Parliamentary questions

Antisocial Behaviour

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

25. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has collated any figures regarding the number of reports made to gardaí of incidents where scramblers and quads have been reported as posing a danger to the public and if she can make them available. [60510/22]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

27. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if she has had talks with the union representing Civil Service workers in the gardaí regarding proposed changes under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill. [60511/22]

Prison Service

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

35. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the budgetary and human resources that are available to the prison education service; and if there are any plans to ensure educational supports are available to prisoners during the summer. [60512/22]

Antisocial Behaviour

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

46. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has engaged with the Garda Commissioner in preparation for the introduction of the power to seize scramblers and quads under the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2022. [60509/22]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

49. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if there is an update on the progress of the opening of a Garda station at Northern Cross, Dublin 17. [60508/22]

Tax Code

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

131. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport the measures that are in place to regulate and monitor the composition of aviation fuel sold in Ireland in order to calculate more accurately the contribution of aviation to climate change. [60164/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

624. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of women and babies who have been discharged into the care of homeless services from maternity hospitals in the past three months; the number discharged from hospital in need of emergency accommodation but with no accommodation to go to; and the number of requests received from social workers in maternity hospitals asking for emergency accommodation support for mothers and babies. [60641/22]

Hospital Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

625. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if there are figures from the maternity hospitals on the number of additional nights it was necessary for women and newborn children to stay in maternity hospitals due to the mother and child having no accommodation to go to. [60642/22]

Adult Education Provision

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

124. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress on an adult education tutors pay scale; and when the relevant trade unions (details supplied) can expect a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sanctioned proposal from his Department. [59725/22]

Departmental Reviews

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

120. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of the guidelines on the use of schools for community use; the date the review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59871/22]

Departmental Data

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

121. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of children placed on reduced timetables in junior infants, senior infants and first class, across Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 and nationwide in the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. [59872/22]

Departmental Data

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

122. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of children placed on reduced timetables across Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 and nationwide in the 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 school years. [59873/22]

Energy Prices

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

159. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that he is taking to resolve the situation where tenants of a social housing trust (details supplied) who are heated by a district heating system are being charged higher than normal energy costs due to their being treated as commercial rather than domestic consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58776/22]

Education Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

327. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the proposed reconfiguration of primary schools in Raheny. [58763/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

433. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether departmental guidelines were not intended to have the adverse consequences that have occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); if she will intervene in this case to ensure that they are not pursued by the debt management section of her Department. [59303/22]

Child Abuse

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

57. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her intentions to co-operate with any potential inquiry into abuse allegations in a secondary school (details supplied) and other educational institutions. [58252/22]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

66. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made in regard to the proposed changes to the assessment of need process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58255/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

287. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made to bring Operation Encompass to Ireland in line with the commitment to explore this in the implementation plan for the third National Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Strategy. [58486/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

288. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Operation Encompass is already successfully running in Northern Ireland. [58487/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

289. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent announcement that Operation Encompass is being rolled out to a further 325 schools in Northern Ireland due to the impact of same. [58488/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

290. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice when and the way that she proposes to progress implementation of a programme such as Operation Encompass; and if she will outline these or any other specific early intervention mechanisms that are to be put in place to support children who are living with domestic abuse in their homes. [58489/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

291. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the amount that has been put aside for the implementation plan for Operation Encompass or any other early intervention mechanism to support children living with domestic violence. [58490/22]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

112. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the reason that teachers such as a person (details supplied) who retire before 66 years of age are discouraged from teacher substitution by losing the proportion of their pension being paid as jobseeker’s allowance if they substitute; if she has considered implementing a waiver mechanism to allow such teachers to obtain the full benefit of Information Note TS 0001/2022; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many teachers have been affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58260/22]

Sports Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

2. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any progress has been made on development of a financial support scheme for Irish women’s soccer to provide a funding scheme funding to pay a core of the top-tier women footballers, and in the process supporting both the women’s national team and the women’s national league, allowing the best players a choice of staying in Ireland rather than being forced abroad to play at a professional level. [57002/22]

Probate Applications

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

263. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time that is taken from application to grant of probate in each of the past five years; if work has been carried out by her Department to compare the process in Ireland with other countries; if actions have been taken or are proposed to speed up the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57165/22]

Road Tolls

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

68. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport the reason that Civil Defence vehicles and State vehicles have to pay tolls on some toll roads; if these vehicles can be added to the list of exempted vehicles for toll charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57003/22]

Road Tolls

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

70. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport the reason that Civil Defence vehicles (details supplied) as State vehicles have to pay tolls on some toll roads and if these vehicles will be added to the list of exempted vehicles for toll charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57044/22]

School Curriculum

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

341. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the drinks industry-funded programmes should be delivered in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56485/22]

School Patronage

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

357. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide policy documentation and details for her Department’s pilot programme for church divestment in schools; and if she will ensure that parents' associations in all schools involved in the pilot programmes are provided with the information that they need to support the process and to reassure parents that the standards of education, governance and support will be properly supported and maintained. [56733/22]

Third Level Admissions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

448. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a matter (details supplied). [56145/22]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

248. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of the planned projects included in the school building programme in 2022 as of January 2022, and as of now respectively; the budget for same; if she will provide a list of the projects that will not proceed in 2022 due to construction inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55985/22]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

249. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the planned budget for school building in 2023; if she will provide a list of the proposed projects for 2023; the number of projects it is expected to support in 2023; if she has sought an increase in the capital budget to reflect increased construction inflation; the process for deciding which projects to proceed with or which ones to delay; the projects that are now delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55986/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

279. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made to achieving the target he announced in 2022 of 750 public sector apprenticeships by 2025; the number of apprenticeships actually delivered in the public sector since announcement; the engagement that there has been between his Department and the local authority sector; if so, the commitments that have been received to date. [55996/22]

Courts Service

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

282. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if there will be a separate Bill for the establishment of an environmental and planning division of the High Court; if she intends to hold pre-legislative scrutiny on this Bill and engage with stakeholders; if the proposals will be included in the proposed planning and development Bill from the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55984/22]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

517. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there has been any analysis of shortages in second level teachers, specifically in geography and by subject; and if she will provide the latest data available. [54255/22]

Teacher Training

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

518. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the measures, if any, that are being taken to identify and address obstacles to training and recruiting second level teachers. [54256/22]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

549. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the status of the land next to Clongriffin DART station, which is earmarked as a school site; and the current plans, if any, for a school at that site. [54469/22]

School Facilities

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

603. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the proposed car-park lease in respect of a school (details supplied); when the lease will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55256/22]

School Discipline

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

612. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide clarity on the extent of section 29 appeals during and since Covid in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form, including the number of non-face-to-face versus face-to-face oral hearings which took place during that time; and if she will outline the outcomes of section 29 appeals nationally, disaggregated for non-face-to-face appeals during that time. [55398/22]

Legislative Reviews

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

886. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice when she expects her Department to complete and publish the promised review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55413/22]

Departmental Data

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

887. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if her Department have access to statistics on the number prosecutions under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act. [55414/22]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

888. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the information her Department has on whether specialist training is provided to gardaí, in-service and in initial training to recruits, to implement the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act and preparation for gardaÍ in their interactions with those who provide such services. [55415/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1164. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the mechanism that exists for individual front-line workers who have not received their recognition payment to follow up to ensure that it will be correctly paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55174/22]

Dormant Accounts Fund

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1324. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider and implement a scheme using funds from the Dormant Accounts Fund to finance the compulsory purchase of derelict properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54830/22]

Employment Rights

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

61. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 8 September 2022, if he will report on his Department's approach to the High Court injunction secured on 24 August 2022 by some security companies to block the enforcement of the new employment regulation order for the security sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53735/22]

Public Services Card

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

139. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection the Intreo offices that are currently open for public services cards appointments in the Dublin 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 areas. [52315/22]

Tax Code

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

260. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the specific laws, policies or exemptions that mean that stipends are untaxed income. [51836/22]

Tax Code

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

261. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance if Innovate for Ireland PhDs will pay income tax, USC or PRSI. [51837/22]

Education Schemes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

608. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new Innovate for Ireland scheme will be open for applicants; if he will clarify the criteria potential applicants will need to meet in order to be eligible for the scheme. [51833/22]

Third Level Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

609. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department have examined the possibility of extending the €500 cost-of-living payment and stipend increase announced in Budget 2023 to PhDs funded outside of IRC and SFI. specifically, if a mechanism similar to the pandemic-related payments to students had been considered for this cohort. [51834/22]

Education and Training Provision

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

610. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a full breakdown of numbers of PhDs who are funded through State or state-funded bodies (IRC, SFI, HRB, Bord Bia, National Arts Council and so on and an estimate of privately funded PhDs registered at Irish universities. [51835/22]

Education Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

611. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will update the Postgraduate Workers Alliance of Ireland on his promise to consult PGWA in various relevant committees convened from within his Department, including fund the future committees. [51838/22]

Third Level Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

612. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department possesses counts of PhDs researchers who have dropped out of their studies every year for the past five years. [51839/22]

Visa Applications

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

633. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin 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; if her Department will consider conducting a review of visa renewals for PhDs to allow for essential work travel-year round for the duration of all candidates' PhDs. [51832/22]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

251. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a delay in some payments to primary school teachers on contracts of fixed duration in multiple locations, which in some cases have resulted in teachers having to visit Intreo offices to seek emergency payment; the cause of the delay; the number of persons who have been affected; when they can expect to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50790/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

122. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of early childhood care and education places in the Drumcondra, Griffith Avenue area of Dublin; and if more early childhood education and childcare places will be provided. [50540/22]

Further and Higher Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

142. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement that he has had with Maynooth University regarding the cancellation of the student centre (details supplied); the obligations that are on the university to those who paid the increased levy now that the project has been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50545/22]

Further and Higher Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

143. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the reduction in fees for third-level students will apply to students attending part-time courses such as the part-time BA in Social Care in Galway University; and the supports that will be provided for part-time students. [50551/22]

School Transport

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

55. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will address the delay in providing a school bus for the pupils attending the ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [49827/22]

School Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

61. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the result that the €90 million cost-of-living increase and energy relief measures fund is designed to achieve; and the way in which her Department will measure that. [49937/22]

School Transport

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

67. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her plans for the school transport scheme in 2023. [49939/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

75. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she has agreed a commencement date for a Citizens’ Assembly on Education; and when she hopes that the Assembly will take place. [49936/22]

State Examinations

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

95. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the date that the results of the Junior Certificate will be made available to candidates. [49938/22]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

433. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate the requirement for an additional three classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50142/22]

Further and Higher Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

575. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of graduates in the veterinary sector; and the efforts that are being made to remedy this deficit. [50144/22]

Third Level Fees

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

522. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €1,000 increase announced for postgraduate fee grants applies to all postgraduate grants, including those in receipt of a special rate postgraduate grant currently capped at €6,270; and if the cap will be lifted by €1,000 to allow for the increase. [48582/22]

Departmental Reviews

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

649. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the correspondence, if any, that his Department has had with the HSE in relation to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review; if there are any obstacles from his Department; if he will support the review; if he will commit to implement any recommendations which could emanate from the review dealing with the crisis in the recruitment and retention of radiation therapists and or service improvements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48252/22]

Third Level Costs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

222. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider allowing the leaving certificate candidates of 2020 and 2021 who change courses to avail of free fees, given the disruption from Covid-19 is a factor in the difficulties in staying in a course. [47689/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

253. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of the 2,000 artists selected for the basic income project that have been accepted; and if there is a standby list for consideration to replace any who may not have been accepted. [45912/22]

Site Acquisitions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

467. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will obtain a status update from the Office of Public Works on the acquisition of a site for a proposed Garda station in an area (details supplied). [46049/22]

Home Care Packages

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

546. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of those who are waiting for home care packages in CHO 9, broken down by each of the three geographical areas within CHO 9. [45843/22]

Energy Prices

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

2. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that his Department plans to take to quantify and address the threat to jobs created by the massive increases in costs for energy-intensive enterprises across manufacturing, hospitality, tourism and other service industries. [45080/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

12. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that he will take to ensure that wages for workers increase to meet the rise in the cost of living. [45081/22]

Industrial Relations

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

39. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact identified by the European Directive on the minimum wage that Member States with high collective bargaining coverage tend to have a low share of low-wage workers; the actions that his Department proposes to take to increase collective bargaining coverage in the private sector; and if he has received any report from a group (details supplied) to review collective bargaining, union recognition and the workplace relations framework. [45117/22]

National Minimum Wage

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

65. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will implement an immediate increase in the minimum wage. [45109/22]

Low Pay

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

66. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he has taken to implement the 2022 Low Pay Commission Report on progressing to a living wage; if a commitment will be given to implement the recommendation of a living wage target of 60% of the median wage of all workers; and his Department’s target date for achieving same. [45191/22]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

256. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the position regarding progress on the development of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [44371/22]

School Patronage

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

257. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the transfer of a school (details supplied). [44372/22]

Human Rights

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

700. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action that he has taken in response to the execution of democracy advocates (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter at the United Nations Security Council. [42177/22]

Foreign Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

701. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action that can be taken by him through the European Union and the United Nations Security Council to impose immediate targeted sanctions on aviation fuel and for a global arms embargo against the military junta in Myanmar be put in place. [42178/22]

Foreign Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

702. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage with the National Unity Government of Myanmar which has been recognised by the European Parliament as the legitimate government of Myanmar. [42179/22]

Foreign Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

703. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will refer the situation in Myanmar through the United Nations Security Council to the International Criminal Court; if he will take action for Ireland to join the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42180/22]

School Transport

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

830. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of school bus places from children attending a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42354/22]

School Facilities

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

942. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring that each primary and secondary school has a school library, a school librarian, and access to the school digital library service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43591/22]

Disadvantaged Status

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

943. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring that each DEIS secondary school is funded for the provision of a junior certificate schools programme library; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43592/22]

School Textbooks

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

944. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm whether the €20 million provided in 2022 for school libraries was once-off funding or recurrent; if it counts as capital funding; the mechanism by which it was awarded to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43593/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1356. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that he is taking to assist the students of BA (Hons) in applied social care at a college (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to ensure that the courses offered by private colleges are properly regulated and that the qualifications offered by such private colleges are as advertised to students; the measures that the Government is taking to ensure that there is no reoccurrence of a similar situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44036/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1606. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time boys must wait for an operation for hypospadias; the number of children who have now passed the age of two years, by which they should normally have been treated; the average age for a child still waiting for an operation; the number of surgeons who perform the operation in Ireland; the discrepancies, if any, that exist in waiting list times for children based on geographical areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42381/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1664. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if agency staff such as a person (details supplied) who are working on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment; and when they can expect payment. [42593/22]

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

2097. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the terms and conditions of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund for the fish processing industry to bring it in line with the recommendations of the Seafood Taskforce; if he will address the concerns that the funding will result in cannibalisation of market share and potential loss of jobs in areas such as Howth rather than as a fairly distributed scheme to protect the industry in general from Brexit which will affect the whole fish processing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/22]

State Examinations

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1051. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will address the unequal treatment of two students who were unable to complete the leaving certificate exams, one with epilepsy who was refused a deferred sitting and one with appendicitis who was allowed a deferred sitting; the efforts that she will take to ensure that all students experiencing a medical emergency are treated equally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39846/22]

Teaching Qualifications

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1053. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will resolve the anomaly whereby secondary school teachers such as a person (details supplied) who are being denied consideration for teaching experience gained as a substitute teacher due to the fact that experience gained before 2001 is only counted if it was full hours in the same school for the full school year; if she will confirm that this is in contrast to non-teaching experience which can be counted, and the treatment of primary school teachers whereby such experience is also counted; and if she will investigate the case. [39878/22]

Child and Family Agency

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1341. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to expand the in-house model of therapeutic services and support to vulnerable children and carers in the Dublin north central area to other areas, making specific reference to the use of the child art psychotherapy model given the fact that this was the foundation model of the Dublin north central hub. [40148/22]

Child and Family Agency

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

1342. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the successful postgraduate placement of child art psychotherapists from the school of psychotherapy in University College Dublin with Tusla will be expanded nationwide, with the ultimate objective of creating a grade of child art psychotherapists in Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40149/22]

Departmental Strategies

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

601. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that the current agreed process of issuing a service requirement to each of the existing funded organisations will be maintained as preparations for cycle 2 of the new youth sector funding scheme are underway; if his Department has no intention of moving towards a competitive tendering process for existing funded youth projects and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39137/22]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

308. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of implementing measures (details supplied); the current staffing ratios for primary schools; the changes in the pupil-teacher ratio over the past five years; the additional number of teachers needed for each change; the cost of additional school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38467/22]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

309. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of implementing measures (details supplied); the current staffing ratios for post-primary schools; the changes in the pupil-teacher ratio over the past five years; the additional number of teachers needed for each change; the cost of additional school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38468/22]

State Examinations

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

310. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of abolishing fees for sitting the Junior and Leaving Certificate for 2023, 2024 and 2025; the projected number of students in each year by exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38469/22]

School Transport

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

311. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of abolishing school transport charges for concessionary students; if she will outline the changes in the fees for the scheme over the past two years; the current fees paid by students; the total fees collected this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38470/22]

School Textbooks

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

312. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of seed capital and recurrent funding required to achieve 100% coverage of book rental schemes across all schools and classes and incorporating all relevant books; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38471/22]