Parliamentary questions

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

152. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial return generated from Enterprise Ireland investments in 2022; and the projected return for 2023. [22195/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

153. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all moneys generated by Enterprise Ireland from investments is kept by EI to reinvest. [22196/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

154. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current budget for InterTradeIreland; and the estimated cost of increasing its budget by 10%, 20%, and 50%. [22197/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial return generated from InterTradeIreland investments in 2022; and the projected return for 2023. [22198/23]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

156. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current budget for Workplace Relations Commission; and the estimated cost of increasing its budget by 10%, 20%, and 50%. [22199/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of re-establishing the workers' co-operative development unit within his Department. [22200/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

158. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current budget for the Companies Registration Office; and the estimated cost of increasing its budget by 5%, 10%, and 20%. [22201/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

159. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the agencies under his Department that had an underspend in 2022. [22202/23]

Departmental Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the programmes or schemes under his Department for which there was an underspend in 2022. [22203/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

161. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten health and safety (HSA) inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year cost, in tabular form. [22204/23]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten Workplace Relations Commission inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year cost, in tabular form. [22205/23]

Tax Credits

Louise O'Reilly

336. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the changes announced to the rent-a-room scheme, to allow council tenants to be eligible for the scheme, will also apply to tenants in approved housing body tenancies. [21392/23]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

602. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of lung injuries and all other injuries arising from e-cigarette use admitted to the HSE in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21293/23]

Consumer Prices

Louise O'Reilly

157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of reports by the European Central Bank that corporate profiteering has been one of the biggest contributors to price increases; what options are available to help parents in the face of these price hikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20995/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

259. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the funding spent on tobacco cessation measures in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/23]

Consumer Prices

Louise O'Reilly

270. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of reports by the European Central Bank that corporate profiteering has been one of the biggest contributors to price increases; what options are available to help parents in the face of these price hikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20996/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

271. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the staff at health facility (details supplied) are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if so, when they will receive said payment. [20997/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

27. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20195/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Louise O'Reilly

50. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the statutory obligation imposed on An Post under the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 (details supplied); if he is aware that retired postal workers are now being treated less favourably in terms of their pension entitlements in apparent contravention of the obligation in the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20487/23]

Waste Management

Louise O'Reilly

56. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of plans by a company (details supplied) to significantly increase fees for waste collection across black, green and brown bins; if he is also aware that there is no competition in terms of waste collection across large swathes of north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20608/23]

Aviation Industry

Louise O'Reilly

81. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the alleged backlisting of air traffic controllers by the Irish Aviation Authority; if he is aware this is happening at a time when Dublin airspace is regularly forced to close because of air traffic controller staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20353/23]

Aviation Industry

Louise O'Reilly

82. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the alleged backlisting of air traffic controllers by the Irish Aviation Authority. [20354/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

118. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 February 2019, the reason the data differs from that given in the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 21 March 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20660/23]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

133. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to amend legislation to address the situation where job interviewees are given malicious and false references by a former employer, resulting in the offer of employment being withdrawn from the interviewee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20211/23]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

137. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out research into the profiling of workers' electronic equipment by employers, given reports internationally of the increasing use of monitoring software and privacy-busting software to track workers throughout the working day. [20340/23]

School Transport

Louise O'Reilly

151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that a school bus (details supplied) providing school transport for children with additional needs has ceased to operate since before the Easter school holidays; and her plans to immediately resolve the situation. [20346/23]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

330. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to amend legislation to address the situation whereby job interviewees believe they have been discriminated against by employers at job interview stage, especially in instances where interviewees have taken cases to the WRC and believe they have been discriminated against due to taking said cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20210/23]

Health Service Executive

Louise O'Reilly

385. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a complete list of the HSE's National Clinical Guidelines programmes, including the names of the members of each National Clinical Guidelines, including all sub-groups within each programme, such as Working Groups, Clinical Advisory Groups and so on, in tabular form. [20254/23]

Health Service Executive

Louise O'Reilly

386. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a complete list of each of the HSE's National Framework for developing Policies, Procedures, Protocols and Guidelines, including the names of the members of each PPPG, including all sub-groups within each PPPG, in tabular form. [20255/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

408. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 572 and 573 of 25 April 2023, if he is aware of research from the University of Bristol and Cambridge University (details supplied) which shows that people smoke more when smoking cigarettes from larger-size packs; if he will commission research into the link between larger packs of cigarettes and added consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20385/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Louise O'Reilly

409. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the funding streams available to a charity (details supplied) given the difficulty it is facing providing mental health supports due to a drop in charitable donations as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. [20386/23]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

457. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if a gastroparesis specialist will be immediately recruited to the HSE; and if, in the meantime, patients who need treatment from a gastroparesis specialist will be referred to a specialist outside the State. [20634/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

463. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when his Department will conduct a full review of the Tobacco Free Ireland programme; and if there will be public consultation on the programme. [20659/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20185/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

201. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20183/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

204. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20180/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

209. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20194/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

214. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20184/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

230. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20190/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

242. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20182/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

272. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of contracts her Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20181/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

281. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of contracts her Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20193/23]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

286. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the waiting time for accessing funds from the clearing house fund; if he will provide a breakdown of the funds paid out; the average length of time from application to decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19935/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

298. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20188/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

308. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of contracts her Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20192/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

320. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20189/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

325. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20178/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

343. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20179/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

371. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20187/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20186/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

380. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of contracts her Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20191/23]

Health Service Executive

Louise O'Reilly

169. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a complete list of the HSE's National Clinical Programmes from 2015 to date in 2023, including programmes no longer in operation, the names of the members of each national clinical programme, all sub-groups within each programme, such as Working Groups, Clinical Advisory Groups, and so on, in tabular form. [19662/23]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the volume of larger boxes of cigarettes non-20-pack cigarettes sold in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [19308/23]

Consumer Rights

Louise O'Reilly

220. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 7 March 2023, if a business or a self-employed business person can specify "card not accepted" or "cash payment only"; and if this will ensure the customer cannot subsequently claim a legal right to pay in card. [19386/23]

Energy Prices

Louise O'Reilly

239. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the scheme under design aimed at providing support to businesses with increases in their LPG and kerosene oil costs; when the scheme will go live; and what industry experts were consulted in the design of the scheme. [19200/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

242. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the members of the Working Group on Trustworthy AI Principles and Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19357/23]

Policing of Events

Louise O'Reilly

394. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the total cost to the State of providing security for the visit of the US President; and for a breakdown of this cost in as detailed a manner as possible. [19028/23]

Policing of Events

Louise O'Reilly

395. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional gardaí seconded to Dublin, Louth and Mayo (or other) to provide security for the visit of the US President. [19029/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

572. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the sale of larger boxes of cigarettes non-20-pack cigarettes constitutes promotional pricing; and if they are distorting demand for cigarettes upwards. [19309/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

573. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a unit price per cigarette, or if the pricing of larger boxes will be set as a derivative of the price of a 20-pack of cigarettes to ensure against promotional pricing. [19310/23]

Housing Provision

Louise O'Reilly

274. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in Fingal in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18765/23]

Trade Data

Louise O'Reilly

103. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach the volume of snus imported into the State in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the monetary value of the imports. [17004/23]

Passport Services

Louise O'Reilly

127. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide data on the number of workers who engaged with the APS passport database system (details supplied). [17215/23]

Taxi Regulations

Louise O'Reilly

269. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 7 March 2023, whether self-employed taxi drivers can specify “card not accepted” or “cash payment only”, and if this will ensure the customer cannot subsequently claim a legal right to pay by card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16848/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

351. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the breakdown of the debt warehoused across each division by sector, where possible. [16626/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

352. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the breakdown of the debt warehoused across the medium enterprises division by sector. [16627/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

353. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the default rate to date on debt warehousing by large cases and high-wealth individuals. [16628/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

354. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the default rate to date on debt warehousing across each division and subdivided by sector within each division, where possible. [16629/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

355. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the repayment structure of warehoused tax debt from 2024. [16630/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

356. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, how many small and medium enterprises have repaid their warehoused tax debt to date; and the value of those repayments. [16631/23]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

371. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance in relation to health insurance policies for older people, if (details supplied) has been considered. [16850/23]

Customs and Excise

Louise O'Reilly

377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the total excise receipts earned from tobacco products in 2021 and 2022. [17037/23]

Customs and Excise

Louise O'Reilly

378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category for a pack of roll-your-own tobacco since 2011; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/23]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

419. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance what domestic actions he plans to take to reduce Ireland's VAT gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/23]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

420. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated extra revenue that would accrue to the State if EU proposals on "VAT in the Digital Age" were enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

439. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of the Govtech Delivery Board, first suggested in 2019 in the National AI strategy, as such a board was identified as a key supporter of good practice in the public sector deployment of new technologies. [16424/23]

Data Protection

Louise O'Reilly

440. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if providing advice and a set of best practice guidelines on data protection be part of the role of the Govtech Delivery Board, given that, in the 2019 Cruinniú report that proposed the Govtech body, the lack of expertise on GDPR in public sector bodies was identified as a barrier to deployment of new technologies. [16426/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

441. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform given the skills gap in AI identified by the Future Skills report last year, if the monitoring and support of public sector projects which utilise AI will be part of the responsibility of the Govtech delivery Board. [16428/23]

Departmental Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

442. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that Govtech boards in some states, for example Singapore, have a role in developing 'whole of government' technologies, and employ substantial technical resources to this end; and if this is perceived as part of the terms of reference of the Irish Govtech Delivery Board. [16430/23]

Departmental Projects

Louise O'Reilly

483. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the working group on trustworthy AI principles and guidelines, as outlined in a response to this office in December 2022; and when this body is to report. [16422/23]

School Admissions

Louise O'Reilly

506. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education what options are available to the family of a student (details supplied) who has withdrawn from school and is refusing to attend due to difficulties they have faced in the school, but who has applied to enrolled in a new school and has been denied a place in that school. [16809/23]

School Funding

Louise O'Reilly

509. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education what options and funding streams are available to a school that wishes to start a school library and stock it with books. [16849/23]

School Enrolments

Louise O'Reilly

655. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the demand that will be placed on national schools in Rush, County Dublin; if provision has been made to increase national school places in the short to medium-term; if she will provide specific information by school on the number of places that will be available for the next ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16754/23]

Pension Provisions

Louise O'Reilly

695. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the misclassification of pension entitlements for workers in local authorities; and if he can provide an update and a timeline for resolution. [16047/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

900. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing domiciliary care allowance to children aged 16 and 17 years, in view of the fact that children can no longer access this payment once they turn 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17033/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Louise O'Reilly

901. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people received the household benefit scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of the scheme to the State in each of these years. [17034/23]

Departmental Policies

Louise O'Reilly

902. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are available for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments during work time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Louise O'Reilly

903. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection whether considerations have been made to ease the eligibility criteria for partial capacity benefit to increase security for all cancer patients seeking to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/23]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Louise O'Reilly

904. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the possibility of streamlining applications for the additional needs payments for cancer patients on the basis of the non-medical costs of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/23]

Pension Provisions

Louise O'Reilly

1366. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension increments; the reason former HSE staff are awaiting over a year for these increments to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16409/23]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

1371. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health in relation to the Government’s ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship’, part of which seeks to develop a public sector National Framework of Qualification QQI level 5 courses for the occupation of healthcare assistants, if healthcare assistants who have nursing qualifications from outside of Ireland (QQI level 7 and 8), will be required to complete the QQI level 5 courses to remain working as a healthcare assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/23]

Departmental Reviews

Louise O'Reilly

1465. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16810/23]

Health Promotion

Louise O'Reilly

1466. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health why the evaluation of the sugar-sweetened drinks tax has not been completed almost five years since its introduction; the current stage of the evaluation; when it will be finished and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16811/23]

Medical Cards

Louise O'Reilly

1550. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health given the positive clinical results being achieved by the HSE's structured chronic disease management programme, the reason certain cohorts of medical cardholders (details supplied) are excluded from the programme; if he will now extend the programme to include these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17184/23]

Pension Provisions

Louise O'Reilly

1651. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a retired healthcare worker (details supplied) will receive their pension increment. [17599/23]

Pension Provisions

Louise O'Reilly

168. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a business case submitted by Dublin City Council regarding the pension entitlements for workers retiring in the coming years; if he can provide an estimated timeframe for the response to this request; when the workers can expect a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15879/23]

Family Reunification

Louise O'Reilly

268. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice what the next steps are for an applicant (details supplied) regarding a family reunification application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15882/23]

Family Reunification

Louise O'Reilly

269. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if he will advise of the procedure for family reunification in a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15883/23]

Planning Issues

Louise O'Reilly

228. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 28 February 2023, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that paid planning permission, sometimes in the region of hundreds of euros, is needed to erect a headstone on a grave; if any consideration will be given to waiving the fee for grieving families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15530/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

164. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under stream 1 of the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to date, by county; the number of applications that have been successful, by county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14904/23]