Parliamentary questions

Hospital Admissions

Alan Kelly

1984. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of in-patients in each acute hospital over the past ten years that have been admitted for more than one year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43935/22]

Workplace Relations Commission

Alan Kelly

30. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time staff vacancies by job title in the Workplace Relations Commission; the full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [40271/22]

Labour Court

Alan Kelly

31. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time staff vacancies by job title in the Labour Court; the full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [40272/22]

Tourism Funding

Alan Kelly

529. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that Fáilte Ireland will spend its capital funding of €39.55 million for 2022. [40266/22]

Public Sector Staff

Alan Kelly

666. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time equivalent staff, by job title, working in the Office of the Planning Regulator; the number of vacancies, by job title, in the office; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [40276/22]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

929. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will invite his Greek counterpart to Ireland later in 2022. [40267/22]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

1016. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the capital works projects in excess of €1.5 million that are currently ongoing within the Defence Forces; when each of those projects will be completed in tabular form. [40275/22]

School Funding

Alan Kelly

1069. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding that her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [40265/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

1554. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda assets profilers attached to each Garda division as of 1 January 2021 and 14 July 2022, in tabular form. [40273/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

1555. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost in 2023 if the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit increased by 50%; the estimated cost in 2023 if the number of horses in the Garda mounted unit increased by 50%. [40274/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

1755. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of developing an additional three dual-diagnosis teams in tabular form. [40268/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

1756. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nurse vacancies at South Tipperary University Hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [40269/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

1757. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time podiatrists employed by the HSE in CHO 3 and CHO 5 in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the locations in which these podiatrists are based. [40270/22]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

1874. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the discussions he has had with his officials and or the HSE regarding a home (details supplied) in 2022. [40953/22]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

1875. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will visit St. Brigid’s hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary and meet with local representatives there. [40954/22]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

1876. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to develop and build a new nursing home in Roscrea, County Tipperary [40956/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that equitable funding is being given to the smaller horse racing tracks in Ireland; and his views on whether all current tracks are viable into the future. [38833/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Alan Kelly

208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to develop green hydrogen in the next five years. [38943/22]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

704. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 10 February 2022, if he has ever directed the HSE to fund any capital project in the State since he assumed office. [38942/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Alan Kelly

367. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans, if any, to review the rates of pay for community employment supervisors who have not seen a pay increase in over 13 years (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38482/22]

Energy Infrastructure

Alan Kelly

166. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to support the development of any new pumped storage stations in Ireland; and his views on whether such facilities are warranted. [36875/22]

Greenways Provision

Alan Kelly

170. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the construction of the south Kerry greenway will commence; and the funding that has been set aside by his Department for same. [36877/22]

Tourism Policy

Alan Kelly

196. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to develop the Lough Derg region in counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway as a tourism destination. [36879/22]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

232. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when the construction of the new school (details supplied) in Roscrea will commence. [36878/22]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

316. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when ultrasound general practitioner referrals will be returning to Nenagh Hospital. [36876/22]

Hospital Admissions

Alan Kelly

317. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the longest period that any inpatient has stayed in one admission in each acute hospital in the country over the past ten years in tabular form. [36880/22]

Constituency Commission

Alan Kelly

75. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a constituency commission will be set up; if he will confirm that under Part II of Electoral Act 1997 Section 5 that a constituency commission shall be established once the Central Statistics Office publishes a Census report setting out the population of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/22]

Constituency Commission

Alan Kelly

76. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that a constituency commission was established in 2016 on the same day that the Central Statistics Office published the population results of the Census; the reason that it is not the case in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36537/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

158. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the Shannon crossing construction will commence. [36277/22]

Public Services Card

Alan Kelly

417. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a public services card for a person (details supplied); if she will expedite same in order for the person to urgently obtain a driving licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35935/22]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Kelly

790. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when construction of the Tullow primary care centre serving Tullow, Rathvilly and Hacketstown, County Carlow will commence; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33804/22]

Bus Éireann

Alan Kelly

134. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that used Bus Éireann route 355 services in each direction in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32211/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

135. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within car parks at Iarnród Éireann stations in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32212/22]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

169. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he spoke with the World Bank President during his recent visit to Washington DC. [32216/22]

Office of Public Works

Alan Kelly

189. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time qualified structural engineers employed by the Office of Public Works as of 1 January 2021 and 13 June 2022, in tabular form. [32210/22]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she or her officials have met directly with either the President and or the Director General of a sporting organisation (details supplied) to date in 2022. [32224/22]

Consular Services

Alan Kelly

387. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in the Algarve area of Portugal. [32223/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

534. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of full-time qualified civilian fitness instructors employed by his Department but who work in military barracks, in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32213/22]

Departmental Equipment

Alan Kelly

535. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of horses that joined the Defence Forces equitation school in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of horses that left the equitation school during the same period; if additional funding has been secured for the purchase of additional horses for the equitation school for later in 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32214/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

670. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to each Garda District within the Tipperary division as of 31 December 2020 and 14 June 2022, in tabular form. [32217/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

671. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to parliamentary question No. 629 of 10 May 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities. [32218/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

672. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 10 May 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities. [32219/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

673. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí within the Tipperary Garda Diversionl that successfully completed the Garda van course in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32220/22]

Mental Health Services

Alan Kelly

772. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and the mental health services of the HSE in County Tipperary have psychologists, counsellors and dieticians specifically trained to support adolescents and teenagers that are battling with eating disorders. [32221/22]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

773. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Tipperary awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [32222/22]

Agriculture Industry

Alan Kelly

929. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of Irish beef exported to Japan in 2021 and the first five months of 2022. [32215/22]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

1332. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she is considering bringing in legislation to ensure that An Garda Síochána sergeants and inspectors acting as co-presenters in district and circuit courts can continue to do so. [30076/22]

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

215. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all contracts that an architectural firm (details supplied) has been awarded by his Department; the values of these contracts; the dates that these were awarded; the project definitions and locations; and their current status in tabular form. [28623/22]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

260. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence his plans, if any to increase the age limit for applications for the Army Cadets. [28552/22]

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

272. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if she will list all contracts that an architectural firm (details supplied) has been awarded by her Department; the amounts of these contracts; the dates that these were awarded; the project definitions and locations; and their current status in tabular form. [28625/22]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

273. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of all architects and architectural firms that have been awarded school building projects since 1 January 2020; the number of projects awarded to each architect; the value of each contract; their locations and their current status in tabular form. [28629/22]

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

379. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will list all contracts that an architectural firm (details supplied) has been awarded by his Department; the amounts of these contracts; the dates that these were awarded; the project definitions and locations; and their current status in tabular form. [28624/22]

Radon Gas Levels

Alan Kelly

66. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider having a radon test and report made compulsory as part of the sale of houses across Ireland. [28101/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

152. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when construction of the Shannon crossing at Ballina, Killaloe will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28102/22]

Electric Vehicles

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric vehicle fast charging points there are in County Tipperary; and the location of each. [28103/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Alan Kelly

462. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the ten week backlog in the processing of illness-benefit claims at present (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27539/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Alan Kelly

782. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the expert team that is examining overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and the details of the persons who are on the expert team. [28104/22]

Citizens Information Services

Alan Kelly

277. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection when volunteers will return to citizens information offices. [27100/22]

Home Care Packages

Alan Kelly

691. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if homecare packages will be expedited for older persons (details supplied) in an area; and if he is taking steps to address the lack of homecare package that are available for persons. [26488/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

372. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if agency staff who worked in a HSE environment (details supplied) during the pandemic are also entitled to the special recognition payment. [25551/22]

Tax Collection

Alan Kelly

264. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it was appropriate for the Revenue Commissioners to advise a person to pay their local property tax in their deceased mother’s name after the deceased had willed the property to the person's son, the deceased’s grandson who is a teenager. [24759/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

356. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason interim death certificates are recognised when applying for renewal of children’s passports in which a parent has died in the interim. [24341/22]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

160. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the senior officials of companies he met with during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States of America. [22954/22]

Postal Services

Alan Kelly

217. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that An Post refuse to deliver post addressed using Eircode postcodes; and the timeline to amend same. [23407/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to establish a text alert line for customers to discrete report anti-social behaviour on commuter and intercity trains; and the estimated cost of such a text alert line. [22960/22]

EU Funding

Alan Kelly

228. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the capital works projects within his Department that received EU funding in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the amount of EU funding received per capital works project in tabular form. [22961/22]

Road Network

Alan Kelly

254. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will ask Transport Infrastructure Ireland to review the brightness and glare from the lights located on the M7 between Nenagh and Birdhill particularly in the vicinity of the signals and lights for upcoming speed cameras. [23404/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Alan Kelly

271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to extend their opening hours of PAYE telephone line queries until 5 pm, five days a week. [22948/22]

EU Funding

Alan Kelly

313. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the capital works projects within her Department that received EU funding in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount of EU funding received per capital works project. [22949/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

407. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Passport Office will run an advertisement campaign on national radio stations and national print media reminding people to ensure that their passports are still in date prior to booking their holidays. [22952/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

408. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to appoint cultural officers in the Irish Embassy in Athens, Greece. [22953/22]

Prison Service

Alan Kelly

627. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently in prison for robbery offences and are due for release in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [22962/22]

Legislative Process

Alan Kelly

628. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the current status of the criminal justice (passenger name record) Bill. [22963/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

629. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí for road traffic offences that were either crushed or sold off in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [22964/22]

Prison Service

Alan Kelly

630. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full year cost if 200 additional prison officers were recruited in tabular form. [22965/22]

Prison Service

Alan Kelly

631. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda prison transport vehicles that came into the fleet in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of those Garda prison transport vehicles that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period in tabular form. [22966/22]

Dental Services

Alan Kelly

754. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE funds fissure sealant treatment to children through the school dental programme. [22955/22]

Disease Management

Alan Kelly

755. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the chronic disease services that are available in the primary care settings within CHO areas 3 and 5. [22956/22]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

756. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery carried out in public hospitals here in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the public hospitals in which this surgery is carried out in tabular form. [22957/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

757. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE health science and diagnostics posts by discipline, speciality and grade for each hospital by hospital group; and the number of posts funded filled and vacant. [22958/22]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Alan Kelly

857. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of revenue generated activities in each of the fishery harbour centres under the remit of his Department in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form [22959/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

885. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in County Tipperary in 2020 and 2021; the grant approved for each project; the current status of each project; and the completion date for each project. [22950/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

886. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in County Tipperary in each of the years of 2020 and 2021 including the grant approved for each project; and the completion date for each project. [22951/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

125. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 April 2022, (details supplied) if he will intervene to make specific, ring-fenced funding available in the 2023 IMMAC to begin the long-overdue process of automating the manual level crossings on this line; and if the line is to fulfil its obvious potential as a commuter line between Nenagh and Limerick which needs to happen. [22401/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

124. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the manual level crossing upgrade project and to ringfence the required funding to automate the manual level crossings in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21968/22]

Departmental Properties

Alan Kelly

98. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence if he will sign over ownership of the military barracks in Nenagh, which is in a dilapidated state, to Tipperary County Council in order that it can make a decision on its future use. [21384/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on a new publicly owned elective hospital being located in the mid-west. [21385/22]

Greenways Provision

Alan Kelly

412. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the south Kerry greenway will commence; and the amount he expects it will cost by completion. [20833/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

413. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to put a road by-pass of Thurles on the national development plan by this Government. [20837/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the construction of the Shannon crossing at Ballina/Killaloe will commence. [20838/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

415. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if there is funding being provided by his Department for the Thurles inner relief road. [20839/22]

Regional Development

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the consideration that has been given to a product development and marketing campaign to promote Lough Derg and it’s environs around counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway. [20836/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

706. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange for the expeditious processing of a renewal passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/22]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

940. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when construction will commence on a new school (details supplied) in Roscrea. [20835/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Alan Kelly

941. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in schools in Ireland, by county, from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022 in totals of both primary and secondary schools, by county, in tabular form. [20840/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Alan Kelly

942. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in each primary and secondary school in County Tipperary from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022, in tabular form, by primary school and secondary school. [20841/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Alan Kelly

943. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in fee-paying schools in Ireland from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022, in tabular form, by county and within each county, the details of each school and in which a school has not taken any. [20844/22]

School Staff

Alan Kelly

944. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the volume of extra teachers that have been taken on by schools to cater for the enrolment of Ukrainian students, by county, in tabular form, for both primary and secondary level. [20845/22]

Employment Schemes

Alan Kelly

984. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the definition of long-term unemployment before a person in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance claim can be referred at random to the JobPath activation services; and if it is 12 months or less. [19503/22]

Employment Schemes

Alan Kelly

985. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if referrals to JobPath will finish in June 2022. [19504/22]