Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1067. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the lowest number of gardaí on duty in each sub district overnight in Meath for each of the past five years; how many Garda stations in Ireland have no full-time garda; and if she will identify the stations. [37186/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1069. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to outline the shortest, median and longest response times to emergency calls in each Garda division against any designated response time target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37243/23]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

1072. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested, prosecuted and convicted of human trafficking in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37295/23]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

1073. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of reports of human trafficking received by gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37296/23]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

1074. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she has undertaken to examine the rate of child trafficking in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37297/23]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

1075. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is aware of any instances of trafficking for organ harvesting in the State over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37298/23]

Citizenship Applications

Peadar Tóibín

1147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the undocumented scheme; if their case will be examined favourably, given they have been living here for the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38177/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

1348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the investment per child by his Department for each county in Ireland for the past five years. [37178/23]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

1351. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla have conducted any internal review into the prevalence of human trafficking among children in care; if he has seen the findings of such a review; and if he will furnish this Deputy with the findings. [37215/23]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

1352. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla reported instances of child trafficking to the gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37216/23]

Ministerial Communications

Peadar Tóibín

1356. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of Tusla to date in 2023. [37299/23]

Ministerial Communications

Peadar Tóibín

1357. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of HIQA to date in 2023. [37300/23]

Ministerial Communications

Peadar Tóibín

1358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the special rapporteur for child protection to date in 2023. [37301/23]

Ministerial Communications

Peadar Tóibín

1359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the Ombudsman for Children to date in 2023. [37302/23]

Ministerial Communications

Peadar Tóibín

1360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of the HSE to date in 2023. [37303/23]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

1361. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will request that Tusla respond to this Deputy on Parliamentary Questions which were referred to it for reply more than ten days ago (details supplied). [37304/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted, by Tusla in Ireland in each of the past ten years, for the purposes of accommodating children in State care; the names of such companies; and the amounts paid to each company, per child per year, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [37305/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1363. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who were residing in special emergency accommodation on the first day of each of the past 24 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37306/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 27 June 2023, if he will list the names of the four non-statutory foster care agencies that the Alternative Care Inspection and Monitoring Service (ACIMS) recommended Tusla cease placements with. [37334/23]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

1463. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the names of the companies who have been used by Tusla for the purposes of providing special emergency accommodation for children in care over the past five years. [38986/23]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

1464. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to each company used by Tusla to provide special emergency accommodation for children in care in the past five years; if a breakdown can be provided on the payments to each company; the number of children each company cared for during that period; and the rough average length of time each child spent in special emergency accommodation. [38987/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1465. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed description of the vetting process and qualification requirements for staff working in special emergency accommodation for children in care if he will clarify whether each company has a person in charge; and the welfare reporting mechanisms that are in place in these companies. [38988/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Peadar Tóibín

1466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish this Deputy with copies of the supporting reports referenced one to five in a person's letter of 17 May 2023. [38989/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1467. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish this Deputy with a copy of the plan to increase capacity across residential care settings for children in care, including special care, as approved by the Tusla board on 25 March 2023. [38990/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care, aged below 12 years that have been placed in statutory, voluntary and procured residential services in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [38991/23]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

1469. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of twelve years that have been placed by Tusla in special emergency accommodation/regional placements in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [38992/23]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1502. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the investment per child in mental health services in each county in Ireland for the past five years; and what the investment per person is in mental health services for each county in Ireland for the past five years. [37179/23]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists, per county or region, in tabular form. [37290/23]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by CAMHS in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [37291/23]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1526. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children referred to CAMHS or placed on a CAMHS waiting list in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [37292/23]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who died while on the CAMHS waiting list in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37293/23]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who died while availing of CAMHS in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37294/23]

Medical Cards

Peadar Tóibín

1628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing polio survivors with a discretionary medical card (details supplied). [37753/23]

Medical Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

1719. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the systemic reviews or investigations that have been undertaken for each of the following: people who have died of adverse incidents in the health service; people who have been disabled by adverse incidents in the health service; and people who have had significant injury as a result of an adverse incident in the HSE. [38156/23]

Mortality Rates

Peadar Tóibín

1876. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the level of excess deaths for each of the past 12 months; the research he and his Department have undertaken into the cause of these excess deaths; the cause of these excess deaths; and the measures he is taking to prevent excess deaths. [39060/23]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

239. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to ensure the Navan to Dublin rail line is included in the National Development Plan 2030 as part of the mid-term review that will take place in 2025. [36506/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

480. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education where the evidence is from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) for its assertion that there is widespread support for its proposed change in the SPHE curriculum. [36584/23]

State Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

481. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the National Parents’ Council was closed; and when it will be reconstituted. [36585/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

482. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if schools will guarantee supervised classes or study time for the large number of children who will be taken out of SPHE classes in the coming year. [36586/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

483. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education what supports will be provided by her Department to the large number of children who will be excluded from SPHE classes due to the ethos of the new curriculum which is contrary to the ethos of their families. [36587/23]

Education Policy

Peadar Tóibín

484. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the basis on which she ended ethos pluralism within schools. [36588/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

485. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education what weighting, if any, is given to the concerns of parents communicated in consultations. [36589/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

486. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the representative of an organisation (details supplied) was the only representative excluded by the NCCA from the working party to create a new RSE curriculum. [36590/23]

Media Pluralism

Peadar Tóibín

546. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will separate TG4 fully from RTÉ, including its news output and create a new stand-alone Irish language broadcast media service made up of TG4, Radio na Gaeltachta and Radio Rí Rá (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36353/23]

Commercial Rates

Peadar Tóibín

594. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many appeals in terms of rates are currently with Tailte Éireann; the average wait time for a rates appeal; how long is the longest wait time for a rates appeal with Tailte Éireann; the percentage of appeals that are successful on an annual basis; how many staff are working in the processing of appeals within the appeals office in each of the past ten years; how much in financial terms is returned to business owners due to overcharging rates on an annual basis; and if he will reinstate the first appeal stage to provide resolution before the tribunal stage. [36124/23]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

898. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if the Prison Service is investigating an allegation of corruption within the Prison Service made by a person (details supplied); her views on whether this investigation should be investigated by a body independent of the Prison Service. [37177/23]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

983. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if visa applications for a family (details supplied) will be considered; and the status of the applications. [35777/23]

Medical Cards

Peadar Tóibín

1264. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [36381/23]

Medical Cards

Peadar Tóibín

1265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason tetanus injections are not covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36382/23]

Fishing Industry

Peadar Tóibín

28. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any engagement with the fishing community regarding the statutory instrument which came into effect on 1 July 2023, requiring fishing vessels longer than 15 m to have a fully qualified second skipper on board at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33817/23]

Farm Costs

Peadar Tóibín

45. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has monitored the percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser in each month for the past three years; if so, if he will provide this data, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33818/23]

Tourism Promotion

Peadar Tóibín

82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what steps her Department is taking to increase tourism in the Boyne Valley. [33735/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peadar Tóibín

93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the external independent review into governance and culture at RTÉ. [33736/23]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons coming through the North of Ireland to apply for asylum in this jurisdiction in each of the past five years. [34814/23]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

1. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach how much his Department has spent on public relations in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [32080/23]

European Council

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on this attendance at the recent European Council meeting. [33722/23]

Emergency Departments

Peadar Tóibín

270. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health given the lack of hospital consultants in the midland region, the safety research that has been done by the HSE on the ambulance and patient bypass of Navan emergency department towards Mullingar hospital [34650/23]

Health Service Executive

Peadar Tóibín

271. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to detail the 100 highest salaries within the HSE; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €400,000; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €300,000; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €200,000; and how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €100,000. [34651/23]

Health Service Executive

Peadar Tóibín

272. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €400,000; how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €300,000; how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €200,000; and how many medical staff in the HSE have salaries above €100,000. [34652/23]

Health Service Executive

Peadar Tóibín

273. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many contract staff in the HSE have salaries above €400,000; how many contract staff in the HSE have salaries above €300,000; how many contract staff in the HSE have salaries above €200,000; and how many contract staff in the HSE have salaries above €100,000. [34653/23]

Health Service Executive

Peadar Tóibín

274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there are barter accounts in the HSE; if there are accounts from which there is spending on non-money remuneration; if so, if he will detail how many and the value of expenditure from these accounts through the past ten years; and how many HSE staff, management and separately medical staff have a car or a car allowance as part of their remuneration package. [34654/23]

Civil Service

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will detail the salaries of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [32079/23]

Departmental Legal Cases

Peadar Tóibín

16. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the new State litigation principles announced by the Attorney General on 21 June 2023. [33724/23]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

17. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on advertising with RTÉ by his Department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [32076/23]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach how many new jobs have been created in County Meath in each of the past five years. [33723/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

59. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the current ratio of gardaí to citizens in each county in the State, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33729/23]

Crime Prevention

Peadar Tóibín

85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice what steps her Department is undertaking to reduce violent crime in the State. [33728/23]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

157. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the spraying of weed-killer along the tracks of the Galway to Dublin rail line; if he will outline the amount spent by Irish Rail on weedkiller in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; the amount, in gallons or litres, sprayed along the nation's rail lines in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33921/23]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport when catering services will be restored on the Galway to Dublin train service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33922/23]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

159. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the progress being made towards the extension/reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33923/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

177. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who sat the driving test in each county in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34257/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

178. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who failed the practical driving test in each county in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34258/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

179. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will list the various reasons a person can fail the practical driving test; and if he will outline the number of candidates who failed on each of the various grounds, in each county in 2022, in tabular form. [34259/23]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

206. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance what lobbying has been documented on the file pertaining to the setup and development and implementation of the residential zoned land tax. [34200/23]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance what influence, if any, his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have on the adoption of the broad-brush approach used to creating, mapping and implementing the residential zoned land tax. [34203/23]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

208. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance what consideration was given to the impact of residential zoned land tax liabilities on working farm incomes and the impact of this tax on the income of farming families, many of whom are operating on the knife-edge of viability. [34208/23]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the input from the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the formation of the residential zoned land tax and the criteria for exclusion, given that there is no exclusion for working farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34209/23]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

210. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance how many planning authority/local authority officials raised concerns with his Department in relation to the implementation and execution of the residential zoned land tax. [34211/23]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

211. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has given any consideration to rescinding and reconsidering the residential zoned land tax in its current format until the multitude of problems associated with its scoping and implementation have been resolved. [34212/23]

Industrial Disputes

Peadar Tóibín

247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in the ongoing dispute between workers (details supplied); and if he will end the practice of State contracts being given to companies which refuse to recognise trade union membership. [33458/23]

State Examinations

Peadar Tóibín

297. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the controversy surrounding the Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 1, with one school principal complaining in the "strongest terms" about the difficulty level of the paper; if she will address this issue and if she has a plan for these students going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34136/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peadar Tóibín

320. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has been alerted to any instances where RTÉ may have been compromised editorially by financial transactions or barter accounts. [34262/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peadar Tóibín

321. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the investigation into matters in RTÉ will seek to determine if RTÉ has been compromised editorially by financial transactions or barter accounts. [34263/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peadar Tóibín

322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of any commercial arrangement RTÉ had with any other car manufacturer other than a company (details supplied) which resulted in payments to a barter account, and or an increase in salary for any RTÉ employee or board member. [34264/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

324. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the scoping maps for the residential zoned land tax, what is the total area of land, in hectares, currently scoped to which the residential zoned land tax may apply; and if a breakdown can be provided by these areas, by planning authority area. [34195/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

325. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what percentage of the lands, nationally the residential zoned land tax ‘scoped lands’ occupies. [34196/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

326. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what percentage of the lands, by local authority/ planning authority area, the residential zoned land tax scoped lands occupies. [34197/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

327. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the reason the ‘Housing Lands Availability Survey (HLAS) was not updated to accommodate the most recent residential lands identified. [34202/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

328. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to what degree it can be demonstrated that the ‘broad-brush’ approach of the residential zoned land tax scoping maps is going to contribute to the provision of additional housing, over and above that which would or could be achieved by a more forensic and detailed approach, (along the lines of the ‘Housing Lands Availability Survey’ HLAS approach), which would identify the actual developable sites, which are currently laying fallow or being hoarded. [34204/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

329. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many submissions have been received from landowners since the publication of the scoping maps in relation to the residential zoned land tax; if a breakdown on this figure can be provided per planning authority area; how many submissions, if any, were deemed invalid, as having been received outside the notified timeframe; and if a breakdown can be provided on this figure, by planning authority area. [34205/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the reason the scoping of the residential zoned land tax extended to the smallest towns and villages, where demand for housing is not prevalent, nor likely to exist in the near future, unlike the housing requirements necessitated by the spatial strategy utilised in the National Planning Framework that promotes the concentration of growth in the five major cities (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford) and five of the larger towns (Letterkenny, Sligo, Athlone, Dundalk and Drogheda), wherein the greatest need for housing, both exists and is likely to continue. [34206/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

331. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what percentage of lands ‘scoped-in’ on the residential zoned land tax-draft map are currently in active use by farmers, for farming, and not lying fallow. [34207/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Peadar Tóibín

396. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will list the occasions he has corresponded with the director of the Residential Tenancies Board since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33927/23]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

487. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants who sought protection in Ireland from eight countries (details supplied) in each of the past 24 months, in tabular form. [33790/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

556. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 11 May 2021, the number of speeding fines issued on foot of evidence obtained from speed camera vans, in each county in the State, in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34398/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Peadar Tóibín

557. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic accidents in each county in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [34399/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Peadar Tóibín

558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic accidents in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, where the deceased person or persons were not wearing seatbelts. [34400/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Peadar Tóibín

559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic accidents in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, where the deceased person or persons were under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident. [34401/23]

Health Service Executive

Peadar Tóibín

560. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the report the Working Group on medical negligence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34402/23]

Live Exports

Peadar Tóibín

580. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 9 May 2023, if he will detail the value in euro by animal category, in addition to the quantity in number of head of live sheep exported from the State, by the country that it was exported to over the past five calendar years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/23]