Parliamentary questions

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

878. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists employed per CHO area in tabular form. [10054/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time dentists employed per CHO area in tabular form. [10055/22]

Regulatory Bodies

Alan Kelly

904. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all meetings held between his Department and the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, including the dates, attendees and purpose of each meeting in tabular form. [9811/22]

Regulatory Bodies

Alan Kelly

905. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the full organisational structure of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency; the number of staff by grade; and if the agency has enough staff and executives to fulfil its role. [9812/22]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

911. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of all briefing material provided related to the matters covered by SI. 318.2020 including correspondence and communications with the then acting Minister, special advisers and officials in August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/22]

EU Funding

Alan Kelly

912. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding was withheld from Ireland by the European Union until SI. No. 318/2020 was signed; if so, if he will clarify the level of funding that was withheld; if the funding has been released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10006/22]

Fishing Industry

Alan Kelly

913. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if other European Union countries operate a penalty regime on owners, licensees and masters and skippers of fishing vessels similar to that included in SI. No. 318/2020; if a comparative analysis was carried out; if so, if he will provide details of same; if not, if he will provide the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10007/22]

Common Fisheries Policy

Alan Kelly

914. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalty points that have been issued following prosecution by the chosen competent control agencies in other European Union member states against the fishing licenses attached to boats within their fishing fleets under the current Common Fisheries Policy; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures of legal systems similar to Ireland and those with civil law systems; if the figures are not available to him in his Department, if he has sought those figures from other member states; if not, if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/22]

Common Fisheries Policy

Alan Kelly

915. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of skippers and or captains and or ships masters that have been allocated administrative sanctions by means of penalty points following prosecution by the chosen competent control agencies in other member states of the European Union; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures of legal systems similar to Ireland and those with civil law systems; if the figures are not available to him in his Department, if he has sought those figures from other member states; if not, if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/22]

Library Services

Alan Kelly

927. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to provide a library in Ratoath, County Meath; and if she will provide funding should a site be identified. [9913/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Kelly

8. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7925/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

15. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7920/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

17. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [5964/22]

Social Partnership Meetings

Alan Kelly

1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [5963/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Kelly

16. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States. [7921/22]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Kelly

19. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the publication of Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework, published by his Department. [7922/22]

Trade Missions

Alan Kelly

193. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Italy is scheduled for the first half of 2022. [7636/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

244. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2022 if Iarnród Éireann doubles the number of its revenue protection officers. [7643/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

245. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2022 if Iarnród Éireann increased its funding on security personnel by a further 25% within its stations and trains compared to the amount spent on security in 2021. [7644/22]

Fuel Inspections

Alan Kelly

288. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of fuel tanks tested for marked fuel in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of positive tests in each year in tabular form. [7631/22]

Sports Funding

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the changes she has made to the selection and awarding of sports capital grants in the latest round of funding; and when these grants will be announced. [7598/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

397. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to allow first-time applicants access to passport online for persons living in South Africa, India and Japan. [7645/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

573. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer Parliamentary Question Nos. 476 and 478 of 30 November 2021. [7632/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

574. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda band as of 7 February 2022; and if she will provide same figure as of 1 February 2020, in tabular form. [7634/22]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

691. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year capital and current costs that would be required to increase the opening hours of the heart failure clinic at Nenagh Hospital from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. [7639/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

692. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in stoma care in each of the years of 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and the hospitals in which these clinical nurse specialists are located, in tabular form. [7640/22]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

693. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently operate a helipad within their grounds and are able to accept flights on a 24-7 basis; and the hospitals that have a helipad within their grounds but are unable to accept flights on a 24-7 basis, in tabular form. [7641/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Alan Kelly

694. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2021 and to date in 2022, by the type and speciality of each procedure in tabular form. [7642/22]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

944. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when section 9 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 will come into force. [7638/22]

Departmental Bodies

Alan Kelly

990. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of whole-time equivalent posts that are currently vacant in the Charities Regulator; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [7635/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

278. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names and full details of all members of the independent project advisory board that assess applications to the Urban Regeneration Development Fund. [7226/22]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he requested the HSE to include the opening of 33 new beds in St. Michael’s unit in Tipperary University Hospital in the 2022 HSE Capital Plan; if so, the date; and the specific means by which the instruction was given (details supplied). [7222/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names and full details of all members of the independent project advisory board that assess applications to the Rural Regeneration Development Fund. [7225/22]

Departmental Functions

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [5962/22]

Media Sector

Alan Kelly

68. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the report of the Future of Media Commission. [5965/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [4807/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

11. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when it will next meet. [4371/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Alan Kelly

21. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5961/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

211. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the Shannon Crossing project works will commence; and the expected duration of the contract. [5985/22]

Transport Policy

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has funded active travel measures on regional and national roads countrywide since January 2020; and if so, the location, routes, measures funded and the total funding amounts in tabular form. [6310/22]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

450. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons aged over 70 that have received their booster vaccine. [5651/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4370/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

15. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [4805/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

20. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the groups chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [4806/22]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

28. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [4808/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 last met and next plans to meet. [3312/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

13. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3313/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

23. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [3314/22]

Planning Issues

Alan Kelly

425. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the details of Article 10(6)(a) will be published for local authorities given that the previous provisions for this planning guideline expired on 31 December 2021. [5097/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to update its timetable on the Ballybrophy rail line to include a service during lunchtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3987/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

164. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the reason that no funding has been given from funds (details supplied) to upgrade the Ballybrophy rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3988/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the investigation by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation in advance of its publication. [3310/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

8. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the advertising spend and initiatives promoted by his Department in 2021; and the project budget and plans in place for 2022. [61502/21]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

132. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the costs to date of An Garda Síochána Operation Foray; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3708/22]

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

185. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of all contracts given by the HSE to a company (details supplied); the date each contract was awarded; and the value of each contract to date. [3868/22]

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

186. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of all contracts given by the HSE to a company (details supplied); the date each contract was awarded; and the value of each contract to date. [3869/22]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

187. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE should be contracting suppliers that do not honour Workplace Relations Committee and Labour Court final decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/22]

National Risk Assessment

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently published national risk assessment. [61501/21]

Northern Ireland

Alan Kelly

15. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative of his Department. [3308/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Alan Kelly

26. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the new German Chancellor. [3309/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

151. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [3311/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology for determining the allocations for the local sports partnership small grant scheme five, the resumption of sport and physical activity under the Covid-19 investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3258/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

269. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology for determining the allocations for the local sports partnership grassroots sport support scheme five, the resumption of sport and physical activity under the Covid-19 investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3259/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology for determining the allocations for the local sports partnership under the Covid-19 investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3260/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology behind the allocations given under scheme two, National Governing Body Resilience Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3261/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

272. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for the proportional disparity of funding between counties (details supplied) cumulatively across the three schemes, local sports partnership small grant, local sports partnership grassroots sport support and local sports partnerships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3262/22]

Animal Welfare

Alan Kelly

684. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an nationwide audit has been carried out into dog pounds; and if there are plans to carry out an audit in the future. [3056/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

179. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Departments or public service computers, devices or network systems were compromised due to a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if online or other services stopped working due to same; if so, the details of such incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2738/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

180. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs to date of addressing a computer systems vulnerability (details supplied); if this issue has been resolved; if specialist teams were established, recruited or contracted to address the issue; if additional resources were procured; if so, the details and costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2739/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

181. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computers and devices impacted in Departments and the public service by a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if data was compromised; the number of servers that were impacted; if the issues have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2740/22]

Departmental Offices

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [61498/21]

Northern Ireland

Alan Kelly

11. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversations with the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland. [61500/21]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

214. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the details of the individual repair works in the section of the M7 after the toll bridge at Portlaoise on the way to Nenagh (details supplied); and when each was carried out. [63384/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

402. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way Departments and the public service have responded to vulnerabilities in computers, other devices, servers and network systems (details supplied); when this was first raised as an issue; the actions that have been taken; if a crisis meeting was held to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2233/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

403. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Departments or public service computer, device or network systems were compromised due to a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if online or other services stopped working due to same; if so, the details of such incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2234/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

404. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs to date of addressing a computer systems vulnerability (details supplied); if this issue has been resolved; if specialist teams were established, recruited or contracted to address the issue; if additional resources were procured; if so, the details and costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

405. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computers and devices impacted in Departments and the public service by a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if data was compromised; the number of servers that were impacted; if the issues have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2236/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

577. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full details of the process of the way the Urban Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and funding awarded. [2022/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he or his Department has taken to ensure that the 34 units of social housing and eight units of co-operative housing planned for Loughlinstown Drive, Dublin can proceed; if he has engaged with organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2329/22]

School Staff

Alan Kelly

727. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the criteria used for the recruitment of teachers, principals, SNAs and boards of management in school settings; if this recruitment could be done on the public jobs forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63269/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

1879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has put a plan in place to deal with vulnerabilities in its computer networks (details supplied); if so, the details of same; the action that has been taken; the person who is leading the plan; when the HSE first responded to the issue; when the HSE first become aware of the issue; the meetings that were held to resolve the issue; the steps his Department has taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2237/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

1880. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if HSE computer systems, devices or servers were compromised due to a vulnerability (details supplied); if so, the number of devices and servers impacted; if personal data was hacked; if online services or other services stopped working due to this issue; if the issue impacted the vaccination programme or the Covid-19 PCR booking and testing system; if data was compromised; if the issues have been fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2238/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Kelly

1881. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to resolve a computer network vulnerability (details supplied); if specialist teams were set up or recruited to address the issue; if so, the details of the teams and external contractors or consultants that were hired as part of the response; the cost of same; the details of the systems that were compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2239/22]

Product Labelling

Alan Kelly

2012. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department on the proposed registration by an association (details supplied) of Irish whiskey in the United States of America as a certification mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2290/22]

Product Labelling

Alan Kelly

2013. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are proposals to amend the Irish whiskey technical file; if so, the proposals for same; if it is planned to amend the regulations on barrel use; if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by some producers that this will stifle innovation in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2291/22]

Regeneration Projects

Alan Kelly

2061. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full details of the process of the way the Rural Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and funding awarded. [2021/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

358. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); if he will arrange for the return of the applicant’s UK passport given that they are due to travel on 18 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62587/21]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the Strategy Statement 2021-2023 of his Department. [60111/21]

Government Communications

Alan Kelly

9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit. [61497/21]

Economic Policy

Alan Kelly

13. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the newly published response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61499/21]

Tax Code

Alan Kelly

220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to apply a zero VAT rate on journalistic publications following the adoption of amendments to the European Union VAT directive at the December 2021 ECOFIN meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61660/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Alan Kelly

429. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters raised by a person (details supplied) regarding self-employed persons will receive a response. [61222/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Alan Kelly

448. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason access to the pandemic unemployment payment has been refused for a musician (details supplied); if she will address this matter given the significant loss of future income due to Covid-19 restrictions; the eligibility criteria for a musician to get the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61661/21]

Social Insurance

Alan Kelly

456. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed reply to a PRSI query (details supplied). [61961/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

534. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an electronic copy of the full recorded NPHET meeting from 25 November 2021. [61129/21]

Brexit Issues

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit will next meet. [60117/21]

Departmental Functions

Alan Kelly

14. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [60110/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

133. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the vaccine roll-out group; and when it last met. [60115/21]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality last met. [58858/21]

British-Irish Co-operation

Alan Kelly

19. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the British-Irish Council. [60112/21]