Parliamentary questions

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

1755. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a new home (details supplied) in Nenagh will be completed and open to residents. [20834/22]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

1842. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the locations in which funding in excess of €1 million has been provided for public nursing homes in Ireland by date and location since 2011, in tabular form. [21217/22]

Education and Training Boards

Alan Kelly

299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education her views on whether it is appropriate that a member of an education and training board senior management team direct an investigation into a school under CL 48/2018 in which such a member could be conflicted or party to the issues being looked into. [18909/22]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of employers and businesses that use the Disability Awareness Training Grant. [19217/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

110. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if all relevant staff under the remit of her Department have been trained in on circular CI 48/2018; and if she would be concerned if this was not the case. [18598/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

111. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of times in total Circular letter Cl 48/2018 has been invoked at stage 4 of its process as opposed to stages 1, 2 and 3. [18601/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

112. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the process involved to determine when a case begins at stage 4 under Circular CI 48/2018. [18602/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

113. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the personnel that are involved under Circular CI 48/2018 in invoking stage 4; and the procedures that are undertaken to start proceedings at stage 4 and ensure that those making those decisions do not have conflicts when it comes to making those decisions. [18604/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

114. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the process under Circular CI 48/2018 an education and training board takes to investigate under this circular, who carries out these investigations; and if she is confident that all education and training boards have done so correctly. [18606/22]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the role that the internal audit unit of Education and Training Boards Ireland has in issues being dealt with under cl 48/2018; the remit of the unit; if it can investigate perceived fraudulent cases; and if this is within its remit. [18608/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education further to the fact that the recent Covid-19 grants to schools and centres of further education will expire this term, the amount of these funds that have been returned unspent by each education and training board in tabular form; and the reason in this regard. [18612/22]

Education and Training Boards

Alan Kelly

117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some education and training boards withheld a percentage of the ICT grant funding allocated directly to schools over the Past five years for improving ICT provision as per each school’s ICT and e-learning plan; the financial amounts each education and training board withheld; and the amounts of the ICT grant each board withheld from their schools for each of the years 2018 to 2022, by education and training board in tabular form. [18613/22]

Education and Training Boards

Alan Kelly

155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all staff working in the education and training board sector have been informed by their relevant board that if they are working in the post leaving certificate sector that they are no longer being paid by his Department and have been moved to SOLAS; if their terms and conditions have changed; and the way this has affected teacher allocation and utilisation in dual provision schools. [18614/22]

Education and Training Boards

Alan Kelly

162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all staff working in the education and training board sector have been informed by their relevant board that if they are working in the post leaving certificate sector that they are no longer being paid by his Department and have been moved to SOLAS; if their terms and conditions have changed; and the way this has affected teacher allocation and utilisation in dual provision schools. [18615/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the manual level crossing upgrade project and to ring-fence the required funding to automate the manual level crossings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17573/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Kelly

286. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount allocated to the wage subsidy scheme financial support to employers who employ persons with a disability (details supplied) over the past five years; and the amount of that funding that has been drawn down over the five years by employers specifically for the reason of the grant. [15610/22]

Departmental Bodies

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international unit of his Department. [9493/22]

Departmental Functions

Alan Kelly

9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [7923/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Kelly

19. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [9491/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [9492/22]

Departmental Programmes

Alan Kelly

16. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [11354/22]

Electricity Grid

Alan Kelly

155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm the exact mechanism by which the €200 credit will be applied to those households with prepay electricity meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/22]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

199. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will include an increase in the public service obligation for 2023 to allow for the introduction of further services to the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line to maximise the benefit from the recent track renewal works carried out on the line by Irish Rail. [10956/22]

Sports Organisations

Alan Kelly

329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there was a merger of associations (details supplied); and if financial support will be provided to help bring about the merger and to promote same. [11308/22]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

636. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the vaccine coverage rate for the HPV national immunisation programme for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic year; his plans for a catch-up programme including any targets set for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/22]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

637. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the free HPV national immunisation programme to women treated for CIN2+ lesions as recommended by the National Immunisation Advisory Council in May 2021, which could reduce the incidence of recurrence by up to 40%; if he will indicate his target date for the extension of this programme and implementation of the recommendation; the funding that he intends to allocate to implement this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/22]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

638. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has requested the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to consider the clinical effectiveness of providing the HPV vaccine to males up to the age of 25 year in a similar manner to his request relating to women up to the age of 25 years; if not, the reason and if he plans to; the involvement of the HIQA in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/22]

Health Strategies

Alan Kelly

639. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of cervical cancer; when he expects the work of this group to conclude; the number of times this group reports to him; if his Department has allocated funding for the group’s recommendations: if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/22]

Departmental Programmes

Alan Kelly

1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [5966/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

6. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [7924/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Alan Kelly

159. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to review the situation in which a person living alone who is in receipt of the old age pension and a payment under the disablement pension of not more than €120.00 per week and who has been refused the fuel allowance payment. [10226/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Alan Kelly

170. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the criteria for the living alone allowance increase discriminates against single persons who paid class D PRSI but who cannot qualify under the current criteria for the scheme given that they have not been married or in a civil partnership; the number of applications that have been refused on those criteria in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10379/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Alan Kelly

171. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address discrimination on the grounds of civil status in the qualifying criteria for the living alone increase to ensure that those who paid class D PRSI and were not married or in a civil partnership can qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10380/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Alan Kelly

172. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the eligible benefits to include the living alone increase for those who paid class D PRSI; the number of additional persons would qualify if this was implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10381/22]

Social Welfare Code

Alan Kelly

173. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the process for making a complaint for a person who does not have a qualifying payment for the living alone increase but believes they are being discriminated against on the grounds of civil status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10382/22]

Fisheries Protection

Alan Kelly

265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Statutory Instrument No. 318 of 2020 was signed in August 2020 to allow the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to impose penalty points by way of administrative sanction against the owners and licensees of sea fishing boats; and the reasons for it being signed at that time. [10003/22]

Animal Welfare

Alan Kelly

275. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an audit has been carried out into dog pounds nationwide; and if there are plans to carry out an audit in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10298/22]

Environmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

165. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the final amount spent under the warmer homes scheme in 2021; the number of homes upgraded under the scheme; the current number with work in progress; the number in which work is expected to start in 2022; the amount provided for the scheme in 2021 and 2022, respectively; the projected total spend for 2022; the current delay for new applicants; the number of applicants who are currently waiting for work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9998/22]

Environmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

166. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes upgraded under the warmer homes scheme in 2021, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9999/22]

Environmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

167. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the final amount spent in each retrofitting scheme under his Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2021; the amount provided for; the total spend in 2021; the number of homes that were made more energy efficient in each case where applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10000/22]

Environmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

168. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding allocated for retrofitting schemes that was unspent in 2021; if the funding was carried over for schemes in 2022; if not, if it has been used for other purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/22]

Environmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

169. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected number of homes to be retrofitted in 2022 under the national retrofitting scheme, by month and scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/22]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

210. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the Road Traffic and Roads Bill to deal with MPVs to be enacted into law; when he expects to publish the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9997/22]

Public Sector Staff

Alan Kelly

303. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rules that are in place for carrying over annual leave respectively in the Civil Service and the wider public services; if any arrangements have been put in place to ensure that persons can carryover unused days of annual leave that have not been used due to the impact of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9996/22]

Sports Funding

Alan Kelly

304. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she or her advisers or staff and-or the Minister of State with special responsibility for sport and-or their advisers or staff provided any information on the 2022 sports capital allocations to any other Ministers and-or their advisers or staff, to other TDs and-or their staff and Senators or their staff prior to their publication on the www.gov.ie website on11 February 2022; and if so, if she or the Minister of State will provide details of whom they provided this information to, the format in which it was provided and when it was provided. [9050/22]

Sports Funding

Alan Kelly

305. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she or her advisers or staff and-or the Minister of State with special responsibility for sport and-or their advisers or staff ever used private communications methods such as private email or an application (details supplied) to communicate with anyone during any period over the past two years in relation to the 2022 sports capital funding awards, the prospect of individual clubs potential success in being awarded a grant or the process by which funding was being awarded. [9051/22]

Sports Funding

Alan Kelly

306. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which she or her advisers or her staff were given details of any successful sports capital applications for the 2022 round of funding; the format in which she received these details; and the person they received the details from. [9069/22]

Broadcasting Sector

Alan Kelly

319. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to make emergency funding available to the national broadcaster in order to upgrade its streaming and on-demand offering to licence fee payers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9724/22]

British-Irish Co-operation

Alan Kelly

397. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is an official or unofficial arrangement between the Irish State and the United Kingdom that allows the Royal Air Force to conduct armed operations within the Irish airspace. [9821/22]

School Staff

Alan Kelly

418. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the difference in operational terms between the teacher exchange scheme which operated until the 2018-2019 academic year and the scheme of temporary reassignment for registered teachers in recognised primary schools which commenced in the 2018-2019 academic year. [9048/22]

School Staff

Alan Kelly

419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if there were examples of teachers who exceeded the allowed number of years that primary school teachers were allowed to avail of under the teacher exchange scheme and-or the scheme of temporary reassignment for registered teachers in recognised primary schools; and if so, the locations in which this occurred and the reasons. [9049/22]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Kelly

461. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when she will ensure that there are ASD units in primary schools in Clonmel, the largest town in county Tipperary. [9589/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

656. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have been suspended from duty; and the length of time in years that they have been suspended, in tabular form. [10051/22]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

869. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide copies of all general written directives issued to the HSE executive or board under section 10 (1) of the Health Act 2004 in the past five years. [10011/22]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

870. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if copies of all documents furnished to the HSE under section 10A (3) of the Health Act 2004 in the past five years will be provided, specifying priorities to which the HSE must have regard in preparing or amending its service plan or specifying performance targets for the HSE in respect of those priorities. [10012/22]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

871. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if copies of all documents consisting of or relating to matters (details supplied) will be provided. [10013/22]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

872. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his policies and objectives (details supplied) which relate to the functions of the HSE and that were communicated in writing to the HSE being policies and objectives to which the HSE was obliged to have regard in preparing its current service plan and its current capital plan. [10014/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

877. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time physiotherapists employed per CHO area in tabular form. [10053/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

878. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists employed per CHO area in tabular form. [10054/22]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time dentists employed per CHO area in tabular form. [10055/22]

Regulatory Bodies

Alan Kelly

904. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all meetings held between his Department and the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, including the dates, attendees and purpose of each meeting in tabular form. [9811/22]

Regulatory Bodies

Alan Kelly

905. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the full organisational structure of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency; the number of staff by grade; and if the agency has enough staff and executives to fulfil its role. [9812/22]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

911. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of all briefing material provided related to the matters covered by SI. 318.2020 including correspondence and communications with the then acting Minister, special advisers and officials in August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/22]

EU Funding

Alan Kelly

912. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding was withheld from Ireland by the European Union until SI. No. 318/2020 was signed; if so, if he will clarify the level of funding that was withheld; if the funding has been released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10006/22]

Fishing Industry

Alan Kelly

913. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if other European Union countries operate a penalty regime on owners, licensees and masters and skippers of fishing vessels similar to that included in SI. No. 318/2020; if a comparative analysis was carried out; if so, if he will provide details of same; if not, if he will provide the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10007/22]

Common Fisheries Policy

Alan Kelly

914. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalty points that have been issued following prosecution by the chosen competent control agencies in other European Union member states against the fishing licenses attached to boats within their fishing fleets under the current Common Fisheries Policy; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures of legal systems similar to Ireland and those with civil law systems; if the figures are not available to him in his Department, if he has sought those figures from other member states; if not, if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/22]

Common Fisheries Policy

Alan Kelly

915. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of skippers and or captains and or ships masters that have been allocated administrative sanctions by means of penalty points following prosecution by the chosen competent control agencies in other member states of the European Union; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures of legal systems similar to Ireland and those with civil law systems; if the figures are not available to him in his Department, if he has sought those figures from other member states; if not, if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/22]

Library Services

Alan Kelly

927. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to provide a library in Ratoath, County Meath; and if she will provide funding should a site be identified. [9913/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Kelly

8. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7925/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

15. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7920/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

17. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [5964/22]

Social Partnership Meetings

Alan Kelly

1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [5963/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Kelly

16. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States. [7921/22]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Kelly

19. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the publication of Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework, published by his Department. [7922/22]

Trade Missions

Alan Kelly

193. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Italy is scheduled for the first half of 2022. [7636/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

244. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2022 if Iarnród Éireann doubles the number of its revenue protection officers. [7643/22]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

245. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2022 if Iarnród Éireann increased its funding on security personnel by a further 25% within its stations and trains compared to the amount spent on security in 2021. [7644/22]

Fuel Inspections

Alan Kelly

288. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of fuel tanks tested for marked fuel in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of positive tests in each year in tabular form. [7631/22]

Sports Funding

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the changes she has made to the selection and awarding of sports capital grants in the latest round of funding; and when these grants will be announced. [7598/22]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

397. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to allow first-time applicants access to passport online for persons living in South Africa, India and Japan. [7645/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

573. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer Parliamentary Question Nos. 476 and 478 of 30 November 2021. [7632/22]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

574. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda band as of 7 February 2022; and if she will provide same figure as of 1 February 2020, in tabular form. [7634/22]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

691. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year capital and current costs that would be required to increase the opening hours of the heart failure clinic at Nenagh Hospital from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. [7639/22]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

692. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in stoma care in each of the years of 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and the hospitals in which these clinical nurse specialists are located, in tabular form. [7640/22]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

693. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently operate a helipad within their grounds and are able to accept flights on a 24-7 basis; and the hospitals that have a helipad within their grounds but are unable to accept flights on a 24-7 basis, in tabular form. [7641/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Alan Kelly

694. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2021 and to date in 2022, by the type and speciality of each procedure in tabular form. [7642/22]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

944. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when section 9 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 will come into force. [7638/22]

Departmental Bodies

Alan Kelly

990. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of whole-time equivalent posts that are currently vacant in the Charities Regulator; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [7635/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

278. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names and full details of all members of the independent project advisory board that assess applications to the Urban Regeneration Development Fund. [7226/22]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he requested the HSE to include the opening of 33 new beds in St. Michael’s unit in Tipperary University Hospital in the 2022 HSE Capital Plan; if so, the date; and the specific means by which the instruction was given (details supplied). [7222/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names and full details of all members of the independent project advisory board that assess applications to the Rural Regeneration Development Fund. [7225/22]

Departmental Functions

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [5962/22]

Media Sector

Alan Kelly

68. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the report of the Future of Media Commission. [5965/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [4807/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

11. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when it will next meet. [4371/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Alan Kelly

21. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5961/22]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

211. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the Shannon Crossing project works will commence; and the expected duration of the contract. [5985/22]

Transport Policy

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has funded active travel measures on regional and national roads countrywide since January 2020; and if so, the location, routes, measures funded and the total funding amounts in tabular form. [6310/22]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

450. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons aged over 70 that have received their booster vaccine. [5651/22]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4370/22]