Parliamentary questions

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

690. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total of additional 0-2-year-old baby/toddler places created in early years services in 2022, per unit. [24432/23]

Social Workers Register

Kathleen Funchion

691. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of social care workers that have been promoted to social worker level in the previous five years (2018 - 2022). [24433/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Kathleen Funchion

692. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total percentage of State spending and parental spending in 2021 and 2022 on early learning, care and school-age childcare, in tabular form. [24434/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

693. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of childcare agencies' income that is made up of fees. [24435/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

694. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of increasing the building blocks improvement grant to €100,000 from a current ceiling of €75,000. [24436/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

706. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total spend allocated to Tusla under the third Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Strategy for capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24826/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Kathleen Funchion

707. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total estimated cost to build a ten room domestic violence refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24827/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Kathleen Funchion

709. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of a one-off payment of €10,000, €15,000 or €20,000 to the approximately 4,800 boarded-out children as part of the mother and baby homes institutional payment scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24953/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Kathleen Funchion

710. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total estimated cost of including all 24,000 mother and baby homes survivors currently excluded from the mother and baby homes payment scheme. [24954/23]

Family Resource Centres

Kathleen Funchion

711. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of raising funding by 20% across the State to family resource centres. [24955/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

712. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24957/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

713. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under three years of age by €1 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24958/23]

Freedom of Information

Kathleen Funchion

721. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) to access their medical files at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin. [24027/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Kathleen Funchion

170. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property owner (details supplied) will be able to avail of high-speed broadband. [22696/23]

School Accommodation

Kathleen Funchion

314. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm when a school (details supplied) can expect an update on its school accommodation extension submission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22412/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kathleen Funchion

446. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider writing off, on compassionate grounds, the debt of a person (details supplied). [22513/23]

Legislative Programme

Kathleen Funchion

485. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the progress of the Family Courts Bill 2022; when he expects it to reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

555. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the portion of the €259 million full-year core funding that was used to meet the ERO pay agreement for early years’ staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22456/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

556. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the budget allocation for the early years' workforce plan 'nurturing skills: the workplace plan for early learning and care and school age childcare 2022-2028'; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22466/23]

Public Sector Pay

Kathleen Funchion

578. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the salary scale range, including all benefits, for the grade of chief social worker. [23002/23]

Children in Care

Kathleen Funchion

250. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of children currently in care who do not have an allocated social worker, by county; the length of time that the children have been waiting on a social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22137/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

254. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of successful family reunifications by Tusla in the five years from 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22300/23]

Health Service Executive

Kathleen Funchion

259. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the case of a person (details supplied). [22180/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

154. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the total number of successful family reunifications facilitated by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency during its operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21929/23]

School Accommodation

Kathleen Funchion

283. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update with regard to a school (details supplied) which in August 2022 was offered a purchase option on a six-room modular building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21355/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

523. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional cost of increasing the universal national childcare scheme subsidy by €1 and €2, in tabular form. [21050/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

524. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional cost of increasing core funding by 50 cent, €1.00, €1.50 and €2.00 for the following early years pay grades; Educator, lead educator, graduate lead educator, duty manager, manager and graduate manager, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21051/23]

Driver Test

Kathleen Funchion

120. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait eight months for her full driving licence test. [20832/23]

Departmental Functions

Kathleen Funchion

26. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being unit within his Department. [20134/23]

Driver Test

Kathleen Funchion

101. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be resolved. [20587/23]

Official Engagements

Kathleen Funchion

119. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if he spoke with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue during his recent visit to the United States. [20675/23]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

146. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the options available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20247/23]

Wind Energy Generation

Kathleen Funchion

204. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the procedure when a wind farm development goes through An Bord Pleanála for approval and not a local authority; the procedure around local residents receiving notification of planning; the timeframe for lodging an objection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20252/23]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

464. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric speech and language therapists working in each primary care centre within CHO 5 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20672/23]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

465. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of public health nurses operating in the relevant areas in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the locations in which vacancies exist at present; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [20673/23]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

466. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons’ services in CHO 5 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20674/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Kathleen Funchion

5. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health when he will provide for the recognition of parentage for children born through surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Kathleen Funchion

57. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the progress or update on the recognition of parentage for children born through surrogacy (details supplied). [15390/23]

Housing Provision

Kathleen Funchion

257. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18695/23]

Education Costs

Kathleen Funchion

353. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health what steps his Department has taken to ensure current first- and second-year educational psychology students will receive financial support, given the substantial course fees and the quantity of unpaid work in the HSE, CAMHS, primary care and NEPS sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18800/23]

Domestic Violence

Kathleen Funchion

83. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice if he can confirm a breakdown of the person or body who sits on the Carlow Refuge Development Advisory Group, and when he expects their recommendations; the person or body that is the lead organisation to develop the refuge; the person or body that has been identified as potential service providers; if a site has been located and any scoping work undertaken; if the refuge can be delivered in 2024 as previously committed too; if he will confirm when, if not 2024 he expects construction to begin on a Carlow refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18037/23]

Banking Sector

Kathleen Funchion

423. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was in possession of a banking licence when operating in May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18188/23]

School Admissions

Kathleen Funchion

538. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education is she aware that a child (details supplied) has not secured a secondary school place in Kilkenny. [17250/23]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

541. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the actions her Department will take to ensure all children awarded summer provision are provided with a place given there are still a number of schools not signing up to the scheme despite the lifting of staffing barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17332/23]

School Admissions

Kathleen Funchion

569. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education is she aware that a child (details supplied) is unable to secure a secondary school place in Kilkenny; if she can confirm what assistance her Department is providing to ensure that the child secures a secondary school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17579/23]

School Admissions

Kathleen Funchion

570. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if she is aware there are a number of students (details supplied) in Kilkenny who have not got a secondary school place yet. [17609/23]

School Admissions

Kathleen Funchion

598. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a child (details supplied) in obtaining a school place in Kilkenny. [18116/23]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

606. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education for a breakdown of the 92 new special classes nationally; if any of these places will be allocated to Kilkenny; the schools in Kilkenny will they be allocated to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18186/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Kathleen Funchion

911. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate a person’s (details supplied) agent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17201/23]

Forestry Sector

Kathleen Funchion

1083. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is considering purchasing woodlands (details supplied) in County Carlow to preserve them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18187/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

1238. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average staff turnover rate in early learning and care services, broken down by service type (details supplied) and within each service type, by the size of providers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17202/23]

Health Services

Kathleen Funchion

1565. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will outline what progress has been made in regard to access to hormone replacement therapy for trans people in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17247/23]

Legislative Measures

Kathleen Funchion

1. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the interaction he has had with the Department of Justice and the Department of Health in regard to surrogacy and the recognition of parentage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15920/23]

Child Protection

Kathleen Funchion

3. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he has taken in light of a review (details supplied) into the handling of child sexual abuse allegations within an organisation; his views on assurances Tusla provided regarding the organisation's current safeguarding child protection procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15391/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

14. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of complaints made to Tusla's Tell Us complaints portal in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; what the most common complaint was; how these complaints were dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15393/23]

Birth Certificates

Kathleen Funchion

35. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress being made to address the backlog of applications through the tracing.ie portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15394/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

221. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the current minimum rate of pay for an early years educator, currently €13 per hour, to the new living wage of €13.85; and the estimated cost of equivalent increases for all other grades covered by the employment regulation order. [15395/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Kathleen Funchion

222. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a director of authorised interventions has been appointed; when he expects an appointment; and if he will confirm whether Bessborough will be looked at alongside Tuam. [15396/23]

Departmental Funding

Kathleen Funchion

223. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans his Department has to expand funding for the Barnhaus or OneHouse model of therapeutic treatment for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15397/23]

Legislative Measures

Kathleen Funchion

224. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether he intends to bring forward any further amendments of the Childcare Act 1991, particularly reforms of voluntary care arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15398/23]

Children in Care

Kathleen Funchion

225. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm what measures he expects to take in budget 2024 to address concerns raised by foster carers in respect of pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

226. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of voluntary care arrangements Tusla entered into in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15400/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

227. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm when the review of the public consultation into enhancing enforcement powers of the Tusla early years inspectorate will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15401/23]

Gender Equality

Kathleen Funchion

228. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm which other Departments will be feeding into the interdepartmental committee to develop policy recommendations on the wording of the proposed equality referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15402/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

229. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures he has taken to reduce the regulatory burden on providers as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15403/23]

Departmental Policies

Kathleen Funchion

230. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the next national policy framework for children and young people 2023-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15404/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

231. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether the programme board which has been tasked with overseeing the design and implementation for a dedicated State agency for early learning and care, ELC, and school-age childcare, SAC, will publish an interim report in its initial six months; the proposed frequency of board meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15405/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

245. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Tusla supports and safeguards in place for people who find themselves in a situation where their parental status is in doubt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15713/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

135. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available to cover a pensioner (details supplied) with a medical card who is on disability and is not covered under the scheme. [15720/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

201. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify what healthcare facilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny are still waiting on the pandemic payment, as some staff in Camphill communities are still awaiting payment. [15675/23]

Departmental Data

Kathleen Funchion

785. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on what grounds a person’s (details supplied) horses were seized; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15348/23]

Electric Vehicles

Kathleen Funchion

296. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport if owners of electric cars who only have access to on street parking can apply for the grant support towards the full cost of installation of a home charger up to a maximum of €600; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13506/23]

School Meals Programme

Kathleen Funchion

675. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be fully integrated into the Kilkenny School Completion Programme in order that it can provide school meals to children. [12990/23]

School Funding

Kathleen Funchion

725. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that have had their capital funding halted; when funding will be reinstated, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13304/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kathleen Funchion

842. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason it has taken over ten months for a decision to be made on an invalidity appeal claim by a person (details supplied). [13568/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

931. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancy rate for Carlow children’s disability network team. [12979/23]

Legislative Reviews

Kathleen Funchion

951. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his Department's review of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13183/23]

Departmental Bodies

Kathleen Funchion

953. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget for Tusla; the portion of this budget that covers pay; and the breakdown of the total pay bill for social workers and social care workers, in tabular form. [13268/23]

Departmental Bodies

Kathleen Funchion

954. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost saved through Tusla's Agency Conversion from November 2019 to date; and the breakdown by grade of conversion. [13296/23]

Departmental Data

Kathleen Funchion

974. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla emergency care orders, interim care orders, permanent and temporary care orders, supervision orders, interim special care orders and special care orders in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [13559/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

1404. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the person or body that made the decision to award a company (details supplied) the contract for distribution of the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/23]

Health Services

Kathleen Funchion

1468. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the current status of a national treatment centre for suffers of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13627/23]

Departmental Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

53. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a person (details supplied) is entitled to claim the Government energy credit payment. [11690/23]

Residential Institutions

Kathleen Funchion

174. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the level of payments made by a person (details supplied) for their residential care received; if this payment will be examined to ascertain if it is in keeping with the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11691/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

219. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health when the staff in an nursing home (details supplied) in Kilkenny will be paid the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/23]

Fishing Industry

Kathleen Funchion

184. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 12 May 2022, his plans for snap-net fishing on the River Suir in 2023 following its closure a number of years ago; and if his Department has sought engagement with fishermen in the area since it was suggested in May 2022. [11530/23]

Family Support Services

Kathleen Funchion

464. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of child and family support networks in operation; where they are located; the number in planning stage; their location; when they will be delivered, in tabular form. [10941/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

468. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all children who are referred to Tusla for being at risk of harm, are given an initial assessment within 20 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11080/23]

Family Resource Centres

Kathleen Funchion

469. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of family resource centres in the State; his plans to expand the number of FRCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11086/23]

Family Resource Centres

Kathleen Funchion

478. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital costs associated with establishing a brand new family resource centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11458/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

643. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of respite services for a person (details supplied). [11374/23]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

94. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made by her Department to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a school place suitable to their specified educational needs. [10404/23]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

106. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made by her Department to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a school place suitable to their specified educational needs. [10474/23]

State Pensions

Kathleen Funchion

402. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of a pension claim submitted by a person (details supplied) which has been outstanding since September 2022; the reason for the delay. [9767/23]

Insurance Coverage

Kathleen Funchion

103. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a Government-sponsored life cover scheme operated by the State at a reasonable cost to the policy holders, to enable people with certain conditions that would not otherwise qualify for life cover through a commercial company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9189/23]

Defence Forces

Kathleen Funchion

149. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a sports facility (details supplied) in County Kilkenny can be reopened. [8999/23]

Rail Network

Kathleen Funchion

202. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm whether his Department has undertaken any exploratory work on a second train track on the Carlow to Waterford line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8730/23]

Heritage Sites

Kathleen Funchion

257. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the purpose for which the old Garda station in Stoneyford will be used (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/23]

Sports Funding

Kathleen Funchion

276. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if targeted supports are provided to an organisation (details supplied) to enable affiliated clubs throughout the country to help parents with the cost of registering children for the upcoming 2023-2024 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8729/23]

Public Sector Pay

Kathleen Funchion

668. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that some lifeline paramedics are only earning the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8731/23]