Parliamentary questions

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

409. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38952/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

427. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38947/22]

Departmental Data

Dara Calleary

483. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38948/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

535. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38959/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

595. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38946/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

619. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38953/22]

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

651. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38956/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

706. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38954/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

883. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38945/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Dara Calleary

908. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38958/22]

Departmental Functions

Dara Calleary

12. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [35906/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dara Calleary

179. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to meet the challenge of long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37495/22]

Home Help Service

Dara Calleary

196. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019; the number of persons currently waiting for home care in each LHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37496/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dara Calleary

960. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if members of the Defence Forces will receive a special recognition payment given their services in support of the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34023/22]

Grant Payments

Dara Calleary

24. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline measures to improve funding supports for students in further and higher education, including an update on the review of the SUSI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36755/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Dara Calleary

31. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the provision of apprenticeship programmes, including new programme provision expected in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36754/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Dara Calleary

126. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ELC and SAC providers who have closed down in each of the past five years and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; the steps he intends to address any increase in closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36694/22]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

142. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of projects that are funded under the Community Integration Fund announced recently; the purposes for the moneys provided; if he has earmarked any funding specifically for the Ukrainian community now in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36693/22]

Disadvantaged Status

Dara Calleary

233. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the reason that a DEIS appeal by a school (details supplied) has been unsuccessful; the details of the analysis process that was undertaken in reaching the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36938/22]

An Garda Síochána

Dara Calleary

19. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in County Mayo at the end of June 2022, or the latest date available; the number of gardaí in County Mayo at the end of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35738/22]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Dara Calleary

75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice if existing community CCTV schemes are precluded from funding under the community safety partnership funding stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35737/22]

Vacant Properties

Dara Calleary

210. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports that are available for a private citizen to redevelop a derelict building in rural towns for social or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35268/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Dara Calleary

264. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when two foreign births registration applications will be processed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Dara Calleary

914. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any supports for a private commercial concern who wishes to develop a remote working hub in a rural town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35263/22]

Derelict Sites

Dara Calleary

915. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any supports for a private commercial concern who wish to refurbish semi-derelict properties in rural towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35264/22]

Educational Reform

Dara Calleary

93. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education her views on the reform of the senior cycle; the expected timeframe for the implementation and planned consultation processes of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34981/22]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

107. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered the introduction of sustainable energy grants for new builds; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all new builds are now bound by regulations dictating the type of home heating that can be installed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are constructing a new build are facing multiples of the costs facing a person carrying out a retrofit; his views on whether it is fair that a person carrying out a retrofit qualifies for assistance but a person constructing a new build does not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35044/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

146. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is no provision in either the existing or in the proposed revisions of the defective concrete blocks scheme that will preclude a defective concrete block homeowner from either availing of the rent-a-room relief or renting a room in their house via a short-term letting platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35063/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

147. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the current proposed revisions of the defective concrete blocks scheme and pending the ISO 465 review of foundations will not penalise a defective concrete block qualified homeowner who is availing of option 1 of the scheme and who is in a position to pay separately of the defective concrete block scheme to remove their foundations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35064/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

148. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the costs of the specialised disposal of damaged blocks and material via the defective concrete blocks scheme are included in the calculation of costs that are part of the proposed caps of the revised defective concrete block scheme; the plans that the Government has to reduce these particular costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35065/22]

Local Government Reform

Dara Calleary

152. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the programme for Government commitments in regard to town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35130/22]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Dara Calleary

263. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice if community safety partnership funding can be used to fund the maintenance and expansion of an existing community CCTV scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35157/22]

Defence Forces

Dara Calleary

110. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence when the European Working Time Directive will be implemented for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34024/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Dara Calleary

141. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that all processes in relation to existing exploration licences are managed expeditiously in the context of RePowerEU; his plans for ensuring that Ireland meets the ambitions outlined in RePowerEU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33764/22]

Tax Yield

Dara Calleary

218. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the projected receipts from excise duty on motor fuels for each of the first five months of 2022 versus in each month of the actual recorded receipts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33766/22]

Tax Yield

Dara Calleary

219. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the projected receipts from excise duty on home heating oils for each of the first five months of 2022 versus in each month of the actual recorded receipts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33767/22]

Passport Services

Dara Calleary

101. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of applications for passports from counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal to date in 2022, from each county; the number of passports issued; and the number of outstanding applications for passports currently awaiting processing in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32932/22]

Brexit Issues

Dara Calleary

110. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he accepts the assertions made by the United Kingdom government that it has been actively trying to make the Northern Ireland Protocol work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32933/22]

Departmental Appointments

Dara Calleary

365. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of directly employed job coaches who have been put in place by her Department; the number of appointments that is envisaged for the years 2022 and 2023; if all appointments will be publicly-advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33370/22]

Employment Schemes

Dara Calleary

366. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to support persons currently availing of Jobs Clubs nationwide; the future of Jobs Clubs in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33371/22]

Medicinal Products

Dara Calleary

420. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if the epilepsy drug nifedipine will be added to the medical card scheme. [33351/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

33. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions that his Department had with Sligo County Council in relation to the inclusion of the county in the defective concrete blocks scheme; the current status of that work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32858/22]

Broadcasting Sector

Dara Calleary

57. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her Department’s strategy to support the Irish language broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32416/22]

Climate Change Policy

Dara Calleary

99. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when Climate Action Fund for Community Climate Action projects will be announced for County Mayo (details supplied). [32525/22]

Legislative Measures

Dara Calleary

105. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline plans to change the law to allow bus drivers over the age of 70 years to drive buses up to the age of 75 years; the prosed timescale and conditions of the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31779/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Dara Calleary

612. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to review the community employment schemes. [32781/22]

Insurance Industry

Dara Calleary

7. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he is taking to increase competition in the Irish insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30073/22]

Tax Yield

Dara Calleary

24. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that the public finances are forecast to remain heavily reliant on corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30074/22]

Budget 2022

Dara Calleary

101. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €7 billion in contingencies for spending set out in Budget 2022 which remains unallocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29750/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Dara Calleary

104. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that he has sanctioned in expenditure measures to ease cost of living pressures since and including Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29749/22]