Parliamentary questions

Eating Disorders

Louise O'Reilly

1302. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide more in-patient facilities for eating disorder sufferers or to facilitate a reduction of catchment restrictions. [13998/24]

Mental Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

1498. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for adults seeking ADHD mental health supports in north County Dublin/CHO9; if there are plans to develop a dedicated pathway for adult ADHD assessment services in north County Dublin/CHO 9; if there are initiatives to increase resources for adult mental health assessments in north County Dublin/CHO 9, including a focus on ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14840/24]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

1690. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider abolishing the financial threshold for the access to Access to Apprenticeship Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14040/24]

Tax Yield

Louise O'Reilly

252. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the sugar-sweetened drinks tax each year since its introduction, and to date in 2024, broken down by the yield in each band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12642/24]

Departmental Data

Louise O'Reilly

320. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to the Dáil debate on the forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024, the source of the Minister for State’s statement that “for every redundancy that has been announced, there have been four jobs created” in the technology sector; the timeframe this is based over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11579/24]

Energy Conservation

Louise O'Reilly

325. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take-up rate of the LEO energy efficiency grant, by the number of businesses issued with a grant, the number of businesses supported per local authority, and the funding issued per local authority, in tabular form. [11951/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

332. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage breach rate of employment law uncovered from the total number of WRC investigations in 2023, in tabular form. [12428/24]

Tourism Industry

Louise O'Reilly

553. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how Fáilte Ireland can award the Employer Excellence Programme award to establishments (details supplied). [11924/24]

Housing Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

631. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the process for transferring homeless HAP from one local authority in Dublin to another, that is, from Dublin City Council to Fingal County Council; if there will be no requirement to be reassessed; the length of time this takes; the process by which time spent on one housing list in the Dublin area can be transferred to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11940/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Louise O'Reilly

763. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 7 December 2023, the number of appeals that were decided on by the original decision-making official in the year preceding the July 2023 changes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12706/24]

Childcare Services

Louise O'Reilly

1147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the notice to quit issued to a creche (details supplied) that provides essential childcare services for over 50 families in Balrothery; that the landlord only gave the crèche four weeks to vacate the premises; and if his Department will engage with the creche to help find an alternative location in the Balrothery area. [12312/24]

Legislative Process

Louise O'Reilly

264. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the drafting of the heads of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; if he can outline what changes to housing legislation will be in the Bill and when he expects the general scheme to be published. [11423/24]

Recycling Policy

Louise O'Reilly

113. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it is legal for shops and off-licences to add a 15 cents deposit charge to cans which have no deposit return logo on the product and which cannot be accepted by the deposit return scheme machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10121/24]

Regulatory Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

232. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance what the Central Bank mortgage lending rules were in 2007; if he can provide details of the rules in place at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/24]

State Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

250. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how on-balance-sheet liability exposure is calculated for SBCI-backed loans where the State guarantees 80 percent of a loan; how much the State is liable for per €10 million loan scheme where the State guarantees 80 percent of a loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10210/24]

Special Educational Needs

Louise O'Reilly

288. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has issued Circular 0002/24 which proposes to eliminate the category of "complex educational needs" from consideration when allocating special education teacher hours; if this will be reversed; if not, the steps being taken to ensure adequate SET hours for those students who will be affected by this change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10117/24]

School Funding

Louise O'Reilly

289. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the funding that exists for a school (details supplied) and other schools to install water fountains on their school grounds; the way in which an application can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10120/24]

An Garda Síochána

Louise O'Reilly

477. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to Balbriggan Garda station; the areas these gardaí are expected to cover; the number of patrols, in car and on foot, undertaken by gardaí from Balbriggan Garda station in 2023. [10116/24]

Childcare Services

Louise O'Reilly

552. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of delays to the opening of a creche (details supplied); when the Health Information and Quality Authority and Tusla will conduct final inspections to allow the creche to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10115/24]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

629. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he can provide information on the rate of referral to cardiac rehabilitation phase 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10011/24]