Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

726. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16504/24]

Disease Management

Pauline Tully

727. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan with type 1 diabetes that are currently being referred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Temple Street Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; the reason these children require onward referral to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda or Temple Street Hospital as insulin pump therapy is available in Cavan General Hospital since Q4 2023. [16505/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

36. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress his Department has made regarding Action 9.2 of the Action Plan for Disability Services to establish along with the HSE a dedicated project implementation team to work with residents, CHOs, service providers, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to accelerate decongregation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15720/24]

Housing Schemes

Pauline Tully

61. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the vacant property refurbishment grant to allow applicants who are facing homelessness to move into the property prior to applying to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15721/24]

Health Strategies

Pauline Tully

180. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in respect to the HSE National Service Plan 2023 which places the projected outturn 2022 for the number of people with a disability in receipt of respite services ID/autism and physical and sensory disability at 5,170 if this figure accounts for both adults and children (details supplied). [15815/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Pauline Tully

92. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of payments (details supplied) as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [15535/24]

Official Engagements

Pauline Tully

43. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite a person (details supplied) to Ireland in the first half of 2024. [15099/24]

Passport Services

Pauline Tully

44. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications being processed within the Passport Office as of 2 April 2024. [15100/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Pauline Tully

505. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) was denied DEIS status given that all other primary schools in Cavan town have DEIS status; if this decision can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14750/24]

State Examinations

Pauline Tully

506. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education what State exams supports exist for students who have experienced traumatic events in the run up to the exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14751/24]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

536. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost to recruit 300 additional special education teacher posts. [15106/24]

Education and Training Boards

Pauline Tully

551. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if adult education tutors employed by ETBs other than BTEI adult educators are included in the salary increases indicated in Circular 0015/2022 under Building Momentum. [15347/24]

Planning Issues

Pauline Tully

717. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Planning and Development Act 2000 incorporates the principles of Universal Design; and if the Planning and Development Act 2000 places an obligation on local authorities to incorporate the principles of Universal Design in the delivery of public infrastructure and the built environment. [15442/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

923. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked Garda vans attached to the Cavan-Monaghan division in the years 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of these vans withdrawn from this division during same period. [15095/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

924. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of detective sergeant posts that have been filled within the Cavan-Monaghan division in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15096/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

925. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the ages of the Garda vehicle attached to the Garda technical bureau as 2 April 2024, in tabular form. [15097/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

926. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda public order unit vans that came into the fleet in the years 2023 and to date in 2024; if further Garda public order unit vans will come into the fleet later this year; and the number of these vans that have been withdrawn during this period, in tabular form. [15098/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1065. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of disabled adults and disabled children who reside in their family home who were provided with respite services either inside or outside of the family home. [13704/24]

Youth Services

Pauline Tully

1160. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for the youth service grant scheme within his Department in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [15092/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1161. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behavioural specialists, by location, working in children's disability network teams based in counties Cavan and Monaghan in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15093/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1162. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite places available in Cavan-Monaghan area from 2021 to date in 2024 for patients aged under 65 years old, in tabular form. [15094/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1177. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what medical supports are available outside of normal business hours, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, to enable disabled people to live independently in the community. [15356/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

1558. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE critical care nurses in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [15101/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

1559. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiation therapists working in each of the public hospitals at the end of March in the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form. [15102/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

1560. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists and nephrologist registrars working in each hospital part of the RCSI Group in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15103/24]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

1561. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of WTE vacancies of public health nurses, by health centre and primary care centre, within the Cavan-Monaghan area; and the expected timeframe for which these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [15104/24]

Education and Training Boards

Pauline Tully

1684. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 27 February 2024, if there is an update on the updated proposal submitted by his Department and the Department of Education to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform concerning the pay scale of tutors employed in ETBs to deliver FET programmes. [13709/24]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

1732. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of WTE compliance concerns managers at the grade of HEO working in the Charities Regulator in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15105/24]

Bus Services

Pauline Tully

78. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if he has concerns regarding the safety issues faced by disabled people in navigating floating bus islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13256/24]

Public Transport

Pauline Tully

93. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if transport policy is based on the principles of universal design; if he is considering legislation that mandates national mandatory minimum accessibility standards for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13255/24]

Tax Code

Pauline Tully

232. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [12073/24]

Departmental Policies

Pauline Tully

251. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the actions being taken to implement the proposals for a modern, fit-for-purpose vehicle adaptation scheme in line with international best practice that would replace the disabled drivers and disabled passenger's scheme. [12612/24]

Education Policy

Pauline Tully

491. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education to detail what future planning is undertaken to ensure that the necessary number of places required in both mainstream of special schools by children with additional educational needs are delivered prior to the start of the school year in both primary and secondary school. [12613/24]

Vacant Properties

Pauline Tully

667. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will permit applicants for the vacant property grant reside in the house prior to applying for the grant where they are facing homelessness. [12660/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

735. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason self-employed people are not entitled to claim carer's benefit; if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria whereby self-employed people can claim carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12074/24]

Pension Provisions

Pauline Tully

736. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will adjust the new flexible pension arrangements to allow people under the age of 70 years to work if they so choose and claim contributions towards a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12075/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

758. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has concerns regarding the equitability of the fact that disabled people over the age of 65 years were not entitled to the cost-of-living disability lump sum payments contained within either Budget 2023 or Budget 2024. [12611/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1130. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places that were available as of December 2023; and the number available to date in 2024, in tabular form. [11964/24]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

1337. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure newborn babies are screened for SMA and SCID in 2024 as he previously committed, considering the fact that the new laboratory to be located in the new National Children’s Hospital, will not be ready until at least Q2 2025; if consideration has been given by his Department for an interim solution to screen newborn babies for SMA and SCID in order to bridge the gap between year-end 2024 and the opening of the new National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12093/24]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

1447. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which the new pathway for children with type 1 diabetes will be implemented in Cavan Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; and the reason for the delay in implementing this service, which was due to start in Quarter 3/Quarter 4 of 2023. [12657/24]

Middle East

Pauline Tully

50. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will consider contributing to the aid drop currently being undertaken by Jordan to bypass the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which is in contravention of one of the six provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024 to allow humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11138/24]

Foreign Policy

Pauline Tully

57. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on a case (details supplied), whose two sons are being held in Egypt by their father without her consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11139/24]

Recycling Policy

Pauline Tully

93. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he has taken to rectify the deposit return scheme, which is inaccessible in its current format for disabled people, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11127/24]

Climate Action Plan

Pauline Tully

98. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail the consultation that has taken place with people with disabilities and their disabled persons representative organisations in relation to the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/24]

Courts Service

Pauline Tully

285. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice to detail the number of prosecutions for dangerous driving where the charges were dropped due to a technicality in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [11324/24]

Official Travel

Pauline Tully

91. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit Croatia within the first half of 2024. [10272/24]

Bus Services

Pauline Tully

239. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will include Bus Éireann in the schedule of bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [10274/24]

Departmental Advertising

Pauline Tully

240. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount spent on advertising within his Department in 2023 and for January 2024, in tabular form. [10275/24]

Regulatory Bodies

Pauline Tully

252. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE forensic accountants working in the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 26 February 2024; if he will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [10265/24]

Official Engagements

Pauline Tully

348. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she last met formally with either persons (details supplied); and when she expects to meet again with these persons. [10266/24]

Tourism Policy

Pauline Tully

349. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on tourism proposals for the Cavan-Monaghan area. [10267/24]

Special Areas of Conservation

Pauline Tully

394. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Loughanleagh mountain, County Cavan is designated a special protection area, a special area of conservation or a natural heritage area; and if there are any restrictions on the use of heavy machinery on this site. [10059/24]

Departmental Advertising

Pauline Tully

444. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on advertising and promotions within her Department in 2023 and for January 2024, in tabular form. [10273/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

485. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases that the Cavan-Monaghan Divisional Protective Service Bureau has dealt with in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10268/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

486. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 7 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered. [10269/24]

Asylum Seekers

Pauline Tully

545. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently residing in a property (details supplied); if his Department keep records of the number of asylum seekers who are eligible to take up employment; and if so, the number of asylum seekers currently residing at the property who are in employment. [10031/24]

Asylum Seekers

Pauline Tully

546. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if asylum seekers have to contribute to their accommodation; and the cost to the state per asylum seeker per night. [10032/24]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

565. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in both Cavan and Monaghan CDNT in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10270/24]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

566. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names of external security companies that his Department has contract with in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the amount paid to each security company, in tabular form. [10271/24]

General Practitioner Services

Pauline Tully

688. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. [10259/24]

Substance Misuse

Pauline Tully

689. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10260/24]

Hospital Facilities

Pauline Tully

690. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form. [10261/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

691. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10263/24]

Regulatory Bodies

Pauline Tully

812. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of requests her Department has received from the charities regulator seeking approval for recruitment of additional staff in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024; of the number of requests received, the number that were granted; and the number that are currently pending, in tabular form. [10264/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

45. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for lengthy waiting times for MRI scans at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/24]

General Practitioner Services

Pauline Tully

49. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of the GP service in Swanlinbar, County Cavan; if the HSE has agreed to meet with the residents to discuss potential solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the capital plan for the respite centre in Cavan, which will cater for children, has been launched; the timeframe for the delivery of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9734/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

97. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with anecdotal evidence of a 60% vacancy rate in Cavan children's disability network team, CDNT, if he will give a update on the vacancy rate within both Cavan and Monaghan CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9735/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

256. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to commit adequate funding for the implementation of the Disability Action Plan over its full- term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5753/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

257. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to adequate ring-fenced funding for the Disability Action Plan for its full-term;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5752/24]

Home Care Packages

Pauline Tully

305. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the timeframe within which this patient will be discharged with their care package in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9773/24]

Education and Training Boards

Pauline Tully

30. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will deliver decent public sector work contracts for the 3,500 adult education tutors who are employed by the education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9132/24]

Education and Training Boards

Pauline Tully

48. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider all the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9133/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

191. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if Circular 02/2024 will be revised to permit more than two schools to form a cluster for the purpose of combining principal release hours with SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8659/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

30. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she has plans to resource An Garda Síochána to enable adequate recruitment levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8381/24]

Grant Payments

Pauline Tully

135. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if schools are eligible to apply for Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants to reduce their energy costs and greenhouse emissions. [7549/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Pauline Tully

383. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has plans to increase the wage subsidy scheme in line with the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7924/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

384. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has concerns regarding the suspension of the social inclusion fund for the deaf community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7925/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

477. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places for disabled people that were delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [7503/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

478. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people with an intellectual disability, autism, physical or sensory disability, both children and adults, in receipt of respite services in 2022. [7504/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

482. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all funding that is available to groups that wish to raise awareness about dyslexia. [7550/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

509. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total additional respite places that have been put in place from January 2018 to December 2023; the number of these that were planned and the number that were emergency placements. [8021/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

510. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential places as of December 2023; the number of these that were planned and the number that were emergency placements; the total cost of providing an additional planned residential place; and the total cost of providing an additional emergency residential place. [8022/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

511. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of disabled adults provided with respite services in 2022; and the number of these adults who are cared for in their family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8023/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

512. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of disabled children provided with respite services in 2022; and the number of these children who are cared for in their family home. [8024/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

513. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a new round of the disability participation and awareness fund will open for applications in 2024. [8034/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

10. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider increasing the funding for the scéim forbartha líonraí Gaeilge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6971/24]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Pauline Tully

38. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with the recent restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and the refunctioning of the North-South Ministerial Council, the action she will take to ensure the immediate release of the €700,000 allocated for North-South co-operation in the budget for 2024 to enable Foras na Gaeilge to reopen the scéim forbartha líonraí Gaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6970/24]

Housing Schemes

Pauline Tully

79. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the lack of transparency for those who have been turned down for the tenant-in-situ scheme as to the reason they were unsuccessful in their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6967/24]

Rental Sector

Pauline Tully

151. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 6 July 2023, and considering the steep rise in rent in County Cavan since; if the criteria have been met for designating any area in County Cavan as a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6968/24]

Rental Sector

Pauline Tully

377. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 6 July 2023, if any part of County Cavan is being considered to be designated as a rent pressure zone. [6090/24]

Export Controls

Pauline Tully

480. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of a local authority in the granting of export health licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6061/24]

Animal Slaughtering

Pauline Tully

481. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is obliged to inspect and approve of abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/24]

Export Controls

Pauline Tully

482. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the processes by which an abattoir may obtain an export health licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/24]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

560. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of termination of pregnancy services at Cavan General Hospital. [6093/24]

Food Safety

Pauline Tully

578. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is obliged to inspect and approve of abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/24]

Business Supports

Pauline Tully

67. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his engagement with the hospitality sector in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5759/24]

White Papers

Pauline Tully

68. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department took to consult with Disabled Persons Organisations, in line with Article 4 (3) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD), in relation to the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5758/24]

North-South Interconnector

Pauline Tully

141. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in relation to the route and undergrounding of the north south interconnector. [5825/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Pauline Tully

153. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in relation to additional funding for the salting of roads and footpaths. [5823/24]