Parliamentary questions

Road Projects

Jackie Cahill

38. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the failure to allocate funds in Budget 2024 for the next phase of the N24 means the route selection will not now proceed as planned this year, as the next phase is not funded; if an interview given by him on 22 October 2023 where he prioritised town by-passes over new roads means the project is now scrapped; the implications of this "by-passes policy" for Clonmel and route selection there; if, given the N24 Preferred Transport Solution was scheduled to be put on public display in Q4 of 2023, that is now deferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50041/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Jackie Cahill

147. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) can be provided with an assessment for a primary medical certificate on a certain date; when the next round of assessments are taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/23]

State Assets

Jackie Cahill

132. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider extending the duration of loans from the SBCI to ten years for certain categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49925/23]

International Protection

Jackie Cahill

334. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice how many international protection applicants were received and how many were approved during all of 2022; how many were processed and how many were approved from the beginning of 2023 to 7 November 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49483/23]

International Protection

Jackie Cahill

335. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice how many staff are working in the international protection Office for the processing of International Protection applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49485/23]

International Protection

Jackie Cahill

336. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if staff in the international protection office who were processing International Protection applications were moved to a different section during Covid-19; if so, whether they were replaced or reinstated since; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49486/23]

Agriculture Supports

Jackie Cahill

358. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forest Service of his Department have cross referenced the Ash dieback RUS applications with corresponding road licence applications on a forest-level basis to ensure that forest road approvals will be issued in conjunction with Ash dieback reconstitution approvals to enable the necessary clearance works to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49314/23]

Agriculture Supports

Jackie Cahill

359. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish an implementation plan for the recommendations set out in the Review of Support for Farmers Impacted by Ash Dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49315/23]

Departmental Appointments

Jackie Cahill

380. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive further correspondence with regard to a job application they have made to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49529/23]

International Protection

Jackie Cahill

420. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many months the current longest international protection applicant has been in direct provision awaiting a decision on their application; if he can provide this response in terms of number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49484/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

234. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 20 June 2023, when he expects that affected apartment blocks will be able to apply for funding for remediation works for water ingress on defective builds in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49108/23]

Flood Risk Management

Jackie Cahill

235. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding can be provided to the owners of premises (details supplied) for the installation of flood barriers at the entrances to premises, considering that flooding is a regular occurrence on this street due to the inadequate storm water systems in place in Thurles, that Uisce Éireann has no immediate plans to resolve the mixed sewer system in the town, that these premises will continue to flood until Uisce Éireann carries out the required works and that it is responsible for carrying out these works, and that the State has a responsibility to protect these properties from further flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49112/23]

Invasive Species Policy

Jackie Cahill

236. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding he secured under Budget 2024 for the culling of mink through the NPWS; when he intends to commence this cull; what bounty he intends to set for mink tails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/23]

Air and Water Pollution

Jackie Cahill

138. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of money that has been ringfenced for local enforcement of the national smokey coal ban, given that one-third of coal sold in this jurisdiction is illegal bituminous coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47271/23]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

288. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of applicants that pass their driving test at the first attempt in the Nenagh test centre, County Tipperary, for B category licences; how this ranks in comparison with all other testing centres in the country for B category licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48818/23]

Company Registration

Jackie Cahill

389. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for a golf club to submit a simplified set of accounts as part of its annual returns to the Company Registration Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47619/23]

School Funding

Jackie Cahill

513. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will receive funding for its ICT grants and ancillary services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48214/23]

Schools Building Projects

Jackie Cahill

528. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education for an update on the funding approval for a school (details supplied) for the building of additional education needs classrooms, considering the design for the project is now complete and the design team is requesting fees for same from the school before the drawings are submitted to her Department; if the school has to pay these fees upfront and seek retrospective funding for same from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48415/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

767. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection what benefits or social welfare payments an individual who paid class M PRSI contributions can qualify for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48416/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

851. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to detail what swimming and water safety courses are mandatory as part of Garda training in the Garda College, Templemore, County Tipperary; how many Garda recruits who went on to ‘pass out’ as gardaí have completed these courses between in each of the years 2013 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48396/23]