Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Schemes

Joe Carey

24. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been supported by the 2020 basic payment scheme payments under financial discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38236/22]

Agriculture Industry

Joe Carey

54. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that his Department is considering to address the cost-of-living crisis for farmers in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38237/22]

Marine Accidents

Joe Carey

107. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the Clinch Report has not been published given that his Department received the report over twelve months ago and his public commitment to publish the report by the end of the first quarter of 2022; if he will make arrangements to publish the report into the reform of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38374/22]

Defective Building Materials

Joe Carey

243. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the report of the Independent Working Group on defective apartments will be completed by the end of July 2022; if the report will be published immediately; if he will be recommending to the Minister for Finance that tax credits should be awarded to the owners of the affected apartments and duplex units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/22]

Departmental Strategies

Joe Carey

141. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of Better outcomes, Brighter futures Annual Report, the actions his Department is taking to address the findings of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35467/22]

Children in Care

Joe Carey

147. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to increasingly help and support parents who have fostered children in getting the fostered children their passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35466/22]

Departmental Schemes

Joe Carey

10. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the new community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35702/22]

An Garda Síochána

Joe Carey

55. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice the total number of gardaí at present; the total number of trainees currently in training for An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35703/22]

Road Network

Joe Carey

154. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36210/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Joe Carey

424. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of the carer's allowance appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36136/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joe Carey

876. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36267/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Joe Carey

244. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond positively to the request from an organisation (details supplied) for a subsidy of €100 per child on the early childhood care and education scheme to cover costs which are currently subsidised by the childcare owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/22]

Medicinal Products

Joe Carey

289. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when he expects uromune to become available in Ireland for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections given that it is currently available through various special access programs in countries around the world, including the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Australia and New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35116/22]

Sports Funding

Joe Carey

34. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects to launch the next sports capital and equipment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34597/22]

School Transport

Joe Carey

590. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the review initiated in relation to the provision of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33564/22]

Mental Health Services

Joe Carey

896. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the levels of psychologist services that are available in north and west County Clare; if there are any plans to improve the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34421/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joe Carey

441. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33467/22]

Culture Policy

Joe Carey

22. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans that are in place for culture night 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32247/22]

Sports Funding

Joe Carey

39. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of appeals on hand in his Department under the Large Scales Sports Capital Programme that were submitted on time and in accordance with the scheme; when he intends to bring about a conclusion to the long-standing appeals process under the Large Scale Sports Capital Programme, if he will give a commitment that successful appeals under the Large Scale Sports Capital Programme will be awarded grants in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32248/22]

Budget Process

Joe Carey

157. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the tax requirement in the upcoming Budget in terms of qualifying for the first-time buyers grant given the drive that is ongoing to recruit workers from abroad and to get many of the Irish diaspora to return to take up employment here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32519/22]

School Transport

Joe Carey

562. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if she has directed that suitable school bus transport will be provided in the coming autumn to service the growing number of pupils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32254/22]

Control of Dogs

Joe Carey

932. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to introduce a blanket quarantine period for all dogs coming from Ukraine and eastern Europe in general, given that war refugees still continue to come here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32510/22]

Aviation Industry

Joe Carey

78. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to carry out a review of the national aviation policy; if this review will involve stakeholder consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29334/22]

Road Network

Joe Carey

123. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he has reflected on his position regarding the second phase of the Limerick Northern Distributor Road given its importance to the mid-west region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/22]

Hospital Procedures

Joe Carey

1802. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/22]

Medicinal Products

Joe Carey

1921. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the reason that he did not agree to meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the use of kaftrio for 35 children who are awaiting critical access to same further to this Deputy’s request on 1 June 2022 in Dáil Éireann given that kaftrio is already in use in the exact same manner for all persons of the same genotype aged 12 years and over and for 140 children of different genotypes aged between 6 to 11 years; if he will re-examine his position and facilitate a meeting with the organisation as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30859/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joe Carey

386. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28670/22]

Rural Schemes

Joe Carey

423. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give immediate consideration to implementing a derogation to Section 8.3 of LEADER Operating Rules which explicitly prevents Local Action Groups from awarding an increase in funding to project promoters to enable them to deliver their projects (details supplied) given the soaring costs associated with construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28550/22]

Rural Schemes

Joe Carey

13. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects in County Clare will be announced under the rural regeneration and development fund; the total value of applications received under the latest round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27843/22]

Departmental Programmes

Joe Carey

32. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce successful projects in County Clare under the 2022 CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27842/22]

Rural Schemes

Joe Carey

847. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects in County Clare will be announced under the 2022 outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme to support the development of walkways and greenways in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27844/22]

Rural Schemes

Joe Carey

848. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the town and village renewal scheme will open for applications in County Clare; the types of projects that will be eligible for funding in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27845/22]

Rural Schemes

Joe Carey

849. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she anticipates that there will be a further round of local improvement scheme funding for County Clare in 2022; if the Department of Transport will provide matched funding for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27846/22]

Vacant Properties

Joe Carey

850. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the supports available from her Department to ensure that vacant buildings such as former banks in rural towns and villages in County Clare can be acquired and renovated for community use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27847/22]

Rural Schemes

Joe Carey

851. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new community centre investment fund for County Clare; if her Department anticipates significant interest in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27848/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Joe Carey

852. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects in County Clare will be announced under the connected hubs fund to support the further development of remote working facilities across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27849/22]

General Practitioner Services

Joe Carey

31. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the incentives that he has provided to encourage more general practitioners to take-up practise in County Clare and other rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26411/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Joe Carey

83. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he and or the HSE have received a proposal from the University Limerick Hospital Group for the provision of an elective only hospital unit; if so, the timeframe for this proposal to be assessed by his Department and the various units and committees of the HSE before being assessed by the Public Spending Code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26410/22]

Forestry Sector

Joe Carey

154. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider fundamental reform to the ash die back scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26412/22]

Departmental Schemes

Joe Carey

193. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures, supports and incentives that he will introduce for the farming livestock sector to ensure that sufficient fodder is harvested to prevent a fodder crisis in winter 2022 and in spring 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26413/22]

Office of Public Works

Joe Carey

32. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to buildings in County Clare in the ownership of the Office of Public Work in which pyrite has been detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26688/22]

Bus Services

Joe Carey

147. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/22]

Approved Housing Bodies

Joe Carey

238. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional financial assistance that will be provided to approved housing bodies involved in the provision of social housing projects in order to ensure that the delivery of much-needed social housing projects is not negatively impacted in view of significant construction cost increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Carey

60. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the online retail scheme funding of €9.3 million to be allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24910/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Joe Carey

64. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the disbursement of the trading online voucher scheme for 2021; the amount of funding and number of recipients per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24911/22]

School Staff

Joe Carey

274. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if arrangements will be in place in summer 2022 for school secretaries and caretakers to be paid and that the practice of requiring these important workers to sign on for social welfare has been discontinued following agreement reached on this issue earlier in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25451/22]

Rental Sector

Joe Carey

282. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the introduction of the proposed short-term letting regulations as outlined in section 20.4 of the Housing for All plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24917/22]

Housing Schemes

Joe Carey

332. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposed changes he is considering to a revised repair and lease scheme in Ireland (details supplied); if private developers will be able to renovate and offer housing units that are in a state of distress and disrepair that would not otherwise be available to the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24916/22]

Rental Sector

Joe Carey

333. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering proposals to restrict the lettings of full properties and second properties for the short-term letting market; if any such proposals would be in addition to the proposals contained in section 20.4 of the Housing for All plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/22]

Sports Funding

Joe Carey

320. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position in relation to the Sports Capital Programme appeals process; when decisions will be communicated to clubs; the status of appeals in respect of the Large-Scale Sports Capital Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23268/22]