Parliamentary questions

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

461. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10114/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

462. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10132/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

520. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10117/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

521. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10135/23]

Mental Health Commission

Neasa Hourigan

615. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 8 February 2023, the specific way the legal position of the Mental Health Commission changed in respect of its oversight of the Owenacurra Centre closure in the final week of August 2022, such that it consulted with family members of residents at that stage, having declined to do so on the basis of legal restraints following requests for family consultation by a public representative and family members themselves in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/23]

Ambulance Service

Neasa Hourigan

641. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the task force examining the provision of emergency ambulance services in the Dublin region by the Dublin Fire Brigade; if the scope of the task force includes examining communication link-up between Dublin Fire Brigade and the National Ambulance Service in terms of handling incoming calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/23]

Ambulance Service

Neasa Hourigan

642. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when he plans to submit a business case for an upgraded, centralised phone system for the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10053/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

654. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10115/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

655. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10133/23]

Environmental Policy

Neasa Hourigan

698. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to ensure that Coillte’s remit supports the delivery of climate change commitments and the protection of biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9726/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

706. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10106/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

707. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10124/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

717. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by her Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10119/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

718. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by her Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10137/23]

Tax Code

Neasa Hourigan

234. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has reviewed the possible introduction of an accommodation tax for tourists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8791/23]

Special Educational Needs

Neasa Hourigan

385. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide additional places in a special reading school (details supplied) and in special reading schools generally throughout the Dublin area for children with severe dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8198/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

659. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022 and 299 of 19 January 2023, if he will provide the information already sought and not provided in the response to the latter parliamentary question, namely, a breakdown in tabular form of all costs associated with the removal of a row of trees outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022; to include the names of the companies or persons that were commissioned for each of these services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

715. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of matings in the greyhound racing and coursing industries that involved surgical artificial insemination in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; the number of those matings that involved the use of semen obtained from a sire deceased at the time the surgical artificial insemination occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8068/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

716. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons greyhounds trained by a person (details supplied) were allowed to compete at coursing competitions in Loughrea, County Galway and Clonmel County Tipperary, resulting in a win in the coursing derby final, considering that they received jail terms and very large fines in court following searches for illegal substances carried out of their property by his Department’s investigations unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8069/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

717. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effective date and duration of an exclusion order imposed by Rásaíocht Con Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8070/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

718. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and registered names of Irish greyhound sires that are used to breed both racing greyhounds and coursing greyhounds as confirmed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8071/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

719. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the greyhound derby semi-finals on a programme (details supplied) on 17 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8072/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

720. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the Greyhound Derby final on a programme (details supplied) on 24 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8073/23]

Low Pay

Neasa Hourigan

41. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No.50 of 08 February 2023, if his attention has been drawn to a Low Pay Commission report (details supplied) whose recommendations include that an interdepartmental working group be established and legal advice sought regarding the establishment of a universal basic income pilot scheme; his plans to do so; the reason he stated there are no plans to introduce or further trial universal basic income at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/23]

Special Educational Needs

Neasa Hourigan

103. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of schools in the Dublin area where the Minister has served a notice for additional provision for children with special educational needs under section 37A of the Education Act 1998; and the date such notices were served. [7440/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

200. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers known to be currently out of work due to long-Covid symptoms; his plans to devise a scheme that would grant financial security to those healthcare workers with long-Covid who contracted the virus in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

201. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1410 of 18 January 2023, the reason resident numbers in a centre (details supplied) continue to reduce following a move to single-room occupancy in the facility during the Covid emergency; the reason vacated placements in the centre are not being taken up by other service-users; if the HSE plans to wind down the service by gradually reducing the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

202. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the closure of a centre (details supplied) is related to the decision made by the HSE in 2022, and currently under review, to close another centre from the point of view of the HSEs or his Department’s national service-plan for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Neasa Hourigan

203. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork since January 2019; the number of companies in each case that tendered for the works; the cost in each case for the works; the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7695/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

204. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022 and 1553 of 18 January 2023, the reason that the HSE is not yet clear if a property that it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork, for the purpose of residential mental health placements will accommodate three or four residents even at the sale agreed stage of the purchase; if he will provide the total cost of this house purchase and any projected costs of further works that may need to be carried out on the house or grounds; whether planning permission will be required for its use as a mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Neasa Hourigan

206. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the date in Q2 2018 that his Department was informed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that the business case for a national electronic health record proposal was rejected. [7704/23]

Education and Training Boards

Neasa Hourigan

211. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when his Department will complete its engagement with the Department of Education and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in relation to sanctioning the offer made to adult education tutors employed by education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7199/23]

Proposed Legislation

Neasa Hourigan

235. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has conducted an independent review as to whether the draft planning and development Bill 2022 complies with all of Ireland’s commitments under the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6715/23]

Departmental Funding

Neasa Hourigan

484. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the level of funding provided to Frontex, the European Border Guard Agency, in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the proposed funding for 2023. [7018/23]

Departmental Funding

Neasa Hourigan

485. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice his views on a report from the European Anti-Fraud Office relating to the operational activities of Frontex and its alleged violations of fundamental rights; his plans to ensure that Frontex, which is part-funded by the State, is not violating human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/23]

Immigration Support Services

Neasa Hourigan

513. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice his plans to update and improve the immigration service’s online registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7051/23]

Medicinal Products

Neasa Hourigan

632. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the process by which pregnant people experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain cariban (doxylamine/pyridoxine); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6691/23]

Medicinal Products

Neasa Hourigan

633. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason cariban is only available under the community drug schemes when consultant obstetrician initiated as opposed to a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6692/23]

Medicinal Products

Neasa Hourigan

634. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme since it was made available under the community drug schemes. [6693/23]

Medicinal Products

Neasa Hourigan

635. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the medicines available under the drug payment scheme to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; the medicines available on the medical card to treat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6694/23]

State Bodies

Neasa Hourigan

46. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach when a new chair will be appointed to the north east inner city initiative; and if he will outline the process by which a new chair will be appointed. [5532/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

47. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5578/23]

Low Pay Commission

Neasa Hourigan

50. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce a universal basic income pilot in the lifetime of the Government, following the publication of a report (details supplied) by the ERSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5549/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

52. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5567/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

59. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5568/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

74. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5580/23]

Bus Services

Neasa Hourigan

87. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects a scheme (details supplied) to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála for approval. [5902/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

101. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5569/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

116. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5575/23]

Departmental Policies

Neasa Hourigan

125. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date in 2018 when the business case for a national electronic health record proposal was rejected by his Department; if he plans to review the criteria used in deciding the business case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/23]