Parliamentary questions

Food Waste

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

53. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to tackle food waste. [8244/24]

Animal Welfare

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

72. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to encourage responsible dog ownership. [8245/24]

Health Service Executive

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

552. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the amount spent in rent by the HSE in Carlow town on Shamrock Plaza Health Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

553. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his Department has had any engagement with the HSE regarding the provision of an injury clinic in Carlow town; if any costings of supplying such a service has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7648/24]

Hospital Facilities

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

554. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the X-ray unit in St. Dymphna’s hospital in Carlow has been reopened; the hours of service for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7649/24]

Dental Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

568. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when the public dental service located in Carlow (details supplied) will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7720/24]

Tourism Funding

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

33. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how much funding was allocated to Carlow as part of Ireland’s Ancient East touring region in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6713/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

43. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update in relation to the sports action plan and its requirement to have 40% gender representation on the boards of the National Governing Bodies of Sport. [6712/24]

Vacant Properties

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

66. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social homes returned to active use in Carlow from 2020 to 2023; his expectations for same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6667/24]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

136. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new houses completed in Carlow in 2023; the number commenced; his expectations for 2024 with regard to construction activity in the residential sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6666/24]

Departmental Programmes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

6. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [5274/24]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

23. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [5275/24]

School Accommodation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

93. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of the application by a school (details supplied) to provide additional special classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6167/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

119. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of the development project for a school (details supplied); the expected date for the completion of this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6166/24]

Enterprise Support Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

255. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of local enterprise applications received by county in tabular form; and the number that were successful and the number are refused in 2022 and 2023. [6299/24]

Business Supports

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

26. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Carlow businesses that are likely to qualify for the increased cost of business grant; the discussions his Department has had with Carlow County Council in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5509/24]

Regional Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

59. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the south east enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5510/24]

Student Travel Card

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

14. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to extend the student Leap card entitlement to students in part-time third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4451/24]

Public Transport

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

54. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the rollout of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan in County Carlow. [4450/24]

Fiscal Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

127. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure that there will be widespread nationwide availability of ATMs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4250/24]

Tax Credits

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

136. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of eligible claims currently being made for the rent tax credit made in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Kildare, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4249/24]

Library Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

83. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on funding for Carlow library. [3921/24]

Rural Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the applications received from County Carlow to the town and village renewal scheme. [3922/24]

Active Travel

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

196. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the active travel funding drawn down by hospitals and universities in 2023. [4053/24]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

234. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out by the OPW at Kilkenny Castle in 2023; the refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle during 2024, in tabular form. [4057/24]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

235. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out by the OPW on Carlow Courthouse railings in 2023; the refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out on Carlow Courthouse railings during 2024, in tabular form. [4058/24]

State Examinations

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

280. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of applications approved by State Examination Commission for access to deferred sittings of the Leaving Certificate examinations in cases in which the students were deemed to have experienced a medical incident or emergency during their original examination paper. [4055/24]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

331. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time qualified quantity surveyors employed by his Department as of 17 January 2024; if he will provide the same figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form. [4052/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

416. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice when the manual for gardaí to pursue scrambler bikes and motorcycles travelling at high speed was last updated. [4054/24]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

541. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in the primary care system within CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [4056/24]

Consular Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

8. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an overview of the consular assistance provided by his Department in 2023; how many people from Carlow availed of such assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/24]

Passport Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an overview of the passport service in 2023; how many passports issued to applicants from Carlow and how this compared to 2022; the number of outstanding applications for passports currently awaiting processing for Carlow applicants at the end of 2023 and how this compared to the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3145/24]

Electricity Grid

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

110. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has plans to assist EirGrid and the ESB in developing a stronger electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3161/24]

Energy Conservation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

116. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to state how many homes in Carlow have benefitted from the warmer homes scheme, the better energy homes scheme and the national home energy upgrade scheme since the schemes were launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3160/24]

Official Engagements

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

103. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last spoke with the US National Security Advisor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/24]

Passport Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

104. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passport applications that were made via the Irish embassies in Singapore and Malaysia in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/24]

Bus Éireann

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

169. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Bus Eireann PSO fleet as of 31 December 2021, 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/24]

Road Safety Authority

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

170. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses, coaches and HGVs that were inspected by Road Safety Authority in 2023; the number of those vehicles that were inspected that were found with major or dangerous defects in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2359/24]

Road Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

176. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Southern Relief Road in Carlow and the relief road for Tullow (details supplied). [2617/24]

Official Engagements

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

196. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite his Canadian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/24]

Tax Collection

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

197. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the vehicle registration tax enforcement statistics for November and December 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2367/24]

Co-operative Sector

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

234. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the re-establishment of the co-operative development unit within his Department to provide training support and advice to co-operatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2382/24]

Enterprise Support Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

240. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application from Carlow County Council for an enterprise campus in Carlow town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/24]

Tourism Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

317. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans for the UK tourism market in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2369/24]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

375. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE network cyber security- ICT specialist at the grade of executive officer working in her Department as of 15 January 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2368/24]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

410. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE network cyber security- ICT specialists at the grade of executive officer working in her Department as of 15 January 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2355/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

411. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents that Garda air support unit were requested to attend in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2356/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

412. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of in-person Garda mountain bike training courses held for gardaí within Kilkenny-Carlow division in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2357/24]

Departmental Data

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

555. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists at University Hospital Waterford in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2360/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

556. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE now charges public patients a fee for an MRI scan following a referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2361/24]