Parliamentary questions

Home Help Service

Alan Dillon

43. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health what measures are in place to increase the number of home care providers and home help professionals in community healthcare networks versus the level of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9723/24]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Dillon

61. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the re-commencement of construction at Ballyhaunis Primary Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9724/24]

Disability Services

Alan Dillon

87. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the delivery of the children's disability network team in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9028/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Alan Dillon

106. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the building blocks improvement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/24]

Further and Higher Education

Alan Dillon

202. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on capital investment projects in the ATU Mayo campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9736/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Alan Dillon

203. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on measures to improve the backlogs in craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/24]

Grant Payments

Alan Dillon

208. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education what grants are available for students attending modern foreign language courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8885/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

209. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education how DEIS funding for ETB schools is allocated; the process for school principals to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8886/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

210. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if DEIS funding through ETBs is available for foreign language courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8888/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

211. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education how the DEIS funding for ETB schools is allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8889/24]

School Accommodation

Alan Dillon

233. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9273/24]

School Staff

Alan Dillon

234. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the reason future employment contracts for school secretaries do not include provisions for bereavement leave and wedding leave, in accordance with standard Department contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9288/24]

Departmental Funding

Alan Dillon

437. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding available for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8919/24]

Health Services

Alan Dillon

625. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the treatment available for dementia patients in County Mayo, including investments in services and strategic plans to improve these services further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9289/24]

Education and Training Boards

Alan Dillon

638. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if grants are available for students who attend modern foreign language courses through ETB's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/24]

Further and Higher Education

Alan Dillon

639. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student (details supplied) can transfer their college course from Letterkenny to Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8979/24]

Legislative Measures

Alan Dillon

13. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the criminal legal aid Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8379/24]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Alan Dillon

14. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the community-based CCTV system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8378/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Alan Dillon

93. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8376/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Alan Dillon

234. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has considered the possible tax implications for some farmers of receiving a double ACRES payment in 2024; the level of tax disregards applied to ACRES payments; whether he has engaged with other Departments on this matter; whether he has considered the possible impact on thresholds for SUSI applications for some farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/24]

National Security

Alan Dillon

1. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Taoiseach if he will develop a national security strategy and functioning security agency to deal with future security events. [2791/24]

State Pensions

Alan Dillon

72. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the changes to the State contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7876/24]

School Meals Programme

Alan Dillon

76. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7875/24]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Dillon

596. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the nature of the communication that has been made with the developers of a primary care centre (details supplied); specifically the directives given to them regarding the necessity to restart construction activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7868/24]

Community Development Projects

Alan Dillon

653. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the number of applications that have been received per county under the 2023 Community Centres Investment Fund - New Builds Measure; if there will be a new call for this scheme in 2024; and when will the assessment process for 2023 be completed and the awardees announced. [7436/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

14. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when applications will open for the large-scale sports infrastructure fund and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6871/24]

Television Licence Fee

Alan Dillon

53. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the reform of the TV licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6870/24]

Departmental Reviews

Alan Dillon

117. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of the housing adaptation grant; his ongoing engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6873/24]

Housing Provision

Alan Dillon

119. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he intends to ramp up the supply of housing in towns and villages outside the major urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6872/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

212. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on an application (details supplied) pursuant to the sport capital equipment grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7168/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Alan Dillon

326. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will clarify a matter concerning sensors (details supplied) used by type 1 diabetes pump users. [7177/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Alan Dillon

65. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7082/24]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Dillon

21. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [4026/24]

School Staff

Alan Dillon

107. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education for an update on plans to introduce a payroll system in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6396/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Dillon

108. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education for an update on plans to increase the allocation of SNAs in primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6395/24]

Environmental Schemes

Alan Dillon

161. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a town (details supplied) is not included in the RESS 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6150/24]

Energy Usage

Alan Dillon

169. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a breakdown of the number of smart metres installed in each county, in tabular form; the number of these that are active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6296/24]

Septic Tanks

Alan Dillon

399. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the grounds on which septic tank grants will not be provided to those outside a designated area of greatest environmental priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6295/24]

Industrial Development

Alan Dillon

39. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the number of IDA and Enterprise Ireland backed jobs and companies in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5730/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Alan Dillon

107. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the proposed Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5728/24]

Public Sector Pay

Alan Dillon

108. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the new public sector pay agreement talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5729/24]

Road Projects

Alan Dillon

155. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5879/24]

Road Projects

Alan Dillon

156. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5880/24]

Wastewater Treatment

Alan Dillon

217. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the review conducted as part of the NDP review process and supply a list of villages and settlements in each county that do not currently have access to public wastewater infrastructure, including those specific for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5789/24]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Alan Dillon

245. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice for an update on data protection issues in relation to CCTV which are funded by community groups and used by the gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5832/24]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Dillon

137. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expand the emergency humanitarian support scheme to include damage caused by storms during a red alert event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5089/24]

School Staff

Alan Dillon

204. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education how many additional teachers have been employed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5461/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

233. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide emergency State aid, for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5431/24]

Housing Provision

Alan Dillon

238. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of figures for housing delivered by Mayo County Council in 2023 compared to targets set by Mayo County Council in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4924/24]

Planning Issues

Alan Dillon

239. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the number of planning applications lodged and approved by Mayo County Council in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4925/24]