Parliamentary questions

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

112. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to make a statement outlining the laws and regulations currently covering covert human intelligence sources; and the plans, if any, she has for changes in same. [25850/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Pa Daly

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any further plans to audit emergency accommodation beds to identify vacancy after the audit carried out in mid-March of this year. [25749/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the spread of the 13,000 bed capacity among Reception and Integration Centres and Accommodation Centres in the Comprehensive Accommodation Strategy for International Protection Applicants. [25750/24]

National Broadband Plan

Pa Daly

86. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when fibre broadband will be connected to a residence (details supplied) give the person needs same for their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/24]

Employment Rights

Pa Daly

229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures from a report (details supplied) that have been implemented; the measures still outstanding;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pa Daly

262. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the additional supports that will be in place for a child (details supplied) who is beginning junior infants in September 2024 and has a full diagnosis of autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24632/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

552. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice procedures, inclusive of the processing time for first instance decisions, as well as IPAT appeals and judicial reviews in applicable cases, in tabular form [25205/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

644. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of State-owned buildings that have been built or acquired for the purposes of accommodating beneficiaries of temporary protection, with a breakdown of the number of units delivered by county, the bed capacity per building delivered, the capital cost per building and per bed delivered, in each of the years 2022 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25206/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

645. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the occupancy of IPAS accommodation at the end of each month from January 2023 to May 2024; and to provide a breakdown of new entrants to IPAS accommodation and the number of persons exiting IPAS by month from January 2023 to May 2024, in tabular form [25207/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

646. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by persons that applied for international protection from January 2023, with a breakdown of the duration spent in IPAS accommodation by applicants processed under the standard and accelerated procedure respectively from January 2023 to April 2024, in tabular form [25208/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

647. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by international protection beneficiaries following the grant of status and the duration spent in IPAS accommodation by persons denied protection status post-decision for applications in which a final decision was made from January 2023. [25209/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

648. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people in State-funded accommodation both Ukrainian and International Protection Applicants each month since January 2023 not including those in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25210/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pa Daly

720. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an urology appointment in Cork University Hospital for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pa Daly

721. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a surgical procedure in Cork University Hospital, as their condition is affecting their day-to-day living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24858/24]

Ambulance Service

Pa Daly

767. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an intake of paramedics into the National Ambulance Service, recruiting from individuals already on panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25049/24]

Third Level Reform

Pa Daly

895. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures being put in place for those with special educational needs within further and higher education; the resources that have been given to this area over the past five years;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24720/24]

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]