Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Building Projects

James O'Connor

51. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an emergency works application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26524/24]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

52. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of requests her Department has received from Tourism Ireland seeking approval to recruit additional staff in 2023 and to date in 2024; and of the number of requests received, the number that were approved or pending in each of those years in question, in tabular form. [26329/24]

Sports Facilities

Paul Donnelly

53. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of capital funding Sport Ireland has put into a facility (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the nature of capital works projects carried out, in tabular form. [26330/24]

Sports Organisations

Darren O'Rourke

54. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next meeting with the Sport Ireland CEO is scheduled. [26483/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

55. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she became aware of a consideration before the RTÉ board concerning a proposed severance package for a senior member of staff, as revealed at the Oireachtas Media Committee meeting of 12 June 2024; if she is aware of the amount involved; her views on whether this expenditure would be excessive and unwarranted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26486/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

56. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she most recently met the chairman of RTÉ to discuss severance-related matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26487/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

57. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates on which she has met the new chairman of RTÉ; if she will clarify the agenda for each of these meetings; if severance payment-related matters were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26488/24]

Derelict Sites

Cian O'Callaghan

58. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all local authorities have furnished the details on the total number of derelict properties currently on their registers; the number of actions and fines issued under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 for each respective local authority; the changes he will make based on this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26669/24]

Derelict Sites

Steven Matthews

59. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of properties that are on the derelict sites register in each local authority area; the amount that was levied and collected within each local authority area in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26353/24]

Planning Issues

Steven Matthews

60. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of notifications of change of use from commercial use to residential use issued to planning authorities under Regulation S.I. No. 75/2022 - Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/24]

Planning Issues

Pauline Tully

61. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any disability-proofing took place in regard to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, as required under article 4 (3) of the UNCRPD, to ensure that the built environment is fit for all residents for the foreseeable future. [26368/24]

Traveller Accommodation

Bríd Smith

62. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the PSEHRD assessment his Department has undertaken regarding reported difficulties by Travellers to open housing applications and retain open application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

63. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons registered on the electoral register in each local authority area; and the number of persons who were added to the electoral register via the supplementary register for each local authority area for the recent local and European elections, in tabular form. [26435/24]

Electoral Process

Niall Collins

64. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to calculate the amount payable to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Darren O'Rourke

65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost to recruit thirty additional WTE conservation rangers for the NPWS. [26481/24]

Special Areas of Conservation

Brendan Griffin

66. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a small area on the boundary of a special protection area in County Kerry (details supplied) will be removed given its insignificance due to its size and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26489/24]

Local Authorities

Mairéad Farrell

67. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in line with his obligations under Section 160 of the Local Government Act 2001, he will provide a breakdown of the number of employees by local authority who were qualified in 2023 under architectural services, building surveyor services and engineering services, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26503/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

68. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will be expedited on an appeal for a supplementary allowance payment and a decision on a carer’s allowance review (details supplied). [26333/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Healy-Rae

69. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26365/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Kehoe

70. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration can be given to include a service (details supplied) under the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26373/24]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is the case that currently, to receive the full State pension (contributory), a person requires 980 A1 stamps, equivalent to 20 years full-time work, but that as of 2034 (that is, those born after 1 January 1968), the requirement will increase to 2,100 A1 stamps, equivalent to 45 years full-time work; the rationale for such a change; if this change will affect all workers/pensioners, regardless of their income while working, or will affect people differently depending on their incomes while working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26392/24]

State Pensions

Cathal Crowe

72. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider changing the rules to allow stamps paid before marriage be taken into account for the State pension (contributory) (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26397/24]

Gender Recognition

Patrick Costello

73. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 11 June 2024, for an update on the implementation of recommendation 6A of the 2018 Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26400/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Patricia Ryan

74. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that in many cases, bereavement grant applications are taking six to eight weeks to be paid to those who are in dire need of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26409/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Patricia Ryan

75. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to abolish the means test for those applying for carer's allowance. [26410/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Darren O'Rourke

76. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the telephone support allowance increased to €5 per week. [26470/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Darren O'Rourke

77. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase the qualified child payment by €7 for over 12s and by €4 for under 12s. [26471/24]

Rural Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

78. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the rural social scheme, broken down by administering company; the number of vacancies on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26522/24]

Rural Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

79. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the farm assist/fish assist scheme in each of the past five years, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26523/24]

Coroners Service

Michael Ring

80. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice if the reductions made in and to salaries and payments to a sector (details supplied) under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2017 have been reversed such that the remuneration and payments made to the sector will be and/or were reinstated to the levels applicable in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26339/24]

Coroners Service

Michael Ring

81. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice if the reductions in salaries and payments to a sector (details supplied) made under the FEMPI Acts or under any other measure have not been reinstated, the reason therefore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26554/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

82. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of steyr rifle refresher courses held for armed Garda personnel to date in 2024. [26325/24]

Probation and Welfare Service

Paul Donnelly

83. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time probation officers, by grade, that are based in each Probation Office in Dublin in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26326/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

84. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of basic M3 shotgun courses held for armed Garda personnel to date in 2024. [26327/24]

Youth Services

Thomas Pringle

85. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice to detail the funding provided to youth diversion projects in each of the years 2012 to 2024, in tabular form. [26426/24]

Probation and Welfare Service

Thomas Pringle

86. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice to detail the funding provided to the Probation Service in each of the years 2012 to 2024, in tabular form. [26427/24]

Youth Services

Thomas Pringle

87. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of young people supported by youth diversion projects in each of the years 2012 to 2023, in tabular form. [26428/24]

Probation and Welfare Service

Thomas Pringle

88. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of children and young persons aged under 25 years directly supported by the Probation Service in each of the years 2012 to 2023, in tabular form. [26429/24]

Probation and Welfare Service

Thomas Pringle

89. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the funding provided to community-based organisations through the Probation Service in the years 2012 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [26430/24]

Crime Prevention

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the timeframe for the establishment of community safety partnerships across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26431/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

91. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Review of Prison Visiting Committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26432/24]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

92. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of discharging a firearm offences that were notified to gardaí within the Meath division in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26473/24]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

93. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed penalty notices gardaí issued for parking in a bus lane in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26474/24]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

94. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the next two dates Garda recruits will attest from Templemore training college; and the next two dates new Garda recruits will enter the college, in tabular form. [26475/24]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

95. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of serious and fatal road traffic collisions gardaí within the Meath division attended in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26476/24]

Work Permits

Brendan Griffin

96. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on an employment permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26500/24]

Work Permits

Brendan Griffin

97. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on an employment permit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26501/24]

Work Permits

Brendan Griffin

98. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice if a decision has been made on an application for an employment permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26502/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Catherine Connolly

99. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the work of Cuan to oversee the Government’s implementation of the actions set out in the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26510/24]

Departmental Policies

Violet-Anne Wynne

100. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has considered, as advocated for by an organisation (details supplied), the alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, such as community-based sanctions or diversion programmes, to reduce prison overcrowding and the socio-economic impact of short-term imprisonment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26545/24]