Parliamentary questions

General Practitioner Services

Pauline Tully

688. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. [10259/24]

Substance Misuse

Pauline Tully

689. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10260/24]

Hospital Facilities

Pauline Tully

690. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form. [10261/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

691. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10263/24]

Regulatory Bodies

Pauline Tully

812. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of requests her Department has received from the charities regulator seeking approval for recruitment of additional staff in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024; of the number of requests received, the number that were granted; and the number that are currently pending, in tabular form. [10264/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

45. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for lengthy waiting times for MRI scans at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/24]

General Practitioner Services

Pauline Tully

49. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of the GP service in Swanlinbar, County Cavan; if the HSE has agreed to meet with the residents to discuss potential solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the capital plan for the respite centre in Cavan, which will cater for children, has been launched; the timeframe for the delivery of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9734/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

97. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with anecdotal evidence of a 60% vacancy rate in Cavan children's disability network team, CDNT, if he will give a update on the vacancy rate within both Cavan and Monaghan CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9735/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

256. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to commit adequate funding for the implementation of the Disability Action Plan over its full- term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5753/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

257. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to adequate ring-fenced funding for the Disability Action Plan for its full-term;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5752/24]

Home Care Packages

Pauline Tully

305. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the timeframe within which this patient will be discharged with their care package in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9773/24]

Education and Training Boards

Pauline Tully

30. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will deliver decent public sector work contracts for the 3,500 adult education tutors who are employed by the education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9132/24]

Education and Training Boards

Pauline Tully

48. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider all the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9133/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

191. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if Circular 02/2024 will be revised to permit more than two schools to form a cluster for the purpose of combining principal release hours with SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8659/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

30. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she has plans to resource An Garda Síochána to enable adequate recruitment levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8381/24]

Grant Payments

Pauline Tully

135. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if schools are eligible to apply for Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants to reduce their energy costs and greenhouse emissions. [7549/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Pauline Tully

383. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has plans to increase the wage subsidy scheme in line with the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7924/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

384. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has concerns regarding the suspension of the social inclusion fund for the deaf community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7925/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

477. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places for disabled people that were delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [7503/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

478. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people with an intellectual disability, autism, physical or sensory disability, both children and adults, in receipt of respite services in 2022. [7504/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

482. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all funding that is available to groups that wish to raise awareness about dyslexia. [7550/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

509. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total additional respite places that have been put in place from January 2018 to December 2023; the number of these that were planned and the number that were emergency placements. [8021/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

510. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential places as of December 2023; the number of these that were planned and the number that were emergency placements; the total cost of providing an additional planned residential place; and the total cost of providing an additional emergency residential place. [8022/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

511. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of disabled adults provided with respite services in 2022; and the number of these adults who are cared for in their family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8023/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

512. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of disabled children provided with respite services in 2022; and the number of these children who are cared for in their family home. [8024/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

513. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a new round of the disability participation and awareness fund will open for applications in 2024. [8034/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

10. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider increasing the funding for the scéim forbartha líonraí Gaeilge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6971/24]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Pauline Tully

38. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with the recent restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and the refunctioning of the North-South Ministerial Council, the action she will take to ensure the immediate release of the €700,000 allocated for North-South co-operation in the budget for 2024 to enable Foras na Gaeilge to reopen the scéim forbartha líonraí Gaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6970/24]

Housing Schemes

Pauline Tully

79. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the lack of transparency for those who have been turned down for the tenant-in-situ scheme as to the reason they were unsuccessful in their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6967/24]

Rental Sector

Pauline Tully

151. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 6 July 2023, and considering the steep rise in rent in County Cavan since; if the criteria have been met for designating any area in County Cavan as a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6968/24]

Rental Sector

Pauline Tully

377. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 6 July 2023, if any part of County Cavan is being considered to be designated as a rent pressure zone. [6090/24]

Export Controls

Pauline Tully

480. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of a local authority in the granting of export health licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6061/24]

Animal Slaughtering

Pauline Tully

481. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is obliged to inspect and approve of abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/24]

Export Controls

Pauline Tully

482. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the processes by which an abattoir may obtain an export health licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/24]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

560. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of termination of pregnancy services at Cavan General Hospital. [6093/24]

Food Safety

Pauline Tully

578. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is obliged to inspect and approve of abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/24]

Business Supports

Pauline Tully

67. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his engagement with the hospitality sector in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5759/24]

White Papers

Pauline Tully

68. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department took to consult with Disabled Persons Organisations, in line with Article 4 (3) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD), in relation to the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5758/24]

North-South Interconnector

Pauline Tully

141. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in relation to the route and undergrounding of the north south interconnector. [5825/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Pauline Tully

153. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in relation to additional funding for the salting of roads and footpaths. [5823/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Pauline Tully

154. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in relation to additional funding to expedite driver testing services and NCT car testing services. [5824/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Pauline Tully

289. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children’s disability service regional assessment hubs that have been established as of 31 January 2024; which CHO areas these cover; and the timeframe for the establishment of the remaining regional assessment hubs. [5933/24]

Defence Forces

Pauline Tully

45. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Australian Defence Forces that have attended the Military College since 2018; the number currently attending the Military College. [5184/24]

State Bodies

Pauline Tully

138. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE, by job title, working for Enterprise Ireland office based in Melbourne, Seattle and Montreal as of 24 January 2024. [5191/24]

Industrial Development

Pauline Tully

156. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA backed companies currently located in counties Cavan and Monaghan, in tabular form; the number of IDA backed companies located in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the number of site visits that were conducted by the IDA in each county in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the amount of funding that was expended by the IDA in each county in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5601/24]

School Funding

Pauline Tully

207. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the funding or grants available to schools to insulate attics and walls and to provide new windows and doors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5501/24]

Tourism Promotion

Pauline Tully

221. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps Fáilte Ireland is taking to promote fishing tourism throughout Ireland. [5190/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

301. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost to increase the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Services for People with Disabilities to 50. [5192/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

343. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian forensic photographers employed by An Garda Síochána in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5185/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

344. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on vehicle recovery services within Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2023; and the timeframe for when this contract is due to expire. [5186/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Pauline Tully

452. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a proposal to use a property (details supplied) to provide emergency accommodation for persons seeking emergency protection or temporary accommodation has been received by his Department; If so the number of persons planned to be located at this property; the gender and age breakdown of the persons that are to be located at this property; when it is expected that they will be located at the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5424/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

512. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine working in Cavan General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5188/24]

Hospital Facilities

Pauline Tully

513. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to increase the number of adult critical care beds in the public health service to 400. [5189/24]

Education Costs

Pauline Tully

589. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 29 November 2022, the actions he has taken since December 2022 to increase the supply of domestic medical graduates; and the number of domestic medical graduates in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [5493/24]

Education Costs

Pauline Tully

590. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 29 November 2022, the actions he has taken since December 2022 to increase the supply of medical graduates from EU countries, excluding Ireland; and the number of medical graduates from EU countries other than Ireland in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [5494/24]

Public Transport

Pauline Tully

43. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement regarding the National Fares Strategy. [4540/24]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Pauline Tully

67. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that his Department and the bodies under its aegis are aware and in compliance with article 4(3) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

156. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the meetings officials in his Department were involved in on the senior officials group in July, November and December 2023 with regard to considerations for replacing the disabled driver and passenger scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4542/24]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pauline Tully

158. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance to detail the number of persons who are currently on the waiting list for the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4543/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

211. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the full gamut of grants, discounts, waivers or any other supports that exist for an amputee, above the knee, who hopes to return to driving for personal needs; if he or his office can provide any other useful advice for this intending disabled driver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/24]

Civil Service

Pauline Tully

243. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 13 June 2023, with reference to Circular 09/2009: Civil Servants and Political Activity, if he will detail the maximum remuneration for the grade of clerical officer in the civil service. [4939/24]

State Bodies

Pauline Tully

293. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 30 November 2023, if a water and-or wastewater caretaker employed by Uisce Éireann is entitled to become a member of a local authority. [4911/24]

State Bodies

Pauline Tully

294. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Circular LG(P) 06/09 "Local Government Act 2001 (Section 161) Order 2004", S.I. No. 216 of 2004 or Circular 09/2009 "Civil Servants and Political Activity" applies to a water and-or wastewater caretaker employed by Uisce Éireann. [4912/24]

State Bodies

Pauline Tully

295. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a water/wastewater caretaker employed by Uisce Éireann is considered a civil servant in the craft or State industrial and manual grade employee; and if so, which grades in Uisce Éireann are considered below that of a civil service clerical officer. [4913/24]

Departmental Functions

Pauline Tully

90. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what collaboration is taking place between her Department and the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure adequate supports are put in place to support communities who are accommodating asylum seekers and international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3954/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

102. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the additional funding and resources paid out in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2023, specifically to support the integration of asylum seekers and international protection applicants into the communities they are being accommodated in, in tabular form; if she has plans to increase this funding and resources in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3953/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

593. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the CLÁR funding under measure 1 and measure 2 in 2023 from County Cavan; and the number of successful applications under each measure, in tabular form. [3996/24]

Middle East

Pauline Tully

63. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his reason why, as a state party to the Genocide Convention with a responsibility to act to protect humanity, Ireland has not joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3333/24]

Northern Ireland

Pauline Tully

83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if discussions have taken place between the Shared Island Unit and SEUPB with regard to exploring if organisations applying to either the Shared Island Fund or the PeacePlus fund can utilise one as match-funding for the other; if approval will be given to enable this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3334/24]

Official Travel

Pauline Tully

152. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3572/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

172. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the budget allocation for anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness grant scheme in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [3585/24]

Greenways Provision

Pauline Tully

196. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if there is a ring-fenced multi-annual budget within Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the development of greenways; and if so, the amount contained in this budget. [3573/24]

Official Travel

Pauline Tully

197. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to visit the US in the first half of 2024. [3574/24]

Departmental Meetings

Pauline Tully

206. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he met with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3575/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

212. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the timeframe his Department is expecting for the construction of the new Garda station in Bailieboro, Cavan to be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [3571/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

243. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for the next round of applications for funding under the summer works scheme to be accepted by her Department. [3570/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

250. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the budget allocation for Screen Ireland in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [3584/24]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

263. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE qualified chartered surveyors employed by his Department as of 22 January 2024; and if he will provide the same figure as of 31 March 2022, in tabular form. [3583/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

298. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí within the Cavan and Monaghan division who have successfully completed the protestor removal course in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and the duration of this course. [3582/24]

Greyhound Industry

Pauline Tully

316. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rasaíocht Con Éireann laboratory has the capacity to test blood and hair follicle samples; and if so, the number of such tests carried out in 2023, in tabular form. [3576/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

317. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocation for Sea Fisheries Protection Authority in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [3577/24]

Public Sector Pay

Pauline Tully

362. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan awaiting a scoliosis operation by wait time, in tabular form. [3578/24]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

363. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant vascular surgeons working in the Public Health Service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant vascular surgeons to population and current ratios. [3579/24]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

364. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a public PrEP clinic at Monaghan General Hospital. [3580/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Pauline Tully

376. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average time it took from phase 1 to completion to complete each apprenticeship by trade in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2023, in tabular form. [3581/24]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

6. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to Cavan General Hospital for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2071/24]

Care Services

Pauline Tully

32. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what actions he is taking to reverse the current trend in long-term residential care (LTRC) where there has been a consolidation of LTRC homes under larger operator groups in Dublin and the commuter belt at the expense of smaller independently owned and operated LTRC homes which are not part of operator groups in rural areas such as in Cavan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2070/24]

Further and Higher Education

Pauline Tully

98. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he has taken to develop more part-time curriculums across higher and further education; if he has increased funding for these courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2090/24]

Further and Higher Education

Pauline Tully

121. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he has taken to increase funding and resources for disability supports including mental health supports in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/24]

Work Permits

Pauline Tully

238. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider issuing a temporary travel document to Sudanese citizens here on a work permit who are currently unable to renew their passports due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan. [2104/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Pauline Tully

43. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the increasingly urgent conflict situation in Sudan what supports his Department can provide or if he plans to introduce supports that will assist Sudanese/Irish citizens who are at risk. [1223/24]

Transport Policy

Pauline Tully

207. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if consultation has taken place with disabled persons representative organisations in relation to the Active Travel Programme. [57013/23]

Road Projects

Pauline Tully

218. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to progress the funding for the N2 Ardee to Castleblaney road scheme. [57155/23]

Road Network

Pauline Tully

219. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport to detail the additional funding that was announced in Budget 2024 to maintain and improve the county, regional and local road network. [57156/23]

Departmental Policies

Pauline Tully

229. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport to detail the proposed new driver education plan for transition year students; to seek clarification on the reason approved driving instructors were not consulted on these new proposals. [57388/23]

Road Network

Pauline Tully

302. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport further to a request from the N2/A5/Ten-T Cross Border Committee (details supplied), if he will meet with the committee to discuss the delivery of improvements and upgrades to the N2/A5/TEN-T route from Dublin to the northwest and serving the Border region and Northern Ireland. [1972/24]

Tax Reliefs

Pauline Tully

335. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if, in line with Action 74 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to adopt a needs-based approach to the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57321/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pauline Tully

353. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if there has been any change to the eligibility criteria for the primary medical certificate, or if he plans to introduce changes to the eligibility criteria. [1216/24]

Equal Opportunities Employment

Pauline Tully

391. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if, in line with Action 75 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to undertake a review of public sector recruitment and employment practices to ensure that they are autism-friendly; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57264/23]