Parliamentary questions

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

746. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the average timeframe that an approval for reimbursement of the cost of Cariban takes after a consultant completes an initial application form for an individual reimbursement for Cariban. [4791/23]

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

747. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of initial application forms for individual reimbursement for Cariban received since 1 January 2023. [4792/23]

Sports Facilities

Gary Gannon

15. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has engaged in any discussions with a sporting club (details supplied) with regards to the much-needed redevelopment of a stadium. [3707/23]

Culture Policy

Gary Gannon

17. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the night-time economy forum which she recently attended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3709/23]

Arts Policy

Gary Gannon

24. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what concrete proposals she intends to take to combat the dearth of artistic venues in the city of Dublin. [3706/23]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

44. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the ‘Speak Up: A Call for Change’ report which was commissioned by an organisation (details supplied); and what actions she intends to take to address its findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3705/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

126. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those in receipt of disability allowance are permitted up to €50,000 in savings, while those on a blind pension are only allowed €20,000; and if there are plans to rectify this. [3737/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

127. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection how income is assessed for a self-employed professional artist on the professional artists on jobseeker's allowance scheme who wins a commission or Arts Council award; and how it affects their entitlement to the professional artists' on jobseeker's allowance scheme. [3738/23]

Public Sector Pay

Gary Gannon

279. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what delay pertains to sanctioning the offer devised by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as recommended by the Labour Court; and if he will outline a timeline for the resolution of any such delay (details supplied). [3361/23]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

338. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports the new Israeli Government has now imposed sanctions on the Palestinian Authority in response to an initiative by the United Nations to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the legality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/23]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

377. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the date when the 2022 junior certificate appeals will be released. [3358/23]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

378. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there has been an increase in junior certificate appeals in 2022 in comparison with 2019, when the last junior certificate examination was sat. [3359/23]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

450. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there have been any updates on the previously discussed topic of the lack of eligibility for student grants by persons who hold stamp 4 visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/23]

Departmental Bodies

Gary Gannon

58. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the north-east inner city task force. [60867/22]

Housing Policy

Gary Gannon

251. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the rising number of elderly people living on the brink of homelessness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61011/22]

Housing Policy

Gary Gannon

252. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ringfence some social housing for persons coming out of care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61012/22]

Schools Administration

Gary Gannon

331. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will write to the leaders of all religious orders that run and have run schools to remind them of their obligation to retain all records in relation to abuse allegations (details supplied). [61013/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Gary Gannon

348. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection when community employment ex-gratia payments are to be processed; and if it will be in 2022. [60357/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

419. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notifications of alleged sex abuse since 2020 (details supplied) which are yet to be investigated in tabular form. [61009/22]

Departmental Funding

Gary Gannon

420. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing funding for a charity (details supplied) supporting adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, after it had to close its waiting list for psychotherapy for four months of 2021 given that the waiting period went beyond one year. [61010/22]

Visa Agreements

Gary Gannon

461. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is an outlier in Europe in relation to Colombian nationals requiring a short-stay visa to travel to Ireland, unlike the rest of the EU and the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60356/22]

Health Services Staff

Gary Gannon

572. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve the working conditions faced by occupational therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60358/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

117. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that those in receipt of illness benefit were not awarded a double payment in line with other welfare schemes; and the rationale for the omission. [59278/22]

After-School Support Services

Gary Gannon

509. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider supporting the after-school education support programme in the North Wall area of Dublin by allowing it to use and awarding it tenancy of the vacant North Wall community training centre on St. Lawrence Place in order take in more students given that the area is experiencing a sudden increase in population. [59279/22]

Official Engagements

Gary Gannon

49. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide further clarity on the purpose and function of his attendance as a keynote speaker at the "Building the Ecosystem" event in October 2022 which promoted Ireland's interaction with the arms industry. [58444/22]

Legislative Measures

Gary Gannon

59. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she intends to bring forth legislation that will standardise the teaching of relationship and sexual education across all publicly funded Irish schools. [58616/22]

Education and Training Boards

Gary Gannon

85. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are plans for the creation of new schools which fall under the remit of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board. [58407/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

259. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that those with disabilities partaking in the National Learning Network are being excluded from receiving the disability allowance. [58622/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that those with disabilities partaking in the National Learning Network are being excluded from receiving the disability allowance. [58621/22]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

102. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take an initiative at EU or UN level to ensure that Israel will be held accountable for the apartheid regime it is perpetuating which deprives millions of Palestinians of their civil and political rights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58377/22]

Third Level Costs

Gary Gannon

142. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the halving of the student assistance fund from €16.2 million to €8 million, which has returned the budget allocation of the student assistance fund to pre-Covid levels; if he has any plans to address this issue through a further allocation of funds to the student assistance fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58378/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

554. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the roles that SENO and NEPS have regarding the new guidelines for assessments of needs. [54526/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

555. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reasoning behind NCSE being able to pass legal responsibility on to schools. [54527/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

556. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if schools will be appropriately resourced to enable school principals or their nominated teacher, likely SETs, to complete the report of education needs form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54528/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

557. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if all nominated teachers, including SETs, are experienced enough to complete the report of education needs form. [54529/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

558. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason that the NCSE is qualified to "nominate a person with the appropriate expertise to carry out an assessment of education needs"; if she will provide a clear definition of “appropriate expertise”; and if school principals and staff were consulted on this decision. [54530/22]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

862. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to many people seeking asylum having been left out of the recent regularisation scheme for undocumented people, due to their not having the full residence requirement on the day that the scheme opened and could not apply, despite meeting the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54729/22]

Electoral Commission

Gary Gannon

92. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an up-to-date timeline for the establishment of the Electoral Commission, along with expected budget and staffing requirements for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53813/22]

Electoral Process

Gary Gannon

93. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the implementation of the provision for a pending electors list for persons aged 16 and 17 years, as set out under the Electoral Reform Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53814/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Gary Gannon

99. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any plans in place to speed-up the processing time of the foreign birth register at present (details supplied). [53812/22]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

111. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a national school (details supplied) which was informed that it will be losing a developing-school post due to the school being just eight pupils short of the enrolment threshold to save the position. [53815/22]

Visa Applications

Gary Gannon

45. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will account for the long delays faced by non-EU PhD researchers when applying for their yearly stamp; and if her Department will consider conducting a review of visa renewals for PhDs, to allow for essential work-related travel year-round for the duration of all candidates' PhDs. [51681/22]

Medical Cards

Gary Gannon

147. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the reason that some persons who are diagnosed with lifelong conditions which render them eligible for a medical card often have to re-apply for a medical card. [50747/22]

Departmental Bodies

Gary Gannon

14. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [52017/22]

Economic Policy

Gary Gannon

10. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [51652/22]

Social Dialogue

Gary Gannon

17. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit in his Department. [51653/22]

Cabinet Committees

Gary Gannon

24. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [51654/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

85. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a full breakdown of the number of PhDs who are funded through State or State-funded bodies (details supplied) and an estimate of privately-funded PhDs registered at Irish universities. [51684/22]

Third Level Education

Gary Gannon

118. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has examined the possibility of extending the €500 cost-of-living payment and stipend increase announced in Budget 2023 to PhDs funded outside of the IRC and SFI; and if a mechanism similar to the pandemic-related payments to students has been considered for this cohort. [51683/22]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

145. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new Innovate for Ireland scheme will be open for applicants; and the criteria that potential applicants will need to meet in order to be eligible for the scheme. [51682/22]

Rail Network

Gary Gannon

228. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the deadline for submissions for Metrolink beyond the deadline of 25 November 2022, in order to allow residents time to assess the lengthy application. [51342/22]

Rail Network

Gary Gannon

229. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the independent experts RINA appointed by the National Transport Authority to assist resident stakeholders were not furnished with the draft application before the public, so now will not have a report ready for residents until ten days before the closing deadline, therefore not allowing residents time to fully participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51343/22]

Tax Code

Gary Gannon

289. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if Innovate for Ireland PhD candidates will pay income tax, USC or PRSI. [51694/22]

Tax Code

Gary Gannon

290. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the specific laws, policies or exemptions that mean that stipends are untaxed income. [51697/22]

Rental Sector

Gary Gannon

364. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notices of termination that have been submitted to the Residential Tenancies Board since the beginning of July 2022. [52035/22]

Mental Health Services

Gary Gannon

407. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way in which mental health professionals will be recruited to deliver much-needed mental health supports in schools. [51693/22]

Departmental Policies

Gary Gannon

481. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there will be any funding brought forward for third year trainee counselling psychologists. [51685/22]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

482. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the attention of her Department has been drawn to issues relating to the recruitment and retention of school principals; and if so, the actions that it is taking to address them. [52036/22]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

483. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of principal vacancies in schools across the country. [52037/22]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

484. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of school principals who have retired from their post between since 2018 to date in 2022; and in which school they formerly worked. [52038/22]

Education Policy

Gary Gannon

591. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update to an organisation (details supplied) on his promise to consult it in various relevant committees convened from within his Department, including fund the future committees. [51695/22]

Education Standards

Gary Gannon

592. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers who have dropped out of their studies in the past three years in tabular form. [51696/22]

Health Strategies

Gary Gannon

784. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review; and if he will commit to implement any recommendations which could emanate from the review dealing with the crisis in recruitment and retention of radiation therapists and or service improvements including advanced practice and safe and adequate staffing levels. [51692/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

851. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which are still enforcing visiting rules which were brought into effect during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically relating to end-of-life circumstances and childbirth; and the details of these restrictions in each hospital. [52039/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

852. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the conditions which are required for hospitals to ease visiting restrictions which were brought into effect during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically relating to end-of-life circumstances and childbirth. [52040/22]

Departmental Policies

Gary Gannon

63. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the latest Central Statistics Office figures which state that one in ten households cannot afford to pay for school trips, while 12% of one-parent families cannot afford to pay for them; and the steps that her Department is taking, if any, to counter this. [50748/22]

Public Transport

Gary Gannon

186. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he can confirm that hard copies of the Ballymun core bus corridor, CBC, consultation will be placed in Ballymun and Millmount libraries in order that residents without access to IT can review and engage with the consultation. [51087/22]

Environmental Impact Assessments

Gary Gannon

206. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport when the services of the independent experts, RINA, for residents on the MetroLink project are due to be completed; and if there will be independent expert advice for residents during the enabling works and construction works. [51089/22]

State Bodies

Gary Gannon

228. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider putting an ABP submission cost-waiver in place for those in receipt of social welfare payments in order to allow them to participate fully in the planning process, given that the National Transport Authority opted to run the MetroLink railway order and Ballymun CBC application processes at the same time. [51088/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

317. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that a one-parent family has had their allowance temporarily re-directed to a different post office without the prior knowledge of the recipient. [51086/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

147. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of appeals heard by the independent student grants appeal board in 2021; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of appeals that were upheld, partially upheld, overturned and withdrawn in 2021. [50744/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

56. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the date for the release of the 2022 junior certificate results; and if a date cannot be provided, the reason that a date cannot be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50372/22]

School Curriculum

Gary Gannon

368. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the implementation of a science-led and age appropriate relationship and sexual education programme that is mandatory across all publicly funded schools. [50373/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

469. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will outline information in relation to newly established collaborative efforts between HSE children's disability services and education to examine if services to children with complex additional needs and their families has been rolled out in all up and running CDNTs to date; and when and how such a collaboration will be evaluated in the future. [50380/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

651. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the details of the current 12 month wait times for each children's disability network team in CHO9 that is, the number of children that are waiting for one, two, three, four and five plus years. [49658/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

729. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the name, address, service provider and area served for each of the children's disability network teams in CH09. [50062/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

770. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if any of the 12 newly established CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county service serve the areas of Drumcondra, Phibsboro, South Glasnevin, Smithfield and the Quays area of the north inner city. [50374/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

771. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to set up CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county areas, to provide services to children with complex additional needs and their families; and the timelines that are in place for same. [50375/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

772. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if children and their families in areas in Dublin north city and county are receiving any services at present; and if so, the service providers from which they receive same. [50377/22]

Departmental Policies

Gary Gannon

773. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if any national guidelines and circulars or other written instructions related to best practice exist in relation to the way that individual CDNTs should operate services and waiting lists for the two different pathways of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50378/22]

Departmental Policies

Gary Gannon

774. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will outline information in relation to newly established collaborative efforts between HSE children's disability services and education to examine if services to children with complex additional needs and their families has been rolled out in all up and running CDNTs to date; and when and how such a collaboration will be evaluated in the future. [50379/22]

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

775. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if pregnant women and persons suffering from hyperemesis will need a prescription from an obstetric consultant prescription in order to access cariban free of charge; and the reason that the drug considered as a first-line treatment in HSE guidelines will not be free if prescribed by a GP. [50381/22]

Human Rights

Gary Gannon

11. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact that he has made with the Embassy of Iran to condemn the Iranian state's violent suppression and murder of protestors recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49071/22]

European Union

Gary Gannon

13. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role that the Government will seek to play to ensure that all European Union Member States adhere to the rule-of-law functions which guarantee fundamental protection of rights and values for all its citizens. [49073/22]

Ukraine War

Gary Gannon

30. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his attendance at a recent European Union summit on military support for Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49072/22]

Human Rights

Gary Gannon

40. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made contact with the newly-elected government of Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49070/22]

Overseas Development Aid

Gary Gannon

43. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Ireland's Overseas Development Aid Programme, including the way in which this vital aid will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49074/22]

Naval Service

Gary Gannon

71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence the plans that are in place to increase retention of Naval Service recruits, following the departure of five electrical artificers to the private sector. [49400/22]

School Funding

Gary Gannon

257. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the amounts of the grants allocated in the most recent year for which data is available to each of the voluntary management bodies which manage primary and secondary schools in Ireland in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49397/22]

School Funding

Gary Gannon

258. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the most recent year in which the grants allocated to each of the voluntary management bodies which manage primary and secondary schools in Ireland were increased, separated by body, if appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49398/22]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

307. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to the latest statement of the special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council made on Friday 23 September 2022 calling on Ireland to introduce adequate redress for systemic racism and racial discrimination in childcare institutions; the actions that he plans to take to provide those who were subjected to differential treatment in childcare institutions with effective remedies, through the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, in particular to provide redress for the harms caused due to racial discrimination and systemic racism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49399/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

720. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position on a waiting list of two children (details supplied), in relation to their additional needs. [48625/22]

Arts Council

Gary Gannon

16. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) which recently announced that it cannot afford to continue operating due to a lack of Arts Council funding. [47588/22]

Arts Policy

Gary Gannon

26. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department is investigating ways to offset rising ticket prices for arts events during the cost-of-living crisis; and, if not, if it will consider same. [47587/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

30. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of the areas in which the basic income for the arts pilot scheme grants was awarded in Dublin. [47590/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

31. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on her meeting with an organisation (details supplied) and action taken thereafter. [47586/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Gary Gannon

44. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a comparison between Ireland's arts expenditure and that of Spain, France, and Denmark. [47589/22]

Tourism Funding

Gary Gannon

139. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will engage with Dublin City Council to ascertain the supports that may be needed to open the Dublin Fruit Market on a full-time basis, particularly given its potential as a major tourism attraction. [47835/22]

Departmental Transport

Gary Gannon

366. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if the forty cars procured for Government Ministers are electric, hybrid, or otherwise. [46767/22]

Immigration Status

Gary Gannon

404. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will advise on an immigration issue of a person (details supplied). [47006/22]