Parliamentary questions

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

261. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what research is undertaken in relation to the cost to tourism of the use of hotels, guest houses, or bed and breakfasts to accommodate asylum seekers, Ukrainians and residents in direct provision for each of the past five years. [8510/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

262. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average rate being paid to accommodate asylum seekers, Ukrainians and residents in direct provision in hospitality and separately in other accommodation venues in Ireland currently; the highest rate being paid in each of these location types; and the total spend to accommodate asylum seekers in Ireland for each of the past five years. [8511/24]

Departmental Investigations

Peadar Tóibín

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 23 January 2024, the precise date on which the investigation was concluded and reported to the then Taoiseach. [6506/24]

National Security

Peadar Tóibín

2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will develop a national security strategy and functioning security agency to deal with future security events. [5111/24]

Cabinet Committees

Peadar Tóibín

8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5112/24]

Legislative Programme

Peadar Tóibín

44. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [5113/24]

Housing Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide clarity on the residency eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan scheme for non-EEA/EU applicants where underwriters for local authorities are operating on a five-year residency requirement; to state where this five year requirement is contained in the Housing Loans Regulations S.I. No 701, and if he will examine a case (details supplied). [7488/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled positions across all Rape Crisis Centres in the country; the works that are in progress to equalise pay rates and pay scales of counsellors with their HSE counterparts; the current waiting times for women to access these services and the efforts and plans underway to meet the urgent needs of people in crisis situations in a more humane, compassionate and timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7427/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Peadar Tóibín

12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the Chinese Premier Li Qiang. [3972/24]

Departmental Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

3. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [3976/24]

Cabinet Committees

Peadar Tóibín

20. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [3973/24]

State Examinations

Peadar Tóibín

114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of students who completed the Junior and Leaving Certificates, respectively, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [6408/24]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of gaelscoileanna in the State. [6407/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

539. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has acquired use of, or is considering, the former addiction recovery centre at Talbot Grove in Castleisland, County Kerry, as accommodation for refugees or asylum seekers; and if so, if he will provide details on the number of persons being placed in the facility, and if they are asylum seekers or refugees. [6410/24]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

555. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding crisis in an organisation (details supplied); the steps being taken by the HSE to address the funding requirements necessary to continue to provide services to persons within the care of the organisation in order to ensure the immediate and long-term survival of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6069/24]

Nursing Education

Peadar Tóibín

556. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the necessary funding is provided by the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) for intellectual disability student nurses at DkIT to receive their pay rise in student subsistence payments, and for all other intellectual disability students nurses in the same position; if he will increase HSE funding to bring mileage allowances for intellectual disability student nurses in line with the rate of all other student nurse disciplines; the number of student nurses nationally awaiting the rise in subsistence payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6070/24]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

576. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists working for CAMHS in the Meath area; if there is a dedicated day that each centre has a psychologist in attendance at each centre; how many hours each centre is serviced by the psychologist each week/month; the average number of hours that service users attending each of these centres gets with a psychologists and other services supplied in each of the centres in Meath broken down into weekly figures; and the number of children waiting in each centre for the service in the past five years. [6234/24]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

577. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists working for CAMHS in the Meath area; if there is a dedicated day that each centre has a psychologist in attendance and is taking appointments; and the number of children waiting in each centre for service for the past five years. [6235/24]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA, Enterprise Ireland jobs created in each county for the past ten years. [5286/24]

Flexible Work Practices

Peadar Tóibín

56. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many remote work places exist in each county in the country, for the past five years. [5287/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount spent on flood defence systems in each of the past ten years. [5302/24]

Ethics in Public Office

Peadar Tóibín

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the Government’s review of the Standards in Public Office Commission and the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5303/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

252. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who have changed their name by deed poll for each of the last 10 years. [5939/24]

Hospital Facilities

Peadar Tóibín

297. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a haemodialysis unit for Our Lady's Hospital Navan, given the most recent number of patients from Meath travelling outside the county for renal dialysis treatment as provided by the National Renal Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5792/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

3. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [5250/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

4. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5357/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5375/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

6. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5393/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

7. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5411/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

14. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5242/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5349/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

16. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations ; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5367/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

17. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5385/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

18. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5403/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5240/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

35. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5347/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

36. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5365/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

37. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5383/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

38. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5401/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5237/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5344/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

49. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5362/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5380/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5398/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [5252/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

80. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5359/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5377/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5395/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

83. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5413/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5241/24]