Parliamentary questions

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

560. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of residents residing in Garnish House; the projected closure time of that mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

561. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected opening date of Glenwood House in Carrigaline as a community mental health residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/23]

School Facilities

Neasa Hourigan

190. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure all schools in the State have access to drinking water for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49389/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Neasa Hourigan

241. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his plans to engage with relevant stakeholders in drafting of legislation in respect of the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the seventh amendment to the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49388/23]

Residency Permits

Neasa Hourigan

333. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the average length of time for an application under the Afghan Admission Programme; the average length of time for the provision of a PPS number under the same programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49459/23]

Teagasc Activities

Neasa Hourigan

376. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the position of his Department on the involvement of Teagasc in the production of the Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock; his views on the conflict of interests as outlined by the recent Greenpeace UK investigation into the declaration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49490/23]

Departmental Policies

Neasa Hourigan

421. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position on the requirement on services providing accommodation to beneficiaries of temporary protection for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49488/23]

Child and Family Agency

Neasa Hourigan

422. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position of Tusla in terms of requiring services providing accommodation to children under the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection scheme for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49489/23]

Budget 2024

Neasa Hourigan

499. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of funding allocated to social inclusion groups in Budget 2024. [49418/23]

Mental Health Policy

Neasa Hourigan

506. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication of the National Action Plan on Traveller and Roma Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49457/23]

Regulatory Bodies

Neasa Hourigan

603. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s role in conducting an inquiry into breaches of Article 17 of the Global Code of Conduct for Research that requires scientific research on animals conducted in non-EU countries to be performed in line with Irish and EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49997/23]

Housing Schemes

Neasa Hourigan

123. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to include decluttering support as part of the housing aid for older people grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33773/23]

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

46. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the work undertaken to assess the impact of annualised funding for disability services; the research undertaken on multi-annual funding options for disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40453/23]

Energy Conservation

Neasa Hourigan

158. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the schemes available to retrofit redbrick and stone-built houses constructed before 1940, mostly categorised as traditionally built buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47940/23]

Energy Conservation

Neasa Hourigan

159. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to extend the warmer homes scheme to traditionally built buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47941/23]

Energy Policy

Neasa Hourigan

644. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the preparations of the guidance document on improving energy efficiency in traditional buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47939/23]

Social Insurance

Neasa Hourigan

712. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration being given to the recommendations of the Tax Strategy Group's paper in relation to pay related social insurance, in particular their proposal to eliminate the lower employer social insurance rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47443/23]

Social Welfare Code

Neasa Hourigan

722. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a timeline for the implementation of each of the nine recommendations outlined in the Review of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47620/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

849. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of “stop and search” operations conducted by An Garda Síochána under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, in 2022. [48387/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Neasa Hourigan

990. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a correspondence (details supplied); his response to the issues raised therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47591/23]