Parliamentary questions

Legislative Process

Dara Calleary

69. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the commencement of provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/22]

Local Authorities

Dara Calleary

275. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan scheme applications that were received from Mayo County Council for 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number that were granted in the same period. [10737/22]

Derelict Sites

Dara Calleary

276. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders sought for derelict properties by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Dara Calleary

281. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/22]

Public Procurement Contracts

Dara Calleary

333. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the actions she has taken in relation to reports that a significant supplier of product to An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service made a tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners; if all suppliers of services to her Department and to agencies under her remit require an up-to-date tax clearance certificate, possess an up-to-date-tax clearance certificate and had an up-to-date-tax clearance certificate at all times of their contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10546/22]

Departmental Programmes

Dara Calleary

4. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [9368/22]

Cabinet Committees

Dara Calleary

8. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9369/22]

Insurance Industry

Dara Calleary

31. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance his views on more frequent reporting by the National Claims Information Database. [9678/22]

Insurance Industry

Dara Calleary

48. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the amount by which motor insurance premiums have fallen since the current Government entered office in June 2020. [9679/22]

Sports Funding

Dara Calleary

205. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the delays in drawing down a sports capital grant for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8890/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Dara Calleary

75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Capital Plan for 2022 includes developments in Ballina District Hospital and Belmullet Community Hospital. [7826/22]

General Practitioner Services

Dara Calleary

116. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional resources to HSE for additional out-of-hours general practitioner cover in rural areas. [7827/22]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

220. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that apartment owners will qualify for the revised home energy upgrade scheme; if applications can be made by multi-units to enhance the efficiency of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8069/22]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

221. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that homeowners that are participants in the defective concrete blocks scheme can avail of the home energy upgrade scheme; the way that the scheme will be rolled out to them in view of the level of work already going to be carried out on their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8070/22]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

222. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if homeowners that have made energy upgrade investments in recent years will be able to avail of refunds given the increased level of supports now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8071/22]

Tax Rebates

Dara Calleary

269. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if homeowners that have made energy upgrade investments in recent years will be able to avail of tax rebates given the increased level of supports now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8071/22]

Enterprise Policy

Dara Calleary

42. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the West Regional Enterprise Plan. [6801/22]

Work Permits

Dara Calleary

67. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that is being taken to address delays in the provision of work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/22]

Third Level Admissions

Dara Calleary

77. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his strategy to reform the CAO and broaden access to further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6371/22]

Further and Higher Education

Dara Calleary

144. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the review of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370/22]

Health Service Executive

Dara Calleary

688. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there will be provision in the 2022 HSE Service Plan to appoint extra neurology nurses to University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6188/22]

Employment Schemes

Dara Calleary

34. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to link jobseekers and employers as a means to address labour shortages in the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5381/22]

Employment Schemes

Dara Calleary

94. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her strategy for the procurement of public employment services; the reason she is proceeding to a new model of local employment service delivery; the cost basis on which the new model will be delivered; the relevant technical and previous experience necessary for a potential tender applicant; the proposed timeline for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5380/22]

Departmental Policies

Dara Calleary

166. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the successor to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures National Policy Framework for Children and Young People including consultation mechanisms to ensure the voices of children and young persons are heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5437/22]

Departmental Strategies

Dara Calleary

188. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of First 5, the whole-of Government strategy for babies, young children and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5438/22]

Proposed Legislation

Dara Calleary

372. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5691/22]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Dara Calleary

374. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the funding available for ongoing maintenance of CCTV systems in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5704/22]

Cabinet Committees

Dara Calleary

4. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4633/22]

Departmental Meetings

Dara Calleary

17. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach the groups chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [4634/22]

School Curriculum

Dara Calleary

137. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the additional supports that could be put in place to raise awareness of the European Union for primary and secondary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4670/22]

School Staff

Dara Calleary

143. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education if she will report on improved employment conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4671/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Dara Calleary

538. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social welfare appeals that were successful in the past two years. [4305/22]

School Meals Programme

Dara Calleary

552. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered increasing the base rate for the school meals programme; her views on whether the €1.40 that is currently paid to providers for supplying one substantial item plus one small item plus one drink is minimal in view of inflation and cost of living increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4869/22]

Passport Services

Dara Calleary

45. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of applications for passports from counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, respectively that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3624/22]

Defence Forces

Dara Calleary

104. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of projects under the white paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/22]

Defence Forces

Dara Calleary

133. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the action that is being taken to improve recruitment and retention of staff in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3796/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dara Calleary

184. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether members of An Garda Síochána are doing vital work during the pandemic and that they are public facing; if he made a case for their inclusion in the Covid pandemic bonus payment in this context; if so, the details of the case he made; if not, the reason; and if he plans to pursue the issue via the Government appointed panel. [4097/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

204. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 583, 584 and 585 of 19 January 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the administrative cost headings for both local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4107/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

208. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all homeowners who have been accepted on to the defective concrete blocks scheme ahead of the planned enhancements to the scheme will be eligible to receive the enhanced package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4153/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dara Calleary

321. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his views on whether public health nurses are carrying out vital work during the pandemic and are public facing; if he made a case to Government for their inclusion in the Covid pandemic bonus payment; if so, the case he made; if not, the reason; and if he plans to pursue the issue via the Government appointed panel. [4106/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dara Calleary

355. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his views on whether home helps and carers have done extraordinary work during the pandemic and have been patient facing at all times; and his views on whether they should be awarded the Covid bonus payment. [4096/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dara Calleary

636. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the criteria for qualification for the bonus payment for healthcare workers; his views on whether those in administrative roles who were required to be on site during the pandemic should qualify; if student nurses who were on duty at the time will qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3411/22]

Flood Risk Management

Dara Calleary

32. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position in relation to the flood alleviation scheme for Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2228/22]

Public Expenditure Policy

Dara Calleary

62. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action being taken to in relation to delays in infrastructure projects under the public expenditure code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/22]

Irish Language

Dara Calleary

118. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her strategy to promote the use of the Irish language at an official level at national and European Union level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2492/22]

Arts Policy

Dara Calleary

128. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the status of the pilot basic income guarantee scheme for artists, including its planned scope, start date and duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2491/22]

Emergency Services

Dara Calleary

507. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Mayo Fire and Rescue Services are equipped and trained to act as first responders for cardiac arrest incidences but are not currently permitted to undertake the action; if he has plans to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1071/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

539. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues or if his officials have had discussions with other relevant officials in relation to the position of insurance companies either refusing to quote, including for existing customers or penalising homeowners whose homes have been shown to have either pyrite or MICA within their blocks through no fault of their own in the context of his review of the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1683/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

583. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payments made to Mayo County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the items for which these payments were claimed; if there are outstanding payment claims on 31 December 2021; and if so, the details of same in tabular form. [2061/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

584. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payments made to Donegal County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the details of the items for which these payments were claimed; if there are outstanding payment claims on 31 December 2021; and if so, the details of same in tabular form. [2062/22]