Parliamentary questions

Water Quality

Neasa Hourigan

387. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to on-going problems of discoloured water in Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no "do not drink" notice has been issued in relation to the problem, despite Irish Water acknowledging to Cork City Council on 16 January 2024 that the discoloured water is unsafe to drink at the tap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6137/24]

Heritage Schemes

Neasa Hourigan

397. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if multi-annual funding is in place or planned to be in place for the built heritage investment scheme and/or the historic structures fund through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6286/24]

Departmental Reviews

Neasa Hourigan

603. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for when the clinical review group will complete its work to determine if evidence exists to expand the scope of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6555/24]

Third Level Fees

Neasa Hourigan

619. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work that has been undertaken to include payments incurred by families under the fair deal scheme for care in the consideration of eligibility for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6450/24]

Defence Forces

Neasa Hourigan

43. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of trainees in the military medicine training programme who voluntarily left the Defence Forces and were required to refund the cost of such training, including the cost of pay and allowances paid to them during the period of attendance in the programme, in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [4951/24]

School Transport

Neasa Hourigan

162. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand the provision of school bus transport to a school in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); if she is aware of growing attendance at the school and interest in bus transport from surrounding areas, including Crawford Woods; how her Department intends to address this pressure on school bus transport to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4921/24]

State Properties

Neasa Hourigan

247. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a timeline for when the Government will conclude its consideration of sites recommended for transfer to the Land Development Agency; if he anticipates the former Cork Prison site to be included among these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4993/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Neasa Hourigan

312. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reassess the criteria around the duration a person can be in receipt of partial capacity benefit, in the case of both someone moving from illness benefit and someone moving from an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5541/24]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

388. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered non-coursing greyhound owners for each of the years 2013 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [5154/24]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

389. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on plans submitted to his Department concerning the redevelopment of Shelbourne Park and Kilkenny greyhound stadiums respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5171/24]

Cancer Services

Neasa Hourigan

467. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to outline any work undertaken by his Department on the development of lung cancer screening for high risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4922/24]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

497. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €7.5 million allocated in Budget 2024 for "new services", specifically the amount designated for expanding newborn screening; if plans for implementing SMA screening will be included in the HSE Service Plan for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5085/24]

Tax Code

Neasa Hourigan

226. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work underway to implement the recommendation of the Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that the remittance basis of taxation should be subject to a lifetime limit of three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/24]

Bord na Móna

Neasa Hourigan

159. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a copy of the shareholder letters of expectation sent to Bord na Móna in each of the years 2020 to date. [4046/24]

Road Safety

Neasa Hourigan

200. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on actions nos. 67 and 122 from Phase 1 of the Government Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4103/24]

European Union

Neasa Hourigan

216. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the Government's position during recent negotiations at EU level relating to fiscal rules around national debt and public spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3817/24]

School Accommodation

Neasa Hourigan

284. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on where a school (details supplied) will be located for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4150/24]

Legislative Reviews

Neasa Hourigan

400. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice when the review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3840/24]

International Protection

Neasa Hourigan

466. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown by county and, in Dublin, by post code of the total number of people in International Protection Accommodation Services or direct provision. [3845/24]

Telecommunications Services

Neasa Hourigan

125. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will direct the Commission for Communications Regulation to review the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2412/24]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

310. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the systems in place within Greyhound Racing Ireland to ensure any individual with a court-ordered ban from owning, keeping or breeding dogs for a specified period of time will be disqualified from owning and racing greyhounds at Irish race meets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3451/24]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

311. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether Greyhound Racing Ireland will consider imposing a lifetime ban on any member found guilty in the courts of cruelty to an animal, as an organisation (details supplied) does; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3452/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Neasa Hourigan

329. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the 12 month review of the ECCE programme that was due to be finalised in Q4 2023; whether, under this review, consideration was given to allowing multiple entry points to the ECCE scheme as was previously the case, as opposed to the current system of a single entry point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3447/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

43. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3372/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

58. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3364/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

75. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3362/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

78. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3359/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

89. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive [3374/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

96. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3363/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

103. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3369/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

107. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3361/24]

Irish Language

Neasa Hourigan

120. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to reintroduce the allowance for teaching through Irish which was ended in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3186/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

127. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the percentage of social media videos posted on her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3360/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

131. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of social media videos posted on her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3373/24]

Housing Policy

Neasa Hourigan

140. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the cohort of middle-income earners who earn just above the threshold to qualify for social housing but earn too little to qualify for cost-rental homes due to the criteria that tenants cannot spend more than 35% of their disposable income on rent to qualify; his plans to reassess the criteria for cost-rental homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3351/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

141. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3367/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

155. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3371/24]

Departmental Schemes

Neasa Hourigan

156. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the Review of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3376/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

169. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of social media videos posted on her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3368/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

175. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3357/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

185. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3358/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

223. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

227. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of social media videos posted on his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3365/24]

Irish Sign Language

Neasa Hourigan

233. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [3370/24]

Asylum Seekers

Neasa Hourigan

521. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what his strategy is for unaccommodated asylum seekers during the winter cold spells; whether he has worked with Dublin Region Homeless Executive on this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2672/24]

Bus Services

Neasa Hourigan

190. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the implementation of next generation ticketing and cashless payment under BusConnects Cork; the expected benefits of this, especially with regard to punctuality and reliability of public transport services in the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56752/23]

Fiscal Policy

Neasa Hourigan

356. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the number and monetary value of investments held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in companies which produce, export or sell weapons or dual-use items for a military purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/24]

Industrial Development

Neasa Hourigan

414. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of IDA lands north of the Kilbarry Enterprise Centre in Cork, which were re-zoned for residential development in the most recent Cork City Development plan; whether the IDA agreed to transfer these lands to the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56715/23]

Schools Building Projects

Neasa Hourigan

510. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56814/23]

School Funding

Neasa Hourigan

665. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide supports for STEM projects to DEIS schools that were not successful in applying for the €4.7 million STEM grants announced by her Department in December 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1610/24]