Parliamentary questions

Electric Vehicles

Denis Naughten

176. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the reason the new draft e-scooter regulations currently exclude shared e-scooters due to the fact that they include a 25kg weight limit; if he is aware that shared services include enhanced safety features which make such scooters heavier than 25kg; if he will outline his plans for such shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/23]

EU Directives

Denis Naughten

191. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Article 8 of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive 2014 (2014/61/EU) will be enacted into Irish law by the end of 2023; the reason it has not been implemented to date; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45668/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

148. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 19 January 2023, if he will outline the outcome from the engagement with the Minister for Rural and Community Development or the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media, on this issue concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45262/23]

Road Network

Denis Naughten

75. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the steps taken to monitor and minimise contamination from water runoff on our national road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44563/23]

Road Network

Denis Naughten

90. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the steps taken to monitor and manage contamination from water runoff on our national road network; the steps taken by TII in the management of attenuation ponds to treat such contaminated water before its discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44562/23]

School Discipline

Denis Naughten

119. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post-primary pupils respectively suspended in each of the past five years; the corresponding number for the number of students expelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44560/23]

International Agreements

Denis Naughten

270. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Ireland will accede to the UN Water Convention; the timeline for this; the outstanding steps to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43327/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

370. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she intends to launch the 2024 digital innovation fund; if the new round of funding will include supports to enable scale up to national level of projects which have been successfully trialled at county level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43342/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

42. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas ##committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; and the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review. [43246/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

50. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

55. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42948/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

63. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42945/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

79. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42960/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

98. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42949/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

100. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42955/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

101. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of the drafting of the River Shannon management body Bill within his Department; the timeline for presenting the general scheme to Government for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

102. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the flood mitigation works that have been completed on the old course of the River Shannon between Parteen weir and Limerick city from 2020 to date; the further plans for such works and the funding committed for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/23]

Waterways Issues

Denis Naughten

103. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will increase the minimum statutory flow over Parteen weir from 10 cu. m per second; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43064/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

104. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the River Shannon flood risk management committee held its meetings in 2023; the agenda for each meeting and the decisions taken; the specific emergency actions which were taken by the committee in July 2023 to address the serious summer flooding in the Shannon callows resulting in the substantial loss of both summer and winter fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43071/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

107. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

113. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42946/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

124. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42959/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

137. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42953/23]

Housing Policy

Denis Naughten

143. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a staff nurse who has returned to this country at the request of the HSE is being refused a local authority mortgage, because their previous two years of continuous employment was in Britain, rather than on the island of Ireland; if he realises that this policy is undermining stated Government policy of trying to recruit key staff within our health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43035/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

152. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42957/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

166. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42954/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

174. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/23]

Agriculture Industry

Denis Naughten

181. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the very serious losses as a result of the summer flooding in July 2023 on the Shannon callows resulting in the substantial loss of both summer and winter fodder, if he will outline his plans to provide alternative fodder and assistance to farmers in the callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43087/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

186. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42944/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

200. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42952/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

205. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if he intends to extend or replace this scheme before it is due to end on 31 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42979/23]

Vaccination Programme

Denis Naughten

214. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 booster vaccines are being restricted to older and vulnerable people when US health officials are recommending that everyone over the age of six months receive the latest annual Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43033/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

235. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/23]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

239. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42956/23]

Social Welfare Code

Denis Naughten

429. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on designating long-Covid as an occupational illness for frontline workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42828/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

467. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the grazing season under the ACRES scheme on geese and swan lands and breeding wader lands for one month to 1 November 2023 due to the dramatic impact of summer flooding in the Shannon and Suck Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

589. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); if they have been graded as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42253/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

609. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the drawdown of the €110,000 allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register; when a programme manager post was advertised; when interviews were held; when the appointment will be made; if he will confirm that any underspend in the 2023 allocation will be rolled over into the 2024 spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/23]

Health Services Staff

Denis Naughten

610. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; if he is aware of the impact that this is having on the delivery of frontline patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

611. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the drawdown of the funding allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit, in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study; when a programme manager post was advertised; when interviews were held; when the appointment will be made; when data analytics staff posts were advertised; when interviews were held; when appointments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/23]

Mental Health Services

Denis Naughten

636. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS in CHO2 in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of those referrals which were refused; the number currently on the waiting list; the current waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42453/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Denis Naughten

212. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the review of a disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42061/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Denis Naughten

375. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a travel allowance paid in respect of travel for dialysis treatment is counted as means in an assessment for disability allowance; the plans she has, if any, to review this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41311/23]

Office of Public Works

Denis Naughten

213. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 16 May 2023, if he has received the OPW report on the inspection of the Oweynagat cave at Rathcroghan; if he will publish the report and/or its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40294/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

807. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of assessment of needs applications carried out in-house by the HSE and which were not outsourced, by CHO, in 2022 and to the end of June 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39507/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

847. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1010 of 13 June 2023, if a key contact has now been appointed (details supplied); when the child will be called for speech and language and occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40288/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

864. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child will receive an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40458/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Denis Naughten

983. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022, particularly regarding international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40286/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

1013. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40459/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

1057. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether any essential expenditure from an inheritance, such as the purchase of a car to travel to college, can be included in a SUSI means assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denis Naughten

1058. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an inheritance is only taken into account for a higher education grant in the year in which it is received; if not, if it is assessed as income throughout the individual's period of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39633/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

932. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received and approved respectively for the croí cónaithe scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1473. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1474. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39026/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1475. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39027/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1476. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39028/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1477. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1478. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39030/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1479. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39031/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1480. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39032/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1481. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39033/23]

Dental Services

Denis Naughten

1750. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to implement the motion approved by Dáil Éireann on dental services on 19 January 2023; the steps being taken to ensure that medical card patients have access to a dental service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38362/23]

Dental Services

Denis Naughten

1751. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in counties Roscommon and Galway that have ceased providing medical card services in the past five years; the medical card dental services currently available to medical card users; the provision in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38363/23]

Medicinal Products

Denis Naughten

1752. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when adjuvant abemaciclib will be approved to reduce the risk of breast cancer for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Denis Naughten

2091. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 25 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the figures provided previously; the processing time for applications currently; the steps being taken to address these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38405/23]

Hospital Services

Denis Naughten

1197. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will deliver on the promise in the Programme for Government to support clinical genetic services at CHI, Crumlin, by appointing six genomic resource associate roles to reduce the currently unacceptable two-year waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36015/23]

Animal Carcase Disposal

Denis Naughten

575. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in light of the fact that in 2018 an organisation (details supplied) published beef carcass conformation data for 2015, 2016 and 2017, he will furnish the corresponding data for 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35406/23]

Agriculture Industry

Denis Naughten

576. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will furnish data on the percentage of dairy-first crosses being used in the suckler herd and their average replacement index, for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35407/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

207. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available people with a disability respectively, by CHO in 2019 and in 2023; when respite beds withdrawn during Covid will be reinstated in light of the hardship being caused to carers and their families. [34572/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

256. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason emergency respite funding was withdrawn from an organisation (details supplied) overnight recently; if he will reverse this decision in light on the hardship being caused due to the lack of respite availability since Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34571/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

257. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available for older people by CHO in 2019 and in 2023; when respite beds withdrawn during Covid will be reinstated in light of the hardship being caused to carers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34572/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

258. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide specific financial assistance to patients with home dialysis machines in light of the additional cost of their operation due to rising electricity prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34573/23]

School Funding

Denis Naughten

279. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the amounts spent by her Department on capitation in primary schools for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33813/23]

School Funding

Denis Naughten

280. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the total amount required to restore capitation to €200 per pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33814/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Denis Naughten

468. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional needs payment applications made in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023; the corresponding number of requests associated with heating/energy bills; the number granted in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34308/23]

Animal Sales

Denis Naughten

569. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of beef produced in Ireland per month; the corresponding tonnage of beef produced from feed lots; the tonnage of beef exported and imported each month; the corresponding tonnage of beef imported broken down, by each country; the tonnage of beef imported broken down by type that is, steer, cow, heifer and Y. bull and so on; the tonnage of beef imported from Bord Bia-approved factories outside of Ireland each month; the figures for 2023 and in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33760/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

653. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the planned revision of the model of care for long-Covid following the publication of the report by HIQA; when the model of care was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33461/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

654. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 15 June 2023, if he will provide the spend out-turn for the first six months of 2023 and the corresponding activity data and numbers awaiting appointment at the end of June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33462/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Denis Naughten

796. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason the maximum rebate under the Cross-Border scheme for a cataract operation has been reduced from €1,872 to €1,700; if he can explain the basis for this considering that medical costs have been increasing across the public health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33947/23]

Ambulance Service

Denis Naughten

322. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific measures taken to enhance ambulance services in advance of the opening of the new major trauma centres in line with the Government decision; the specific funding allocated to each measure and its date of operation; when each of the network trauma hospitals will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33243/23]

Child and Family Agency

Denis Naughten

56. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to ensure that children are not exploited when under the residential care of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31581/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Denis Naughten

82. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish an agency (details supplied) to assist in the expansion of high-quality childcare, spearheading leadership, best practice and innovation, as well as professional development in community and private settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31577/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

89. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the additional transport costs associated with disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31580/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

104. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to support and ensure adequate staffing of children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31579/23]

Disability Services

Denis Naughten

112. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to support the provision of allied health services to children with a disability within the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31578/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

128. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; and if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account. [32000/23]

School Transport

Denis Naughten

292. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education whether a person (details supplied) will receive the school transport scheme remote area grant for the 2023-24 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32299/23]

School Transport

Denis Naughten

293. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the plans she has, if any, to review the rates of payment for the school transport scheme remote area grant in light of rising fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32300/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Denis Naughten

539. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on progress in relation to the referendum on equality and care due to take place in November; when the interdepartmental group will publish its proposed wording in relation to Articles 40.1, 41.2 and 41.3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32729/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

575. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the current status of the plan for publicly funded IVF as announced in Budget 2023, with €10 million being allocated by the then finance Minister, as there is a lack of clarity as to how the plan will be implemented which is causing fertility patients serious concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32135/23]

Harbours and Piers

Denis Naughten

737. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of the study at Roonagh pier, County Mayo; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32425/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

159. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32008/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Denis Naughten

167. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32006/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

172. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32003/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

187. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32017/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

195. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32007/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

205. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32013/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

232. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32005/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

286. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the total advertising budget allocated by her Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if she has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32004/23]

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

292. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total advertising budget allocated by her Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if she has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32016/23]