Parliamentary questions

Post Office Network

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

708. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural Ireland that have lost or are losing the local post office such as Borris, County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11241/23]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

17. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9923/23]

Energy Conservation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

68. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll-out of loan schemes for deep retrofitting; and if the backlog previously reported has been cleared. [9852/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

111. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding allocated to date to the community energy grant scheme. [9851/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

31. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the public realm improvements scheme for the enhancement of the River Barrow in Bagenalstown, County Carlow, due to be completed under the town and village renewal scheme. [9022/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

44. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available to community groups facing rising running costs due to inflation and energy price increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9021/23]

Industrial Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

129. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA advanced factory in Carlow; the action being taken to attract businesses to the factory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8911/23]

Enterprise Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

132. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the South-East Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8910/23]

Departmental Data

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

82. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of artists in County Carlow who are in receipt of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [8409/23]

Sports Organisations

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

122. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of sports organisations in County Carlow that are in receipt of the sports energy support scheme. [8408/23]

Road Safety Authority

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

189. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost if 50 additional WTE driver testers were recruited for the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/23]

Insurance Industry

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

223. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the legislative steps planned to tackle the ongoing high cost of insurance, especially motor insurance, as it relates to the motorsports industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8270/23]

Court Accommodation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

242. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress of the Office of Public Works refurbishment of Carlow courthouse railings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8271/23]

National Monuments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

243. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a list of properties in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that are under the ownership of the Office of Public Works; the plans for any remedial works at these sites; if there are plans for Ballymoon Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/23]

Vacant Properties

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

293. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for Carlow County Council's croí cónaithe scheme; the number of approved applicants; if they are vacant or derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/23]

Fire Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

294. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress in addressing the difficulties in retaining part-time firefighters and improving their terms and conditions. [8272/23]

Naval Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

352. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched before the end of Q1, 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8267/23]

Disadvantaged Status

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

390. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if there will be a review of the way DEIS is allocated particularly in cases where two single-sex schools sit adjacent with the same demographic and are not allocated similar status in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8268/23]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

419. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a new special educational needs organiser will be appointed to the Carlow area following the vacancy arising (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8635/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

467. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full -ear cost of increasing the maximum rate of disability allowance to €228.50 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8259/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

468. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if a double payment of child benefit is being considered for families given the current cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8260/23]

Travel Documents

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

556. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 24 January 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities for this question to be answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8261/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

618. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a gallium scan; the hospitals in which these scans are performed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8263/23]

Hospital Facilities

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

619. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute surgical assessment unit, broken down by unit for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8264/23]

Dental Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

620. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the funding for HSE dental services in the past three years in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; the number of children waiting for dental services in Kilkenny and Carlow; their waiting times; the locations in which children in the counties can have orthodontic treatment carried out; the number of orthodontists available to the HSE in this area; the criteria being applied that determines whether a child qualifies for HSE-funded orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/23]

Health Promotion

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

621. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; the budget allocated in 2023 for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

42. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice in view of the the increased number of sexual assaults recorded in quarter 3 of 2022, the steps that are being taken to tackle sexual, domestic and gender-based violence in Ireland. [7528/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

43. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to the Carlow and Kilkenny districts. [7527/23]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [6887/23]

Housing Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

280. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of CAS funding allocated to Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7335/23]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

281. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on projects in Carlow town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7337/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

370. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if the provision of schoolbooks will be made to those who are being home schooled in the same way books are being provided free of charge for primary school students this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7334/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

894. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1846 of 18 January 2023, the reason a pension has still not been paid to a former employee (details supplied) of his Department, seven months after applying; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6645/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

14. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the provision for wigs for those who have lost their hair due to medical reasons that are not specifically cancer-related; the exact amount of the grant available to support such persons with the cost of non-surgical hair replacement in each county per calendar year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6040/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

57. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person receiving the benefit payment for 65-year-olds is precluded from receiving the carer’s benefit; if receipt of the same benefit payment precludes persons from receiving other welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6041/23]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

65. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has to deal with the shortfall of accommodation for refugees; if his Department has planned for an increase in the number of rest centres for refugees coming to Ireland where they can stay temporarily before being moved to alternative accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6054/23]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

96. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide data on the new national childcare scheme to demonstrate participation and average subsidy rates for January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6042/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

270. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the carer’s grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5958/23]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

126. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the provision of autism spectrum disorder class provision in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4935/23]

School Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

151. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to address teacher recruitment issues in primary and post-primary schools; the actions being taken to recognise foreign-based qualifications of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4934/23]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

11. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [4217/23]

Child Poverty

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

19. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [4218/23]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of the Russian Federation abducting Ukrainian children from their families and removing them to Russia was discussed at the European Foreign Affairs council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4232/23]

Passport Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

140. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications from County Carlow that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4233/23]

Business Supports

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

247. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in relation to the temporary business energy support scheme (details supplied) and the application of same to the charity sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3998/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

256. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if a review is currently being undertaken of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme; if so, the status of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4080/23]

Recycling Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

285. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the roll-out of the deposit return scheme; the number of retailers who have signed up to the scheme; if he will provide an overview of engagements with local authorities on potential planning permission requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/23]

Gender Balance

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

7. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update in respect of the action plan for sport 2021-2023 and the Government target to have 40% female representation in the board membership of the national governing bodies of sport. [3562/23]

Sport and Recreational Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

55. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to promote the participation of girls and young women in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3561/23]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

102. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the provision of affordable housing in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3424/23]