Parliamentary questions

Hospital Facilities

Mattie McGrath

170. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the numbers of patients seen in the Cashel minor injury unit each year for the past three years; the number of staff available at the unit; the reason the public is never recommended to use Cashel minor injury unit when local hospitals are experiencing overcrowding; the efforts taken to advertise and increase the use of this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8260/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Mattie McGrath

443. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/24]

Asylum Seekers

Mattie McGrath

485. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if the former St. Luke's Hospital Farm, Glenconnor, Clonmel, County Tipperary is being considered as a location for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers; to give details of any contracts issued to develop this farm for a reception centre; if his Department has had any engagement in relation to this property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7592/24]

International Protection

Mattie McGrath

486. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if his Department have any plans to use a hotel in Tipperary as an accommodation centre for asylum seekers (details supplied); if his Department has had any engagements with owners in relation to this property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/24]

Asylum Seekers

Mattie McGrath

487. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if his Department have any plans to use a property in south Tipperary as an accommodation centre for asylum seekers (details supplied); if his Department have had any engagements with owners in relation to this property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/24]

International Agreements

Mattie McGrath

538. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the Government, given the implications of the adoption and ratification of the proposed WHO Pandemic Treaty and proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations, will enable a recourse to the people (details supplied) and thereby enable a constitutional referendum to be held to ascertain the views of the people, who are guardians of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7599/24]

Septic Tanks

Mattie McGrath

65. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will expand the scope of the septic tank grants from local authorities to cover larger geographical areas in order for more rural homeowners to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7351/24]

Housing Schemes

Mattie McGrath

230. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the long-awaited review for local authority housing adaptation grants will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7352/24]

Departmental Data

Mattie McGrath

287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons refused entry to the state every year for the past four years; the reasons for refusal; the point of entry where entry was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7309/24]

Asylum Seekers

Mattie McGrath

288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have been refused asylum in Ireland every year for the past four years; the number of deportations that have been carried out each year for the past four years; the number of people given self-deportation orders; the number of those that have been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7310/24]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

207. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if grant funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6335/24]

Sports Funding

Mattie McGrath

371. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if grant funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6337/24]

Fire Service

Mattie McGrath

404. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if grant funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6336/24]

Immigration Policy

Mattie McGrath

369. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on each EU immigration policy that Ireland has opted into, including the dates when the Government decided to opt in or out and when the measure was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5514/24]

Immigration Policy

Mattie McGrath

370. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that have been criminally prosecuted under section 11 of the Immigration Act 2004 for arriving at an Irish port of entry, including Dublin Airport, without valid travel documents, which is an offence, in each of the years 2018 to 2023, and to date in 2024. [5515/24]

Departmental Consultations

Mattie McGrath

551. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the responses his Department received on the public consultation in respect of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 ; when the results will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5516/24]

Road Projects

Mattie McGrath

49. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the reason the proposed N24 upgrade does not include a dual carriageway for the entire route in the interests of safety and forward planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4490/24]

School Staff

Mattie McGrath

40. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education her plans to reintroduce the allowance for teachers in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4346/24]

Planning Issues

Mattie McGrath

78. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to his response during Leaders' Questions on 18 January 2024 (details supplied), if he will provide details of the request issued to Tipperary County Council to review the situation with regard to log cabins; to provide a copy of the correspondence issued to Tipperary County Council in this regard; the details of the review being carried out in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4370/24]

Planning Issues

Mattie McGrath

83. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently update the rural planning guidelines to loosen the restrictions on modular/log cabin type accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4434/24]