Parliamentary questions

Medical Aids and Appliances

Claire Kerrane

264. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided by the HSE to a young person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34597/23]

Mental Health Services

Claire Kerrane

265. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on visiting times at Roscommon Psychiatric Hospital; if he will provide an update on average waiting times at the hospital; if he will advise on staffing levels in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34605/23]

An Garda Síochána

Claire Kerrane

74. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of community policing teams and the number of gardaí in each team in counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and Longford. [33979/23]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

264. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to providing greater transport services to rural schools from urban areas, to ease pressure on schools in urban areas and increase numbers in rural schools, given that many schools in urban areas are at maximum capacity, while nearby rural schools are on the verge of losing a teacher due to low student to teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33538/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Claire Kerrane

474. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice when an applicant (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33497/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

561. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged with the European Commission on allowing Coillte to avail of Government grants or premiums within the proposed forestry programme; if he will confirm whether these discussions have delayed the application being ratified by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33454/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

564. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 27 June 2023, the number of applications to the protein aid scheme in 2023; the number of applications to the protein aid scheme in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33510/23]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

585. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 27 June 2023, if he will provide specific scoring deadlines across all ACRES streams; if he will clarify if within the co-operation project stream there are different scoring deadlines for Department-hired advisors and privately hired advisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34306/23]

Legislative Measures

Claire Kerrane

161. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the proposed legislation to bring forward changes to the child maintenance system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32093/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

159. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the recently announced TAMS woman farmer capital investment scheme, if he is aware of the concerns outlined by a group (details supplied) regarding criteria set out in the scheme; if he will outline how his Department intends to engage to address issues around access to the scheme for women farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/23]

Climate Change Policy

Claire Kerrane

161. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline what consideration has been given to calculating carbon credits for the agricultural sector, in view of the fact that it was previously noted that afforestation and anaerobic digestion are two specific areas that are not related to agricultural emissions in terms of credits and considering that comparing carbon sequestration with carbon emissions is needed to provide a clear picture of progress in meeting climate-related targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32610/23]

Tax Code

Claire Kerrane

227. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise on rates of heavy oil tax from 2020 to the end of 2024 including rate changes through each of these years; if he will provide a breakdown of the carbon and non-carbon components for each rate; if he will provide this information, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32382/23]

Industrial Development

Claire Kerrane

275. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide, in tabular form, the number of visits by the IDA to counties Roscommon and Galway, and the location of each visit in 2022 and to date in 2023. [32780/23]

State Bodies

Claire Kerrane

373. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise on the current backlog of cases with An Bord Pleanála; the average timeline for completion on decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32652/23]

Immigration Status

Claire Kerrane

434. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice what engagement his Department had with the Department for Health on visa criteria for non-EEA healthcare assistants, particularly with regard to family reunification processes and eligibility criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32389/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

447. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on what supports his Department will offer to grain growers in the State in relation to recent grain import costs with regard to reports of grain being imported from Ukraine at approximately €160 per tonne, in comparison to current market prices of €202 per tonne for barley, €223 per tonne for wheat and €430 per tonne for oilseed rape; given the effect these important will have on domestic prices and as the harvest season commences; considering grain growers in other EU states, such as Poland and Latvia, have been provided with compensation for losses experienced due to imports of Ukrainian grain; in view of his acknowledgement of a reduction in funding for the tillage sector under the new CAP Pillar 1 measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32137/23]

Agriculture Industry

Claire Kerrane

459. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of BDGP herds that were also included in BEEP-S in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32415/23]

Agriculture Industry

Claire Kerrane

460. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the drop-in BDGP participation in 2023 on 2022 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32416/23]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

461. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of BEEP herds, by county in 2022 and to date 2023, by the number of herds with 15 cow/calf pairs or less; the number of herds with between 16-30 cow/calf pairs; the number of herds with more than 30 cow/calf pairs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32417/23]

Departmental Data

Claire Kerrane

462. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise the number of BEEP herds, by number of cows in each, ranging from one to 100 cows, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32498/23]