Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

593. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have faced disciplinary action for using the siren or flashing blue lights without a level two competency-based driver assessment, in tabular form. [27779/22]

Departmental Staff

Sorca Clarke

728. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that are not employed directly but are employed by a private company. [27775/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Sorca Clarke

11. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately implement a fast thorough review of the existing National Maternity Hospital given that it will be some time before the new national maternity hospital is built (details supplied). [26034/22]

Health Services

Sorca Clarke

91. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the consideration that he and his Department have given to the requests by an organisation (details supplied) for a new contract to replace the existing 23-year-old contract for public eye-care and for the expansion of services accessed in the community. [26033/22]

Tax Code

Sorca Clarke

224. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he will give consideration to abolishing the extra administrative charges applied to motorists who renew their motor tax every three or every six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27178/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Sorca Clarke

280. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement both a widening of the eligibility criteria and an increase in the amount paid under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance given the enormous rise in the cost of living. [27180/22]

Departmental Reviews

Sorca Clarke

390. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a review of Ireland's maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27179/22]

Defibrillators Provision

Sorca Clarke

435. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available to rural communities for the purchase, maintenance and upgrade of defibrillators. [27177/22]

Departmental Policies

Sorca Clarke

88. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the measures that his Department is taking to reduce this nation’s dependence on the UK to defend our sovereignty particularly now when we are celebrating a centenary of our independence from the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26921/22]

Departmental Reviews

Sorca Clarke

167. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if the terms of reference have been drafted for the proposed external review of the policies processes and procedures in operation for the calculation of prisoner sentences; and if she has identified a suitable person to conduct this independent review. [26919/22]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

246. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European Crisis Reserve. [26920/22]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

449. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision to refuse an application for assistive technology for a pupil (details supplied). [26472/22]

Medicinal Products

Sorca Clarke

683. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps that he and his Department are taking to tackle the continued shortage of hormone replacement treatments across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26470/22]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

684. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of community optometrists contracted to provide services by CHO area in 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [26471/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Sorca Clarke

111. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given by her Department to a once-off cost of living increase for social welfare recipients considering the increased costs of fuel and the rising costs of living. [24649/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Sorca Clarke

150. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given by her Department for a review of the entitlement to the fuel allowance considering the increased costs of fuel and the rising costs of living. [24648/22]

Census of Population

Sorca Clarke

161. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach if a review of Census 2022 is planned; and if so, when this is expected to take place. [24374/22]

Housing Policy

Sorca Clarke

336. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a review of the income eligibility limits for social housing will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24932/22]

Northern Ireland

Sorca Clarke

425. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he or his party has had with the political leaders in Northern Ireland following the Assembly Elections. [24931/22]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

429. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the consideration that has been given to offer shorter term contracts those in the Defence Forces who are in a position to continue to serve as they approach retirement given the retention and recruitment crisis in the forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/22]