Parliamentary questions

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

260. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there is a national and-or regional waiting list or register for those with an intellectual disability in need of residential placement; if so, the person or body responsible for the maintenance of the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21047/24]

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

261. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of adults on the waiting list for a residential placement; the number of new residential placements created, staffed and opened; the number of new placements filled by residents moved from a congregated setting; the number filled by residents moving from family homes in each of the years 2022 and 2023; and the number of new placements that are due to be fully funded and opened in 2024. [21048/24]

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

262. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in the State with an intellectual disability who are aged 40 years or over. [21049/24]

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

263. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with an intellectual disability who are living in State-funded accommodation. [21050/24]

Maternity Leave

Neasa Hourigan

268. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to amend current legislation which prevents women from deferring their maternity leave while they are being treated and recovering from cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Neasa Hourigan

271. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2019 to 2024, 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. [21165/24]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

314. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the spending to date on the development, implementation and rollout of the national maternal and newborn clinical management system for the HSE, in tabular form, and classed by company; the timeline or timeframe; and the purpose and desired or completed output. [21161/24]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

315. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the spending to date on the development, implementation and rollout of the HSE patient app, in tabular form, and classed by company; the timeline or timeframe; and the purpose and desired or completed output. [21162/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Neasa Hourigan

317. 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 bodies under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2019 to 2024, 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. [21173/24]

Just Transition

Neasa Hourigan

88. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a timeline for when he will bring the Just Transition Taskforce's final report and recommendations forward for consideration by the Government; when the Just Transition Commission will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20680/24]

National Transport Authority

Neasa Hourigan

118. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport to provide NTA surveys of passengers at Dublin Airport 2016 and 2022 (details supplied), including a legend for the codes used in these spreadsheets; and to provide data on landside origins/destinations of passenger trips to and/or from Dublin Airport based on data NTA has collected in respect of 2016 and 2022. [20336/24]

Ports Policy

Neasa Hourigan

176. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a ship, the Sarah M, certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and seeking to head towards Greenore, County Louth; whether he is assured this vessel will not port and engage in export, which would be in contravention of sanctions placed upon Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/24]

Childcare Services

Neasa Hourigan

423. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work of the early learning and childcare stakeholder forum, particularly their work on issues around staff recruitment and retention within the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20108/24]

Foreign Policy

Neasa Hourigan

111. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement his Department has had with the German Government regarding the suppression of the use of the Irish language at public events in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20048/24]

Research and Development

Neasa Hourigan

153. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 25 April 2024, the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to social enterprises for research and innovation in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20102/24]

Electric Vehicles

Neasa Hourigan

106. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline who has responsibility for the planning, choosing of locations, management and maintenance of the national on-street EV charging network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19605/24]

Electric Vehicles

Neasa Hourigan

107. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the number of on-street EV charging stations per capita that his Department is aiming to see in place over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/24]

Electric Vehicles

Neasa Hourigan

108. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the contract tender and procurement policy around the provision of on-street EV charging stations for State and private operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19607/24]

Electric Vehicles

Neasa Hourigan

109. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the amount in funding that was utilised under the public charge point scheme; the number of councils that applied; the number of points installed under the same scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19608/24]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Neasa Hourigan

133. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to small and medium enterprises for research and innovation in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19619/24]