Questions and answers published after July 2012 can be viewed here. Viewing by Government Department is possible by term or specific dates from March 2016 onwards. Written answers are published as received from departments. To see parliamentary questions published before July 2012, search in Dáil debates.
Written answers only for all sittings
Page 90 of 100
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Imelda Munster
298. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the average length of treatment an individual receives in the CAMHS system in each of the CHOs. [13405/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Home Help Service
Imelda Munster
299. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for homecare packages in counties Louth and Meath, at the end of each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form. [13406/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Dental Services
Imelda Munster
300. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health for an update on negotiations in relation to the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13407/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
General Practitioner Services
Imelda Munster
301. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in the counties Louth and Meath, respectively; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of those counties in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13408/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
General Practitioner Services
Imelda Munster
302. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of people in the counties Louth and Meath, respectively who are without a GP and are currently on a waiting list for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13409/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Pádraig O'Sullivan
303. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the impact on current drug reimbursement waiting times that he expects to see as a result of the recruitment of 36 new staff within the decision-making reimbursement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13410/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Ivana Bacik
304. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the status of the independent review of the radiation therapist profession, which was agreed between the HSE, his Department and an organisation (details supplied) under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Committee, which has been underway since December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Vaccination Programme
Ivana Bacik
305. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have participated in the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to date; the targets set for the programme; if he will report on the programme extension review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Promotion
Ivana Bacik
306. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding to date which has been allocated to the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023 - 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Prescriptions Charges
Ivana Bacik
307. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges for all medical card holders. [13436/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Ivana Bacik
308. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme to a €60 threshold per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Promotion
Ivana Bacik
309. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount of annual funding budgeted for the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 to conduct its annual activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Public Procurement Contracts
John McGuinness
310. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the minimum value for the supply of goods or services to the HSE that requires the HSE to seek tenders via a public procurement process; if he is satisfied that the HSE is compliant with all Government regulations and policy relative to procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13450/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Róisín Shortall
311. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the amounts paid to each of the private diagnostics providers under the GP access to the community diagnostics scheme in each of the years since its launch in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13465/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Steven Matthews
312. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in the national maxillofacial unit in St. James's Hospital; if staffing levels are at the required level in all positions in this unit; what processes are in place to attempt to reduce wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Hospital Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
313. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a dedicated outpatient neurology service is provided by a consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital to avoid the need for neurology patients in Donegal to have to travel long distances for care. [13481/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
314. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13508/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Cian O'Callaghan
315. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the HSE recruitment freeze; when this recruitment freeze is likely to be lifted; if he will provide data, in tabular form, on waiting lists across adult mental health services compared to before the freeze was implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13512/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Home Help Service
Richard Bruton
316. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of man hours allocated to provide home help and homecare services; and the number of persons receiving those services in 2000, 2010, 2020 and allocated for 2024. [13524/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Home Help Service
Richard Bruton
317. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the steps necessary to be taken to put in place a national statutory homecare scheme; and the date on which he hopes to reach each milestone. [13525/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Home Help Service
Richard Bruton
318. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has carried out an audit of the assistive technology that is now available to support care in the home; if he has assessed the feasibility in each case of supporting their use to better manage care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
319. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of consultations with GPs, with medical consultants, with nurse practitioners and with therapists which were conducted at their peak during Covid; the extent to which this has been sustained as practices have returned to normal; if he has undertaken a review to see whether such approaches should take a more prominent position in future care; and the barriers which may need to be overcome to achieve that. [13527/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
320. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted any census of carers to identify the circumstances of their care, their access to information and support, their age profile, and their capacity to continue; if he will indicate where the findings may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
321. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the performance reports which he receives on the HSE's enhanced community care initiatives and its component elements to illustrate its reach, its intensity and its impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13529/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Promotion
Richard Bruton
322. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether he has received reports on the evolution of the indicators in the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework instituted in 2018 to date; and whether the impact of Covid and the return to more normal conditions illustrates challenges for public policy in this area. [13530/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Services
Richard Bruton
323. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the scale of the social prescribing initiative undertaken by the HSE in terms of resources deployed, people reached and impact of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Health Strategies
Richard Bruton
324. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the actions outlined in the Positive Ageing Strategy of 2013 were achieved; the areas where achievement fell short of expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13532/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Care Services
Richard Bruton
325. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a manpower review of current and upcoming needs for care assistants who could support nursing home care or homecare; the predicted needs over the next ten years; the capacity to meet those needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Legislative Measures
Richard Bruton
326. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered amending health insurance legislation to encourage more insurers into the support of preventative health measures and improved management of continuing health vulnerabilities among their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
327. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 29 February 2024, in relation to the vaccine damage scheme, if he will give an assurance that the two-year statute of limitations rule will not adversely impact those who will likely have a claim under this scheme, due to delays in the introduction of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13557/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Apprenticeship Programmes
Ged Nash
328. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the work of his Department on the provisions of the National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023 and based on the Government’s decision on a timed amendment to second stage of the Bill in the debate on the Bill in Seanad Éireann on 3 May 2023; if he will set out the next stage in the process of the Government’s consideration of the measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13420/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Further and Higher Education
Mairéad Farrell
329. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if option 1 (details supplied) was used for calculating the amount due for those in receipt of the award of no maintenance 50% SUSI contribution; if so, the reason option 2 was not considered which would have had a greater reduction in the net amount due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
International Students
Mairéad Farrell
330. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the restriction for international students becoming a sabbatical officer in a Union or as a society's auditor students due to Stamp 2 visas' terms of employment and engagement in business or trade, and if he has any plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13371/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Education and Training Boards
Mairéad Farrell
331. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science can he provide in tabular form the full list of ETBs broken down by county, and an email address for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13372/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Further and Higher Education
Brendan Smith
332. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proposals, if any, there are to increase capacity and availability of courses in digital forensics, in view of the threats to society posed by the proliferation of misinformation through social media platforms and the need to tackle such abuses; if his Department is funding research into such issues; if so, the type of research; if it is in collaboration with other agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Further and Higher Education
Brendan Smith
333. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current position regarding a proposed building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13484/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Cross-Border Co-operation
Brendan Smith
334. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress to date in intensifying co-operation on a cross-Border and all-Ireland basis in further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13485/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Further and Higher Education
Brendan Smith
335. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional places proposed to be in place for the next academic year in medicine, nursing and other healthcare professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13486/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Men's Sheds
Michael Lowry
336. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will introduce an annual men’s shed sustainability grant system to help with their running costs, for items such as electricity and insurance bills, similar to the one issued in 2023; if she will consider providing funding for small capital works projects; if she will make such grants available directly to individual men’s sheds instead of allocation through third party representative bodies; to provide an update on such funding measures that her Department will make available to men’s sheds in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13300/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Rural Schemes
Alan Kelly
337. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Tipperary since January 2022; and the funding allocated each year, in tabular form. [13336/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Rural Schemes
Pádraig O'Sullivan
338. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application for funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13387/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Rural Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív
339. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason for the delay with the commencement of the Leader Programme in County Galway; the number of companies that will deliver the Leader Programme there; the areas they will cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13470/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Rural Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív
340. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the arrangements that have been made to deliver SICAP on the offshore Islands off the coast of Galway; when delivery of the Programme will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13469/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Harbours and Piers
Thomas Pringle
341. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the money will be granted for phase 2 of the project to complete the works at the Pier at Ailt á Chorráin, County Donegal; the amount that will be granted for the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13480/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Parking Provision
David Stanton
342. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department supports local authorities to develop overnight pull-in parking facilities for motor homes and campervans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13500/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Flexible Work Practices
Richard Bruton
343. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of connected hubs in each county which are now established; if she would consider giving these hubs an explicit mandate to promote positive ageing, particularly as a location to access information, to develop digital skills, to access trusted advisers and services, and to promote community networks supportive of positive ageing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13549/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Policies
Richard Bruton
344. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department plays in promoting social innovation in communities to respond to environmental and demographic pressures, particularly in counties with higher old age profiles. [13550/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Referendum Campaigns
Seán Canney
37. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Taoiseach if the decision to hold the two referenda was a Cabinet decision. [13091/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
An Garda Síochána
Carol Nolan
38. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats being addressed to staff or Ministers, at any level, working within their Department during the period 2020 to date. [11603/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Public Inquiries
Catherine Connolly
39. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach his plans for long-Covid to be included in the terms of reference for the upcoming Covid inquiry. [12139/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Bodies
Rose Conway-Walsh
40. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of expenditure from the shared island unit, broken down by year and Department since 2020, and by the revised estimates for projected expenditure for 2024, in tabular form. [12162/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Bodies
Rose Conway-Walsh
41. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of each project and funding announced on 20 February 2024 to be funded from the shared island unit; the details of the amount of funding allocated in 2024; and the funding needs projected into the future to for the projects. [12163/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Staff
Catherine Murphy
42. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €100,000 and above but less that €200,000, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [12358/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
43. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Taoiseach if he will publish a list of the NGOs funded by his Department; and the level the funding each NGO received in the past three years, in tabular form. [12728/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Referendum Campaigns
Peadar Tóibín
44. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if there will be an independent investigation into the leaking of the Attorney General’s referendum advice to the media the day before the referendum. [12882/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
45. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the anticipated or known cost to the Exchequer over the lifetime of the contracts; and the annual total payment of PPP unitary charges and the percentage share of the total capital budget for his Department and all public bodies under the aegis of his Department [13204/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
An Garda Síochána
Carol Nolan
46. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats being addressed to staff or Ministers, at any level, working within the Department during the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11595/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Human Rights
Ivana Bacik
47. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 15 February 2024, the rationale for the Government’s position of non-intervention in the Gambia v. Myanmar case before the International Court of Justice. [11665/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Robert Troy
48. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to clarify how long an Irish passport must be expired to be considered a first-time application with the Passport Office. [11778/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Dara Calleary
49. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person born in the UK with no Irish decent but married to an Irish person and living in Ireland for almost 30 years can apply avail of an Irish passport without applying and paying for naturalisation. [11790/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Correspondence
Thomas Pringle
50. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a substantive reply will issue to email correspondence (details supplied) from this Deputy with his Office of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11908/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
John Brady
51. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11941/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
John Brady
52. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11942/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Middle East
Matt Carthy
53. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his discussions with international partners regarding the air dropping of food to Gaza; the timeframe in which it is intended to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11973/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Middle East
Matt Carthy
54. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to reports regarding Israeli settlers storming the Erez crossing in north Gaza and constructing wooden structures which often precedes action through the Israeli legal system to establish settlements which are illegal under international law; if he has raised this specific incident with the representative of the Israeli government to Ireland; what the Irish diplomatic response would be should Israel attempt to re-establish settlements within Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11974/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Middle East
Bríd Smith
55. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied), a Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender, who was arrested by Israeli forces on 19 January 2024, and whose detention has been strongly condemned by Front Line Defenders and the International Observatory of Lawyers at Risk; if he will raise their case at the highest diplomatic and political level in an effort to secure their earliest release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12011/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Consular Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
56. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and his consular officials will engage with their counterparts in India to ensure that the family of a person (details supplied) will be granted their ongoing request to remotely view the trial of the person accused of their murder in India, on compassionate grounds, considering the inordinate delays in this trial, now approaching seven years. [12020/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Shannon Airport Facilities
Mairéad Farrell
57. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the US Air Force Gulfstream 5 executive jet number 99-0402 was permitted to fly and through Irish air space and land and refuel in Shannon Airport on 3 March 2024 on its way to Frankfurt (callsign SAM265) and from there to Cyprus and then Tel Aviv Israel on 4 March 2024; if he has concerns that this may breach Irish neutrality, given the allegations of war crimes and the potential genocide taking place in Palestine according to the ICJ, for which arms and munitions are being supplied by the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12147/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Foreign Policy
Ivana Bacik
58. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the deteriorating situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. [12221/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Mick Barry
59. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify the issues that are complicating a passport application for an individual (details supplied) given the issues in this case; his views on whether there needs to be clarification on the acceptability of gender recognition certificates to document a change of name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12299/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Official Engagements
Matt Carthy
60. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to his statement (details supplied) the occasions on which he suggested to people in the United States that they speak with members of the opposition; the individuals in attendance on such occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12322/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Staff
Catherine Murphy
61. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department and bodies under his aegis and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €100,000 and above but less that €200,00, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [12350/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 29 February 2024, the steps a person (details supplied) can take to ensure they receive their renewed passport in their new name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12446/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Jackie Cahill
63. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how a child born in Ireland in 2008 to Romanian citizen parents can qualify for an Irish passport in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12454/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
64. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if in line with the recent report of Operation Kenova in Northern Ireland, he will advocate for a national day of commemoration on 21 June, for all of those who lost their lives during the Troubles on the islands of Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12458/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Mairéad Farrell
65. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in instances in which a person has recently changed their name to its Irish version by deed poll and therefore cannot provide the requisite proof of two years' habitual usage or more of their Irish name, if such a person may legally continue to travel on their old passport which displays the English version of their name during the interim two year period only after which they can provide evidence of two years' habitual usage; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty which current rules on habitual usage timeframes present to such individuals when travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12488/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Overseas Development Aid
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
66. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will consider signing up to an organisation (details supplied) which aims to scale up school meal programmes around the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12556/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Foreign Policy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Indonesia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12558/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Diplomatic Representation
Darren O'Rourke
68. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of staff based at the Irish embassy and consulates in China who are fluent in speaking and writing in Mandarin Chinese. [12634/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Matt Carthy
69. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 March 2024, the number of passport applications received from persons with an address in the north of Ireland in each of the years 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12702/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
70. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will publish a list of the NGOs funded by his Department; and the level the funding each NGO received in the past three years, in tabular form. [12720/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Departmental Meetings
Carol Nolan
71. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings that he or officials from his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with an organisation (details supplied), including its representatives, from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Consular Services
Catherine Murphy
72. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times in 2023 and to-date in 2024 where the Irish consulate general or deputy consulate general based in Los Angeles has met with the governor of the state of Nevada, in tabular form. [12787/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
EU Meetings
Catherine Murphy
73. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the current situation in Haiti was discussed at the last EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [12788/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Paul McAuliffe
74. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport for a person (details supplied) will issue before 24 March 2024 as they are due to travel on a school trip on that date but the passport is not expected until 25 March 2024. [12853/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
James Lawless
75. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12923/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Foreign Birth Registration
Mattie McGrath
76. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Passport Services
Niamh Smyth
77. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Foreign Birth Registration
Eoin Ó Broin
78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm receipt of a foreign birth registration application from a person (details supplied); and if an indication of a turnaround time is available. [13118/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Foreign Birth Registration
Eoin Ó Broin
79. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current processing times for applications for foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Middle East
Patrick Costello
80. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland's position on the Egyptian authorities charging Gazans thousands of dollars to gain entry to their state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Public Private Partnerships
Rose Conway-Walsh
81. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the anticipated or known cost to the Exchequer over the lifetime of the contracts; the annual total payment of PPP unitary charges and the percentage share of the total capital budget for his Department and all public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13196/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Energy Conservation
Francis Noel Duffy
82. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the new low-cost EIB group-supported home energy upgrade loan scheme will be delivered; if he will provide more information on the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11561/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
An Garda Síochána
Carol Nolan
83. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if their Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats being addressed to staff or Ministers, at any level, working within their Department during the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11593/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Wind Energy Generation
Ivana Bacik
84. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of windfarms; the related installed capacity of these windfarms which have exited their support scheme contracts under the alternative energy requirement support scheme and, separately, the renewable energy feed-in tariff support scheme, in the years 2000 to 2023, in tabular form. [11609/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Legislative Measures
Colm Burke
85. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he intends to legislate for a ban on disposable e-cigarettes; and if so, whether he intends this to be a standalone Bill or whether it will form part of a broader package of measures to regulate flavours and packaging as part of proposed further regulation of tobacco and nicotine inhaling products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Local Authorities
Ivana Bacik
86. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a noise abatement order under Section 108 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 is granted; what responsibility does a local authority have to enforce it; what actions it can take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Local Authorities
Ivana Bacik
87. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a noise abatement order under Section 108 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 is granted; what responsibility does the EPA have to enforce it; and what actions it can take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Energy Conservation
Sean Fleming
88. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when loans will be available under the home energy upgrade loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11750/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
written
Recycling Policy
Paul Donnelly
90. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update and report on the return deposit scheme; the number of stores that are up and running; and the uptake by consumers. [11836/24]