Parliamentary questions

Employment Support Services

Denis Naughten

95. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps which she is taking to increase employment participation levels among those in receipt of one-parent family payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53876/23]

Employment Schemes

Denis Naughten

130. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps which she is taking to increase part-time employment participation levels among those in receipt of jobseeker’s payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53877/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Denis Naughten

135. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the “working week” for working age payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53875/23]

Social Welfare Code

Denis Naughten

153. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to a submission from Family Carers Ireland on the introduction of a non-means-tested participation income for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53878/23]

Employment Support Services

Denis Naughten

238. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps which she is taking to increase part-time employment participation levels among those in receipt of jobseeker’s payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54273/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

287. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the implementation of the index changes by an organisation (details supplied), in light of the fact that these changes were made after farmers signed up for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54345/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Denis Naughten

241. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education if she will review the current policy of withdrawing DEIS status to amalgamated schools where all schools do not have DEIS status prior to amalgamation; if she is aware of the fact that this policy is a barrier to amalgamations; if she can explain the justification where two single sex schools in the same town amalgamate into the only school for the catchment and where siblings are treated differently based solely on gender and both schools are treated differently for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53382/23]

Road Safety

Denis Naughten

4. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek the consent of the EU Commission to restrict the sale of all new cars on Irish roads without advanced driver assistance systems technologies that assist drivers in driving and parking functions and, as a result, dramatically reduce road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51465/23]

Road Safety

Denis Naughten

39. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the specific measures he is taking to comply with the EU and UN target to halve the number of road deaths by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51464/23]

Road Safety

Denis Naughten

46. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with his EU counterparts on restricting the sale of vehicles in the EU with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) technologies that assist drivers in driving and parking functions, which can dramatically reduce road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51460/23]

Road Safety

Denis Naughten

53. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with Transport Infrastructure Ireland and local authorities with regard to the provision of road markings on non-national roads to ensure that they can meet the requirements of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) technologies which are being rolled out by vehicle manufacturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51462/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Denis Naughten

60. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport his engagement with the Road Safety Authority on the introduction of legislation and or regulations to reduce road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Denis Naughten

275. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport his engagement with the Road Safety Authority on the introduction of legislation and or regulations to reduce road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51466/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

473. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health whether the pandemic bonus has been paid to an agency (details supplied) in respect of staff of the agency who were eligible for the bonus; if he is aware that some staff of this agency are yet to receive payment of the pandemic bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52925/23]

Disease Management

Denis Naughten

611. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the current status on the draft National Rare Disease Plan for the period post 2018; when this plan will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52176/23]

Disease Management

Denis Naughten

612. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress to date on each of the recommendations in the National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland 2014 - 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52177/23]

Disease Management

Denis Naughten

613. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health his plans to fund the 18 European rare disease reference networks that involve Irish clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52178/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Denis Naughten

14. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress he has made with Enterprise Ireland, EI, on stimulating the establishment of indigenous businesses in the renewable energy supply chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51522/23]

Business Supports

Denis Naughten

34. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans, if any, he has to extend financial supports to business involved in import substitution from outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51521/23]

Business Supports

Denis Naughten

48. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work his Department is undertaking to fully utilise broadband connectivity in increasing sustainable employment, given that Ireland is set to become one of the most connected countries in Europe for fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51520/23]

Regional Development

Denis Naughten

71. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51519/23]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Denis Naughten

78. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to make grants available to SMEs to ensure that their websites are accessible for those with disabilities; if it will become a requirement of the trading online voucher scheme that websites are accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51523/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Denis Naughten

80. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the rate of VRT that applies to cars with advanced driver-assistance systems technologies that assist drivers in driving and parking functions and, as a result, dramatically reduce road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51596/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

88. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the final report of the national disability inclusion strategy transport working group recommendation which indicated that the current disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme was outdated and should be replaced with a needs-based, grant-aided vehicular adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51471/23]

Tax Credits

Denis Naughten

115. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the relief available under the incapacitated child tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51472/23]

Financial Services

Denis Naughten

128. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the steps he and his European Union colleagues are taking to ensure better regulation of commodity future markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51475/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

176. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to amend the disabled drivers and disabled passenger's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51473/23]

Departmental Consultations

Denis Naughten

199. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the establishment of a consultative group of key external stakeholders to support the work of a referendum on the Unified Patent Court; the membership of this committee; the timeline for such a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51711/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

267. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial support that he is providing to farmers in the Shannon callows for lost fodder and grass as a result of the flooding over the past number of months; if this support is available to farmers along the river Suck south of Ballinasloe and on the Little Brosna, where the same floodwaters have had a similar impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51790/23]

Departmental Policies

Denis Naughten

67. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the Final Report of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Transport Working Group recommendation that the current Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme was outdated and should be replaced with a needs-based, grant-aided vehicular adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51530/23]

Departmental Policies

Denis Naughten

68. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the current status of his Department's recommendation to the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Transport Working Group that the current Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme should be replaced with a needs-based, grant-aided vehicular adaptation scheme; if all of the relevant Government Departments have been convened to discuss the way forward; the dates when the meetings were held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51531/23]

Departmental Strategies

Denis Naughten

151. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Final Report of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Transport Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51528/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Denis Naughten

224. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 12 July 2023, and the ongoing cost of electricity, if he will review the current financial assistance to patients with home dialysis machines in light of the additional cost of their operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51507/23]

Mental Health Services

Denis Naughten

514. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure autistic children can access services under CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50696/23]

Mental Health Services

Denis Naughten

515. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to ensure that access to the CAMHS Hubs pilot for autistic children is on par with those who are neurotypical; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50697/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

136. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; the reason for the delay in adding her to the waiting list; the reason for the delay in receiving a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50039/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

148. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of the Lough Funshinagh Flood Relief Scheme in County Roscommon; the timeline for progressing this project to Stage IV Implementation/Construction phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49514/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

149. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of works on the removal of the pinch points in the Shannon Callows between Athlone and Meelick Weir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49516/23]

Water Services

Denis Naughten

240. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to reopen Measure A8 of the multi-annual rural water programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49378/23]

Rental Sector

Denis Naughten

275. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current timelines for a Residential Tenancies Board adjudication on a termination notice; the plans, if any, there are to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49911/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Denis Naughten

299. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants in receipt of working family payment based on the number of children in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49728/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

494. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49374/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Denis Naughten

238. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of an application from Galway County Council for a wastewater treatment plant for Castleblakeney village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49128/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Denis Naughten

80. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of non-resident increase for a qualified adult, IQA, recipients where the primary payment is the State contributory pension; the annual value of such IQA payments in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the annual value of all secondary means-tested entitlements issued to non-resident State contributory pension recipients and the associated IQA recipients in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the plans if any she has to means-test such payments in light of the fact that eligibility in Ireland is determined by such criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49041/23]

Departmental Regulations

Denis Naughten

639. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 October 2023, if the draft regulations have been presented to his private office for consideration; when it is expected that these regulations will be published; if there is a period of time provided for in the regulations before they will be fully applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47866/23]

Mental Health Services

Denis Naughten

1132. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when it is expected that community healthcare west CAMHS will have IT-enabled patient administration systems; when it is expected a decision will be made on a future IT system appropriate to CAMHS from the national group overseeing implementation of the recommendations of the Mackey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47467/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Denis Naughten

259. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47174/23]

Electric Vehicles

Denis Naughten

176. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the reason the new draft e-scooter regulations currently exclude shared e-scooters due to the fact that they include a 25kg weight limit; if he is aware that shared services include enhanced safety features which make such scooters heavier than 25kg; if he will outline his plans for such shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/23]

EU Directives

Denis Naughten

191. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Article 8 of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive 2014 (2014/61/EU) will be enacted into Irish law by the end of 2023; the reason it has not been implemented to date; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45668/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

148. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 19 January 2023, if he will outline the outcome from the engagement with the Minister for Rural and Community Development or the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media, on this issue concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45262/23]

Road Network

Denis Naughten

75. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the steps taken to monitor and minimise contamination from water runoff on our national road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44563/23]

Road Network

Denis Naughten

90. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the steps taken to monitor and manage contamination from water runoff on our national road network; the steps taken by TII in the management of attenuation ponds to treat such contaminated water before its discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44562/23]

School Discipline

Denis Naughten

119. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post-primary pupils respectively suspended in each of the past five years; the corresponding number for the number of students expelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44560/23]

International Agreements

Denis Naughten

270. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Ireland will accede to the UN Water Convention; the timeline for this; the outstanding steps to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43327/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

370. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she intends to launch the 2024 digital innovation fund; if the new round of funding will include supports to enable scale up to national level of projects which have been successfully trialled at county level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43342/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

42. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas ##committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; and the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review. [43246/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

50. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

55. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42948/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

63. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42945/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

79. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42960/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

98. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42949/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

100. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42955/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

101. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of the drafting of the River Shannon management body Bill within his Department; the timeline for presenting the general scheme to Government for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

102. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the flood mitigation works that have been completed on the old course of the River Shannon between Parteen weir and Limerick city from 2020 to date; the further plans for such works and the funding committed for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/23]

Waterways Issues

Denis Naughten

103. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will increase the minimum statutory flow over Parteen weir from 10 cu. m per second; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43064/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

104. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the River Shannon flood risk management committee held its meetings in 2023; the agenda for each meeting and the decisions taken; the specific emergency actions which were taken by the committee in July 2023 to address the serious summer flooding in the Shannon callows resulting in the substantial loss of both summer and winter fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43071/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

107. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

113. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42946/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

124. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42959/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

137. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42953/23]

Housing Policy

Denis Naughten

143. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a staff nurse who has returned to this country at the request of the HSE is being refused a local authority mortgage, because their previous two years of continuous employment was in Britain, rather than on the island of Ireland; if he realises that this policy is undermining stated Government policy of trying to recruit key staff within our health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43035/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

152. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42957/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

166. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42954/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

174. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/23]

Agriculture Industry

Denis Naughten

181. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the very serious losses as a result of the summer flooding in July 2023 on the Shannon callows resulting in the substantial loss of both summer and winter fodder, if he will outline his plans to provide alternative fodder and assistance to farmers in the callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43087/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

186. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42944/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

200. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42952/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

205. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if he intends to extend or replace this scheme before it is due to end on 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42979/23]

Vaccination Programme

Denis Naughten

214. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 booster vaccines are being restricted to older and vulnerable people when US health officials are recommending that everyone over the age of six months receive the latest annual Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43033/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

235. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

239. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42956/23]

Social Welfare Code

Denis Naughten

429. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on designating long-Covid as an occupational illness for frontline workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42828/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

467. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the grazing season under the ACRES scheme on geese and swan lands and breeding wader lands for one month to 1 November 2023 due to the dramatic impact of summer flooding in the Shannon and Suck Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

589. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); if they have been graded as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42253/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

609. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the drawdown of the €110,000 allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register; when a programme manager post was advertised; when interviews were held; when the appointment will be made; if he will confirm that any underspend in the 2023 allocation will be rolled over into the 2024 spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/23]

Health Services Staff

Denis Naughten

610. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; if he is aware of the impact that this is having on the delivery of frontline patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

611. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the drawdown of the funding allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit, in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study; when a programme manager post was advertised; when interviews were held; when the appointment will be made; when data analytics staff posts were advertised; when interviews were held; when appointments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/23]

Mental Health Services

Denis Naughten

636. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS in CHO2 in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of those referrals which were refused; the number currently on the waiting list; the current waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42453/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Denis Naughten

212. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the review of a disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42061/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Denis Naughten

375. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a travel allowance paid in respect of travel for dialysis treatment is counted as means in an assessment for disability allowance; the plans she has, if any, to review this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41311/23]

Office of Public Works

Denis Naughten

213. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 16 May 2023, if he has received the OPW report on the inspection of the Oweynagat cave at Rathcroghan; if he will publish the report and/or its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40294/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

807. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of assessment of needs applications carried out in-house by the HSE and which were not outsourced, by CHO, in 2022 and to the end of June 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39507/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

847. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1010 of 13 June 2023, if a key contact has now been appointed (details supplied); when the child will be called for speech and language and occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40288/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

864. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child will receive an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40458/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Denis Naughten

983. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022, particularly regarding international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40286/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

1013. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40459/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

1057. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether any essential expenditure from an inheritance, such as the purchase of a car to travel to college, can be included in a SUSI means assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

1058. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an inheritance is only taken into account for a higher education grant in the year in which it is received; if not, if it is assessed as income throughout the individual's period of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39633/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

932. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received and approved respectively for the croí cónaithe scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1473. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/23]