Parliamentary questions

Animal Diseases

Peadar Tóibín

111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many herds in Ireland have been struck with Johne's disease; if he is aware of any supports for farmers facing this issue; and if he plans to introduce a scheme to help farms keep afloat during this devastating health issue time period. [17036/24]

EU Directives

Peadar Tóibín

135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times Ireland has been fined by the EU for delays in implementing EU Directives and for breaches of EU legislation, respectively; the nature of each fine; and the total financial value of each for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [16037/24]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

312. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will examine a school transport application (details supplied). [16331/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what steps his Department is taking to speed up the turnaround time for existing social housing which has been vacated by tenants. [15527/24]

Planning Issues

Peadar Tóibín

85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait length for planning permission for individual houses in each of the past ten years, 2024 inclusive. [15528/24]

Road Projects

Peadar Tóibín

101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the average spending on road construction or maintenance in each of the past ten years. [15529/24]

Coroners Service

Peadar Tóibín

168. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the complaints procedure that exists in relation to the role of coroners; if a procedure is not in existence, if she would consider introducing one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15786/24]

Fuel Prices

Peadar Tóibín

26. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken any study on the fluctuation in the price of petrol and diesel in each of the past ten years. [15071/24]

Tax Yield

Peadar Tóibín

29. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount taken in corporation tax in each of the past 18 months, in tabular form. [15072/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

71. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 20 March 2024, on leased units used by the State for social housing allocations, if the number supplied is the full amount of leased units being provided by the State at the moment; if the figure included units secured under the payment and availability agreements; and if not, if he will supply the lease unit figures for this also. [15617/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13814/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13832/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13806/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

16. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13824/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

70. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13804/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

71. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13822/24]

Recycling Policy

Peadar Tóibín

111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there was any engagement with retailers and the hospitality sector prior to the introduction of the deposit return scheme on the additional card transaction charges and banking charge fees incurred as a percentage of the value of the transaction; if any analysis was conducted as to how much card merchants and banks will profit from the additional charges at the expense of the retail and hospitality sector; his plans to address this factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14646/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13801/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

136. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13819/24]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a test, per test centre; if a breakdown can be provided on the length of time waiting and the number of driving testers for each test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13774/24]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

187. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Mullingar train stop does not have any Leap card infrastructure, especially considering the station is used largely by students travelling to college in Maynooth; if he has any intention of introducing Leap card infrastructure at the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

188. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13816/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

189. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department that are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13834/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

281. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13805/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

282. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13823/24]

Financial Services

Peadar Tóibín

293. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance what safeguards he and his office are looking at for people whose mortgages have been sold to a third party from the originator bank (details supplied); and if he is looking into this matter or has a plan to tackle this added expense on ordinary families. [14136/24]

Office of Public Works

Peadar Tóibín

333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of properties that are owned and rented by the State through the Office of Public Works; the number of these properties that are vacant; the length of time each property has been vacant; and the location of each. [13797/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

334. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13811/24]

Office of Public Works

Peadar Tóibín

335. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13829/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

372. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13803/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

373. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of properties either owned or leased by his Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13821/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the amount spent by her Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13802/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of properties either owned or leased by her Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13820/24]

School Funding

Peadar Tóibín

496. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if there is any financial assistance available to a school (details supplied). [14694/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

557. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent by her Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13815/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of properties either owned or leased by her Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13833/24]

Environmental Policy

Peadar Tóibín

609. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the ramifications for the Government, and Irish farmers and landowners, following the passage of the Nature Restoration Law in the European Parliament; if his Department has undertaken any assessment to determine the number of hectares and landowners who will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13777/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

610. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13809/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

611. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties either owned or leased by his Department; the length of time the properties have been vacant; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13827/24]

Local Authorities

Peadar Tóibín

691. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on local authority housing lists aged over 65 years, by gender and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15025/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

733. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13813/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

734. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of properties either owned or leased by her Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13831/24]

Social Welfare Code

Peadar Tóibín

812. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the criteria of the one parent family payment to include the entire duration of an undergraduate course in circumstances where a child is still in full time education beyond the age of 22 years such as undergraduate medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15341/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

834. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount of money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past 15 years and to date in 2024. [13778/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

835. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the monetary value of assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past 15 years and to date in 2024. [13779/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

836. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount in monetary value returned to the Exchequer by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past 15 years and to date in 2024. [13780/24]

Domestic Violence

Peadar Tóibín

837. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of a domestic violence incident in each county in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13781/24]

Road Safety

Peadar Tóibín

838. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of speed checkpoints on Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [13782/24]

Road Safety

Peadar Tóibín

839. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of drink and drug driving check points in Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [13783/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

840. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the total number of crimes reported to gardaí in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if a breakdown can be provided per county. [13784/24]