Parliamentary questions

Public Inquiries

Gino Kenny

74. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) almost two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60571/22]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

506. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug Treatment Data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [61089/22]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

507. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug Treatment Data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [60570/22]

Cabinet Committees

Gino Kenny

27. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [59248/22]

Health Service Executive

Gino Kenny

174. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has rehired a person (details supplied) who was heavily criticised in the investigation into the organ retention scandal in the mid-2000s; and if he will outline the hiring process that was employed. [59626/22]

Departmental Investigations

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress of the interim report by the independent review group into sexual abuse in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57624/22]

Naval Service

Gino Kenny

24. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his views on the recruitment and retention crisis in the Irish Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57622/22]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

38. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his views on reports that the number of personnel going AWOL in the Defence Forces will hit a ten-year high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57623/22]

School Staff

Gino Kenny

61. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that two in every three primary schools in Dublin does not have its full quota of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58363/22]

School Staff

Gino Kenny

113. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that special education needs teachers are being diverted to other classes simply to keep schools open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58364/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

105. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that he has taken on behalf of Ireland at UN level and EU level relating to the protest movement in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57534/22]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

114. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent United Nations committee decision to adopt a draft Palestinian resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation of Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57535/22]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

125. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish position on Israel's condemnation of so-called American "interference" in the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57538/22]

Official Engagements

Gino Kenny

143. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any recent engagement that he has had with the ambassadors of Ukraine and Russia to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57536/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

146. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the repression of the Uyghur people in China by the Chinese state; his plans on behalf of Ireland, given Ireland's position on the UN Security Council and in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57537/22]

School Admissions

Gino Kenny

389. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the pressure of the lack of secondary school places in the Clondalkin area for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57509/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gino Kenny

444. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that frontline workers who were asked to return to work back in the Irish healthcare system under the "be on call for Ireland" campaign do not receive PRSI contribution benefits for dental check or glasses, due to the fact that 2020 contributions are calculated and if they have not worked a full year in 2020 they do not receive dental check or glasses, regardless of 2021 contributions or any previous contributions which they had made before emigration; and if she will provide a waiver for frontline workers, in order to receive free dental checks or glasses. [57541/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

610. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that plans for the redeployment of those working as Covid swabbers and testers for the HSE, who are due to finish up on 21 November 2022, will be guaranteed job before Christmas (details supplied). [57522/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

177. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if public health nurses will no longer be carrying out developmental routine baby and child checks unless the child is recommended by a medical practitioner as priority or considered priority by a public health nurse (details supplied); and if so, the reason that developmental routine checks for all children are no longer available. [56805/22]

National Car Test

Gino Kenny

176. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a policy change by the company operating the NCT service which sees unqualified staff conducting vehicle tests; if his Department has any concerns over the safety issues of using unqualified staff in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56265/22]

Bus Services

Gino Kenny

177. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the current crisis of bus driver shortages and recruitment; the way in which the BusConnects programme can be implemented in Dublin, given the failure to retain and recruit sufficient drivers by all companies that are needed for the expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56266/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Gino Kenny

397. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review will be carried out of community employment schemes with a focus on persons with a disability, given that it is currently not suitable for disability allowance recipients (details supplied). [56542/22]

Social Welfare Code

Gino Kenny

398. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who are in receipt of the disability allowance on a community employment scheme who started before 16 November 2022 will be issued with the one-off cost-of-living payment of €500 given that reports show that persons with a disability are the most vulnerable to poverty; and if the matter will be examined. [56543/22]

Immigration Status

Gino Kenny

470. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding applications that have yet to be processed under the undocumented migrant scheme which closed in July 2022; and the cause of the delays in those outstanding applications. [56272/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Gino Kenny

115. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the new actions that he is proposing to take, in light of the news that over 27,000 persons left Ireland's emergency departments before receiving treatment between July and September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55686/22]

Tax Code

Gino Kenny

282. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will review tax increases for BIK tax on company cars (details supplied). [54986/22]

Planning Issues

Gino Kenny

398. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received a recommendation from the Office of the Planning Regulator in relation to the South Dublin County Council development plan 2022-2028; if so, the content of the recommendation; and the action that he is taking on foot of receipt of the recommendation. [54955/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

440. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the likely declaration of famine in Somalia; the steps that the Irish Government proposes to do in regard to this deteriorating situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54748/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

441. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken in relation to the potential famine in Somalia in view of Ireland’s seat at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54749/22]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

442. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his view on comments made by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the need for greater transparency regarding climate finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54750/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

443. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps the Irish Government is taking in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54753/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Gino Kenny

444. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland is taking in response to the Israeli defence forces and mounting violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54754/22]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

450. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on comments made by Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the need for greater transparency regarding climate finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54963/22]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

451. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he has taken and intends to take in regard to the brutal oppression being inflicted by the Iranian regime on protestors in Iran, given Ireland's seat on the UN Security Council, and with his foreign affairs counterparts in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54964/22]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

452. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the steps that he has taken with the Iranian ambassador in regard to the brutal violence being perpetrated on Iranian protestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54965/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

453. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the measures that the Government is taking in regard to what China is doing to the Uighur people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54966/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Gino Kenny

454. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that Ireland is taking in response to the Israeli defence forces and mounting violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54967/22]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

490. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his visit to Irish troops in UNIFIL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54795/22]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

491. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will expand on his comments where he spoke about greater involvement by Irish companies in the global military industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54796/22]

Ukraine War

Gino Kenny

492. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will detail Irish participation in an EU training exercise for the Ukrainian military; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54797/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

493. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline Ireland’s relationship with NATO under the NATO-PfP; the funding that Ireland has supplied under the NATO-PfP to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54798/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

1166. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that a large number of Covid-19 swabbers currently employed in testing centres face lay-offs in late November 2022; the exact numbers planned for lay-offs; if these staff, who worked throughout the pandemic, will be redeployed elsewhere; if he will intervene to ensure that these front-line workers are kept on the payroll over the Christmas period given the likely surge in Covid-19 cases and the need for such trained staff in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55177/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

615. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [52954/22]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

42. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the actions that she has taken and plans to take in response to the substantial shortcomings found on handling of 999 calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52404/22]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

43. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has submitted a report to the UN highlighting the case of a person, recommending that the investigation include consideration of issues of race and discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52408/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

80. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the latest position on conducting a review of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52402/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

104. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined, to ensure the safety of nurses and midwives in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52403/22]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

119. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has made kaftrio available to all adults and children who need the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52400/22]

Mental Health Services

Gino Kenny

157. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on the CAMHS waiting list nationally; the number waiting for care for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Gino Kenny

182. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the dangerous under-staffing and overcrowding conditions in the Mater Hospital recently highlighted by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52399/22]

Substance Misuse

Gino Kenny

330. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, the national drug treatment reporting system: 2015-2021 drug treatment data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [52406/22]

General Practitioner Services

Gino Kenny

747. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which GPs are charging menopausal women fees well in excess of normal rates for appointments relating to the menopause, including prescriptions for HRT medications, meaning that some women who do not have a medical card are having to go without GP visits and their medication; if he will acknowledge the necessity of healthcare and HRT treatment for women in menopause, and that it should not be based on ability to pay; his views on this practice; if he can intervene in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51426/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Gino Kenny

128. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the widespread anger at his decision not to go ahead with an independent review of the testimonies given by survivors of mother-and-baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50636/22]

International Protection

Gino Kenny

130. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) published that states that the Irish protection system is in crisis, that there has been a serious and unprecedented breakdown in Ireland's reception system and that a whole-of-Government response is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50635/22]

Grant Payments

Gino Kenny

135. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address issues (details supplied) in relation to recognising students in the SUSI application system who started college under age 23 years and who live independently from their parents; and if the matter will be examined and the issues addressed. [50525/22]

Cabinet Committees

Gino Kenny

17. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinetcommittee that deals with matters relating to justice will next meet. [44843/22]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

337. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the report on income eligibility for social housing that was completed in December 2021; and when the recommendations from that report will be implemented. [50155/22]

State Examinations

Gino Kenny

439. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the definitive date for the publishing of 2022 junior certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50186/22]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to the Israeli ambassador to Ireland on the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

31. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent French naval exercises off the coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34165/22]

Cabinet Committees

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [44844/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gino Kenny

388. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in relation to a new building for a school; and if she will fast-track these build plans urgently. [48200/22]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

691. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; when the review will commence; the length of time that it will take to conclude; when the report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48465/22]

Energy Prices

Gino Kenny

38. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of energy users who will have submitted gas and electricity meter readings for August and September 2022 and who are concerned that they will be subjected to the 30% plus price increase rates for the remainder of the month and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46694/22]

Bus Services

Gino Kenny

30. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport whether the difficulty by bus companies in recruiting and retaining staff will delay or hinder plans to improve public transport and to reach climate targets; if his Department plans to deal with staffing levels specifically on public service obligation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/22]

Bus Éireann

Gino Kenny

49. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport his concerns that the working conditions and pay of drivers in Bus Éireann may be affecting the staffing levels needed at the company; if he will meet with the National Transport Authority to examine whether their contracting and tendering model is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/22]

Aviation Industry

Gino Kenny

16. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the contact that he has had with a company (details supplied) about the recent cancellation of flights due to an IT issue; his plans to acknowledge that many passengers were considerably out-of-pocket as a result of cancellations with extra costs such as accommodation, food and travel to different airports and destinations and lost annual leave days being incurred; his plans to urge the company to compensate passengers for losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46060/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

470. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will increase core funding to community drug projects by 10% in Budget 2023 in view of the fact that there has been no increase in core funding since 2013 despite the escalating demands on these projects; if he will consider the substantial increases in energy and fuel costs experienced by drug and alcohol taskforces and commit to this much-needed increase in core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45408/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Gino Kenny

517. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated monthly cost to the Exchequer of providing universal free antigen tests. [45628/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

696. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn the recent report that a court in Nigeria has imposed a sentence of death by stoning on three men for homosexual acts; if he will contact the relevant parties in Nigeria to express abhorrence at this practice; if he will take all the steps that are necessary to ensure that this death sentence does not proceed as planned given the impact it will have on Nigeria’s international standing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42059/22]

Family Support Services

Gino Kenny

1209. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to a review of the statutory services that are provided in the Newcastle and Rathcoole areas given the demographics in these areas; the statutory services that are funded by the HSE and the Child and Family Support Agency for children and family services and organisations; the services that are funded through other sources, for example, through Pobal and the Department of Education, that are currently available in these areas; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these communities are being affected by a lack of these services; the plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42182/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

1531. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 10 May 2022, if he will provide an update on public health nurse recruitment in the Lucan area. [42126/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

1532. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the interim measures that are in place for parents seeking a public health check for their children given that there is no public health nurse in Lucan. [42127/22]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

1533. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status and progress of the National Clinical Programme for adults with ADHD in the CHO7 area; and when a programme will be up and running in the CHO7 area. [42128/22]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

1534. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health in the interim of waiting for the National Clinical Programme for adults with ADHD in the CHO7 area the measures that are in place for children who are on medication for ADHD and turn 18 years and are classed then as an adult; and the location in which they can obtain a prescription to continue with their medication given that it is vital that they still have access to their medication and general practitioner services cannot prescribe this medication. [42129/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

1535. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE is having problems recruiting staff for vital health services (details supplied); and if he will provide a detailed account of the problems experienced in recruiting staff. [42131/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

1536. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed account of his Department’s plans, if any, to address problems in recruiting staff for vital health services (details supplied). [42132/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

1652. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in distributing the €1000 pandemic bonus payment to certain eligible frontline workers, including section 39 workers; when all those eligible will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42538/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

1732. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the Rowlagh health centre in Clondalkin will re-open to the public following its recent closure due to a public health issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40168/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gino Kenny

84. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to change the thresholds or to alter the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34961/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gino Kenny

129. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of ceasing her Department's current policy of removing persons from the fuel allowance qualification if their income increases marginally especially given the current energy cost crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34962/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gino Kenny

331. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the signature of a person can be provided in order to avail of social welfare supports in cases in which the person is unconscious and critically ill in hospital; the contingencies that are in place in these instances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38177/22]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

82. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he acknowledges that the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP, is not fulfilling its potential given that only 12 persons have been registered on the MCAP, the limitations to date and the programme’s upcoming clinical review. [38141/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

88. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is granted the pay parity with their laboratory colleagues that they have been seeking for 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Gino Kenny

107. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is consulting its members on taking industrial action on overcrowding in the country’s emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/22]

Abortion Services

Gino Kenny

135. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland’s abortion laws have been described by members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee as inhumane and discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37648/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

138. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined to ensure the safety of nurses and midwives in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37647/22]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Gino Kenny

139. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has met with thalidomide survivors; the steps that he will take in relation to the serious issues affecting them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/22]

Substance Misuse

Gino Kenny

967. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug Treatment Data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [35957/22]

Anti-Racism Measures

Gino Kenny

140. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the national action plan against racism will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36738/22]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

146. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a research report published on 29 June 2022 by an organisation (details supplied) which found that 52% of respondents said at least one of the persons they care for are currently on a waiting list for services; the actions that he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36737/22]

Immigration Policy

Gino Kenny

29. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme to ensure those who are unsuccessful in their application to the scheme will not suffer targeting and deportation as a result of their attempt to get documented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35958/22]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

47. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a report submitted to the United Nations by an organisation (details supplied) highlighting the case of a person who was killed by gardaí, the unacceptable delays in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation into their death and recommending that the investigation include consideration of issues of race and discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35956/22]

Traveller Community

Gino Kenny

54. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Launch Landmark Report published recently by the University of Limerick that found that Travellers’ trust in the Irish criminal justice system is extremely low and that fears of wrongful arrest, excessive use of force, wrongful conviction, disproportionately high sentences and wrongful imprisonment frame the way that Travellers engage with and experience the criminal justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35955/22]

Public Inquiries

Gino Kenny

61. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in a hit-and-run near their home in Monaghan over ten years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35959/22]

Departmental Policies

Gino Kenny

73. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his vision for Ireland’s ultimate future role in European defence projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34164/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gino Kenny

602. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the many schools that are required by her Department to open an ASD unit that will not have any staff members with specialised qualifications to cater for students in the unit; if her attention has been drawn to the many teachers who applied for the Graduate Diploma in Education of Pupils on the Autism Spectrum in Dublin City University for the next academic year who have not been successful in securing a place as the university could only award 18 places for which there were 80 applicants; if there are plans to increase graduate diploma places; the other educational supports and opportunities that will be provided to teachers in order that they can meet the needs of pupils on the autism spectrum in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33870/22]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

815. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the disability capacity review; if the review will be published before budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34003/22]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

100. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update to the Houses of the Oireachtas on any engagement he has had with the European Union or the Polish Government on the ban on abortion in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

105. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent report published by Observatory of Multinationals in Latin America, SumOfUs and the Latin America Solidarity Centre that has highlighted serious socio-environmental impacts and human rights violations arising from Smurfit Kappa’s operations in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33162/22]