Questions and answers published after July 2012 can be viewed here. Viewing by Government Department is possible by term or specific dates from March 2016 onwards. Written answers are published as received from departments. To see parliamentary questions published before July 2012, search in Dáil debates.
Questions and answers for Dáil or Seanad term
Page 1 of 43
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
written
Road Safety
Robert Troy
22. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be referred to the Road Safety Authority for review. [18157/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
written
Tax Exemptions
Robert Troy
33. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if a favourable response will be given to extending the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists. [18160/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
written
State Pensions
Robert Troy
97. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to bring forward proposals to amend pension entitlements in order that women who had to leave work due to marriage could qualify for a pension in their own right regardless of their husband’s means. [18158/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
written
Covid-19 Pandemic
Robert Troy
161. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the resources available to people suffering from long-Covid. [18159/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
written
Departmental Contracts
Robert Troy
188. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
written
Hospital Services
Robert Troy
189. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite blood test results for a person (details supplied). [18371/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Crime Prevention
Robert Troy
17. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if she will implement the recommendation of the Hamilton report to introduce a standard of recklessness into fraud offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17792/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Visa Agreements
Robert Troy
28. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if she will reconsider joining the EU's Visa Information System in a bid to tackle migration and security challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Public Sector Pay
Robert Troy
63. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the efficiencies to be achieved under the new public sector pay deal; how these are to be measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Flood Risk Management
Robert Troy
83. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the action being taken to strengthen flood defences in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Passport Services
Robert Troy
99. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that a recently naturalised applicant’s birth certificate (details supplied) cannot be accepted by his Department as part of their passport application when it was accepted by the Department of Justice as part of their approved naturalisation application. [17488/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
National Educational Psychological Service
Robert Troy
316. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education how a school requests a NEPS assessment for a student. [17949/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Commercial Rates
Robert Troy
376. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a reduction or waiver regarding the cost and payments of commercial rates for businesses that are impacted by disruption of construction works affecting their business; and the likelihood of a waiver of property rates during these periods of disruption to local businesses. [17881/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Social Welfare Benefits
Robert Troy
416. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance review for a person (details supplied). [17933/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Social Welfare Appeals
Robert Troy
417. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity appeal will be urgently expedited for a person (details supplied). [17935/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
579. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery (details supplied). [17333/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Patient Transport
Robert Troy
611. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if measures can be put in place to assist nursing home patients to attend hospital appointments where they can only be transported by ambulance as currently families are being faced with costs of up to €1,000 to engage an ambulance in such cases. [17578/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
673. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the approval of fenfluramine for the treatment of dravet syndrome (details supplied). [17972/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
680. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the funding of a fenfluramine for a child (details supplied) on compassionate grounds. [17985/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
written
Health Service Executive
Robert Troy
689. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to arrange for a proper boundary wall to be erected between Lakepoint housing estate and the HSE building in Lakepoint, Mullingar, as there is currently a timber fence at this location but a proper wall needs to be built to discourage people climbing over the timber fence. [18047/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
oral
Business Supports
Robert Troy
68. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to support those SMEs that are currently struggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16996/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
written
Industrial Development
Robert Troy
125. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a update on the construction of an advanced manufacturing facility at Marlinstown, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17001/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
written
Probate Applications
Robert Troy
156. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the reason a spouse can only access €27,000 of a deceased spouse’s credit union savings and any remainder must go to probate; his views on whether this rule is fair when the spouse is clearly the next-of-kin and automatic beneficiary; and if he plans to review such rules in the short term. [17177/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
written
Sports Funding
Robert Troy
198. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on a sports capital application (details supplied). [17176/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
130. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an outpatient physiotherapy appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [16781/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
written
State Properties
Robert Troy
139. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the future plans the HSE has for the old GP building on the Galway Road, Kinnegad (details supplied). [16818/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Departmental Schemes
Robert Troy
158. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on a community climate action programme application (details supplied). [16025/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Broadband Infrastructure
Robert Troy
180. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property owner (details supplied) will be able to avail of high-speed broadband; and the company that will provide same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16555/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
227. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if the eligibility for help to buy in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [16519/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
321. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the reason that in the most recent meetings in relation to special education, the removal of complex needs was included. [16431/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
322. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education to list the exemptions for which schools can apply to the National Council for Special Education. [16432/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
323. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school will be able to enrol a child with special educational needs if there are no SET hours. [16433/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
324. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the reason Down’s syndrome specifically is not recognised as complex needs under the definition of complex needs. [16434/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
325. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education to quantify the numbers which determine the significant intake of additional needs. [16435/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Social Welfare Appeals
Robert Troy
465. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied). [16311/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Departmental Data
Robert Troy
500. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to private practitioners in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the amount paid to each of the top-ten recipients of fees under the international protection private practitioners scheme, by the practitioner's name and fees in those years. [16154/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
570. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a child psychologist vacancy in an area intervention team (details supplied). [16437/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Childcare Services
Robert Troy
591. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider insuring that the capitation rate paid per child in the early years setting is allocated for the full calendar year or the full school year to enable the school to forward plan. [16441/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Community Development Projects
Robert Troy
592. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider introducing a grants scheme in order that community facilities can apply for the grant aid to upgrade their community facilities. [16442/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Childcare Services
Robert Troy
593. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to help the early years sector retain staff as currently many staff are being recruited into the SNA roles in primary schools. [16443/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Departmental Schemes
Robert Troy
594. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason access to the AIMS scheme is only available from the age of three years when it is known that the most critical time for a child's brain development is 0 to 6 months. [16444/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Childcare Services
Robert Troy
595. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason, in relation to the inspection regime, child care providers subject to multiple agency checks; and if he would explore the possibility of one agency carrying out all checks to improve efficiency for child care providers. [16445/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Childcare Services
Robert Troy
596. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he intends to support child care settings with the additional cost of infrastructure by Government, the auto-enrolment for pensions, sick pays, and also from his own Department in relation to preparation of accounts in duplicate is leading to additional professional fees. [16446/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
601. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff that are working in the speech and language therapy in the HSE in Springfield, Mullingar; the number of vacancies that currently exist in that service; the number of people waiting to access that service; and his plans to address this concern. [16529/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Home Help Service
Robert Troy
730. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be increased. [16518/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
written
Rural Schemes
Robert Troy
768. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the eligibility criteria for men's/women's sheds grants ahead of future rounds of funding (details supplied). [16530/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
oral
Heritage Sites
Robert Troy
12. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the establishment of a consultation forum for the future development of Columb Barracks, Mullingar by the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
written
Housing Provision
Robert Troy
23. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline plans to utilise State owned land and modular homes to address the homeless crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15701/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
written
Agriculture Schemes
Robert Troy
175. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an application for the 2024 horticulture grant scheme (details supplied). [15753/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
written
State Properties
Robert Troy
202. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans within his Department for the future use of the St. Vincent's Hospital site in Athlone. [15813/24]