Parliamentary questions

School Funding

Alan Farrell

72. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if the monetary contribution from her Department of €96 per primary school pupil will be maintained for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23021/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

73. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of additional autism classes attached to mainstream primary schools that will be opened for the 2024-2025 academic year in the Fingal east constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23022/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

74. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of additional autism classes attached to mainstream post-primary schools that will be opened for the 2024-2025 academic year in the Fingal east constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23023/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

75. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to open a special school for the 2024-2025 academic year in the Fingal east constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23024/24]

School Funding

Alan Farrell

76. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education when the monetary contribution from her Department will be paid to schools for junior cycle post-primary pupils for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23025/24]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

138. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on the waiting list for the CDNT services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23029/24]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

139. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of professional vacancies for the CDNT services in CHO9, broken down by each speciality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/24]

Eating Disorders

Alan Farrell

153. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the work his Department is undertaking to improve inpatient access for patients diagnosed with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23026/24]

Eating Disorders

Alan Farrell

154. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if specialist mental health services for eating disorder patients will be extended to all paediatric hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/24]

Eating Disorders

Alan Farrell

155. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the catchment areas for Linn Dara will be extended to accommodate patients with an eating disorder diagnosis across Dublin and nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23028/24]

Inflation Rate

Alan Farrell

70. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department's efforts to reduce inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22752/24]

Tax Code

Alan Farrell

91. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider support measures to support the hospitality sector, including VAT reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22751/24]

Defence Forces

Alan Farrell

17. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail the level and condition of communications systems within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21758/24]

Naval Service

Alan Farrell

28. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to increase the sonar capability of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21757/24]

Coast Guard Service

Alan Farrell

89. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his Department’s support for the Coast Guard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21759/24]

Airport Security

Alan Farrell

96. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to prevent drone incursions near airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21760/24]

Transport Costs

Alan Farrell

116. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide on update on his Department’s efforts to ensure continued low fares for public transport passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21558/24]

Departmental Projects

Alan Farrell

119. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on progress in delivering transport projects in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19786/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

14. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on his recent engagement with Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21560/24]

Recycling Policy

Alan Farrell

59. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the implementation and operation of the deposit-return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21557/24]

Library Services

Alan Farrell

11. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her Department's support for community libraries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20570/24]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Farrell

43. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her Department's efforts to bring more vacant buildings into use in towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20571/24]

Middle East

Alan Farrell

101. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail his engagements with European counterparts on efforts to increase the level of humanitarian aid into Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20572/24]

Middle East

Alan Farrell

106. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens that remain in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20573/24]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Farrell

7. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach to report on when the new Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [17840/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

45. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on his recent engagement with the Spanish prime minister, with specific regard to recognition of a Palestinian state. [17841/24]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Farrell

14. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress being made to deliver a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/24]

Health Services

Alan Farrell

63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/24]

School Meals Programme

Alan Farrell

15. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17836/24]

Agriculture Supports

Alan Farrell

67. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on supports for farmers in light of recent adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17843/24]

Horticulture Sector

Alan Farrell

77. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department's efforts to support the horticulture sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/24]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Alan Farrell

8. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice for an update on engagement with local authorities with regard to community CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17839/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Farrell

21. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice to report on the number of gardaí being recruited, and attesting, in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17838/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

324. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on a planning application by a school (details supplied) with Fingal County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18034/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

325. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of the master plan for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18035/24]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

326. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her Department is working on plans to enlarge a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18036/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

327. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18037/24]

School Enrolments

Alan Farrell

328. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the work her Department has undertaken to assist the primary schools in Portmarnock, County Dublin, with oversubscriptions for 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18038/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

329. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of autism class school places that will be available in Dublin Fingal East for the school year 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18039/24]

International Protection

Alan Farrell

572. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approached the Department of Justice to acquire Thornton Hall in north County Dublin to house international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18043/24]

Tax Reliefs

Alan Farrell

222. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 20 March 2024, the reasons the relief on capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax for landowners who have leased their land for the production of solar energy was not extended to landowners who have leased their land for the production of wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16305/24]

Inflation Rate

Alan Farrell

10. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on the progress in reducing inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/24]

Tax Credits

Alan Farrell

41. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the number of people who have claimed the renters tax credit, in 2023 and 2024 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15223/24]

Naval Service

Alan Farrell

49. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the operational status of the Naval Service fleet, that is, its deployment readiness, staffing levels, the fitting out of recently acquired vessels from New Zealand; the details of the process for acquiring a multi-role vessel; the status of current recruitment plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13060/24]

Rail Network

Alan Farrell

114. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the acquisition of battery and battery electric trains for Irish Rail; the likely delivery date for the first tranche of this order; the number within this tranche; the phases of delivery for later tranches and their operational date range; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13061/24]

Tax Reliefs

Alan Farrell

272. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance in a context where the Finance Act 2017 introduced relief on capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax for landowners who have leased their land for the production of solar energy where the area of the land on which the solar panels are installed does not exceed half the total area of the land concerned, the reason a similar relief was not provided to landowners who have leased their land for the production of wind energy; if he will consider such a change to encourage the development of the onshore renewable energy needed to achieve the Government's climate action targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13068/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Farrell

780. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a pay claim for citizens information staff was received by her Department from the Citizens Information Board in its budget proposals for 2024; if she will support the pay claim for current staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13066/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Farrell

1510. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he can provide a breakdown of the number of children waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CH08 and a breakdown for each county within that CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13067/24]

Northern Ireland

Alan Farrell

76. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his engagement with UK Prime Minister with regard to power-sharing in Northern Ireland. [5298/24]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Farrell

93. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the autism innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8383/24]