Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation beds opened in CHO5 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29156/23]

Rural Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

102. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the projects funded by the Transitional LEADER programme in County Carlow, as well as the amount of funding Carlow has received under the initiative. [28285/23]

Rural Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

105. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on thefunding allocated and works undertaken in Bagenalstown, County Carlow under the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative. [28284/23]

Tax Code

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

389. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether or not active farmland is excluded from RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/23]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

515. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the precise number of special needs organisers currently working in County Kildare; the number of positions currently vacant; her Department's plan to fill these vacancies; if she will otherwise outline the optimum number of special needs organisers required to fill the demand in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27517/23]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

607. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a new special educational needs organiser will be appointed to the Carlow area following the vacancy arising (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28451/23]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most up-to-date housing needs assessment for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number on each of the local authority housing waiting lists for these counties. [28281/23]

Septic Tanks

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the infrastructure fees waiver that has been announced includes septic tanks. [28282/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

840. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 23 May 2023, the reason those on non-contributory pensions were omitted from the Spring bonus cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28366/23]

Visa Applications

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

929. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the plans being put in place by her Department to address serious backlogs in atypical visa processing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/23]

Visa Applications

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

930. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken to ensure adequate staff are available to service the nursing home care sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28375/23]

Forestry Sector

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

983. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to introduce a scheme for private homeowners living in the countryside in addition to the €9 million in support to landowners with ash dieback infected plantations by removing and replanting their sites with alternative species to avoid an endemic spread of the disease to rural gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/23]

Departmental Funding

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

999. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on delivery of funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1105. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the recognition of Covid/long-Covid as having an occupational connection in social or health care and certain other settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27064/23]

Medicinal Products

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1147. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long-term illness scheme, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/23]

Medicinal Products

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1149. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long- term illness scheme under the terms of mental illness, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27380/23]

Health Strategies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1300. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the promised National Testing Directory for genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/23]

Pharmacy Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1308. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health what engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services provided, and where its payments had been reduced in 2009 and have been frozen ever since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/23]

Educational Reform

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1347. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the integration into the higher education framework in a region of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]

Further and Higher Education

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

128. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

356. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/23]

Community Development Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

48. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with Carlow County Council on the provision of a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

50. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to address waiting lists for assessments for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/23]

Disability Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

606. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be issued for non-emergency transport for those using disability services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/23]

Medicinal Products

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

664. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme for non-diabetic patients; if there are plans to widen the prescription of saxenda and ozempic to medical card holders with a BMI of greater than 35 as a preventative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/23]

Hospital Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

751. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to operate a weekend service for diagnostic scans in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny and Waterford University Hospital, based on evidential need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26116/23]

Third Level Education

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

295. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made to date regarding the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's into the Higher Education Authority; the engagement the Department has had on the issue with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/23]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

4. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22439/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

91. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to reinstate the multiple payment of child benefit to parents of twins, triplets, and so on, which were previously given at primary and post-primary school entry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24248/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

106. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to introduce cost-of-living supports for adult dependents or those on non-contributory pensions, as many have been left out of earlier cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24247/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

391. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied). [24072/23]

Urban Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

411. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made to date regarding URDF in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/23]

Domestic Violence

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

544. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a women’s refuge in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/23]

International Protection

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

651. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where phase two of the resettlement programme in Carlow aims to resettle the refugee population and how many International Protection persons are to come to Carlow for this IRPPII process; the status of the Inter Agency Working Group in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/23]

Community Development Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

670. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a community centre for young people at Tullow Road in Carlow; the engagement his Department has had with Carlow local authority on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24340/23]

Ambulance Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of an ambulance base in Carlow; the date on which the National Ambulance Service requested HSE estates to refurbish the existing building there as an ambulance base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24335/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have an injury clinic in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/23]

Disability Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

778. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a new fit-for-purpose building for Holy Angels Day Care Service for Children with Special Needs in Carlow; the date on which his Department expects HSE estates to begin works at the Kelvin Grove site; if he will provide a list of proposed tenants to the Kelvin Grove building under the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/23]

Arts Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

54. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the arts funding for Carlow in 2023; and what funding is for the visual arts centre in Carlow. [23670/23]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

112. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the provision of affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/23]

Housing Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

144. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the provision of modular housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/23]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

73. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the Summer Programme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/23]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

90. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started; how many have yet to be tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22622/23]

International Relations

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

130. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/23]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

162. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the WTE cost of recruiting three additional principal geologists for his Department. [22375/23]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

189. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in recruit training in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, respectively, in tabular form [22372/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

190. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the names of the companies that currently hold the contract to provide musical instruments to the Defence Forces School of Music; the amount paid for the replacement of these instruments in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and when this contract to provide musical instruments is due to expire [22373/23]

Parking Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

223. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the remarking of the car park at the front of a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22380/23]

Parking Provision

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

224. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to provide additional train service between Dublin Heuston and Waterford in both directions on Sundays and Bank Holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22381/23]

Departmental Contracts

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

278. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted to frontline security; and the value of such contracts since 2020 to date. [22374/23]

Trade Missions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

298. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a Trade Mission to Canada is scheduled for Quarter 3, this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/23]

Departmental Contracts

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

383. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted to frontline security; the value of such contracts since 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22386/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

384. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the 2021 and 2022 capital budget allocation to her Department; the percentage of that funding that was actually spent in each of the years in question, in tabular form; the capital budget allocation for her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22387/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

476. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on hiring crowd control barriers in 2022 and to-date in 2023; when is this current contract to provide crowd control barriers due to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22382/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

477. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of standard and advanced motorcycles courses held for gardaí within Carlow-Kilkenny Division in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22383/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

478. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda roads policing unit cars that came into fleet in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of these vehicles withdrawn for the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22384/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

479. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full year cost if 1,400 new gardaí were recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/23]

Hospital Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

599. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [22376/23]

Hospital Procedures

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

600. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of pacemaker procedures carried out in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried out, in tabular form. [22377/23]

Hospital Procedures

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

601. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of births that took place in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [22378/23]

Ambulance Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

602. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles allocated to each HSE ambulance basis and that are available to attend emergency incidents on a 24-7 basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22379/23]

Regional Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the south-east regional enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22078/23]

Enterprise Support Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

75. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the action being taken by IDA Ireland to bring new businesses to Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22079/23]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

13. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21444/23]

House Sales

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of Carlow homebuyers who have availed of the enhanced help-to-buy scheme since 23 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21451/23]

Business Supports

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

111. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of Carlow businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21450/23]

Public Transport

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

18. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of extra carriages that have been allocated on the Dublin to Waterford train and the Waterford to Dublin train; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20801/23]

Road Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Southern Relief Road in Carlow and the Relief Road for Tullow. [20800/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

261. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being asked to repay a welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20854/23]

Climate Change Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

76. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the work of the National Youth Assembly on Climate. [19740/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

97. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the rollout of highspeed broadband in County Carlow. [19739/23]

Child Poverty

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

4. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19221/23]

Departmental Strategies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

91. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the public consultation on the development of a new strategy for the public library service. [19245/23]

Tidy Towns

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

92. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of towns that applied to the 2023 Tidy Towns competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19246/23]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

159. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an overview of capital and current projects and associated funding for Kilkenny Barracks from 2020 to date; and outline future plans to fund projects, including any planned upgrades at the barracks. [19470/23]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

160. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on planned works at Kilkenny Barracks with respect to the squash playing facility; and to update on discussions his Department has had with a club (details supplied). [19471/23]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

161. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank and civilian employees, stationed at Kilkenny Barracks, in tabular form. [19472/23]

Dental Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

38. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant backlogs in dental screening services for schoolchildren up to ten years of age, as some school children are not getting their first dental check until secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17480/23]

Primary Care Centres

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

66. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when Borris, County Carlow will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

101. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been received to date for the scheme of investment aid for the seed potato sector and the chipping potato sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18556/23]

Agriculture Industry

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

109. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what his Department is doing to assist the sheep sector. [18555/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

355. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the services for speech and language therapy; the current waiting list figures for this service; if he will provide an update on the recruitment of personnel to help with these long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15711/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

356. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the services for occupational therapy; the current waiting list figures for this service; if he will provide an update on the recruitment of personnel to help with these long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15712/23]

Domestic Violence

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

90. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the status of a refuge for those fleeing domestic violence in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17922/23]

International Sanctions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

112. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if additional tougher sanctions will be issued by the EU on Iran due to its role in providing weapons and-or ammunition to Russia for its war against Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

207. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of properties connected to date; the number of properties connected in County Carlow; the number of properties pending surveyed in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17548/23]

Postal Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

208. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way a person who wishes to have their address changed or an error corrected that is listed on the Eircode website or system can do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17550/23]

Rail Accidents

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

258. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full year cost of recruiting three additional WTE railway accident investigators for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16690/23]

Bus Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

314. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Carlow town bus service; his plans to provide rural bus services between New Ross, County Wexford, and Saint Mullin's, Tinnahinch and Borris, County Carlow, and Arklow, County Wicklow to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17557/23]

Official Engagements

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

359. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he met the Mayor of Toronto during his visit to Toronto for the recent St. Patrick's day events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16692/23]

Tax Reliefs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

401. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the timeline for the publication of the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17561/23]

Departmental Bodies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

402. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17562/23]

Prison Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

471. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if consideration has been given to allowing members of the Prison Service recruited post-1995 to work a certain number of hours each week whilst retaining certain social welfare benefits, as other welfare recipients can do (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17975/23]

Departmental Meetings

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

479. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met the Australian Prime Minister during his recent visit to Australia for the St. Patricks day events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16694/23]

Energy Conservation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

566. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary schools that have undertaken an energy retrofit as part of the national energy efficient retrofit pathfinder scheme since it commenced in 2017; the number of schools that will take part in the scheme in 2022, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17564/23]

Energy Conservation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

567. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the level of funding allocated for the national energy efficient retrofit pathfinder scheme for primary and secondary schools under the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17565/23]

School Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

568. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the implementation of the new pay deal for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17566/23]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

593. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of school building projects currently in progress across the various stages of planning, design, tender and construction by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17979/23]

Departmental Strategies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

722. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16679/23]