Parliamentary questions

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

307. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planned social housing output in County Tipperary for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [62073/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

308. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he supports putting social housing tenants in modular forms of housing in the future. [62074/22]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Kelly

368. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if she will review the contents of an educational file (details supplied); her views on whether this child is entitled to more SET support than is currently being offered; if her Department would be in a position to allocate additional support to the school to support this call; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61986/22]

Medical Cards

Alan Kelly

613. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if medical cards for people with terminal illness are available without a means test. [62077/22]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

333. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the remit of HIQA will be extended to disability day services. [61522/22]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

334. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when an independent body will be appointed to regulate and investigate disability day services (details supplied). [61523/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

145. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the details of bus stations in County Tipperary that are included in the Public Transport Accessibly Programme; the type of works planned; and the dates for completion for these works. [60395/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

146. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the locations in 2023 when new park and ride facilities will come into service, in tabular form. [60396/22]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

202. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the WTE staff by job title working in the marketing department of the National Concert Hall as of 29 November 2022; the WTE staff vacancies by job title currently in this department; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [60405/22]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

203. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next appointment to the Board of Fáilte Ireland is due to take place; the procedure for the appointment process; and the criteria employed as part of such appointments. [60406/22]

Departmental Bodies

Alan Kelly

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time staff vacancies by job title in the Office of the Planning Regulator as of 29 November 2022; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [60394/22]

Consular Services

Alan Kelly

258. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2022 on which the Irish Consul General and or Vice Consul General in Chicago visited Detroit in the State of Michigan; and the purpose of each visit in tabular form. [60392/22]

Consular Services

Alan Kelly

259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2022 on which the Irish Consul General and-or Vice Consul General in Atlanta visited Miami; and the purpose of each visit in tabular form. [60393/22]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant emergency medical technicians, paramedics and advanced paramedics currently in the Defence Forces medical corps; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [60404/22]

Community Welfare Services

Alan Kelly

350. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time community welfare officers based in County Tipperary in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [60391/22]

Alcohol Sales

Alan Kelly

462. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by gardaí within the Tipperary division on pubs, clubs, nightclubs and so on to ensure full compliance with alcohol licensing legislation in 2021 and to-date in 2022; the percentage of premises that were in breach of the legislation; and the frequency with which inspections are carried out. [60397/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

463. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of new vehicles that have been assigned to Garda armed support units in 2021 and to-date in 2022; and the number of those vehicles that were withdrawn from the Garda armed support unit during same period. [60398/22]

Prison Service

Alan Kelly

464. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost in 2023 if 175 new recruit prison officers were recruited into the Irish Prison Service. [60399/22]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

547. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when persons living in south Tipperary will have access to community neuro-rehabilitation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60305/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to Tipperary University Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [60400/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

581. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [60401/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

582. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE CNM3 senior orthopaedic nurses at University Hospital Limerick in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [60402/22]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

583. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which fluorescence microscopy and threomboelastography are available for diagnostics and treatment. [60403/22]

Fire Service

Alan Kelly

183. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of chief fire officers, senior assistant chiefs and fire officers that are in the retained fire service across the country by county council and by grade; and the details of all salary ranges of all grades referenced above. [57064/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Alan Kelly

231. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that citizens who are relying on illness benefit are not entitled to the cost-of-living bonuses that were announced as part of the next Budget. [57149/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Alan Kelly

135. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that teenagers and young adults who would be in receipt of the disability allowance but who enter training with an organisation (details supplied) through the National Learning Network centres and have to switch over to a training allowance which is the same weekly value as the disability allowance which is mandatory in order to take up training with the organisation; the reason that these teenagers and young adults are excluded from the €500 bonus payment that persons on the disability allowance are entitled to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57000/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

180. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dates on which he or his officials met with EirGrid. [56085/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

181. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dates on which he or his officials met with the CRU. [56086/22]

Swimming Pools

Alan Kelly

224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the swimming pool in the Garda Training College in Templemore cannot be used by local schools to teach local children how to swim, given they have done so for more than 40 years. [56078/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and locations of sites he has visited that could be considered for modular homes for refugees, Ukrainians and Irish social housing tenants, in tabular form. [56095/22]

Tourism Promotion

Alan Kelly

228. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans, if any, she has to Improve Lough Derg's capacity to attract tourists, in light of the views expressed by the Ministers for Transport and Environment, Climate and Communications regarding its potential as a tourism destination. [56084/22]

State Properties

Alan Kelly

246. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider using the lands of Nenagh military barracks for social housing. [56083/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

290. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the person or body that manages the expenditure within the Garda College in Templemore. [56079/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

291. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the total amount of expenditure for the Garda College in Templemore in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [56080/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

292. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice her views on a matter (details supplied). [56081/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

293. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank who are currently suspended from any Garda divisions in Limerick. [56082/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

318. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the protocol regarding HSE staff being requested to meet Oireachtas Members and if it is appropriate that only Government Oireachtas Members be invited to such meetings. [56008/22]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Kelly

325. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number and locations of primary care centres that have opened since he assumed office. [56087/22]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have put forward cases to the CervicalCheck tribunal to date. [56088/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on the creation of an elective hospital in the mid-west. [56089/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and locations of meetings he has facilitated with his Department officials and-or HSE officials with public representatives since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56090/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

336. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56091/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

337. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56092/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

338. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56093/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

339. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56094/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

187. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [54487/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

73. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular units that he expect to have built for Ukrainian refugees by the end of 2022. [53801/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

74. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has visited modular building companies to assess their capabilities of delivering modular units for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will provide details of which companies he visited and the dates of same. [53802/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

75. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations that have been identified for the location of modular homes for refugees; if he will provide full details of these locations and whether he is aware if there are any issues with these locations which could prevent them being used for that purpose. [53803/22]

Asylum Seekers

Alan Kelly

128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the five towns and or villages with the smallest populations that have taken in groups of asylum seekers; and if he will provide details of locations, populations of locations and volumes of asylum seekers that have been placed in those locations. [53804/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular units that will be delivered and in place by the end of 2022 to house Ukrainian refugees [53799/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all the 500 units of modular housing that the Government has stated it will deliver for Ukrainian refugees will be contracted out for delivery in 2022 and if not, the reason for same. [53800/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail all contracts that the Government has with a group (details supplied) to provide asylum seeker accommodation or Ukrainian refugee accommodation; the total cost of each contract to date; the breakdown of the locations of property provided by the group; and if he will provide details of any meetings, including dates, that any officials from his Department have had with the group. [53805/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

143. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider placing modular homes in the Germantown military camp to help with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [53806/22]

Bus Services

Alan Kelly

225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of hybrid, electric and hydrogen buses that will be delivered in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [53184/22]

Driver Test

Alan Kelly

226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus and heavy goods vehicles driving tests that were carried out in each driving test centre within County Tipperary in July, August and September 2022, in tabular form. [53185/22]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

257. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he had a bilateral meeting with the US Federal Reserve Board Chairperson, Mr Jerome Powell during his recent visit to Washington DC. [53188/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

344. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of passports in each month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53177/22]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

357. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in the UK excluding Northern Ireland in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53182/22]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

358. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in the United States 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53183/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

561. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of high-powered unmarked motorcycles attached to the Garda fleet as of 31 March 2021 and 18 October 2022, in tabular form. [53178/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

562. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when the An Garda Síochána Capital Works Building Programme 2022 to 2026 in co-operation with the OPW will be published [53180/22]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

652. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of minor injuries units in hospitals across the State; the hours each minor injuries unit operate; the number of patients treated in each unit in the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53186/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

653. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical specialist teams for older persons that have been established; the current staffing complement for each team; and the number of vacancies in each team. [53187/22]

Hospital Inspections

Alan Kelly

232. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s performance management and improvement unit presented him with a report on its findings and recommendations, following its four-week visit to University Hospital Limerick; and if so, if he will publish the report. [52251/22]

Hospice Services

Alan Kelly

263. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 281 of 28 September 2022 and 682 of 11 October 2022, if he has reconsidered his position regarding creating an elective hospital for the mid-west given that his replies stated absolutely that no elective hospital is planned for the mid-west (details supplied). [52361/22]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

716. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and attendees of any meetings which HSE officials had with any Oireachtas Members from the mid-west, counties Tipperary, Limerick or Clare from 1 January 2022 to 10 October 2022, in chronological order by date, Oireachtas Member attendees, HSE officials and topic of meeting. [51300/22]

Departmental Funding

Alan Kelly

59. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any funding has been given to an organisation (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if so, if she will provide details. [50464/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Alan Kelly

493. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if the materials budget for community employment participants was increased in Budget 2023, given that it currently stands at €13.46 per person [49639/22]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

682. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider building a public elective hospital in the mid-west given recent comments by the Taoiseach on the issue in Dáil Éireann on 4 October 2022. [49844/22]

School Enrolments

Alan Kelly

194. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of students there are enrolled in primary education and separately in post primary education as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [48939/22]

School Funding

Alan Kelly

193. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of all funding given to private schools in Ireland across all relevant headings for the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [47615/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the volume of retirements in An Garda Síochána whereby the gardaí in question had not served five years or more in the force in total, excluding training for the years 2016 to 2022, by year and county, in tabular form. [47616/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

281. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm a decision will be made in 2023 to build a public elective hospital in the mid-west. [47614/22]

Energy Infrastructure

Alan Kelly

60. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has plans to engage with the stakeholders behind the Silvermines hydro-electric station to deliver storage given the recent publication of the energy security review and its proposal for approximately 450MW to 1.8 gigawatt-hours of pumped storage. [47116/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

93. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the expected timeline for the new bridge in Ballina and Killaloe to become operational given that construction has commenced; and the projected cost. [47113/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

182. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new build public houses that he is planning to build in Tipperary in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [47115/22]

School Accommodation

Alan Kelly

230. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the current situation regarding the development of much-needed works for a school (details supplied) following numerous requests to her Department from the school principal; and the timeframe for when these works will commence. [46618/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

267. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian refugees that have been taken in by private schools as of 21 January 2022, by county in tabular form. [47117/22]

Emergency Departments

Alan Kelly

540. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to close the accident and emergency department in Navan Hospital. [47114/22]

Community Development Projects

Alan Kelly

613. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when applicants to the community centres investment fund will receive an update on any successful grant applications that have been submitted. [47142/22]

Ukraine War

Alan Kelly

11. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will make a comment on the fact that Ireland did not apply for a key European Commission funding initiative in March 2022 aimed at ensuring continuity of energy supply in the wake of the Russia/Ukraine war through the REPowerEU programme; and the reason that Ireland failed to do so. [46222/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

198. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of increasing the number of Irish Rail security rapid response hubs from nine to 15. [45866/22]

Tax Yield

Alan Kelly

225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the life assurance exit tax rate increased to 45%. [45867/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite his Canadian counterpart to Ireland before the end of this year. [45868/22]

Office of Public Works

Alan Kelly

245. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works that the OPW carried out on the Rock Of Cashel in 2021 and to date in 2022.
[45860/22]

Foreign Policy

Alan Kelly

299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2022. [45861/22]

Medical Research and Training

Alan Kelly

452. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Britain, other EU and non-EU internationals for 2021, in tabular form. [45865/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

461. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles assigned to each Garda divisional armed support unit as of 1 January 2021 and 13 September 2022, in tabular form.
[45869/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Alan Kelly

462. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the average hourly and daily number of uninsured vehicles that are identified by An Garda Síochána through the use of the automatic number plate recognition system [45870/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

463. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí by rank attached to the Tipperary divisional scenes of crime unit as of 1 January 2021 and 13 September 2022, in tabular form.
[45871/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

550. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by job title currently in the minor injuries unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel; when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form [45862/22]

Mental Health Services

Alan Kelly

551. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the levels of psychologist services that are available in Tipperary; if there are plans to improve the service. [45863/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

552. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time community nurses in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.
[45864/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Alan Kelly

578. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting for ophthalmology treatment by county as of 15 September 2022, in tabular form. [46005/22]

Planning Issues

Alan Kelly

224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a planning condition approved by a county council planning authority for a development can be overridden as part of a site resolution plan for the development [44687/22]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

454. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason that all local TDs in County Tipperary were not invited to the meeting he convened with relevant local stakeholders and some local public representatives regarding the future of a home (details supplied) that took place on 29 July 2022. [42223/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Alan Kelly

371. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance when a new medical appeals board will be appointed following the resignation of the previous board in November 2021 given that there is a backlog of appeals to be heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42736/22]

Community Care

Alan Kelly

1566. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the outcome and action points of the meeting he attended between the HSE, his Department officials, relevant local stakeholders and some local public representatives on 29 July 2022 regarding the future of a home (details supplied). [42224/22]

Hospital Admissions

Alan Kelly

1983. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of in-patients in each acute hospital at present that has been admitted for more than one year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43934/22]