Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

681. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the myalgic encephalomyelitis working group established by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18001/24]

Patient Transport

Thomas Pringle

682. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of cuts to a vital service which is affecting patients with ongoing sight issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18003/24]

Care of the Elderly

Pauline Tully

683. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 29 November 2022, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if his Department has considered this model of care in the context of its overall commitment to enhancing opportunities for older people to stay in their homes and communities for longer. [18005/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

684. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when and how did the HSE contact HIQA to inform them they were not going to be applying for registration of the new Nenagh community nursing home in 2024. [18016/24]

Health Promotion

Cathal Crowe

685. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the reason there is currently no funding plan for a Healthy Food Made Easy programme in County Clare; the reason no facilitator is in place for the delivery of this programme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18029/24]

Health Promotion

Cathal Crowe

686. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a social prescribers programme is operating in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18030/24]

Hospital Staff

Aindrias Moynihan

687. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he can provide details of the current levels of staffing for Cork University Hospital's paediatric epilepsy services; the number of positions which are currently vacant; the number of recruitment processes which are underway (if any) to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18031/24]

Dental Services

Cathal Crowe

688. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans his Department has to recruit dentists into the HSE dental service so that the huge backlog of children awaiting dental treatment in CHO3 can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/24]

Health Service Executive

Robert Troy

689. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to arrange for a proper boundary wall to be erected between Lakepoint housing estate and the HSE building in Lakepoint, Mullingar, as there is currently a timber fence at this location but a proper wall needs to be built to discourage people climbing over the timber fence. [18047/24]

Health Services

Joe McHugh

690. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) in Donegal to address the current crisis in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18075/24]

Medical Internships

Duncan Smith

691. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current anomaly whereby Irish medical students who studied in Northern Ireland are classed as a tier-two applicant for the internship programme in the HSE; if he will commit to reviewing the current process for internship placement allocation so this is no longer the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18089/24]

Hospital Facilities

Ciarán Cannon

692. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned disposal of the St. Brigid’s Hospital Campus in Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/24]

Hospital Staff

Ciarán Cannon

693. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health for details of the staffing required for the new 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula University Hospital; whether such requirements will be met when the new ward block is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/24]

Period Poverty

Duncan Smith

694. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase the €200 thousand share of funding for Naughton + Smyth framework for the provision of period products to higher-education institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/24]

Third Level Education

Patrick Costello

695. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on Trinity College’s policy (details supplied) which prevents any external tour guides from using the campus and/or Book of Kells for guiding purposes. [17314/24]

Third Level Education

Patrick Costello

696. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on Trinity College’s policy (details supplied) which prevents any external tour guides from using the campus and/or Book of Kells for guiding purposes. [17315/24]

Third Level Education

Mairéad Farrell

697. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the international education mark will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17391/24]

Third Level Education

Mairéad Farrell

698. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional resources that will be allocated to ensure that education providers are compliant with the international education mark. [17392/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

699. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department's capital underspend, if any, in 2023; and his Department's projected spend in 2024. [17422/24]

Research Funding

Ivana Bacik

700. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to allocate increased funding across all career stages for researchers; and his views on the importance of basic or frontier research and the need for parity of esteem across disciplines. [17530/24]

Grant Payments

Louise O'Reilly

701. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the SUSI grant will be rolled out for part-time courses from September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17562/24]

Third Level Education

Louise O'Reilly

702. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the closure of a college (details supplied) and the impact it is having on students and their families; and if he will engage with students on the Bachelor of Education in Montessori (early years) Education course to find alternative options to complete their degrees. [17581/24]

Grant Payments

Patrick Costello

703. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grants or scholarships available to Irish students studying for masters degrees in UK institutions. [17591/24]

Period Poverty

Francis Noel Duffy

704. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, following the success of his pilot scheme of free period products in further education/training centres, his Department has engaged with the Minister for Health on the rollout of free period products in universities and the wider third level sector. [17628/24]

Research and Development

Brian Leddin

705. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list the members of the Steering Group, Implementation Forum and Advisory Forum of Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy; and whether minutes of the meeting of each body are published online. [17636/24]

Medical Research and Training

Mairéad Farrell

706. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans or actions he has taken to attain membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17664/24]

Third Level Education

Mark Ward

707. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what options are available to an Irish student (details supplied) whose studies were impacted by Covid lockdowns; what avenues are available to her to complete her course; if the Department will intervene on her behalf to allow her to continue her studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17673/24]

Third Level Education

Mairéad Farrell

708. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of all universities identifying whether each has run a surplus or deficit for the financial year 2023, the value of this surplus or deficit and the change from the financial year 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17676/24]

Further and Higher Education

Peadar Tóibín

709. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action he is taking to retain current and future personnel in the construction sector, and from being recruited internationally; the number of graduates and those employed in the construction sector who have emigrated in each of the past five years, by general trade and specialist category in the industry; the number of the same cohort who returned to Ireland in that time period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17868/24]

Third Level Education

Neasa Hourigan

710. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the work of his Department to secure places for students from this jurisdiction in medical schools in Northern Ireland; whether he has ensured that these students would then be eligible to apply to work in the HSE on graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17898/24]

Third Level Admissions

James Lawless

711. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17944/24]

Community Development Projects

Holly Cairns

712. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding and grants available to communities that wish to establish community arts centres; and if she would consider the establishment of an arts centre in Bandon, County Cork. [17352/24]

Departmental Funding

Johnny Mythen

713. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided to the community and voluntary pillar in each of the years 2014 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17586/24]

Departmental Schemes

Johnny Mythen

714. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of youth work organisations who made successful applications to the community centre investment fund under categories 1, 2 and 3, since the inception of the fund, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17587/24]

Departmental Schemes

Johnny Mythen

715. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of funding, by organisation, for the community centres investment fund new builds measure; and whether any youth work organisations were successful in applying. [17588/24]

Control of Dogs

Cian O'Callaghan

716. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1726 of 9 April 2024, if she will confirm a number of details about a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18048/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

717. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Westmeath since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18096/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

718. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Meath since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18097/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

719. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Carlow since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18098/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

720. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Wexford since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18099/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

721. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Kildare since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18100/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

722. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Louth since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18101/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

723. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Longford since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18102/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

724. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Cork since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18103/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

725. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Kerry since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18104/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

726. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Clare since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18105/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

727. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Limerick since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18106/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

728. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Galway since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18107/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

729. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Mayo since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18108/24]

Departmental Schemes

Frankie Feighan

730. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline, in tabular form, each individual project awarded funding in County Roscommon since January 2020 under the rural regeneration and development fund, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, CLÁR, the community centre investment fund, LEADER, and the connected hubs fund; if she will include the amount of funding allocated to each project and the purpose of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18109/24]