Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Claire Kerrane

84. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will examine and review the special education teaching hours for a school (details supplied) given the school meets the unique circumstances (point C) as laid down in the review request form for the allocation of special education teaching supports. [25812/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 85

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if school places can be provided for a cohort of children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/24]

School Funding

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

86. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if additional funding will be supplied to a school in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25839/24]

School Equipment

Steven Matthews

87. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the number of schools in Wicklow that have completed solar panel projects under the free school solar scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25843/24]

School Equipment

Steven Matthews

88. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the number of schools in County Wicklow that have initiated applications for solar panel funding under the free national roll-out but have not yet had works commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/24]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Sorca Clarke

89. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Sorca Clarke den Aire Oideachais Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachas cén fáth go bhfuil líon na n-áiteanna ar an mBaitsiléir san Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge (Bunmhúinteoireacht) in Institiúid Oideachais Marino laghdaithe go 40 i mbliana ó 60 mar a bhí sé anuraidh, i gcomhthéacs an ghanntanais múinteoirí atá ag imirt tionchar ar earnáil an Ghaeloideachais, ar an Oideachas Gaeltachta agus ar theagasc na Gaeilge i scoileanna Béarla; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25848/24]

Schools Administration

Brendan Smith

90. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when she will address anomalies in legislation and regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/24]

School Funding

Brendan Smith

91. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25885/24]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

92. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff hired in local authority planning departments since the publication of the Business Case for Resources for the Planning Function of Local Authorities in 2022 by the Local Government Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/24]

Local Authorities

Claire Kerrane

93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct a local authority (details supplied) to review a particular service provided under local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25823/24]

Straitéisí Ranna

Cian O'Callaghan

94. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; the reasons behind the delay in the publication of the same, given the original commitment to publish them by Autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25832/24]

Allotments Provision

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

95. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 18 April 2024, for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/24]

Local Government Reform

Brendan Smith

96. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposals, if any, he has to establish town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/24]

Pension Provisions

Rose Conway-Walsh

97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of reducing the retirement age to 65 and increased cost out to 2029 or for each year projections are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25804/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Catherine Connolly

98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the options open to school staff who have to sign on for job seekers benefit during the school holidays, in the context that the payments often arrive after the holiday, making it impossible for them to pay bills, buy food, and so on, with particular reference to the reason the payment is so reduced and delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25849/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be made available to a person (details supplied), both of whose parents passed away in the past year leaving them with exceptionally high bereavement costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25854/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

100. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25857/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

101. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if household benefit is payable (details supplied). [25858/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25859/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

103. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25860/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25861/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

105. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the resources that have been allocated to ensure appropriate enforcement of the provisions of the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25800/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to honour her commitment to the survivors and the families of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to release all files relating to the bombings, including the reports furnished by the officers of the special detective unit which was tasked with monitoring those campaigners for justice and truth in relation to the bombings, most particularly, such reports for the year 1993; to disclose the orders issued to the Special Detective Unit sanctioning this surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release the files which were created on foot of the surveillance of Dublin and Monaghan bombing campaigners; to explain the justification for the deployment of State resources to undertake surveillance of the families and campaigners; to provide the identities of those who ordered the surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25816/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release all Garda files furnished to her Department and the relevant Government subcommittee that dealt with security matters relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974. [25817/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, in light of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings taking place within 14 months of the closure of the investigations into the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973, the reason the Garda investigations into the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973 were closed down after seven weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25819/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release all the Garda files and all files relating to the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973. [25820/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason the investigative files related to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that were provided to the McEntee report were never released to the families of the victims of the bombings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25821/24]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

112. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to make a statement outlining the laws and regulations currently covering covert human intelligence sources; and the plans, if any, she has for changes in same. [25850/24]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25856/24]

Agriculture Industry

Seán Canney

114. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the date for the spreading of lime to the end of July due to the late cutting of meadows caused by inclement weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25847/24]

Food Industry

Bernard Durkan

115. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food and food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25863/24]

Farm Safety

Bernard Durkan

116. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm safety continues to be promoted and enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25864/24]

Farm Costs

Bernard Durkan

117. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the cost of farm inputs including fuel and fertilisers; the action being taken to address any issues arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25865/24]

Fishing Industry

Bernard Durkan

118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage the fishing industry, with particular reference to ensuring that the Irish industry can compete with all others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25866/24]

Food Industry

Bernard Durkan

119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor and safeguard the interest of the agri-food sector given the sharp increase in price of inputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25867/24]

Tillage Sector

Bernard Durkan

120. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which cereal growing continues to be attractive in Ireland; if its viability is coming under pressure from other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/24]

Food Industry

Bernard Durkan

121. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can, through CAP or by way of other measures, ensure that agri-food production is not impaired by carbon reduction measures given that Ireland’s carbon footprint is the lowest globally for the level of food production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25869/24]

Animal Breeding

Bernard Durkan

122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree, if any, to which rare bovine herds or sheep flocks are protected or otherwise encouraged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/24]

Animal Diseases

Bernard Durkan

123. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the bovine TB eradication scheme is meeting its targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25871/24]

Food Industry

Bernard Durkan

124. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of breaches of traceability guidelines in respect of food imports that have been identified in each of the past five years to date; the actions taken in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25872/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

125. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for community-based service providers in the provision of health services across the country, for a service in County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

126. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when the minor injury clinic will be operational in Carlow; the location and operating hours of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25793/24]

Departmental Funding

Richard Bruton

127. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has developed funding templates to promote cross-agency and cross-Department collaboration, particularly in the context of positive ageing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19864/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

128. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

129. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will commence the process of upgrading Letterkenny University Hospital to a Model 4 hospital, considering the very large number of inpatients that the hospital caters for each year and the distances that patients from Donegal have to travel to avail of appointments and procedures that are only available from the nearest Model 4 hospitals, hundreds of miles away. [25795/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

130. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an elective surgical hub is also located at Letterkenny, County Donegal, now that the HSE plans to locate one at Sligo, adjacent to another Model 3 hospital (Sligo University Hospital) with much lower number of inpatients per annum than Letterkenny University Hospital. [25796/24]

Trade Sanctions

Thomas Pringle

131. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with or offered support to the health services in Cuba in light of the severe impact of the embargo on its healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25797/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

132. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 22 May 2024, when the HSE executive management team will be in a position to approve or make a decision on the reimbursement application for dostarlimab (jemperli) indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or advance endometrial cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Darren O'Rourke

133. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will get a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25811/24]