question No. 361)
- Dental Services (Question No. 362)
- Dental Services (Question No. 363)
Written Answers Nos. 364-383
- Dental Services (Question No. 364)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 365)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 366)
- Departmental Funding (Question No. 367)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 368)
- Hospital Staff (Question No. 369)
- Disability Services (Question No. 370)
- Health Services (Question No. 371)
- Covid-19 Pandemic (Question No. 372)
- Health Services (Question No. 373)
- Health Services Staff (Question No. 374)
- Hospital Staff (Question No. 375)
- Health Services Staff (Question No. 376)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 377)
- Health Services (Question No. 378)
- Mental Health Services (Question No. 379)
- Health Services (Question No. 380)
- Health Services (Question No. 381)
- Health Services (Question No. 382)
- Health Services (Question No. 383)
Written Answers Nos. 384-404
- International Agreements (Question No. 384)
- Departmental Expenditure (Question No. 385)
- Eating Disorders (Question No. 386)
- Medical Cards (Question No. 387)
- Medical Cards (Question No. 388)
- Mental Health Services (Question No. 389)
- Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 390)
- Disability Services (Question No. 391)
- Abortion Services (Question No. 392)
- Mental Health Services (Question No. 393)
- Agriculture Industry (Question No. 394)
- Agriculture Industry (Question No. 395)
- Agriculture Industry (Question No. 396)
- Agriculture Industry (Question No. 397)
- Public Procurement Contracts (Question No. 398)
- Agriculture Schemes (Question No. 399)
- Tourism Funding (Question No. 400)
- Animal Diseases (Question No. 401)
- Agriculture Industry (Question No. 402)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 403)
- Flexible Work Practices (Question No. 404)
- Flexible Work Practices (Question No. 405)
Written Answers Nos. 405-408
- Rural Schemes (Question No. 406)
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (Question No. 407)
- Departmental Properties (Question No. 408)