Parliamentary questions

Housing Policy

Mairéad Farrell

361. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the instances where an AHB can purchase housing units for use as social housing; where this policy can be found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21202/24]

Further and Higher Education

Mairéad Farrell

682. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 2 May 2024, how the Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute, which is neither an ETB or TU, provides off-the-job training for craft apprentices (details supplied); if he is satisfied that ETBs and TUs cover the entire population of craft apprentice instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Mairéad Farrell

71. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 30 April 2024, if there are alternative documents that can be supplied in a case where a person is not in contact with their parent and cannot provide current identification for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20558/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

137. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to confirm if he will respect the recent High Court judgement (details supplied) in relation to the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme, and if the pensioners will be awarded their long awaiting pension increase without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

138. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he can confirm that CIÉ will immediately comply with its legal obligations to appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20747/24]

School Staff

Mairéad Farrell

224. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she has she any plans to reinstate the special education diploma allowance in full on 1 September 2025 through the local bargaining fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20741/24]

Bus Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

232. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will consider engaging with Bus Éireann to allow flexibility to secondary school students who take part in after-school activities to use regular Bus Éireann services with their school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20849/24]

Local Authorities

Mairéad Farrell

292. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department compiles data on the number of qualified tradespeople employed in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20774/24]

Housing Provision

Mairéad Farrell

293. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes built directly by each local authority in each of the years 2021 to 2023, in tabular form, broken down by whether they were delivered by direct labour employed by the local authority or through subcontracting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20776/24]

An Garda Síochána

Mairéad Farrell

350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, from the reopening of the Garda College in 2014, the total number of gardaí recruited through the Public Appointments Service. [20252/24]

An Garda Síochána

Mairéad Farrell

351. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the average number of gardaí for each of the years between 2020 and 2023 inclusive; and the average number of sergeants employed by An Garda Síochána in each of those four years. [20254/24]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Mairéad Farrell

382. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the date and location of the next citizenship ceremony; the number of ceremonies that will take place in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20606/24]

Research and Development

Mairéad Farrell

662. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the criteria or considerations that the Government evaluates when deciding on membership in European Research Infrastructure Consortia, such as EATRIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20757/24]

Research and Development

Mairéad Farrell

663. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will set up an interdepartmental working group to consider the benefits of Ireland joining EATRIS, the ERIC for translational research, given that research falls under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20758/24]

Community Development Projects

Mairéad Farrell

671. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Cappahoosh mountain trail in Connemara, which received funding through the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme; the status of the project; when it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20658/24]

Further and Higher Education

Mairéad Farrell

321. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the full list of colleges of further education and training which providing off-the-job training for craft apprentices, excluding the Education and Training Boards and Technological Universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/24]

Health Service Executive

Mairéad Farrell

292. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to a matter, he will outline the reason the HSE used a recruitment firm (details supplied) for the recruitment of administrative staff; the number of staff recruited between the period January 2022 and June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19684/24]

Further and Higher Education

Mairéad Farrell

329. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, in relation to a matter (details supplied), he will identify the income that University of Limerick receives per annum from its commercial owned company in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19685/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Mairéad Farrell

139. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when a decision will issue, given that a review was expected in March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/24]

Inland Fisheries

Mairéad Farrell

167. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for the volte-face in relation to stock management operations on Lough Corrib (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/24]