Parliamentary questions

Sports Organisations

Darren O'Rourke

54. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next meeting with the Sport Ireland CEO is scheduled. [26483/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

55. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she became aware of a consideration before the RTÉ board concerning a proposed severance package for a senior member of staff, as revealed at the Oireachtas Media Committee meeting of 12 June 2024; if she is aware of the amount involved; her views on whether this expenditure would be excessive and unwarranted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26486/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

56. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she most recently met the chairman of RTÉ to discuss severance-related matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26487/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

57. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates on which she has met the new chairman of RTÉ; if she will clarify the agenda for each of these meetings; if severance payment-related matters were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26488/24]

Derelict Sites

Cian O'Callaghan

58. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all local authorities have furnished the details on the total number of derelict properties currently on their registers; the number of actions and fines issued under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 for each respective local authority; the changes he will make based on this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26669/24]

Derelict Sites

Steven Matthews

59. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of properties that are on the derelict sites register in each local authority area; the amount that was levied and collected within each local authority area in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26353/24]

Planning Issues

Steven Matthews

60. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of notifications of change of use from commercial use to residential use issued to planning authorities under Regulation S.I. No. 75/2022 - Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/24]

Planning Issues

Pauline Tully

61. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any disability-proofing took place in regard to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, as required under article 4 (3) of the UNCRPD, to ensure that the built environment is fit for all residents for the foreseeable future. [26368/24]

Traveller Accommodation

Bríd Smith

62. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the PSEHRD assessment his Department has undertaken regarding reported difficulties by Travellers to open housing applications and retain open application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

63. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons registered on the electoral register in each local authority area; and the number of persons who were added to the electoral register via the supplementary register for each local authority area for the recent local and European elections, in tabular form. [26435/24]

Electoral Process

Niall Collins

64. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to calculate the amount payable to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Darren O'Rourke

65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost to recruit thirty additional WTE conservation rangers for the NPWS. [26481/24]

Special Areas of Conservation

Brendan Griffin

66. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a small area on the boundary of a special protection area in County Kerry (details supplied) will be removed given its insignificance due to its size and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26489/24]

Local Authorities

Mairéad Farrell

67. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in line with his obligations under Section 160 of the Local Government Act 2001, he will provide a breakdown of the number of employees by local authority who were qualified in 2023 under architectural services, building surveyor services and engineering services, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26503/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

68. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will be expedited on an appeal for a supplementary allowance payment and a decision on a carer’s allowance review (details supplied). [26333/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Healy-Rae

69. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26365/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Kehoe

70. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration can be given to include a service (details supplied) under the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26373/24]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is the case that currently, to receive the full State pension (contributory), a person requires 980 A1 stamps, equivalent to 20 years full-time work, but that as of 2034 (that is, those born after 1 January 1968), the requirement will increase to 2,100 A1 stamps, equivalent to 45 years full-time work; the rationale for such a change; if this change will affect all workers/pensioners, regardless of their income while working, or will affect people differently depending on their incomes while working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26392/24]

State Pensions

Cathal Crowe

72. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider changing the rules to allow stamps paid before marriage be taken into account for the State pension (contributory) (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26397/24]

Gender Recognition

Patrick Costello

73. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 11 June 2024, for an update on the implementation of recommendation 6A of the 2018 Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26400/24]