Parliamentary questions

Family Reunification

Holly Cairns

154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of family reunification applications under the terms of the International Protection Act 2015 received by his Department in 2022, by month received, in tabular form; if he will provide the number of decisions issued per month on family reunification for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/23]

Nursing Homes

Holly Cairns

169. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the routes available to persons wishing to report alleged abuse in nursing homes. [15503/23]

Nursing Homes

Holly Cairns

170. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle abuse in nursing homes. [15504/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Holly Cairns

171. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide greater clarity on how the publicly funded IVF treatment system will work, including: how the funding will be distributed; how many cycles will a patient be able to avail of; if patients will only be able to avail of public treatment via a GP referral or will be able to self-refer; if there will be age or BMI restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/23]

Healthcare Policy

Holly Cairns

172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken in response to recommendations contained in the independent rapid review of specific issues in the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/23]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address delays in individuals accessing public transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/23]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the national gender service engages with patient advocacy groups on matters relating to transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15508/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Holly Cairns

132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to support family carers. [14887/23]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on progress to reform the stillbirth registration process. [14886/23]

Insurance Coverage

Holly Cairns

247. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist a sporting body (details supplied) in accessing affordable insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/23]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking for persons renting accommodation from a landlord who is not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board in accessing the rent tax credit. [15497/23]

Departmental Regulations

Holly Cairns

287. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on amending S.I. No. 600/2001 - Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended, to ensure that local authorities validate and make publicly available on their websites and online platforms or in planning authority public offices all documents relating to a planning application in a timely manner, and to ensure that the public have sufficient time to review and make submissions on applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14877/23]

Housing Schemes

Holly Cairns

288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities take in charge housing estates from private developers in a timely manner once all works are complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14878/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

354. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on ASD early intervention classes, including if there are plans to phase out these classes in favour of the Access and Inclusion Model. [14638/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

355. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD early intervention classes that have been established for each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; and the number of ASD early intervention classes that were closed/replaced for the same time period. [14639/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

356. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of schools which have requested ASD early intervention classes each year for the period 2018 to 2022, inclusive; the number of these requests that were supported with the establishment of a class; the number that were not supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14640/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on the number of ASD early intervention class which were transformed into autism/autistic spectrum disorders, and as a result the ASD early intervention class was discontinued annually during the years 2019 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14858/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on the use of calming rooms in schools for children with disabilities, including any policies, protocols, or circulars issued by the Department or the National Council for Special Education; the number of schools which have calming rooms; the guidelines on the furnishing of these rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14859/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Holly Cairns

411. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to recognise a national school (details supplied) as meeting the requirements for a DEIS school. [15244/23]

School Enrolments

Holly Cairns

412. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking in addressing the situation of all national schools in a town (details supplied) being unable to accept enrolments for junior infants given it is at capacity with increasing local demand for places. [15245/23]

School Funding

Holly Cairns

413. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the funding options available to primary and secondary schools to facilitate external bodies (details supplied) deliver educational content relating to sustainability and climate action. [15246/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

432. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science to ensure that a course for SNAs in a third-level education institution (details supplied) is supporting in achieving Level-7 accreditation. [15495/23]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

433. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools run by religious orders criteria includes schools run by or under the patronage of all religions and denominations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15496/23]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

492. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a new scheme will be introduced to replace the motorised transport grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

493. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an assessment of needs appointment for a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14642/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

503. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the requirements of disability service providers to have complaints procedures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14868/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

504. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the number of family forums established as part of Progressing Disability Services; if each children’s disability network team has or has not an operational family forum; the number of times family forums meet annually; the process by which the views expressed through each forum impact on policy and service delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14874/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

505. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the obligations of disability service providers for adults to operate family committees and forums for families to share their views on aspects of service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14875/23]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

518. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have applied to State bodies (details supplied) under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; the number still waiting for their records; the current timeline for when people can expect their records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/23]

Departmental Functions

Holly Cairns

519. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he acknowledges that the statutory time period of one month, extendable only to three months, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 concerning the provision of information to relevant person is routinely being breached; the actions he is taking in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/23]

Legislative Measures

Holly Cairns

520. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, during Dáil Committee Stage debate on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, he asserted that Section 11(2)(b) of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 would ensure provision to applicants of the equivalent of a GDPR schedule (details supplied); if he will direct the relevant State bodies to provide a schedule of records held to every applicant under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/23]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

521. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals making applications under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 who have been required to attend an information session, as defined in Section 17 of the Act, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/23]

Broadcasting Sector

Holly Cairns

522. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media concerning the compulsory provision of subtitles by all television stations and visually-based broadcast companies operating in Ireland. [15243/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Holly Cairns

540. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the survivors and their relatives of a former mother-and-baby home (details supplied) to pursue an appropriate intervention as allowed for under the Institutional Burials Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15493/23]

Direct Provision System

Holly Cairns

541. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding opportunities are available for sports clubs to integrate children and young people resident in direct provision centres, including funding for transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/23]

Departmental Meetings

Holly Cairns

565. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to ensure that the Firearms Expert Committee engages with firearms owners’ associations and hunting associations. [14879/23]

Legislative Measures

Holly Cairns

584. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will engage with a trade union (details supplied) concerning proposed changes to workers status under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15251/23]

Crime Prevention

Holly Cairns

606. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the role of microchipping animals in preventing the theft of companion animals; the number of Garda stations that have microchip scanners; the locations of these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/23]

Crime Prevention

Holly Cairns

607. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of awareness campaigns run by his Department or An Garda Síochána concerning preventing the theft of companion animals, including details of how much was spent on these campaigns, and the media through which they were distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a person with a disability (details supplied) can apply for a computer with accessible software under the technical aids grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14867/23]

Hospital Facilities

Holly Cairns

667. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the medical assessment unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24-hours-a-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14869/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

668. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide appropriate levels of staff in the SouthDoc facilities in Castletownbere, Bantry, Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Clonakilty and Bandon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14870/23]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

669. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details on the SouthDoc website are up-to-date and correct. [14871/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

670. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each facility to care for individuals who need one-to-one care; the number of people who have used these facilities annually in 2021 and 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14872/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

671. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families, including the increase in staffing levels, the facilities that are planned or where works are underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14873/23]

Hospital Services

Holly Cairns

715. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the injury unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24 hrs a day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Holly Cairns

716. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for women to access public gynaecological services, with particular reference to women diagnosed with adenomyosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/23]

Agriculture Industry

Holly Cairns

763. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group, including the composition of the group and its remit; the number of times it has met; and the amount of money spent to date with a breakdown of how it was spent. [14853/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to issue areas of natural constraint payments one month later than usual which impacts on the viability of small farmers dependent on these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/23]

Agriculture Industry

Holly Cairns

787. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will defer the ban on the use of creosote in fencing until measures for alternative treatments are in place, including his Department’s approval of copper oil-based treatment products and the availability of same to business in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

96. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the process by which an area is assigned a special school. [13917/23]

School Staff

Holly Cairns

126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure schools in Cork south west have sufficient teachers to meet local needs. [13920/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to encourage special needs assistants to undertake continuing professional development through Irish universities and institutes of technology. [6625/23]

Fisheries Protection

Holly Cairns

142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to engage with inshore fishers, their representative organisations, and their producer organisations concerning a co-management approach to Marine Protected Areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/23]

Construction Industry

Holly Cairns

143. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on introducing regulations concerning the use of rock-breaking equipment. [14303/23]

School Transport

Holly Cairns

179. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will reduce the eligibility for the school transport scheme to 1.2 kilometres for both primary and post-primary students. [14293/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

194. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to an inspection report by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, into an intellectual disability facility (details supplied). [14296/23]

Human Rights

Holly Cairns

196. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State’s reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14291/23]

Human Rights

Holly Cairns

197. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14292/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

207. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Health to increase the number of graduates from clinical therapies, including but not limited to occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology, to address shortages in the health services. [14294/23]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

264. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of eating disorders teams currently in place in each CHO; the number of staff currently assigned to each team; the number of vacancies; the plans to recruit the required staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14297/23]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

265. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the amount spent on eating disorder services for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, inclusive. [14298/23]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

266. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the amount of unspent moneys from mental health services budgets returned to the Exchequer relating to 2022. [14299/23]

Ambulance Service

Holly Cairns

267. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortages of ambulances in Cork south west. [14300/23]

Ambulance Service

Holly Cairns

268. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14301/23]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Holly Cairns

283. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to monitor the activities of super trawlers operating in Irish territorial waters, including his views on requiring CCTV monitoring to be installed on such vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14289/23]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Holly Cairns

284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to work with European counterparts to prohibit the operation of super trawlers operating in the territorial waters of member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14290/23]

Business Supports

Holly Cairns

136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a grant for self-employed disabled people and disabled entrepreneurs to employ a non-disabled person to help them run their business. [12775/23]

Industrial Relations

Holly Cairns

143. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that staff receive their full wages in a timely manner from a former employer. [13053/23]

Co-operative Sector

Holly Cairns

155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the concerning the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022 (details supplied). [14003/23]

Broadcasting Sector

Holly Cairns

171. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that are being taken to ensure that all television stations and visually-based broadcast companies operating in Ireland are required to have subtitles. [12777/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Holly Cairns

172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband in Cork south west. [12778/23]

Postal Services

Holly Cairns

173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure that new Eircodes are assigned in a timely manner rather than in batches every few months. [12779/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Holly Cairns

174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure the provision of broadband to Brookdale, Riverstick, County Cork. [12780/23]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

175. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide his response to a recommendation in a report (details supplied) concerning energy poverty calling for 'A Community Energy Advice service would provide a local, tailored service to support people to access the financial advice they need, to install 'quick win' measures, and to apply for appropriate retrofitting grants'. [12781/23]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

176. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide his response to a recommendation in a report (details supplied) concerning energy poverty which highlights 'the remaining gaps in retrofitting support, this includes the ongoing lack of strategic action to address poor energy efficiency in the private rented sector: we welcome announcements of future regulation, but a clear pathway is needed to ensure tenants see the benefits of improvements in housing quality'. [12782/23]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

177. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide his response to a recommendation in a report (details supplied) concerning energy poverty. [12784/23]

Postal Services

Holly Cairns

189. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure that new eircodes are added to applications (details supplied) and other common navigating tools in a timely manner. [13227/23]

Postal Services

Holly Cairns

190. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure that An Post uses the eircodes system. [13228/23]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

204. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure the implementation of a pensions agreement from a semi-State body, including the back payments recipients are entitled to (details supplied). [13464/23]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

237. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address the backlog in people waiting to take driving tests. [12480/23]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

238. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify why an individual’s (details supplied) driving test continues to be delayed. [12481/23]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

239. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address issues concerning the pensions of former and current workers in a State transport body (details supplied). [12483/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide public electric vehicle chargers in Allihies, Castletownbere and Eyeries, County Cork. [12484/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Holly Cairns

241. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that individuals who choose to tax their car on a quarterly basis are not charged extra than those who do so annually. [12485/23]

Marine Accidents

Holly Cairns

251. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport with his responsibilities under the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993; and the steps he is taking in relation to MV Alta in Ballycotton, including addressing health and safety concerns in relation to persons travelling to view the vessel. [12758/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

252. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on ensuring that Castletownbere is classified as a larger town within the Connection Ireland plan to ensure that the Beara peninsula is assigned the necessary scale of routes [12806/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

253. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an additional sheltered bus stop on the western side of Bandon to facilitate elderly residents. [12807/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

254. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that a sheltered bus stop is put in place in Ballinhassig, County Cork. [12808/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure the return of the Tralee to London Eurolines route. [12809/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

256. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to regulate e-scooters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12810/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

257. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of when the announced Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan, Skibbereen to Killarney bus route will commence operations. [12811/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on the situation where private operators could not participate in the initiative on the February bank holiday weekend whereby Leap card holders could bring another person for free on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

293. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve the frequency and expand the range of local link services in Cork south west. [13475/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure frequent public transport options between Bandon, County Cork and Munster Technological University and University College Cork. [13476/23]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied) concerning issues relating to a semi-State transport body pension scheme. [14020/23]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

301. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the actions that he has taken to improve waiting times for driving tests [14021/23]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

302. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the current waiting times for each driving test centre, including the number of people waiting for tests and waiting to be invited to apply for a test, and monthly break down, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14022/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

314. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme facilitates disabled driver charging their electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/23]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

315. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the rent-a-room scheme is extended to allow households that have an available bedroom to rent it to an asylum seeker. [12786/23]