Parliamentary questions

Education Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

290. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what the appeals process is for an administrative error resulting in the incorrect categorisation of a teacher's fee fund application resulting in a significant financial loss as happened in a case of a teacher (details supplied); and if her Department could make inquiries to help rectify the issue. [4231/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

422. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by division in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [4135/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

423. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of new recruits to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of retirements from An Garda Síochána in the corresponding timeframe; and the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána. [4136/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

424. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the overall allocation to drugs units in each county in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [4137/24]

Disability Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

503. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health what if any transport support schemes are available to disabled patients such as a person (details supplied) who attend the National Rehabilitation centre in Dun Laoghaire for rehabilitation. [3729/24]

Technological Universities

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

576. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on his Department's work on the borrowing framework for technological universities; if there is a proposed timeline for when such a framework would be published; if he recognises the disadvantage that the inability to borrow places on technological universities compared with traditional universities in respect of borrowing for the provision of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3651/24]

Peace Commissioners

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

158. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if applications to become a justice of the peace can be accepted by email or if there is an online mechanism for application; and if her Department will consider one if not already in place. [3103/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

258. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the final numbers for recruitment, resignations and retirements in An Garda Síochána for 2023. [2283/24]

Departmental Schemes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

104. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are any protections for deposits placed by customers with participants in schemes supported by the SEAI for solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1029/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

377. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) of a threat to a discontinuation of a pay/pension parity between retired members and serving gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56393/23]

Energy Usage

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

482. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and second level schools that are dependent on fossil fuels for their heating requirements; and his Department’s plans to make the Irish school system fossil fuel free. [56531/23]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

483. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD and special school spaces at primary school level and at secondary school level, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56532/23]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

484. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD and special school spaces by primary school level and by secondary school level in Dublin, by post code, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56533/23]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

529. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what mechanism can be used to ensure that pupils such as a pupil (details supplied) moving from a junior national school to a senior national school can be assured of maintaining the same level of SNA support after the move. [57124/23]

Building Energy Rating

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

595. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the BER ratings of publicly funded primary and secondary schools in Ireland respectively; when the last audit of the energy efficiency of school buildings was taken; how much funding has been allocated in each year since 2016 for specific retrofitting of existing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1114/24]

Fire Safety

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

995. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if owners of units covered by the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 are entitled under legislation to access fire safety reports; if she is aware of cases where sales of apartments are being delayed by refusal of management companies to provide such reports to owners; the steps she can take to ensure that fire safety report information is available to owners of apartments affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56307/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

276. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when the terms of reference for the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education will be published. [55922/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

277. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education how her Department plans to integrate children’s voices into the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education to ensure they are adequately represented at the assembly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55923/23]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

94. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 5 December 2023, if the data on the use of prefab buildings by 455 schools could be broken down on a county basis, providing the number of schools and spend per county. [55521/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

50. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what progress has been made on the development of the Garda station in Dublin 13-Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55126/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

51. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice to provide a comparison in community gardaí numbers in the Dublin area between pre-pandemic and those available currently; and to address concerns over designated community gardaí being assigned to other duties. [55128/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

57. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice how many fully trained gardaí are projected to be available for duty at the end of 2023; and what the target is for the end of 2024. [55124/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

61. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice has a specific unit tasked with overseeing and implementing strategy to combat the far right. [55125/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

71. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what measures are being taken to tackle the record number of Garda resignations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55123/23]

Departmental Data

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

564. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice how many persons have applied for orders under the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 in each year since its coming into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55108/23]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

269. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education how many schools currently utilise temporary prefab accommodation for classrooms; how much was spent on leasing or rental of such buildings in 2022; how much is budgeted for them for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53894/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

384. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of overtime in An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and to detail if possible where the overtime is worked; and where the gardaí working the overtime are based. [53341/23]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

67. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to alleviate the teacher supply shortage across Irish education in light of a recent survey (details supplied). [52296/23]

School Enrolments

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

78. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the measures her Department has in place to end the practice of non-fee-paying schools linking the payment of a fee with the acceptance of an enrolment place. [52250/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

113. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made on preparation for a citizens' assembly on education, as provided for in the programme for Government. [52249/23]

School Attendance

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

336. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will review circular M02/95 to emphasise the duty of care a school has to accommodate their own pupils where there is a demonstrated justification for a child to repeat a year for educational, health, mental health or developmental reasons. [52901/23]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

361. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if the provision of additional school accommodation for a school (details supplied) is expected to be completed in time for the current school year or for the year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53117/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

282. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when the design team will be appointed for a new school building (details supplied), given that discussions about the site between the Department and the patron of the school in question have been ongoing since early 2020; as well as the expected date of completion of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52343/23]

Departmental Reviews

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

205. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of the critical skills list will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50693/23]

Education Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

262. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the reason no provision is made to schools for the deaf for ISL interpretation outside of the standard capitation grant; her views on whether her Department is compliant with the spirit and with the provisions of the Irish Sign language Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51036/23]

Legislative Measures

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

267. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she can provide an update on the Traveller History and Culture in Education Bill 2018; and when the Bill is expected to complete the next stage in the legislative process. [51135/23]

Work Permits

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

169. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on when the Employment Permits Bill 2022 is likely to be progress to report stage in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/23]

School Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

197. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what funding allocations, if any, are made to schools for purchase of financing of educational technology. [49466/23]

School Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

198. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what funding, if any, is available to private companies from her Department for research and development of educational technologies and applications. [49467/23]

Teacher Training

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

40. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if, in view of the current shortage of teachers, she will instigate a review of the evaluation of a UK postgraduate course by the Teaching Council in respect of the course's coverage of relevant modules which seem to match similar Irish courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48913/23]

School Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

41. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will work with a school (details supplied) so that it can be included in a public procurement framework for period products from which they are currently excluded, or if there is an alternative scheme for voluntary non-fee-paying schools to access similar supports. [48951/23]

Departmental Schemes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

70. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a flood relief scheme for ordinary householders will be instigated by his Department similar to the enhanced emergency business flooding scheme; what scheme has been put in place for a location (details supplied); if he can ensure that the Dublin based flood damage victims will have the same access to financial support as rural flood victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49055/23]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

97. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a case (details supplied) of an individual in need of special needs education but who now has no service; and if he will ensure that this individual can access suitable services. [48932/23]

Research Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

145. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he proposes to make up the shortfall in the PhD stipend, to ensure that PhD researchers funded by his Department either directly or through bodies such as the EPA, who have been excluded from the planned increase in stipends for PhD students, are treated in an equitable manner with other Government-funded PhD students by being given an increase in the stipend to €22,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47579/23]

Prison Service

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

793. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of days that educational programmes in prisons were prevented from proceeding, including partial or full closures, due to staff shortages or for any other reasons, from 1 October 2022 to date, by prison institution, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47366/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

850. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of stops and searches that have been carried out by gardaí in each of the past five years. [48388/23]

Cancer Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1144. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if the mobile BreastCheck unit is still operating from Leopardstown Hospital; whether there were changes in its operation; if the service will be restored to previous levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47580/23]

Teaching Qualifications

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

299. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the fact that experienced second level teachers such as a teacher (details supplied) who qualified in the UK are being lost to Irish teaching by what are perceived as onerous requirements to duplicate existing qualifications; and her views on whether there is scope for adjusting requirements to make it easier for schools to hire UK-qualified teachers to help meet the shortage that is needed. [46617/23]

Departmental Data

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

415. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who have had charges entered against them for simple possession of a controlled drug for their own personal use in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [46656/23]

Departmental Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

421. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many PhD researchers are funded by his Department, including those funded by agencies and bodies under the auspices of his Department, and who will not be receiving the increase in stipend to €22,000. [46158/23]

Departmental Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

422. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he proposes to make up the shortfall in the PhD stipend, to ensure that PhD researchers such as a researcher (details supplied) who have been excluded from the planned increase in stipends for PhD students, are treated in an equitable manner with other Government-funded PhD students by being given an increase in the stipend to €22,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46159/23]

Departmental Data

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

629. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers funded through Government departments or public bodies or agencies under the auspices of those departments but are outside the SFI/IRC funding schemes; and the number of such students funded by each department. [46166/23]

Third Level Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

631. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied that the exclusion of Government-funded non SFI/IRC PhD researchers from the increase in stipend funding to €22,000 complies with all relevant employment and equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46214/23]

Third Level Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

632. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ask individual Government Department agencies and bodies who fund PhD research outside the SFI/IRC programme to finance increases in PhD stipends to provide equality with their SFI/IRC counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46215/23]

Third Level Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

94. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason why the optimum target of €25,000 for the PhD stipend as recommended by the first report of the National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers, was not implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45541/23]

Third Level Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

95. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a timeline for the publication of the final review report on supports for PhD researchers in Ireland that deals with the status of a PhD researcher and classification as either a student or an employee. [45539/23]

Grant Payments

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

101. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the supports available to graduate entry medicine students, and to clarify if he will extend existing supports to graduate entry medicine students. [45540/23]

Third Level Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

111. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will make a commitment that other PhDs directly reliant on government funding outside of IRC or SFI will receive an increase in their PhD stipend. [45542/23]

Library Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

143. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when the Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) Demonstration Library Project and JCSP Digital Library Service will be expanded; and if she will consider including a school (details supplied). [45389/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

2. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will deliver on a DEIS plus proposal for schools in areas of the highest disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45280/23]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

9. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she can explain the circumstances whereby a school (details supplied) was refused a grant by her Department to equip a sensory room because it did not have a door but when it contacted the section responsible for the provision of the new room to ask for a door, it was informed that the policy at this time was to only provide quiet rooms which do not have doors; and if she could advise the school how it can access a grant which will allow it to properly fit out the new room and resolve the issue for its new class. [44713/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

49. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there is more than one case in her Department where her education representatives have not engaged with the relevant contractor, arising from substantial building works; and to ensure that any snags or defects arising from substantial building works were remedied before the expiry of the defects liability period and if so, the number of cases in the past three years. [44820/23]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

228. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to detail how pyrite remediation was funded in each of the six schools it was identified in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44821/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

229. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to detail the reason her Department representatives did not engage with the relevant contractor to ensure that any snags or defects were remedied in a school (details supplied) arising from substantial building works there, before the expiry of the defects liability period. [44823/23]

Protected Disclosures

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

395. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if she will instigate an independent investigation into the treatment of whistleblowers within the Prison Service, such as in the case of a person (details supplied), with specific reference to dignity at work and the use of the Civil Service code to discipline staff. [45167/23]

Courts Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

2. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what progress has been made on resolving the pay restoration dispute with criminal barristers. [44134/23]

Prison Service

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

29. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if she will instigate a statutory review of the Prison Service as a safe working environment. [44137/23]

Prison Service

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

33. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what measures have been taken to put the Prison Service on a statutory footing. [44136/23]

Prison Service

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

40. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if there is an outstanding WRC award to a prison officer (details supplied); and if so, the reason the award has not been paid. [44138/23]

Airport Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

188. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport if he will increase the number of noise monitors for aircraft in the Dublin Bay North area, with particular reference to those areas under or beside flight paths. [43352/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

127. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Taoiseach how many times, and on what dates, the Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office convened in 2022 and 2023. [42120/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

128. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Taoiseach how many times, and on what dates, the Implementation Group on Policing Reform convened in 2022 and 2023. [42121/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

129. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Taoiseach how many times, and on what dates, the High-Level Steering Board on Policing Reform convened in 2022 and 2023. [42122/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

130. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Taoiseach if he has been presented with annual reports for the ‘A Policing Service for our Future Plan’ for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if so, if they can be made available to the public. [42123/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

131. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Taoiseach when the latest report on progress for APSFF was made to the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42124/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

132. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of when it is expected that the fourth APSFF iteration report will be provided; what opportunity there is for scrutiny of the progress and future of the plan’s success in achieving the original recommendations from the Commission on the Future of Policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42125/23]

Departmental Policies

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

303. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will make a representation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to have teaching added to the critical skills list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42325/23]

School Admissions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

316. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the measures her Department can take to review the catchment area of a school (details supplied), to allow children who live a 90 second walk away from the school attend it, in the interest of sustainability. [42469/23]

Defective Building Materials

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

334. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary schools that currently have pyrite problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42791/23]

Defective Building Materials

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

335. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education whether the education welfare services (EWS) have been the only mechanism used to date by her Department to support pyrite remediation works within Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42792/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

336. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what Departmental monitoring systems are in place to oversee the completion of construction works, including the completion of works on the snag list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42793/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

337. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if records are kept in her Department of all outstanding school construction works, including snags, to be undertaken associated with new school builds or major school renovations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42794/23]

Defective Building Materials

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

338. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to ensure her Department puts in place the necessary measures to ensure the completion of the snag list and pyrite remediation works in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42795/23]

Vaccination Programme

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

571. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is sponsoring a vaccination campaign for a vaccination against shingles; if so, if the vaccination is available on the medical card and or drug payment scheme; and if not, if he will consider adding it to those schemes. [42173/23]

Labour Market

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

222. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what mechanisms he is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the current shortage of teachers; if teaching can be added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41012/23]

Labour Market

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

232. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what mechanisms she is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the current shortage of teachers; if teaching can be added to the critical skills list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41013/23]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

254. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will ask her Department to investigate the case of a post-primary teacher (details supplied) whose request for incremental credits was refused in view of the fact that incremental credits have been allowed to primary teachers for service within the same school; and if she will review the procedures concerned to give equality between primary and post-primary awards for incremental credits in view of the shortage of teachers. [41205/23]

School Admissions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

257. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the case of a pupil (details supplied) whose school place has been delayed opening of their class but is currently not receiving any tuition as home tuition is not suitable or available; if she will confirm if the school will open in November 2023; and if an SNA in a mainstream school could be made available in the meantime. [41247/23]

School Meals Programme

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

365. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any way for a school (details supplied) to be added to the hot school meals programme for primary schools for this year. [41019/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

387. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the criteria and policy for which a parent is paid children’s allowance where custody is shared, with particular reference to instances where children spend equal time with each parent; and to outline the reasoning behind the policy. [41500/23]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

396. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number and name of each of the Garda Youth Diversion programmes currently operating in each of the Garda divisions in the Dublin Metropolitan area; the number of officers assigned to the juvenile liaison teams and to set out, in tabular form, the numbers for each of the following years - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40983/23]

Medicinal Products

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

509. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health what measures he will take to increase the awareness of the danger for abuse and misuse of the drug pregabalin among the medical community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/23]

Medicinal Products

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

510. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if she will make pregabalin a controlled substance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40994/23]

Further and Higher Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

613. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the issue created by the technological universities where posts in disciplines which are heavily industry focused remain unfilled due to targets set for PhD-qualified staff (details supplied); if he will review the TU legislation to see whether a more appropriate balance between professionally experienced staff requirements and those for PhD is restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41237/23]

Further and Higher Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

614. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of plans to cut up to 20 courses from the Technical University Dublin; what support can be given to ensure that courses with strategic importance, such as geospatial surveying or architectural timber technology, can be identified and protected, even where there are lower numbers of students at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41238/23]

Further and Higher Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

615. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the SALI professorship awarded to TU Dublin has been advertised and filled. [41239/23]

Third Level Admissions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

102. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the CAO process to ensure that students do not get excluded without warning due to clerical errors, such as missing exam numbers. [40748/23]

Student Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

106. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what mechanisms, if any, are available to him to prevent third-level institutions from increasing rents in college-controlled accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40747/23]

Road Safety

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

105. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been approved for school safety zone for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40128/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

291. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when the proposed school build project for a school (details supplied) is due to commence; and what the next steps are to provide a permanent building for the school which is currently in temporary accommodation. [39863/23]