Parliamentary questions

Transport Policy

Mattie McGrath

80. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the future of the active travel programme for local authorities in view of the reduced allocation for 2023, particularly for Tipperary County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/23]

Sports Funding

Mattie McGrath

117. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to commence the next round of the sports capital programme; when it will be open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8949/23]

Sports Funding

Mattie McGrath

118. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if pony and equine clubs are eligible to apply for funding under the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8951/23]

Water Services

Mattie McGrath

136. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will allocate funding to Tipperary County Council to rectify the developer-provided infrastructure in estates and allow the council to proceed with the taking-in-charge process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/23]

Water Services

Mattie McGrath

137. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of taking-in-charge applications that are held up nationally due to the existence of developer-provided infrastructure within estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8947/23]

Vacant Properties

Mattie McGrath

138. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make funding available for a second vacant homes officer for Tipperary County Council due to the size of the county and the large workload that is left to one person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8952/23]

Departmental Schemes

Mattie McGrath

264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to commence the next round of the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Programme; when it will be open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8950/23]

Energy Infrastructure

Mattie McGrath

160. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to provide details on the closing of electricity generating power plants, both current and future, in Ireland (details supplied). [8368/23]

Tax Collection

Mattie McGrath

219. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the total taxation income derived from the carbon tax in each of the years 2019 to 2022, together with the anticipated income for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8215/23]

Tax Collection

Mattie McGrath

220. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of all taxation and levy income collected from all energy products in 2021 and 2022, broken down per energy type and taxation measure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8216/23]

Emigrant Support Services

Mattie McGrath

335. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of all applications made under the emigrant support programme from the US and Canada in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8213/23]

Emigrant Support Services

Mattie McGrath

336. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of organisations and groups that were awarded funding under the 2022 emigrant support programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/23]

Immigration Policy

Mattie McGrath

13. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the Government's policy approach to managing immigration, given the recent rapid increase in migration and its impact on the housing crisis. [6881/23]

Immigration Policy

Mattie McGrath

67. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the checks, if any, that were performed on the 5,074 refugees who arrived at Dublin Airport in 2022 without ID documentation, despite having it when boarding a plane. [6882/23]

Grant Payments

Mattie McGrath

57. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to allow students in receipt of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants to earn income for weekend work without impacting their eligibility for these grants. [6964/23]

Direct Provision System

Mattie McGrath

432. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm if his Department has had any discussions with any person, business or organisation in Cahir, County Tipperary, in relation to the use of a building (details supplied) in Cahir town as a Direct Provision centre or to use as emergency accommodation for persons seeking international protection; if he will outline any engagements his Department may have had in relation to said building; if he will commit to engaging with the local community in advance of any possible discussion and proposals or plans that may arise to use any property in Cahir town as emergency accommodation for persons seeking international protection or as a Direct Provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6798/23]

Official Engagements

Mattie McGrath

258. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to provide a list in tabular form of details of meetings between his Department and the National Women's Council of Ireland, which included reference to abortion/termination of pregnancy issues in their minutes between May 2018 to date. [6213/23]

Official Engagements

Mattie McGrath

259. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to provide a list, in tabular form, of details of meetings between his Department and the Irish Family Planning Association which included reference to abortion or termination of pregnancy issues in their minutes between May 2018 to date. [6214/23]

Legislative Reviews

Mattie McGrath

260. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he received advice from organisations on the appointment of the chairperson of the abortion review in January 2022; and to name such organisations. [6215/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

316. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason she announced on gov.ie that each men’s shed would receive a grant of €2,000, but is now stating that each men’s shed will receive a grant of up to €2,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6268/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

317. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that the timeframe of 1 January to 31 December 2022 was placed as a criterion for qualification for the sustainability grant scheme for men’s sheds when the grant scheme was announced in November and sheds were only informed of the grant by the IMSA on 5 December via webinar; the reason that the timeframe was so short, resulting in men’s sheds not having an opportunity to carry out essential sustainability works or projects between 5 December and 31 December (details supplied); the reason the grant was offered retrospectively when most community funding grant schemes require full approval of any works prior to offering a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6269/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

318. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development in situations in which some of the €800,000 grant funding has not been drawn down by individual men's sheds due to non-qualification according to the current criteria, if all moneys will be returned to her Department or if they will be held by the Irish Men’s Sheds Association; the amount of the €800,000 that remains unspent at this point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6270/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

319. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all the men’s sheds that received funding under the men's sheds sustainability grant; the level of funding received by each; and the number of men’s sheds that were unable to make an application due to the strict criteria and short timeframe. [6271/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

320. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm if the criteria for the men’s shed sustainability grant were laid down by her Department or by the IMSA; if the criteria or guidelines were the result of negotiation with the IMSA; if consultation occurred with the IMSA in advance of the grant announcement; if the IMSA met with her or departmental officials to discuss this grant; if so, if a record of any such meeting is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6272/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

321. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development with regard to the men’s shed sustainability grant, as the purpose of the grant was to support shed sustainability, the reason there was no requirement to prove a need for the funding in the criteria (details supplied); the reason that some sheds with real sustainability issues have been prohibited from claiming the entire grant, despite it being critical in order to maintain sustainability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6273/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

322. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason she states that the Irish Men’s Sheds Association is the representative organisation for individual men’s sheds when, according to the organisation’s own memorandum and articles of association, it is not a representative organisation; the reason she states that sheds are members of the IMSA when the IMSA articles of association state otherwise; if her attention was drawn to reports that the IMSA was not the representative body for men’s sheds and therefore had no consultation with the individual men’s sheds prior to any negotiation of the qualifying criteria; if she would agree that the men’s sheds are neither associate nor full members of the IMSA, in accordance with its articles of association; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6274/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

323. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason her Department has given funding to the IMSA to administer when it is not the representative body of men’s sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6275/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

324. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the men’s sheds sustainability grant moneys were not administered by the LCDC as has been the case to date, when no change has occurred within the memorandum and articles of the IMSA to state that it is the men’s sheds’ representative body; if the IMSA is to be considered the official representative body of men’s sheds, the reason there have been no changes to its memorandum and articles of association since its registration with the Charities Regulator on 29 March 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6276/23]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

325. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet, at her earliest opportunity, a delegation of representatives from a number of individual men’s sheds who have concerns in respect of the manner in which the men’s sheds sustainability grant has been administered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6277/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Mattie McGrath

493. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the current turnaround for exceptional needs payments to be processed by area; the reason exceptional needs payment applications are taking ten weeks to process; the urgent efforts that are being taken to reduce this waiting list, particularly as the very purpose of the exceptional needs payment is to meet a short-term urgent need where someone requires emergency or urgent assistance; the avenues that are available to them to have their application processed urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4317/23]

Disability Services

Mattie McGrath

678. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason that transport is not provided to young adults with a disability attending day services (details supplied); the facilities that are in place to provide supports where the lack of transport will lead to a person with disabilities being excluded from attending any services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4235/23]

General Practitioner Services

Mattie McGrath

682. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the plans to provide replacement GPs in a practice in County Tipperary when two GPs retire; the efforts being made to arrange new GPs for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4267/23]

World Economic Forum

Mattie McGrath

39. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum; if he will provide a list all those who attended; the role of each; the full cost to the taxpayer for the Irish delegation that attended Davos; the breakdown of all costs of his visit; and if he will report on all of his engagements during his visit. [3541/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Mattie McGrath

161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the total number of assessment of needs' applications that were received in 2022; the amount per CHO; the number that are incomplete; and the number that have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3440/23]

Hospital Services

Mattie McGrath

168. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all services being offered at St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick on Suir; the operating hours of each; the number of staff employed in the building; the capacity in which they are employed; the services directly available to the public; the services to which the public must be referred; the referral access for each service; the services which are located at the facility temporarily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3462/23]

Hospital Facilities

Mattie McGrath

170. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason it is taking 20 weeks for testing of routine samples at University Hospital Waterford; the efforts that are being made to reduce this time given the concern that such a long wait time can be harmful to a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3465/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mattie McGrath

254. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the details of each publicly funded Government contract awarded to a company (details supplied); the exact value and location of each contract, including the tendering procedures involved, the number of other companies and entities tendering for the same contracts since June 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mattie McGrath

278. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each publicly funded Government contract awarded to a company (details supplied); the exact value and location of each contract, including the tendering procedures involved, the number of other companies and entities tendering for the same contracts since June 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3297/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mattie McGrath

374. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the details of each publicly funded Government contract awarded to a company (details supplied); the exact value and location of each contract, including the tendering procedures involved, the number of other companies and entities tendering for the same contracts since June 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3298/23]

Driver Test

Mattie McGrath

245. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers who were let go by the RSA in 2022; the reason that a number of driving testers were let go given the long waiting lists for tests; the number of new driving testers employed in 2022; the number of testers employed by the RSA on 1 January 2022 and on 1 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1439/23]

Road Projects

Mattie McGrath

246. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position on the N24 Cahir to Limerick Junction given that TII has advised councillors only the section near Tipperary town will be built due to lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1440/23]

School Transport

Mattie McGrath

668. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a student (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket. [63292/22]

Special Educational Needs

Mattie McGrath

672. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 7 December 2022, her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63339/22]

School Transport

Mattie McGrath

703. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a student (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket, given the Bus Éireann school transport section has failed to respond to queries from this Deputy. [63632/22]

School Transport

Mattie McGrath

704. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a student (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket, given the Bus Éireann school transport section has failed to respond to queries from this Deputy. [63633/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Mattie McGrath

1123. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the fines issued as a result of the vans; the related speed zones within which these fines relate to for example 50km/hour, 80km/hour and 100km/hour zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1496/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Mattie McGrath

1256. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children who received a preliminary team assessment in place of a full assessment of needs; of those who received a PTA which was found to not satisfy the statutory right to an assessment of needs; the number of children who have subsequently received a full assessment of needs; the number who have been offered a full assessment of needs; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of children who received a PTA by CHO area; the number who have been offered a full AON by CHO; the number who have received a full AON by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63577/22]

Primary Care Services

Mattie McGrath

1334. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason that no physiotherapy services have been established in the Cahir primary care centre in County Tipperary; if he will list all of the public physiotherapy services that are available in south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63859/22]

Hospital Closures

Mattie McGrath

1489. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently move to reopen St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir to reduce pressures from the acute services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1446/23]

Health Services

Mattie McGrath

1537. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for section 39 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1669/23]