Parliamentary questions

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

187. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applicants for the previous two rounds of the sports capital programme who were granted funding but did not draw down the grants fully, setting out for each round of the sports capital programme the number of grants fully outstanding, the number of grants partially drawn down, the number of grants fully drawn down and the total number of grants allocated, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20444/23]

Housing Provision

Chris Andrews

296. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and Project Tosaigh in the constituency of Dublin Bay south in each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, the breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18903/23]

Education and Training Provision

Chris Andrews

652. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an individual support worker will be made available to a person (details supplied) who is profoundly deaf, to allow them to complete their college course. [19552/23]

Tourism Funding

Chris Andrews

676. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applicants for the previous three rounds of the sports capital programme that were granted funding but did not draw down the grants; the number of grants that were partially drawn down and the number of grants that were fully drawn down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16942/23]

Defibrillators Provision

Chris Andrews

1334. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the locations of defibrillator machines in areas (details supplied). [16084/23]

Hospital Trusts

Chris Andrews

1607. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if there is a board of trustees of the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street, Dublin 4; if so, the names of the board members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/23]

Citizens Information Services

Chris Andrews

450. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the closure of a centre (details supplied), the reason this happened when there were no cost issues; the reason the Citizens' Information Board did not buy the premises when the landlord wanted to sell or rent alternative premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15007/23]

Citizens Information Services

Chris Andrews

451. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange a meeting with the CEO and Chair of the Citizens' Information Board to discuss the closure of a centre (details supplied). [15008/23]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

102. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all playgrounds maintained by the Office of Public Works in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13994/23]

Redundancy Payments

Chris Andrews

146. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with a company (details supplied) in relation to its announcement of 240 redundancies in its Irish branch; if he has urged the company to adopt a voluntary redundancy first approach to redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13218/23]

National Asset Management Agency

Chris Andrews

336. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance the interest of NAMA in a site (details supplied); the status of the ownership and the remaining length of tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/23]

Sports Events

Chris Andrews

379. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the joint Ireland and UK bid to host the UEFA EURO 2028 competition; the level of support the Government has guaranteed if the bid is successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/23]

Waterways Ireland

Chris Andrews

485. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of Waterways Ireland's ownership of a site (details supplied); if Waterways Ireland has any intended use for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/23]

Schools Building Projects

Chris Andrews

607. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available to allow school building projects, for schools such as a school (details supplied) that use temporary accommodation on their permanent sites, to proceed to allow these schools to move into permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12301/23]

Schools Building Projects

Chris Andrews

631. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available to allow the school building project, for a school (details supplied) to proceed, to allow this school to move into permanent accommodation; when the tender for this building will go out; the timeline for delivery and construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12587/23]

Emergency Services

Chris Andrews

1517. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and the steps he will take to prevent such a situation occurring again. [13964/23]

Housing Provision

Chris Andrews

109. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to deliver affordable housing units in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11557/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Chris Andrews

136. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to tackle the rising homeless levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Chris Andrews

164. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people currently in receipt of the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11913/23]

Business Supports

Chris Andrews

94. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme is available to (details supplied]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11105/23]

Departmental Funding

Chris Andrews

253. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of the funding an organisation (details supplied) has received from the State directly or via State bodies for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9609/23]

Schools Building Projects

Chris Andrews

360. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if she will address the concerns raised by a school (details supplied) regarding its permanent school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10010/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Chris Andrews

428. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection the social protection supports that are available for a person (details supplied). [10214/23]

Tourism Promotion

Chris Andrews

206. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider a matter in relation to the Saint Patrick's Festival (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9306/23]

Tax Yield

Chris Andrews

237. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance the total receipts from the 2% betting tax in each of the years 2019 to 2022; if he will provide a breakdown between retail, online and phone betting amounts, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/23]

School Accommodation

Chris Andrews

406. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education how a newly built school (details supplied) is already deemed too small before it even opens and cannot absorb students from its community; and if she can confirm, of those students offered places starting in September 2023, the number who are permanent residents within Dublin 6W. [8376/23]

Community Welfare Services

Chris Andrews

459. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if participants on the jobs initiative scheme are included in the 2023 wage increase for community workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8131/23]

Medical Cards

Chris Andrews

679. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a medication can be made available to a person (details supplied) under the medical card. [8760/23]

Transport Policy

Chris Andrews

59. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the introduction of micro-mobility scooters; when legislation will be advanced to allow companies to tender for contracts with local authorities; and when the tendering process will begin. [7489/23]

Departmental Properties

Chris Andrews

68. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered keeping the Aungier Street campus of TU Dublin in public ownership due to the lack of public facilities in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6889/23]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

176. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and ensure this child is allocated a place in a school with an ASD unit in September 2023. [6330/23]

Primary Care Centres

Chris Andrews

337. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the State services that have been removed from the Irishtown and Ringsend primary care centre over the past 24 months; the location of each of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5556/23]

Primary Care Centres

Chris Andrews

338. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the services currently available at the Irishtown and Ringsend primary care centre; if any of these services are scheduled to be removed from this primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5557/23]

Middle East

Chris Andrews

68. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the new Israeli Government’s policy of expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, using the means of ethnic cleansing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/23]

Sports Organisations

Chris Andrews

304. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) for 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4498/23]

Public Sector Staff

Chris Andrews

422. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if steps will be taken to resolve an issue regarding the payment of a salary to a teacher (details supplied). [4189/23]

Emergency Services

Chris Andrews

583. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed the accident and emergency services in Dublin as a result of alcohol and drug misuse in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/23]

Sport and Recreational Development

Chris Andrews

13. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures that are being put in place to address the expected increase in participation at a grassroots level in women's football ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup in July 2023 in Australia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2737/23]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

73. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address the current status of opening of the next round of the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2738/23]

Urban Development

Chris Andrews

133. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the regeneration of St. Andrews flat complex in the south inner city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/23]

Urban Development

Chris Andrews

140. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the regeneration of Pearse House flat complex in the south inner city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2152/23]

Public Transport

Chris Andrews

183. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport the number of complaints for assault, anti-social behaviour, sexual misconduct and drug use on the Luas from 2018 to 2022; the number of complaints against security staff in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3776/23]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

246. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if a child (details supplied) can be given an urgent appointment to undergo an assessment for dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3883/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Chris Andrews

269. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any financial assistance that a child (details supplied) can be given to allow them to avail of a private assessment for dyslexia. [3884/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Chris Andrews

154. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application by a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [3394/23]

Energy Prices

Chris Andrews

197. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that single-family homes pay residential gas rates and apartments that utilise district heating pay commercial gas rates; and, if this is the case, why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3340/23]

Rail Network

Chris Andrews

211. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he could request an update from Iarnród Éireann on the four DART+ projects (West, South West, Coastal North and Coastal South) along with an update relating to the proposed construction of a new DART station at Woodbrook-Sruthán na Coille. [2962/23]

Rail Network

Chris Andrews

212. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek an update from the relevant authority in relation to the proposed expansion of the Luas green line; if extending the line beyond the currently proposed northern terminus at Charlestown to as far as Dublin Airport has been considered; and if a feasibility study of this has been carried out. [2965/23]

Defective Building Materials

Chris Andrews

327. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who is in the early stages of selling an apartment will be eligible to apply for a rebate under the apartment defect scheme, given they paid a total of €20,000 to repair fire deficiencies in the apartment, if they no longer own the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/23]

Defence Forces

Chris Andrews

341. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will address the issue of substandard accommodation in the married quarters section of Cathal Brugha Barracks (details supplied). [3013/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Chris Andrews

399. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare supports available to assist a person (details supplied) whose partner has recently passed away. [3113/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Chris Andrews

403. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if the rules in relation to the invalidity pension will be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3164/23]

An Garda Síochána

Chris Andrews

462. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice if he will support the introduction of a transport police service for national, regional and local bus, tram and rail services. [2963/23]

Trade Agreements

Chris Andrews

13. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department supports current aspects of the EU-Morocco trade agreement as they relate to the natural resources of Western Sahara; and if he will call for the resources of Western Sahara to be excluded from EU-Moroccan deals moving forward. [63227/22]

Work Permits

Chris Andrews

25. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employment permit application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [63587/22]

Driver Test

Chris Andrews

249. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date to undergo their driving test given that they require the use of a car for their job as an essential worker. [1482/23]

Tax Credits

Chris Andrews

355. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if he will alter the eligibility criteria for the rent tax credit to allow individuals who rent a property from their parents, such as a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1677/23]

Regeneration Projects

Chris Andrews

534. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the application from Dublin City Council regarding the regeneration of a building (details supplied). [1090/23]

International Agreements

Chris Andrews

602. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will respond to concerns relating to an agreement between Morocco and an Israeli energy company (details supplied) for natural gas exploration in the territorial waters of Western Sahara; and if this theft of Western Sahara’s natural resources will be highlighted with the Moroccan and Israeli ambassadors. [63453/22]

United Nations

Chris Andrews

607. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the relationship between Ireland and the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization C-24; the input that Ireland has made to this special committee; and if Ireland has ever applied to join same. [63899/22]

Health Services

Chris Andrews

1302. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a service provided by the HSE in Crumlin, Dublin 12 could be restored (details supplied); and the reason for its removal from the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63680/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Chris Andrews

1383. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an operation in Beaumont Hospital given that they have been waiting for five years for this operation and their mobility has deteriorated. [1025/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Chris Andrews

1414. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the pandemic recognition payment. [1157/23]

Health and Safety

Chris Andrews

1536. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and instruct the HSE’s environmental health section to take urgent attention to eradicate the rat infestation in this property. [1667/23]

Human Rights

Chris Andrews

120. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the issue of Indonesia’s new penal code with the Indonesian Government and the major problems relating to the criminalisation of political thought and activism, the criminalisation of sex outside of marriage and further restrict access to abortion. [62442/22]

Legal Services Regulation

Chris Andrews

221. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to proposals to establish a legal services commission; and the status of these proposals. [62490/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

266. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the development of the National Children’s Science Centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 (details supplied). [61890/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

267. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is appropriate that the OPW will spend State resources to develop a new science centre at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 which will then be handed over to the National Children’s Science Centre (details supplied). [61891/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

268. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is engaging with commercial entities that may have an interest in the National Children’s Science Centre project (details supplied). [61892/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

269. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the credentials that the OPW believe that the National Children’s Science Centre has to run a science museum (details supplied). [61893/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

270. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projections of the OPW to demonstrate that the National Children’s Science Centre will be financially viable (details supplied). [61894/22]

Office of Public Works

Chris Andrews

271. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the OPW was in arbitration with the National Children’s Science Centre (details supplied). [61896/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Chris Andrews

287. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that have been taken to bring the Old Baggot Street Hospital into use as accommodation for refugees given there is an extreme need for accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers; and the measures that he has taken since the feasibility report in relation to this site which was completed in March 2022. [61862/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Chris Andrews

407. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available to a person (details supplied). [61860/22]

Child Abuse

Chris Andrews

438. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the recent independent review into historical abuse within an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61698/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Chris Andrews

517. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the steps that the Government is taking for immunocompromised persons who continue to cocoon to avoid Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60165/22]

Bus Services

Chris Andrews

68. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport the number of reported incidents of public order reports of a sexual nature on Dublin Bus services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59743/22]

Energy Policy

Chris Andrews

177. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the supports that can be given to tenants in the case in which a landlord has not passed on electricity credits to them (details supplied). [59368/22]

Electoral Process

Chris Andrews

260. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline any proposed changes to the process of voter registration; the details that are required on voter registration forms; and when these changes will come into force. [58699/22]

Medicinal Products

Chris Andrews

197. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to provide the CF drug kaftrio to a cohort of 35 Irish children aged between six and eleven years, who are currently excluded from access to the drug due to a disagreement between the manufacturers and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58379/22]

Departmental Programmes

Chris Andrews

162. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding that has been invested into sporting organisations as a result of the Immigrant Investor Programme for each year since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56820/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Chris Andrews

208. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if the relevant funding will be made available to enable the expansion of the criteria for eligibility for the primary medical certificate. [56499/22]

Foreign Policy

Chris Andrews

308. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has reopened diplomatic relations with the Government of Venezuela, led by Nicholás Maduro, or if it is still the position of his Department to recognise Juan Guaidó as the President of Venezuela. [56219/22]

Immigration Policy

Chris Andrews

876. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the situation in which prospective applicants of the recent regularisation scheme for undocumented persons who reached the residence requirement during the scheme but could not apply due to their not having the full residence requirement on the day that the scheme opened; and if an allowance to apply could be made in these cases. [55167/22]

Dental Services

Chris Andrews

1002. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of children with additional needs in CHO 7 who have had to travel outside of the CHO7 for dental care for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54547/22]

Dental Services

Chris Andrews

1003. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made under the Dental Treatment Service Scheme DTSS in CHO7 by LHO for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54548/22]

Dental Services

Chris Andrews

1004. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO7 who are currently on dental and orthodontics waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54549/22]

Vaccination Programme

Chris Andrews

1042. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the way in which people can register for a monkeypox vaccine; and if the issues with the online portal system when it was first launched have been completely rectified. [54653/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Chris Andrews

1101. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if an urgent surgery for a child (details supplied) can be arranged. [54891/22]

Health Service Executive

Chris Andrews

1237. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to reverse the dereliction of a HSE-owned building (details supplied). [55570/22]

Rail Network

Chris Andrews

209. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will provide a list of DART stations with CCTV-monitored bicycle parking in tabular form. [52717/22]

Human Rights

Chris Andrews

339. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the ongoing situation in Haiti and the widespread anti-government protests; and if his Department will oppose a military-led intervention currently being discussed by the United States and Canada. [52716/22]

State Pensions

Chris Andrews

445. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Social Protection if the refusal of a pension (non-contributory) will be examined for a person (details supplied). [52948/22]

Departmental Meetings

Chris Andrews

237. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the interactions his Department has had with the visiting delegation from the Polisario Front of Western Sahara during their visit and if his Department is open to maintaining future communications with representatives of the Polisario Front. [52471/22]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

245. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the total number of primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes; the total number of Irish-medium primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes; the total number of Educate Together primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes and the total number of fee-paying primary schools in Dublin which provide ASD classes, in tabular form. [52473/22]

Vaccination Programme

Chris Andrews

319. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if it is planned to roll-out an additional Covid-19 booster for the wider population. [52460/22]

Nursing Homes

Chris Andrews

329. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of a closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in which the relatives of residents were only informed of its imminent closure with a few weeks' notice; and if there are any statutory requirements placed on nursing homes to provide a minimum notice period to allow families sufficient time to find appropriate alternatives for their loved ones. [52511/22]

Bus Services

Chris Andrews

63. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if planning permission has been approved for the new BusConnects route due to travel down Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6; the number of stops in total that will be installed on this road; and if residents were given prior notice before construction work recently commenced. [52139/22]

Budget 2023

Chris Andrews

318. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide the timeline for the roll-out of the €35 million in funding set aside in Budget 2023 to help sports clubs cope with the rising cost of energy this winter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51310/22]

Budget 2023

Chris Andrews

319. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that individual sport clubs draw down from the new funds of €35 million; if he will provide a timeline for when the said clubs will receive the funding following their application;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51311/22]