Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Appeals

Peadar Tóibín

8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [17667/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Peadar Tóibín

42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times an individual in receipt of carer’s allowance had their allowance stopped, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and to provide a sample of reasons that carer’s allowance may be withdrawn from carers. [17668/24]

Agriculture Industry

Peadar Tóibín

59. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms in Ireland in each of the past ten years. [17665/24]

Further and Higher Education

Peadar Tóibín

105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department collates statistics on the number of persons who obtain a green certificate qualification; and, if so, if he will provide a year-by-year breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17666/24]

Pension Provisions

Peadar Tóibín

166. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail the pension entitlements for An Taoiseach. [17660/24]

School Funding

Peadar Tóibín

198. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when the guidelines for the primary school book grant will issue for 2025; and the allowance per student. [18580/24]

Regeneration Projects

Peadar Tóibín

215. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the regeneration projects for flat complexes within Dublin City Council's jurisdiction, in tabular form; the current stage of progress for these projects, including the movement of tenants out of their accommodation; to indicate any delays encountered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18528/24]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

244. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will examine a visa case (details supplied). [18563/24]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

245. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will examine a visa case (details supplied). [18564/24]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will examine a visa case (details supplied). [18565/24]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will examine a visa case (details supplied). [18566/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

291. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 18 April 2024, the numbers in State-provided accommodation, to include private accommodation who been living in full-board circumstances, half-board and self-catering, of those in the IPAS system and beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine, respectively, from 2022 to date, in tabular form. [18617/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

332. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to examine an outstanding Covid pandemic payment yet to be issued (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18609/24]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

57. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of special education teachers within the education system for each of the past five years; and the number of National Educational Psychology Services staff that exist for each of the past five years. [18164/24]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if the school transport section will approve a school bus for an area (details supplied) in County Meath given the demand. [18255/24]

Disability Services

Peadar Tóibín

143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school OT staff who exist for each of the past five years; and the number of school speech therapist staff who exist for each of the past five years. [18165/24]

Disability Services

Peadar Tóibín

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech therapist appointments that have been cancelled for each of the past five years; the number of cancellations of school OT services appointments in each of the past five years; and the number of cancellations of school psychology appointments in each of the past five years. [18166/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

31. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have left the force in each year since 2020. [17652/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times she has met with the Garda Commissioner since she took office. [17651/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if levels of public expenditure here are adequately proofed to ensure best outcome for the Exchequer and taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

55. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of funding allocated for flood relief schemes; and the amount actually drawn down or spent in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [17649/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Peadar Tóibín

100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite an application for foreign birth registration from a parent who is an Irish citizen (details supplied); and provide a reason as to the delay in processing the registration. [17698/24]

European Court of Human Rights

Peadar Tóibín

110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will include the murder of a person (details supplied) in the current case being taken against the British government in the European Court of Human Rights. [17994/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Peadar Tóibín

136. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the exact value of fines that will be paid to the European Union if Ireland fails to reach the targets set for emissions reduction by 2030. [17925/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Peadar Tóibín

218. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if she plans to review the rules of the supplementary pension whereby, if a person takes up any paid employment of any duration, they would lose the entire supplementary element of their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17687/24]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will reverse the cuts to the special education teacher allocation hours at a school (details supplied); the reasoning for this decision given the increased enrolment numbers and no decease in the numbers of students with additional educational needs; and if it is government policy to reduce SET hours where schools have achieved high standardised results for their work in this area despite ongoing and future need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17383/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 September 2023, the amount her Department has paid to date to a company (details supplied) for the independent review of governance and culture in RTÉ and the independent review of contractor Fees, HR and other matters in RTÉ; the daily rate for these reviews, as referenced in her reply; and the estimated total cost of these reviews. [17915/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 September 2023, the amount her Department has paid to date for its examination of the books or other records of account of RTÉ, as provided for under section 109(7)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 2009; the daily rate for this review, as referenced in her reply; and the estimated total cost of these reviews. [17916/24]

Departmental Reviews

Peadar Tóibín

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the commencement dates for each of the reviews commissioned by her Department (details supplied); the number of days that have been worked up to date on each review individually; the daily rate financial cost of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17924/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

374. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential property developments currently owned by investment funds within each local authority area; the name of the investment fund; the number of units within each development; if the development is occupied or unoccupied; the duration if unoccupied from either the date of completion or from the date it was acquired whichever is relevant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17873/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

439. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17642/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

440. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the total funding allocation for Tusla and Cuan Saor in each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17643/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [17644/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

485. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of family farms acquired by international investment funds, with the quantity of land by hectares, and farming type when acquired, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peadar Tóibín

590. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure can be expedited, given the circumstances (details supplied). [17441/24]

Medical Internships

Peadar Tóibín

597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will give equal status to medical graduates who received funding from the State to study in Northern Ireland when applying for an internship programme within the HSE who are currently classed as tier 2 applicants; if he will review the current process for internship placement allocation to enable such graduates to continue speciality training and serve local communities on their return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the incidence rate of shingles for those aged under 50 and over 50 years, respectively, for each of the past five years to date. [17942/24]

Further and Higher Education

Peadar Tóibín

709. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action he is taking to retain current and future personnel in the construction sector, and from being recruited internationally; the number of graduates and those employed in the construction sector who have emigrated in each of the past five years, by general trade and specialist category in the industry; the number of the same cohort who returned to Ireland in that time period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17868/24]

Tourism Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken by her Department to increase the tourism potential of County Meath. [16807/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers who have registered for asylum in Ireland for each of the past ten years, including each month of 2024. [17161/24]

Deportation Orders

Peadar Tóibín

248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportation orders that have been issued in the past five years and for each month this year; the number that have been actioned directly by the State in these years and these months; and the location of those immigrants who have received a deportation order that have not been actioned to date. [17162/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers who have entered the country for the past five years and each month this year without a passport or travel documents; and the number of them who have been charged for breaking the law. [17163/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

250. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons registering at the IPO in Dublin for each of the past five years and for each month this year; if she will provide a breakdown of the routes immigrants are taking into the country; and the proportion of persons who came through these routes in the past five years. [17164/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

251. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers who have come from Britain through the North of Ireland to the South of Ireland in the past five years and for each month this year. [17165/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

253. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of criminals who have changed their name by deed poll over the past ten years; her plans to stop sex offenders and violent criminals changing their names by deed poll; and the number of non-Irish citizens who have changed their name by deed poll over each of the past ten years. [17186/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on IPAS accommodation for each of the past ten years; the amount spent on direct provision for each of the past ten years; the amount spent on the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian citizens for each of the past three years; and the average cost of accommodation per night per person for each of these three accommodation sections. [17160/24]

Hospital Overcrowding

Peadar Tóibín

287. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the longest duration any patient has spent on a hospital trolley in each public hospital nationwide in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17130/24]

Work Permits

Peadar Tóibín

94. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will expedite an application for the atypical work scheme, given the time constraints outlined in correspondence from the applicant with her Department (details supplied). [16866/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 922 and 923 of 20 March 2024, if she will address further matters (details supplied). [17063/24]

Animal Diseases

Peadar Tóibín

111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many herds in Ireland have been struck with Johne's disease; if he is aware of any supports for farmers facing this issue; and if he plans to introduce a scheme to help farms keep afloat during this devastating health issue time period. [17036/24]