Parliamentary questions

Rail Network

Paul Donnelly

237. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the funding being made available in 2024 and 2025 to purchase additional longer carriages for the LUAS for both lines; and if so, when those new carriages are expected to come into service. [1142/24]

Dublin Bus

Paul Donnelly

268. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of purchasing 100 extra hybrid and 18 extra hydrogen buses for the Dublin Bus fleet. [1297/24]

Trade Missions

Paul Donnelly

433. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland is planning a trade mission to the west coast of the US in Q1 2024. [1131/24]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

434. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies by job title at Health and Safety Authority as of 4 January 2024; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and when he expects these vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [1132/24]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

439. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or any of officials at the grade of administrative officer and above met the CEO of a company (details supplied) in 2023. [1295/24]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

711. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost in 2024 if the number of Global Internship Programme for Tourism Ireland was doubled. [1133/24]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

712. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of full-time media managers working for Tourism Ireland in the office in Australia in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1134/24]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

713. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of full-time social media editors working in Tourism Ireland in the office in Spain in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1135/24]

Sports Facilities

Paul Donnelly

718. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position regarding the construction of a new state of the art national velodrome and badminton centre; and when her Department expects this project move to the next stage of works. [1294/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

1077. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of loudspeakers currently owned by An Garda Síochána; and if funding is available in 2024 to increase this number. [1136/24]

Policing Authority

Paul Donnelly

1078. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice when she expects to receive the report from the Policing Authority on Public Order Policing and related issues; and if this report will be published. [1137/24]

Policing Co-operation

Paul Donnelly

1079. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if all district neighbourhood watch scheme meetings have resumed within DMR; and if not, the districts within DMR that currently do not have neighbourhood watch scheme meetings. [1138/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

1080. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank on each Public Order Unit Team within DMR; the number of Public Order Unit Teams that are available per shift in tabular form within DMR, in tabular form. [1139/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

1081. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with residential burglary within K district of DMR on 24 and 25 December 2023. [1140/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

1088. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of domestic abuse coordination teams that are based at Garda stations within DMR; the number of gardaí, by rank in each of the teams; and the number of incidents each of the DACTs have dealt with in 2023, in tabular form. [1292/24]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

1245. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the feasibility study on the proposed development works at a stadium (details supplied) has been carried out; and if so, if this report is published online. [1143/24]

Departmental Staff

Paul Donnelly

1255. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE laboratory analysts in biology employed by his Department as of 1 September 2022 and 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [1291/24]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

1418. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time filial therapists and child art psychotherapists directly employed by TUSLA, by TUSLA area and service or team they are working in as of 5 January 2024. [1296/24]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

1648. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if CHI has the capacity to provide chest bracing service for children in the public health system as of December 2023. [1128/24]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

1649. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons attached to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1129/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Donnelly

1650. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for bone density scans for patients at each hospital in the RCSI Group. [1130/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Paul Donnelly

1853. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applicants to commis chef apprenticeship Level 6 Programme in 2023, in tabular form. [1127/24]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

1856. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the chairpersons of HEA-funded Irish higher education institutions; the terms of office of each; the number of terms served by each; and the method of appointment, annual remuneration and expenses for each of the past three years. [1290/24]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

12. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. [55586/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

37. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport when he expects phase 6 of the BusConnects programme to come into effect. [55582/23]

Tax Data

Paul Donnelly

65. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost if excise duty on a pint of beer and a glass of wine decreased by 15 cent with effect from 1 February 2024. [55585/23]

Prison Service

Paul Donnelly

167. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of prison officers retired from the Irish Prison Service in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [55584/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

226. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Clontarf Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [55583/23]

Dublin Bus

Paul Donnelly

211. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if all new buses entering into the Dublin Bus fleet will now have an automatic ramp installed at the exit side doors in addition to the ramp at the entry door to the bus. [54760/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

212. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount collected in child ticket fares on public transport in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54761/23]

School Accommodation

Paul Donnelly

344. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if there any plans for works or developments at a school (details supplied). [55196/23]

National Parks

Paul Donnelly

395. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital works projects that were carried out in each of the National Parks under the remit of his Department during 2023; and the capital works projects that are scheduled to commence in 2024 in each of the National Parks, in tabular form. [54764/23]

Tax Yield

Paul Donnelly

476. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated yield if the employers’ PRSI rate of 11.05% increased to 14% on the portion of wages in excess of €200,000. [54762/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

534. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of basic M3 shotgun courses that were held for armed Garda personnel to date in 2023. [54746/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

535. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 14 November 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have PQ answered. [54747/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

536. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Steyr rifle refresher courses that were held for armed Garda personnel to date in 2023. [54748/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

537. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda public order tactical advisors commanders in each Garda division within the DMR in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the rank of officer this post is normally filled by, in tabular form. [54749/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

538. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 14 November 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have the PQ answered. [54750/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

539. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount gardaí spent on sending out poor-quality CCTV camera images in order to get better image quality in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54751/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

540. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if recommendations ten and 11 of the Garda Inspectorate Report in 2019 on Public Order Training have been fully implemented. [54752/23]

Children in Care

Paul Donnelly

683. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed description of the vetting process and qualification requirements for staff working in special emergency accommodation for children in care; if he will clarify whether each company has a person in charge; and the welfare reporting mechanism that are in place in these companies. [54763/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Donnelly

784. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater hospital. [54753/23]

Primary Care Centres

Paul Donnelly

785. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO 9 that have clinical specialist ultra sonographers based there in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54754/23]

Hospital Procedures

Paul Donnelly

786. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have undergone genetic testing in St James's Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54755/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Donnelly

787. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health how the €5.2 million allocation on the healthy age-friendly homes programme was spent in 2023. [54756/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

788. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons working in the public health services; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, to population and current ratios. [54757/23]

Cancer Services

Paul Donnelly

789. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers required to ensure BreastCheck screenings take place every two years for those who are eligible; and how many radiographers currently work for BreastCheck. [54758/23]

Substance Misuse

Paul Donnelly

790. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO 7 that have substance abuse services specific to youths aged under 18. [54759/23]

Departmental Funding

Paul Donnelly

642. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide all streams of financial supports and funding available from her Department and the amount of funding available, in tabular form. [53562/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Paul Donnelly

428. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the lack of funding available for a charity (details supplied) that supports child victims of sexual abuse under threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50700/23]

Community Development Projects

Paul Donnelly

1. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress of the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49723/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Paul Donnelly

16. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development about the progress of the charities regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49643/23]

Library Services

Paul Donnelly

27. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the issue of staff in libraries being subjected to threats and intimidation; and if there any plans by her Department to develop a policy for dealing with these incidents and supporting the staff in our public libraries. [49642/23]

Departmental Bodies

Paul Donnelly

69. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the pay, and any other benefits, including benefit-in-kind, of each CEO of State agencies under the remit of his Department for each year since 2020, in tabular form. [49308/23]

Airport Policy

Paul Donnelly

89. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of full-time and part-time staff employed by DAA to provide VIP Platform services at Dublin Airport in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49285/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

90. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the additional buses and service improvements that will be allocated to Dublin Bus in 2024 arising from Budget 2024. [49286/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

114. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus or the NTA will provide the necessary funding for the installation of electric vehicle charging points in each Dublin Bus depot; and if so, when these works will commence. [49859/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

115. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of Bus Éireann buses that left from Dublin Airport to different parts of the country for each specific route in the month of October 2023. [49860/23]

Office of Public Works

Paul Donnelly

141. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW will provide the necessary funding in 2024 for the installation of an electric vehicle charging point for visitors at the National Botanic Gardens. [49289/23]

EU Funding

Paul Donnelly

142. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of funding allocated towards the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science under the EU Adjustment Reserve in 2023. [49290/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

143. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the names of coach hire companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement muti-supplier framework for the provision of bus hire services for public bodies. [49291/23]

Office of Public Works

Paul Donnelly

156. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Garda stations within the DMR that are scheduled for refurbishment by the OPW between now and the first half of 2024; the nature of the refurbishment, per station, in tabular form; and if known, when refurbishment works will commence. [49861/23]

Trade Promotion

Paul Donnelly

159. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the Enterprise Ireland office in Singapore since its establishment. [49300/23]

Trade Promotion

Paul Donnelly

160. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the IDA office in Johannesburg since its establishment. [49301/23]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

182. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education when construction works on a new school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost of this project to date. [49287/23]

Departmental Staff

Paul Donnelly

235. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, qualified arborists employed by his Department as of 1 April 2022 and 3 November 2023, in tabular form. [49288/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Donnelly

281. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2024 if the household benefits package increased by €10 per month. [49292/23]

State Pensions

Paul Donnelly

282. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants currently being processed within her Department for the State pension contributory. [49293/23]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Donnelly

308. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, in each employment support team within INTREO offices within Dublin as of 8 November 2023, in tabular form. [49863/23]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Donnelly

309. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the INTREO National Information Centre as of 8 November 2023, in tabular form. [49864/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

314. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice as of 6 November 2023, the amount of funding owed to An Garda Síochána in respect of non-public duty charges for policing events in 2022. [49296/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

315. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding that will be allocated for the provision of a new state-of-the art National Centre of Excellence for the Garda Dog Unit in the Dublin Region. [49297/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

316. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on upgrading firearms and other weaponry available to armed Garda Personnel in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49298/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

317. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if she has spoken formally with the UK Home Secretary in the past three months. [49299/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

347. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice her plans to replace sworn Garda personnel with civilian Department immigration officers at other points of entry to the State. [49865/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

348. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the budget allocation for the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in the years of 2021, 2022 and in 2023, in tabular form. [49866/23]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

357. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the pay and any other benefits, including benefit-in-kind, of each CEO of state agencies under the remit of his Department for each year since 2020, in tabular form. [49302/23]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

408. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for a Community Neurorehabilitation Team in CHO9; and the timeframe he is working towards. [49294/23]

Disability Services

Paul Donnelly

409. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current caseload for Blanchardstown CDNT as of 31 October 2023; how many children are receiving services; and how many children are still on the waiting list. [49295/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

481. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2024 to recruit 12 additional WTE clinical nurse specialists in Dementia, in tabular form. [49303/23]

Ambulance Service

Paul Donnelly

482. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific measures taken to enhance ambulance services in advance of the opening of new major trauma centres; the specific funding allocated to each measure and its date of operation; and when each of the network trauma hospitals will become operational. [49304/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

483. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists, dental hygienists and dental nurses working in each HSE health centre and primary care centre within CHO9 in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49305/23]

Hospital Admissions

Paul Donnelly

484. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were admitted to the National Spinal Injuries Unit at the Mater Hospital in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49306/23]

Hospital Admissions

Paul Donnelly

485. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were admitted to the National Burns Unit at St. James's Hospital in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49307/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

581. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working in the Mater Smithfield rapid injury unit; and the number of vacancies, by job title, currently in the rapid injury unit. [49862/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Donnelly

36. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48894/23]

Data Protection

Paul Donnelly

731. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department would handle personal data disclosed during the Green Paper on Disability Reform: A Public Consultation to Reform Disability Payments in Ireland (details supplied). [47844/23]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

123. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE staff in the National Cyber Security Centre as of 12 October 2023; and the estimated number of staff that will be in place at NCSC by 31 December 2023. [47154/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

124. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to become a qualified air traffic controller; and when each of these persons will qualify, in tabular form. [47153/23]

Dublin Bus

Paul Donnelly

134. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the top six most popular Dublin Bus routes, by passenger numbers per direction, in 2022, and for the first nine months of 2023, in tabular form. [47146/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

135. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann having the facility to accept card payments; and the amount spent to date on this project. [47147/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

136. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update and timeframe for the roll-out of the proposed B and D spines as part of the BusConnects service improvements. [47148/23]

Tax Yield

Paul Donnelly

144. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the 8% USC rate were increased by a further 0.75%. [47144/23]

Office of Public Works

Paul Donnelly

156. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of vacant full-time tiler, roofer and electrician posts within the OPW; and when he expects these vacancies to be filled, in tabular form. [47160/23]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last met the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [47159/23]

National Educational Psychological Service

Paul Donnelly

187. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the budget allocation for the National Educational Psychological Service in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and the budget allocation for same in 2024. [47145/23]

Sports Facilities

Paul Donnelly

189. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if construction works have commenced on the construction of a new national velodrome centre; and, if so, the number of construction companies that applied for the contract but were unsuccessful. [47155/23]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

199. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he met the Mayor of Charlotte during his recent visit to the United States. [47161/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Paul Donnelly

214. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if a new tender for the provision of new Garda public order unit vans will be put out to tender before the end of 2023.
[47156/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

215. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on Garda Operation Fleming; the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation; and if this operation is currently live. [47157/23]