Parliamentary questions

Naval Service

Alan Kelly

350. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service ships that are currently in operation. [15479/23]

Naval Service

Alan Kelly

351. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service personnel that were recruited in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15480/23]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

542. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of legal cases that related to staff HR issues that are currently ongoing in each of the Irish universities; the number of these that have been ongoing for five years or longer; and the number of these cases that relate to issues with female university staff. [14637/23]

Official Travel

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he spoke with the FBI Director during his recent visit to the United States for St. Patrick’s Day. [15481/23]

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Alan Kelly

604. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with drug driving within the Tipperary Garda division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15482/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

605. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 7 March 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this answered. [15483/23]

Hospital Equipment

Alan Kelly

744. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that are currently operating the Da Vinci surgical system; and if there are plans to expand the robotics programme in hospitals. [15485/23]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

745. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant transplant surgeons based at each hospital that is part of the South, South-West Hospital Group in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15486/23]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

746. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15487/23]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

747. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have a helipad within their grounds and that is in use, in tabular form. [15488/23]

Mental Health Services

Alan Kelly

748. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in each primary care centre within CHOs 3 and 5 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15489/23]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

749. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he visited The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during his recent visit to Canada for St. Patrick’s Day events. [15490/23]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

694. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if she will summarise in detail the number of new school build projects in County Tipperary that have been put on hold by her Department; the reason some large school building projects are currently on hold; when these projects will be back on track; the way these schools were chosen; and the criteria why these were chosen over others. [13106/23]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

695. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the reason a new build fora school (details supplied) has been put on hold, given that this project was at a stage where works were expected to commence on site in May 2023. [13107/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

1490. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the total compliment of long-stay beds HIQA approved in a nursing home (details supplied) in Roscrea in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13773/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

1491. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the total compliment of long-stay beds HIQA approved in a nursing home (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13774/23]

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

1493. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date the agreement was made by the HSE to purchase of a facility (details supplied); when the contract was signed and by whom for both parties; and the amount of the purchase price. [13795/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

1494. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of new patients the gender clinic in Crumlin Hospital have taken in from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13796/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

1495. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of new patients the National Gender Service in Loughlinstown Hospital have taken in from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13797/23]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

1496. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the guidelines regarding value for money and risks that they have in place for the purchase of private nursing homes. [13798/23]

State Bodies

Alan Kelly

148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 28 February 2023. [11222/23]

Emergency Services

Alan Kelly

176. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the current contract for the provision of handling emergency calls services is due to expire; and the amount his Department spent on this service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11216/23]

Military Aircraft

Alan Kelly

208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of times the Irish Aviation Authority was informed of military exercises by foreign military or naval services affecting Irish-controlled airspace in the past three years; and the countries involved. [11223/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Alan Kelly

209. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2023 of doubling the number of revenue protection officers within Iarnród Éireann. [11224/23]

Flood Risk Management

Alan Kelly

265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding he intends to make available to address serious flooding concerns in Ballina, County Tipperary following on from a number of flooding incidents that have taken place in the town over the last couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/23]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Alan Kelly

300. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11226/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

353. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in either France and Canada in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11225/23]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

386. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE architects employed by her Department in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11232/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

517. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of drones owned by An Garda Síochána. [11229/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

518. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost of training an additional 225 gardaí in the competency-based driver level 3 course in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [11230/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

519. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with burglary within the Tipperary division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11231/23]

Dental Services

Alan Kelly

623. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Tipperary who are on the medical card dental scheme; and the number of these dentists that are accepting new patients. [11217/23]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

624. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the names of international recruitment agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia, UK and New Zealand that have contracts with the HSE to advertise for posts to be filled within the Irish public health service. [11218/23]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

625. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in University Hospital Limerick; and if each of these theatres is in use. [11219/23]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

626. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has advertised for the post of consultant ophthalmologist since January 2021. [11220/23]

Mental Health Services

Alan Kelly

627. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHOs 3 and 5 funding, by local team level, for psychology services. [11221/23]

Tourist Accommodation

Alan Kelly

65. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans she has to develop the tourism product and experience throughout the Lough Derg areas of counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway, particularly given the huge improvement in access to the area that is being provided through the construction of the Shannon Crossing between Ballina and Killaloe. [8627/23]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

104. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met with the CEO of a company (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [6673/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Alan Kelly

184. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided this year to purchase two additional mobile X-ray scanners for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will seek EU funding to cover some of these costs. [6682/23]

Air Corps

Alan Kelly

298. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he expects the two new C295 maritime patrol aircraft to come into the Air Corps fleet. [6683/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Alan Kelly

330. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if any capital works projects under the remit of her Department received EU funding in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if so, the name of the capital works project; and the amount of EU funding received per capital project, in tabular form. [6676/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

493. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with dangerous driving within the Tipperary Garda division in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6670/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

494. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if all members of the Garda armed support units are fully trained in emergency lifesaving first aid. [6671/23]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

621. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of kidney transplant procedures carried out in each of the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried out. [6677/23]

Community Care

Alan Kelly

622. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there will be any specialist posts created in community healthcare under the field of maternity care, antenatal clinics, post-natal care and so on. [6678/23]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

623. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric dermatologists attached to University Hospital Limerick in each of the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6679/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Alan Kelly

624. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients awaiting initial assessment for a sleep disorder screening appointment in either a respiratory clinic or specific disorder clinic. [6680/23]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

625. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time lactation consultants that were appointed in 2022 in CHOs 3 and 5 in 2022; and if any appointments of these consultants in either of these CHOs are scheduled. [6681/23]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

703. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the staff complement for the radiography departments in Ennis, Nenagh and UHL hospitals in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/23]

Horse Racing Industry

Alan Kelly

895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocations made by Horse Racing Ireland to its prize fund; the allocation to the prize fund from the horse and greyhound racing fund; and the allocation from commercial activity in each of the past two years, in tabular form. [6674/23]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff by job title working in his Department’s laboratory at Backweston as of 7 February 2023; the number of vacancies by job title; and when those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6675/23]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

219. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the current status of a new-build application that has been sanctioned for a new school (details supplied); when the project will be allowed to progress for a planning application; and when construction will commence on site. [5858/23]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for the full attendance record when mid-west Oireachtas members met the HSE and the Taoiseach on 11 January 2023. [5859/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

425. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any officials within his Department attended meetings in 2022, relating to forestry, which included representatives of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5454/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

426. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any officials within his Department were included in correspondence in 2022, relating to forestry, which included representatives of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5455/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

427. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department officials were in contact with their counterparts in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, regarding the joint venture between Coillte and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

428. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates he or his officials met with Coillte to discuss it’s proposed joint venture with a company (details supplied); the attendees, the agenda, and the minutes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5457/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

429. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he had any communication with the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in 2022, relating to forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5458/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

430. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he issued a letter of expectation to Coillte in 2022; and if he will provide the details of subsequent correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5459/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

279. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4625/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

292. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4626/23]

Emergency Departments

Alan Kelly

702. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to open the accident and emergency and ICU in Nenagh hospital. [4462/23]

Emergency Departments

Alan Kelly

703. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to open accident and emergency and ICU in Ennis hospital. [4463/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

752. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4628/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

788. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his department and-or any of his officials first found out that Coillte were in discussions with a company (details supplied) regarding a proposed forestry deal. [4617/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

789. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land that has been purchased to date in Ireland for use in the new forestry deal between Coillte and a company (details supplied); where is this located; and the amount it cost. [4618/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

790. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, by date and name, details of all Coillte and or officials of his Department that have attended meetings or been involved in any communications in any way with a company (details supplied) since 2017, in tabular form.. [4619/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

791. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide for the dates and attendees he and or his junior minister have had with Coillte since they took office, in tabular form. [4620/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

792. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and details of all meetings between the Minister and the management advisory committee in his Department that refer to the deal between Coillte and a company (details supplied). [4621/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

793. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on what date and by whom from Coillte was the first communication between Coillte and a company (details supplied). [4622/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

794. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Minister of State were asked to sign off on the forestry deal between Coillte and a company (details supplied); and if so, when and by whom. [4623/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Alan Kelly

795. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when did his advisers or any of the Minister for State’s advisers become aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and a company (details supplied). [4624/23]

Pension Provisions

Alan Kelly

123. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an investigation on the records of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been awarded a reduced State Pension (Contributory). [3588/23]

Tourism Policy

Alan Kelly

285. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the introduction of a bedroom tax for visitors to hotels in Dublin. [2955/23]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

432. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the locations, by nearest village and town, of all accommodation centres for asylum seekers and-or refugees in the greater Dublin area, in tabular form. [2953/23]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

570. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason discussions have taken place with a nursing home (details supplied) in Roscrea regarding possible integration into the public nursing home network; the meetings that have taken place with the nursing home; the dates of these meetings; and the persons from the HSE who attended on each occasion. [2952/23]

Employment Rights

Alan Kelly

571. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the process of bringing in an employment regulation order will commence for home care workers, given the recent confirmation by the Taoiseach. [2954/23]

Trade Missions

Alan Kelly

49. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to Germany before the end of quarter 1 of 2023. [1807/23]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

272. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making the train fleet and train stations wheelchair accessible. [1808/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Alan Kelly

358. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the vehicle registration tax enforcement statistics for October, November and December 2022, in tabular form. [1809/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Alan Kelly

359. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been provided to the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 to combat tobacco smuggling; and if the Revenue Commissioners is developing a dedicated anti-smuggling strategy. [1810/23]

Tourism Funding

Alan Kelly

454. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost in 2023 if the budget for the Tourism Ireland regional co-operation marketing fund was increased by 75%. [1796/23]

International Relations

Alan Kelly

620. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2022 that the Irish ambassador and-or Deputy Head of Mission in Bangkok visited the Pattaya area of Thailand; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [1803/23]

Naval Service

Alan Kelly

652. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of applications and the number that were commissioned under the Naval Service direct entry scheme in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [1811/23]

School Meals Programme

Alan Kelly

914. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme by 7.5% and 15%, respectively. [1802/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

1140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost in each of the next three years if 1,200 new gardaí were recruited per year, in tabular form. [1799/23]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

1584. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in Cashel Hospital in the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [1804/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Alan Kelly

1585. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Tipperary awaiting an appointment for cardiology services, by wait times, in tabular form. [1805/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Alan Kelly

1586. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Tipperary awaiting an appointment for neurology services, by wait times, in tabular form. [1806/23]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Kelly

1625. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when construction of the Tullow primacy care centre, serving Tullow, Rathvilly and Hacketstown, will commence; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1868/23]

Trade Missions

Alan Kelly

1853. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food-related trade mission to Mexico will occur in quarter 1 of 2023. [1797/23]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

135. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will detail all Cabinet Committee meetings in whatever form to date in 2022, by date and meeting name in tabular form. [62078/22]

Departmental Bodies

Alan Kelly

151. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail by date all of the meetings that he has had with Enterprise Ireland and the IDA since he took office in tabular form. [62079/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he supports the concept of transport hubs in towns with the location of all public transport services, information on such services, smart travel links form such hubs and local facilities. [62075/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will detail all meetings that he and or his departmental officials have had with the NTA since he took office; and if he will provide the meeting dates in tabular form. [62076/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Alan Kelly

259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that were commenced under the contract signed with a company (details supplied) in each of the months from September to date in December 2022, in tabular form. [61710/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Alan Kelly

260. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that will be commenced this year. [61711/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Alan Kelly

261. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the contract with a company (details supplied) was signed for the construction of modular homes. [61712/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

297. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether modular units like those being constructed for Ukrainian refugees could also be used for social housing tenants in the coming years. [61713/22]

Planning Issues

Alan Kelly

306. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the recommendations that have or have not been completed from the review of An Bord Pleanála published in 2016, in tabular form. [62072/22]