Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of applications for the long-term carer contributions scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications since the commencement of the scheme; and the current waiting time for applications to be assessed, in tabular form. [19428/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

563. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of persons from Ukraine under beneficiaries of temporary protection, and the number of international protection applicants respectively, who have been housed within each local authority nationally as of 22 April 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18819/24]

General Practitioner Services

Peadar Tóibín

614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the MIDOC in Birr, County Offaly closed; if there are plans for it to reopen; if there is an assessment of accessibility of primary care in Birr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/24]

Community Development Projects

Peadar Tóibín

770. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the current review of CLÁR designated areas within her Department, and when the review will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18829/24]

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in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and to provide a sample of reasons that carer’s allowance may be withdrawn from carers.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]