Parliamentary questions

Sports Funding

Peter Fitzpatrick

74. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify when the €500,000 earmarked for grassroots girls' programmes, adult women recreational football and women in football leadership programmes will be accessible; the application process to secure funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34693/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peter Fitzpatrick

78. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a former member of the RTÉ board (details supplied) has been appointed as one of the persons to investigate the work culture at RTÉ, considering there is a perceived conflict of interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34689/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peter Fitzpatrick

79. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of her engagement with a person (details supplied) with regard to the actions being considered by RTÉ's new director general in dealing with those who were complicit in or aware of the controversial payments and his intentions on regaining staff and public trust via accountability and transparency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34691/23]

Sports Funding

Peter Fitzpatrick

89. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if, in light of recent statements by the Football Association of Ireland regarding the lack of funding for League of Ireland clubs, she will provide the total amount of funding allocated to soccer clubs and soccer organisations in County Louth through the sports capital funding programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34692/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Peter Fitzpatrick

827. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the urgent services they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34213/23]

Nursing Education

Peter Fitzpatrick

174. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the €9 million in additional supports promised to student nurses and midwives; when nurses and midwives will receive the €500 increase (details supplied); if this will be backdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31360/23]

Public Sector Staff

Peter Fitzpatrick

32. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is planning any new measures in budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public sector; specifically healthcare, home care, the Garda, the military and firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31361/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Peter Fitzpatrick

134. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for further information on proposed refund to parents who are forced to seek private assessments for their children if waiting lists are not shortened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28723/23]

Third Level Costs

Peter Fitzpatrick

176. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that are available for adults looking to return to higher education in low-income, single-parent households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28719/23]

Animal Welfare

Peter Fitzpatrick

947. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans his Department has to ensure that all breeders selling animals as pets online are registered with his Department under The Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of pet animals) Regulations 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27505/23]

Suicide Prevention

Peter Fitzpatrick

212. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide in detail the funding amounts that are allocated to various organisations (details supplied) and other charity groups working directly in suicide care in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26507/23]

Special Educational Needs

Peter Fitzpatrick

261. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Education if she will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding ASD placement in Dundalk; if the family situation will be taken into consideration; her plans to approve an additional co-educational class at a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25583/23]

Medical Cards

Peter Fitzpatrick

646. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when the approved GP visit card extended in budget 2023 to children aged under seven years and approved from April 2023 is expected to be implemented, given that to date it is yet to take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25593/23]

Passport Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

42. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide information regarding a passport application (details supplied) needing further clarification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25058/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peter Fitzpatrick

89. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims in the education sector for short-term jobseeker’s payments from substitute teachers and all non-permanent education employees in each of the past five years to date for school summer-holiday periods; the average length of time for processing the claims; if she will review the way in which claims are processed to ensure that payments are issued in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24668/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Peter Fitzpatrick

100. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals received by the social welfare appeals office per month since 2021; the current average processing time for an appeal with the social welfare appeals office; the efforts being made to reduce appeal processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24671/23]

School Transport

Peter Fitzpatrick

112. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement that she has had with the Minister for Education on the matter of school transport since 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24670/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peter Fitzpatrick

114. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider in Budget 2024 extending the child dependent cut-off age to 24 years if the child is still attending a third-level course. [24669/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Peter Fitzpatrick

191. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for information on why Parkwind’s Oriel Windfarm in Dundalk Bay was unsuccessful in its recent bid to generate electricity from offshore wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23942/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Peter Fitzpatrick

374. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the recent cost-of-living bonus paid to those in receipt of certain social welfare payments; the amount the Government saved by not allowing those on adult dependant payments to receive this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23943/23]