Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

31. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have left the force in each year since 2020. [17652/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times she has met with the Garda Commissioner since she took office. [17651/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if levels of public expenditure here are adequately proofed to ensure best outcome for the Exchequer and taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

55. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of funding allocated for flood relief schemes; and the amount actually drawn down or spent in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [17649/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Peadar Tóibín

100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite an application for foreign birth registration from a parent who is an Irish citizen (details supplied); and provide a reason as to the delay in processing the registration. [17698/24]

European Court of Human Rights

Peadar Tóibín

110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will include the murder of a person (details supplied) in the current case being taken against the British government in the European Court of Human Rights. [17994/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Peadar Tóibín

136. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the exact value of fines that will be paid to the European Union if Ireland fails to reach the targets set for emissions reduction by 2030. [17925/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Peadar Tóibín

218. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if she plans to review the rules of the supplementary pension whereby, if a person takes up any paid employment of any duration, they would lose the entire supplementary element of their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17687/24]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will reverse the cuts to the special education teacher allocation hours at a school (details supplied); the reasoning for this decision given the increased enrolment numbers and no decease in the numbers of students with additional educational needs; and if it is government policy to reduce SET hours where schools have achieved high standardised results for their work in this area despite ongoing and future need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17383/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 September 2023, the amount her Department has paid to date to a company (details supplied) for the independent review of governance and culture in RTÉ and the independent review of contractor Fees, HR and other matters in RTÉ; the daily rate for these reviews, as referenced in her reply; and the estimated total cost of these reviews. [17915/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 September 2023, the amount her Department has paid to date for its examination of the books or other records of account of RTÉ, as provided for under section 109(7)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 2009; the daily rate for this review, as referenced in her reply; and the estimated total cost of these reviews. [17916/24]

Departmental Reviews

Peadar Tóibín

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the commencement dates for each of the reviews commissioned by her Department (details supplied); the number of days that have been worked up to date on each review individually; the daily rate financial cost of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17924/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

374. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential property developments currently owned by investment funds within each local authority area; the name of the investment fund; the number of units within each development; if the development is occupied or unoccupied; the duration if unoccupied from either the date of completion or from the date it was acquired whichever is relevant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17873/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

439. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17642/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

440. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the total funding allocation for Tusla and Cuan Saor in each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17643/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [17644/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

485. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of family farms acquired by international investment funds, with the quantity of land by hectares, and farming type when acquired, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peadar Tóibín

590. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure can be expedited, given the circumstances (details supplied). [17441/24]

Medical Internships

Peadar Tóibín

597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will give equal status to medical graduates who received funding from the State to study in Northern Ireland when applying for an internship programme within the HSE who are currently classed as tier 2 applicants; if he will review the current process for internship placement allocation to enable such graduates to continue speciality training and serve local communities on their return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the incidence rate of shingles for those aged under 50 and over 50 years, respectively, for each of the past five years to date. [17942/24]