Parliamentary questions

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Pa Daly

220. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she expects the installation of the CCTV project that was sought for three schemes (details supplied) in Killarney, County Kerry, with particular emphasis on scheme 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24455/24]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Pa Daly

42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to combat large class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23770/24]

School Staff

Pa Daly

55. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the staffing appeal by a school (details supplied). [23771/24]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

273. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of targeted and delivered social and affordable homes in Kerry for the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [23709/24]

Work Permits

Pa Daly

338. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she would consider allowing the spouses of non-EU PhD students the right to work where they hold a stamp 2A permission. [23847/24]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

130. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application can be expedited (details supplied). [22651/24]

Immigration Policy

Pa Daly

431. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current family accompaniment waiting times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

463. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the community access support team trial in Limerick. [22910/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for cataract eye surgery as they are visually impaired and the issue is impacting on their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22520/24]

Waterways Issues

Pa Daly

190. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine restoration works at the Abha Bheag-Owveg river and the Feale river near the metal bridge at Kilmaniheen West, Knocknagoshel. [22140/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Pa Daly

8. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application to the foreign births register (details supplied) will be expedited. [22094/24]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21489/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

472. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of reserve Gardaí who have been attested to date from Garda College in Templemore from the first intake in December 2006; the number of reserve Gardaí currently remaining in the force; and the number of reserve Gardaí who obtained their Annual Allowance in 2023. [21821/24]

Illicit Trade

Pa Daly

152. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking with regard to the illegal importation and manufacturing of tobacco products, including cigarettes and vapes. [20218/24]

Illicit Trade

Pa Daly

153. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of scanners the Revenue Commissioners have in possession to scan shipping containers at major ports in the State. [20219/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

468. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount paid by IPAS to private security firms for the years 2020 to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20681/24]

Residency Permits

Pa Daly

210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the IRP card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [20004/24]

Legislative Programme

Pa Daly

197. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, further to the published summer legislative programme, the provisions that the proposed Intoxicating Liquor Bill will contain. [19663/24]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

288. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the CAMHS redress scheme, the north Kerry lookback review; whether a redress scheme will be considered for that area, to include those who have already received apologies from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19676/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pa Daly

679. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with the ENT clinic in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19009/24]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

116. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 7 November 2023, for an update on the establishment of the Penal Policy Consultative Council. [18188/24]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

117. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current number of persons on remand, by prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18190/24]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the reports that have been submitted to her office by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons that are awaiting publication; the date of submission of each of these reports; when these reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18191/24]

Restorative Justice

Pa Daly

119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she will bring forward reform of community sanctions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18192/24]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the Inspection of the Places of Detention Bill 2022. [18193/24]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her current plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. [18194/24]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently engaged with the bail supervision scheme in the youth justice system; her plans to extend this scheme to the adult population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18195/24]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of former prisoners who have been referred to the housing first scheme since its establishment in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18196/24]

Programme for Government

Pa Daly

124. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce legislation to address the issue of spent convictions; and her plans for reform in the area. [18197/24]

Court Accommodation

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the upgrading of Tralee courthouse. [17367/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

3. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the projected number of trainees who will begin training and will attest through Garda training for this calendar year and if any changes to the training are proposed. [17368/24]

Office of Director of Public Prosecutions

Pa Daly

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the increases that have been made to funding to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the years 2020 to 2024. [17250/24]

School Staff

Pa Daly

287. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the extra resources she has dedicated to implementing the new policy on breastfeeding breaks for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17524/24]

Court Procedures

Pa Daly

434. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 17 October 2023, the breakdown for the current wait times for an initial hearing in the District, Circuit, Central, High and Supreme Courts, in tabular form. [17539/24]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

435. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the number of convictions secured for knife-related crimes for 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17550/24]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

447. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for a tabular breakdown of the number of cases involving knives and prosecuted under section 9(1) of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 Act, which have been referred to the DPP and prosecuted for the years 2009-2024 inclusive. [17738/24]

State Bodies

Pa Daly

459. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent to date on establishment and operation of the Office of the Gambling Regulator. [18007/24]

Coroners Service

Pa Daly

473. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting times for the completion of an inquest, by coronial service area, in tabular form. [18064/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

556. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications for an enduring power of attorney have been made by solely online means; and how many have been made using other means since the establishment of the Decision Support Service. [17905/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

557. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of decision support arrangement applications lodged with the Decision Support Service, by month, since its establishment, in tabular form. [17906/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

558. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of decision support arrangement applications that have been approved by the Decision Support Service, by month since its establishment, in tabular form. [17907/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

559. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of enduring power of attorney applications lodged with the Decision Support Service, by month, since its establishment, in tabular form. [17908/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

560. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of enduring power of attorney applications that have been approved by the Decision Support Service, by month, since its establishment, in tabular form. [17909/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

561. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of co-decision-making agreement applications lodged with the Decision Support Service, by month, since its establishment in tabular form. [17910/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

562. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of co-decision-making agreement applications that have been approved by the Decision Support Service, by month, since its establishment, in tabular form. [17911/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

596. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive botox injections into lower lumbar region as the person has been waiting for same over three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Pa Daly

159. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the additional current costs he anticipates will be involved in revising the Garda retirement age upward from 60 to 62 years. [17243/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

255. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the first- and full-year cost of paying Garda trainees a training allowance at the lowest point on the Garda pay scale for the duration of their training. [17241/24]

Departmental Reviews

Pa Daly

256. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the current policy or legislative reviews taking place within her Department; and the actual and projected costs associated with each, in tabular form. [17242/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Pa Daly

257. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the costs associated with the establishment of the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17245/24]

Residency Permits

Pa Daly

258. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the cost of creating one IRP card in 2023. [17246/24]

Domestic Violence

Pa Daly

259. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of familicides or domestic homicides that have taken place in the past five years; and the estimated cost to her Department or any other organisation of reviewing the causes behind each incident of same. [17247/24]

Legal Aid

Pa Daly

260. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current budget for the Family Law Legal Aid Panel. [17248/24]

Youth Services

Pa Daly

261. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the projected cost of a doubling of Garda diversion schemes. [17249/24]

Legal Aid

Pa Daly

262. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the cost of a 10% increase in funding for legal aid. [17251/24]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

263. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the cost of a 10% increase in Prison Service funding. [17252/24]

Restorative Justice

Pa Daly

264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the cost to double investment in restorative justice programmes. [17253/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

291. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an urgent appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital, given two surgery appointments have been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17148/24]

Wastewater Treatment

Pa Daly

69. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide funding to connect Birch Hill Estate and Old Killarney Village Cottages to the public sewerage scheme at Aghadoe, Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16811/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Pa Daly

310. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education what consideration she has given to the condensing of the Professional Masters of Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16324/24]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

508. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to bring forward proposals to replace the Offences Against the State Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16260/24]

Forestry Sector

Pa Daly

531. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the issue of fireblight and its threat to native hawthorn trees and hedgerows. [16078/24]

Health Services

Pa Daly

693. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide a minor injuries clinic for Kerry. [16240/24]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

694. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide extra respite beds in hospitals in Kerry. [16241/24]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

695. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide extra orthopaedic surgeries and beds, as per a capital project request from University Hospital Kerry. [16242/24]

Road Projects

Pa Daly

191. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport what the grant allocation of €150,000 for the Tralee to An Daingean route N86 in 2024 will be utilised for (details supplied). [13906/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Pa Daly

404. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to consider expanding the eligibility period for the CLÁR route for trainee teachers, to expand the potentially eligible number of returning trainees. [13693/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Pa Daly

420. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to consider expanding the eligibility period for the Covid Amendment Regulation route for trainee teachers, to expand the potentially eligible number of returning trainees. [13900/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pa Daly

520. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if a national school (details supplied) will be provided with extra supports including extra special education hours given that out of 143 pupils it has 66 children accessing supports which represents 46% of the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14884/24]

Local Elections

Pa Daly

671. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if firefighters can be excluded from Circular LG(P) 06/09 ''Local Government Act 2001 (Section 161) Order 2004'' which prohibits local authority employees from contesting the forthcoming local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14843/24]

Legislative Process

Pa Daly

818. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to move the remaining stages of the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022. [13563/24]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

874. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to move the next stage of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023. [14259/24]

Health Services

Pa Daly

1242. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make a speech and language therapy clinic available in Ospidéal Pobail Chorca Dhuibhne, County Kerry, to enable children in local area to access same rather than travelling to Tralee. [13741/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

1384. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied), who has been diagnosed with cataracts, can expect to receive surgery to remove same in Cork University Hospital, as it is severely affecting their day-to-day living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/24]

Road Projects

Pa Daly

113. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will carry out works to improve the junction of the N72 at Brack Hill, County Kerry. [7162/24]

Road Projects

Pa Daly

119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding to Transport Infrastructure Ireland for a by-pass for Killorglin, which has been part of the County Development plan since 2015. [7161/24]

Road Safety

Pa Daly

193. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views regarding the rejection of a Section 38 request for a safety improvement project funded under safety improvement works (details supplied); if Kerry County Council and Tralee Municipal District will be considered for future funding after the rejection [12915/24]

School Transport

Pa Daly

427. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the reason a school bus route (details supplied) has not resumed since it was stopped during Covid restrictions. [12018/24]

Immigration Policy

Pa Daly

816. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if guidelines for carriers under section 2, subsection (8) of the Immigration Act 2003 have been published, and if so, if she will provide a copy of same. [11810/24]

Legislative Programme

Pa Daly

819. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; and when it will proceed to the remaining stages. [11865/24]

Legislative Programme

Pa Daly

825. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she plans to bring forward the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023 following the publication of the pre-legislative scrutiny report. [12067/24]

Traveller Community

Pa Daly

833. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No 112 of 22 November 2023, what measures have been taken with regard to named recommendations of the Irish Travellers' Access to Justice Report, which her Department advised on (details supplied). [12159/24]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

1354. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with the orthodontic department in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12211/24]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

1357. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for child dental and orthodontic services in St. Finbarr's County Cork, and if he plans to introduce measures to alleviate same. [12233/24]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

1413. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment to have orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12514/24]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

1536. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the impact of the recruitment ban on mental health services, especially what services have been prioritised and which have been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13257/24]

Pension Provisions

Pa Daly

170. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the CIÉ salaried pensioners association report; if he agrees with the contents that the CIÉ superannuation scheme increase is sustainable at 2.6%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10325/24]

Health Services

Pa Daly

669. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if a course of dialectical behaviour therapy can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10144/24]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

684. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for dialectical behaviour therapy in Ireland as it is reported there is a minimum of 18 months wait for people who live with mental health issues. [10225/24]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

685. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if an appointment with a physio can be expedited for a person (details supplied) as they must have their orthopaedic shoes replaced regularly due to a disability in their leg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10231/24]

Rail Network

Pa Daly

26. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the reason why there are regularly no catering services on the Tralee to Dublin line, in light of the fact it is the longest train journey in the State. [9711/24]

School Facilities

Pa Daly

186. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if funding or grants are available for school playgrounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8641/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Pa Daly

312. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision in regard to a carer’s allowance appeal in respect of their spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9065/24]

Immigration Support Services

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the changes that have been made to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, Oireachtas email address, and if representations from TDs about immigration and asylum issues will still be acknowledged and processed. [8129/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

2. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the targeted number of Garda recruits in each cohort to begin training in Templemore and to attest for the year 2024, in tabular form. [8130/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

155. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8173/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pa Daly

309. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 13 February 2024, if she will consider making SNAs in current positions permanent before any new cohort of SNAs qualify this year, to prevent the redundancy of existing senior SNAs and their replacement by newly qualified SNAs. [7945/24]

Asylum Applications

Pa Daly

403. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to clarify what details are taken from asylum applicants at airports and ferryports, including fingerprints, photographs and verification of identification, before a full application for asylum is made at the INIS offices within five working days. [7437/24]

Departmental Policies

Pa Daly

278. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to her own remarks on the matter (details supplied), what opt in procedure the Government will adopt with respect to the New Pact on Migration and Asylum of the EU; and, in particular, whether the opt in will be exercised under article 3 or article 4 of Protocol 21 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon. [7154/24]

Asylum Applications

Pa Daly

282. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated number of asylum applicants who produce documentation confirming their identity at any point during the asylum process for the years 2018 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7200/24]