Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

189. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23196/24]

Emergency Services

Duncan Smith

190. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles based in Limerick on a 24-7 basis in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [23197/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

191. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric interventional radiologists based at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23198/24]

Hospital Facilities

Duncan Smith

192. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of funded and staffed critical care beds at University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23199/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists based in Naas General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23200/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

194. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorder at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23201/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

195. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in ankle surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form [23202/24]

Health Services Staff

Marian Harkin

196. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/24]

Disease Management

Seán Canney

197. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what procedures and expert advice are available and in place to a person whose child has been diagnosed with sprix (details supplied); what effects the condition will have on the child in the long term; the symptoms to be watchful for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23208/24]

Patient Transport

Michael Healy-Rae

198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a bus pick-up will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/24]

Mental Health Services

Paul Donnelly

199. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatrists based in each primary care centre within CHO7 in 2023 and to-date, in 2024, in tabular form. [23246/24]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

200. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to each hospital part of the RCSI Hospital Group in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [23247/24]

Primary Care Services

Paul Donnelly

201. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO9 that currently provide phlebotomy services, in tabular form. [23248/24]

Departmental Programmes

Paul Donnelly

202. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the locations currently where the Pathfinder Programme is currently available; and the plans to increase this number of locations where the Pathfinder Programme will be available, in tabular form. [23249/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

203. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services between 1 May 2023 and 1 May 2024. [23256/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

204. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered to individual clients and separately the number of group support appointments offered within the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services between1 May 2023 and 1 May 2024, per grade of psychologist and per month, in tabular form. [23257/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Mairéad Farrell

205. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 27 February 2024 (details supplied), if he can confirm how much of the €67 million in additional funding that was provided for the apprenticeship system was allocated toward the national recruitment campaign of craft apprentice instructors; the number of instructors hired to date; can he provide a breakdown of the course areas they are instructing on (i.e., electrical, plumbing, carpentry, etc.); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23031/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Mairéad Farrell

206. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if specific targets have been set for the national recruitment campaign to hire an additional 100 craft apprentice instructors per ETB; if so, the number of instructors it is hoped to hire per ETB; the areas of teaching that is, electrical, carpentry and so on, they will be engaged in, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23040/24]

Employment Rights

Joe Flaherty

207. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if adult literacy tutors that opt not to convert to adult educator under the terms of the new contract being offered by the Department will maintain their current entitlement to sign on for unemployment benefit during periods when they are not timetabled to deliver courses in the adult literacy service run by education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23049/24]

Education Policy

Aindrias Moynihan

208. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he has had directly with secondary schools in promoting traditional trades and apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23079/24]

Student Accommodation

Aindrias Moynihan

209. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures he is taking to ensure sufficient supply of student accommodation for third level students for 2024/2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23080/24]

Departmental Funding

Aindrias Moynihan

210. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an increase in funding to third level institutions under the student assistance fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23081/24]

Public Sector Pay

Michael Creed

211. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of an anomaly with regard to staff employed at a location (details supplied) regarding apprenticeship education; if he accepts that the principle of equal pay and allowances for equal work should apply in respect of all staff doing the same work; if, in the circumstances, he can indicate how this issue might be satisfactorily addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23095/24]

Public Sector Pay

Jennifer Whitmore

212. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that subsistence paid to further education and training staff working as external authenticators is subject to tax, that tax does not apply to the same subsistence paid to staff engaged directly by the State Examinations Commission; the reason for the disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23143/24]

Grant Payments

Louise O'Reilly

213. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 23 April 2024, to provide further detail in relation to the upcoming roll-out of the SUSI grant pilot scheme for part-time courses; the number of courses that will be eligible for the scheme; which courses or range of courses will be covered; when the scheme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23147/24]

Education and Training Boards

Paul Donnelly

214. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how many instructors are employed by Dublin-Dún Laoghaire Education Training Board to conduct cybersecurity associate level 6 apprenticeship training in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.
[23242/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Paul Donnelly

215. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the 2023 and 2024 Capital Budget allocation to the Higher Education Authority for works projects under the higher education capacity building process; and the amount and percentage of the 2023 Capital Budget allocation that was actually spent. [23243/24]

Public Sector Pay

Holly Cairns

216. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there exists a discrepancy in how travel and subsistence payments are taxed for those carrying out examinations as part of FET, as compared with those working for the State Examinations Commission; and if so, to provide a reasoning for these arrangements. [23283/24]

Public Sector Pay

Holly Cairns

217. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of FET examiners currently available to carry out examinations; and to provide a numerical list of available examiners between 2021 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23284/24]

Tidy Towns

Cathal Crowe

218. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider delaying adjudication of the Tidy Towns competition until after the removal of election posters, that is one week after the local and European elections, to be held on 7 June 2024. [23148/24]

Cabinet Committees

Robert Troy

1. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [18285/24]

Cabinet Committees

John Lahart

2. Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [18286/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21326/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21329/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

5. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21360/24]

Cabinet Committees

Jim O'Callaghan

6. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21561/24]

Cabinet Committees

Bríd Smith

7. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21747/24]

Departmental Policies

Aindrias Moynihan

8. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [18288/24]

Departmental Policies

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

9. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [20534/24]

Departmental Policies

Cian O'Callaghan

10. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [20566/24]

Departmental Policies

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [21361/24]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [21749/24]

Departmental Policies

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [21752/24]

Departmental Policies

Cian O'Callaghan

14. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [21761/24]

Cabinet Committees

Niamh Smyth

15. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [19970/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21665/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21750/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

18. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21753/24]

Cabinet Committees

Cian O'Callaghan

19. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21762/24]

Cabinet Committees

James O'Connor

20. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [21829/24]