Parliamentary questions

Education Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

398. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if any changes will be made to the qualification criteria for the back to education allowance for older workers who decided to return to education having lost or left their job due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. [31398/22]

Childcare Services

Louise O'Reilly

408. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process by which a childcare provider can extend their opening hours in order to provide additional services (details supplied). [31397/22]

Asylum Seekers

Louise O'Reilly

423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice her plans to speed up applications for family reunification for families from Afghanistan in cases in which a family member left behind is at risk of serious injury or death at the hands of the Taliban. [31399/22]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

462. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is intent on providing funding for day expenditure for the running of a facility (details supplied). [31400/22]

Tax Strategy Group

Louise O'Reilly

20. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance when the tax strategy papers are expected to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31287/22]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Louise O'Reilly

21. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance when the Commission on taxation and welfare will complete its work; when it expects to publish its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31288/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Louise O'Reilly

71. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he raised concerns with the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to the high volume of security staff who were let go over the past two years; if he expressed concern that letting staff go during this period was unfair and opportunistic; and if he raised the likely scenario that this would affect Dublin Airport’s ability to deal with a full return to aviation activity. [30616/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Louise O'Reilly

105. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the total amount that the Dublin Airport Authority received in State funding or subsidies throughout the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30617/22]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the funding of the Workplace Relations Commission by 50% and 100%, respectively, in tabular form. [28836/22]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Louise O'Reilly

152. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing a new Irish enterprise agency to assist small and medium enterprises trading domestically. [28837/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

153. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing a workers’ co-operative development unit within his Department. [28838/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

154. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding for Enterprise Ireland, by 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form. [28840/22]

Trade Promotion

Louise O'Reilly

155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding to InterTrade Ireland by 50% and 100%, in tabular form. [28843/22]

Industrial Development

Louise O'Reilly

156. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding to IDA Ireland by 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form. [28844/22]

Living Wage

Louise O'Reilly

157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of ensuring that all workers in the public and civil service are paid a living wage. [28845/22]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

158. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing a 12-month working group within his Department focused on the way to legally deliver a right to collective bargaining. [28846/22]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

159. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the capital budget for the Workplace Relations Commission by 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form. [28848/22]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing a workers’ rights enhancements working group within his Department. [28849/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

161. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing a living town and city taskforce within his Department focused on increasing footfall to towns and cities and to ensure that a greater holistic experience is provided in order to encourage more persons to spend more time and money locally. [28850/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current and capital funding, respectively, that is provided to each group (details supplied) in 2022, in tabular form. [28851/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

163. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of introducing a new public holiday. [28894/22]

Intellectual Property

Louise O'Reilly

197. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will now support a trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver to end global Covid-19 vaccine inequity given that the majority of the Irish public, Seanad Éireann, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the World Health Organisation have all called for a TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics as proposed by India and South Africa in 2020. [30695/22]

Electric Vehicles

Louise O'Reilly

301. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if the electric vehicle taxi scheme has been temporarily paused; if so, when it will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30302/22]

Tax Reliefs

Louise O'Reilly

365. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of restoring tax relief for trade union membership on the same basis as professional association fees. [28896/22]

Defence Forces

Louise O'Reilly

923. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to help alleviate waiting lists for medical assessments for recruits for the Reserve Defence Forces; if consideration will be given to accepting private general practitioner medical assessments; if private general practitioners will be hired by the Defence Forces to carry out medical assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30300/22]

Employment Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

1071. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the WALK providing equal employment routes, PEER, employment support service model in all 26 counties for people with disabilities. [28839/22]

Parental Leave

Louise O'Reilly

1198. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date in July 2022 on which the extension of parents' leave from five to seven weeks announced in Budget 2022 will come into effect. [30301/22]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

1213. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding provided to Science Foundation Ireland in 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28841/22]

Research and Development

Louise O'Reilly

1214. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of subscribing the State to associate membership of CERN. [28842/22]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

1900. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 31 May 2022, the action that the Nursing Care Plan for Stroke is taking with the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director on safe staffing levels to address the issue of stroke units operating below the recommended nurse staffing level; the case that is being made for additional staff; the number of additional staff being sought; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30687/22]

Food Industry

Louise O'Reilly

155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meetings held by his Departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from 2021 to date, including the issue of infant formula; the dates, attendees and the matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/22]

Food Industry

Louise O'Reilly

218. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the meetings held by her Departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from 2021 to date, including the issue of banning infant formula advertising in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; the dates, attendees and matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28614/22]

Food Industry

Louise O'Reilly

408. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings held by his Departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from 2021 to date, including the issue of infant formula; the dates, attendees and matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28612/22]

National Car Test

Louise O'Reilly

138. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given for a grace period for car owners whose National Car Test certificate has expired, but are booked in for a test and would ordinarily have completed the test before certificate expiration only for the current excessive waiting times. [27923/22]

Public Transport

Louise O'Reilly

143. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only two train stations in Dublin are excluded from the TFI 90 ticket (details supplied); the reason that these stations are excluded; if consideration has been given to including these busy stations in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28039/22]

Fiscal Policy

Louise O'Reilly

170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he is reconsidering the decision not to apply for loans under the Recovery and Resilience Fund given the uncertain economic outlook and the likelihood of increased interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27491/22]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

226. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a response to correspondence (details supplied) submitted to his Department will be issued. [27342/22]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

227. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he supports the calls for an independent examination in relation to correspondence (details supplied) submitted to his Department of his Department’s handling of the urban gull issue since 2016, especially given the recent publication by the Government of the Report of the Strategic Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the many serious issues identified in that report. [27343/22]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

228. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that his Department persisted with the derogation decision threshold that is, represent a threat to public health and safety (details supplied), instead of using the correct derogation decision threshold as specified in the 1979 Birds Directive Article 9.1.a), and in S.I. No. 477/2011 - European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011.55.2.a) that derogations may be made in the interests of public health and safety; and the specific provisions in primary legislation that he is relying upon in choosing to persist with the 1986 threshold text. [27344/22]

Special Educational Needs

Louise O'Reilly

379. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education when a response can be expected to correspondence submitted in relation to the case of a child (details supplied).
[27330/22]

School Staff

Louise O'Reilly

418. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the supports that are in place for staff that cannot work due to suffering from long-Covid given that special leave with pay has been withdrawn. [27924/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

669. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds for stroke patients in Ireland; the deficit that exists for the population on the basis of recommendations contained in the UK's National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke on the care to be provided for persons who have suffered a stroke; the estimated cost of meeting the staffing requirements for a single bed in a stroke unit; the estimated cost that is required to meet the increase in the incidence of strokes; the additional staffing that is needed for the development of acute stroke unit bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27462/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

670. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of stroke units that operate below the recommended nurse and-or-staffing level; the estimated cost of putting the recommended staff levels in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27463/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

671. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals with access to clinical psychology as part of stroke unit care; the estimated cost and staffing that is associated with ensuring that this service is available to all stroke units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27464/22]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

672. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated costs associated with the further development of the early supported discharge of people who have suffered a stroke; the current staffing deficits in existing teams that are below the level recommended by the national stroke programme; the estimated costs to ensure that staffing deficits are addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

745. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for staff that cannot work due to suffering from long-Covid given that special leave with pay has been withdrawn. [27925/22]

Passport Services

Louise O'Reilly

58. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is an update in relation to the passports of persons (details supplied); when they can expect it to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/22]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

624. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of staff in a healthcare setting (details supplied) that is leading to lengthy delays in the appointment of key workers; the steps that are being taken to address this; if there is an expected date for a key worker to be assigned to a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/22]

Disability Services

Louise O'Reilly

640. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds that are available for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Fingal area; the number that are occupied at present; if and when additional spaces will be made available for the remainder of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26203/22]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

641. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to include heart failure in the medical card and the long-term illness schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/22]