Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Military Neutrality

Mattie McGrath

343. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the purpose of the Royal Naval vessel which was docked in Cork Harbour for a number of days; the permissions sought and granted for this vessel to dock; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33683/22]

Scoileanna DEIS

Mattie McGrath

610. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made in relation to DEIS appeals by schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34083/22]

Vaccination Programme

Mattie McGrath

813. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the vaccine compensation scheme; if he will expedite the establishment of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33993/22]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a detailed breakdown of the State funding provided by his Department to all environmental groups in 2019, 2020, 2021 and the budget allocation for 2022; if a cost-benefit analysis of this funding has been undertaken before the 2022 approval given the reported increased budget for environmental groups from €1 million to €1.7 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33516/22]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

203. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that the annual audited accounts and financial statements of a public company, Cill Ulta, LAN Teoranta, Cill Ulta, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal, which is funded by several agencies under the remit of her Department, is not published on the company’s website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33519/22]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

204. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a copy of the audited accounts and financial statements of a public company, Cill Ulta, LAN Teoranta, Cill Ulta, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal, which is funded by several agencies under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33520/22]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

205. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown of the salary scales paid to the management team at a public company funded by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33521/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mattie McGrath

449. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to provide a full breakdown including the type of procedure of all persons currently on a HSE waiting list in County Tipperary, including those waiting up to 3 months, between 3 and 6 months, between 6 and 9 months, between 9 and 12 months, over 1 year and over 2 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33515/22]

Bus Services

Mattie McGrath

16. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the reason that private bus operators contracted to Bus Éireann that do not receive a diesel rebate or VAT back; if bus operators will be included and receive a diesel rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33064/22]

Housing Schemes

Mattie McGrath

34. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing assistance payment rates for single applicants will be extended; if so, when these rates will be extended in cases in which the options that are available to a HAP approved applicant cannot get accommodation within their allowed limits to ensure that they do not become homeless; if the rates will be increased on a case by case basis in cases in which there are extenuating circumstances; if so, the way that an applicant can get their rate extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32877/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Mattie McGrath

39. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of hotels, bed and breakfasts and guesthouses that are currently providing homeless accommodation; the number of beds being provided to homeless persons in hotels, bed and breakfasts and guesthouses; the cost of such emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32913/22]

Housing Policy

Mattie McGrath

40. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the guidelines pertaining to mobile homes can be relaxed or amended to take into account the housing crisis and the difficulties of those who are currently using mobile homes to put a roof over their head; if the planning and housing section of his Department will work on this matter to provide guidance to planning authorities in terms of planning enforcement on such matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32984/22]

Children in Care

Mattie McGrath

626. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were taken into State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were returned home to their birth mothers. [32049/22]

Child and Family Agency

Mattie McGrath

627. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were sanctioned for professional misconduct. [32050/22]

Child and Family Agency

Mattie McGrath

628. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas for each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were sanctioned for a failure to meet professional standards. [32051/22]

Child and Family Agency

Mattie McGrath

629. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were dismissed for professional misconduct. [32052/22]

Children in Care

Mattie McGrath

630. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of birth mothers of children in State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who took their own lives after their children were taken from them. [32053/22]

Children in Care

Mattie McGrath

631. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were taken into care under a voluntary care order. [32054/22]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Mattie McGrath

4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to improve the competitiveness of mortgage interest rates particularly with rates due to increase and the withdrawal of banks (details supplied) from the Irish market; the steps that he is taking to bring the variable interest rates here back in line with the Eurozone average rate of 1.46 % compared to Irish average variable rates of 3.64 %; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31521/22]

Insurance Coverage

Mattie McGrath

187. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the immediate steps that his Department is taking to ensure that those with thatched properties can obtain insurance; the supports that are available to owners of thatched properties in cases in which they are currently unable to obtain insurance to ensure that they can insure their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/22]

Health Services

Mattie McGrath

545. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on the practice by the HSE in relation to the hiring of couriers and taxis to transport abortion pills to a woman through telemedicine given the claim made by a person (details supplied). [31721/22]

Local Authorities

Mattie McGrath

39. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of electric vehicles within each local authority fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31164/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Mattie McGrath

161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotel rooms being used to accommodate refugees; the numbers of hotels, guestrooms and bed and breakfasts that are being used to accommodate refugees in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31169/22]

World Economic Forum

Mattie McGrath

147. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the full extent of all meetings, events and gatherings that he attended during his attendance at the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos. [30939/22]

Driver Test

Mattie McGrath

248. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport her role in ensuring that State services are fully accessible and supportive for people with a disability in cases in which issues have been raised with the Road Safety Authority in relation to difficulties with the driver theory test for those with learning disability; if she will engage with the Authority to ensure that immediate efforts are made to make the theory test more inclusive in terms of the manner in which the questions are worded for those with language difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29170/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Mattie McGrath

415. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the current position with the Medical Board of Appeal; and if the Board is operational and processing appeals in a timely manner.
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Disadvantaged Status

Mattie McGrath

1007. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on a DEIS appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30016/22]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

1284. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the grants or supports that are available to clubs that engage with the probation service but require equipment for works being carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28918/22]

Abortion Services

Mattie McGrath

1804. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if taxi drivers and couriers who are contracted to deliver pills directly to women are informed of the nature of the pills that they are transporting as part of the telemedicine process of procuring abortion pills. [30395/22]

Heritage Projects

Mattie McGrath

223. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the thatch steering group that his Department is currently establishing; the persons who will sit on this steering group; the aim of the steering group; and if any member of the steering group has a thatched roof. [27325/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Mattie McGrath

229. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policies which exist in relation to the development of solar farms in rural areas; if there are guidelines in relation to the maximum size relative to the area; if not, if he has any plans to develop such guidelines or policies given the rise in applications for solar farms in rural Ireland; if an analysis has been carried out in relation to the potential benefits and detriments of the development of such farms on prime agricultural land; if an analysis has been carried out by his Department on the estimated cost to the local community of the change of use of agricultural land to solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27357/22]

Driver Test

Mattie McGrath

152. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the efforts that are being made to simplify the language used within the driver theory test to accommodate applicants that have learning and language difficulties; if he will review the driver theory test in terms of its accessibility for those with learning difficulties and disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26389/22]

Office of Public Works

Mattie McGrath

169. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an OPW inspector will contact a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25933/22]

Departmental Bodies

Mattie McGrath

220. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the thatch steering group that is being established within his Department; the persons that will be on the steering group; the remit of the group; if the group will address the difficulties obtaining insurance for thatched properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25946/22]

Abortion Services

Mattie McGrath

693. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason that he has selected a university from a non-European Union country has selected to carry out research into the experiences of Irish abortion providers as part of the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [26508/22]

Abortion Services

Mattie McGrath

694. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of taxi or courier services that were hired in 2020 and 2021 by the HSE to transport abortion pills from a general practitioner to a person who opted to have an abortion since the introduction of telemedicine abortion service in Q1 2020; and the costings for these transport and courier services as budgeted for in 2020 and 2021. [26509/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Mattie McGrath

136. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if an Irish citizen who emigrated abroad but who has recently returned home due to bad health to be near their family is entitled to a social welfare payment; if the habitual residency clause as an Irish citizen is satisfied in cases in which they only have family connections living here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25003/22]

Water Quality

Mattie McGrath

302. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to introduce limits in regulations for water hardness and lime; the supports that are available to persons who have high levels of lime in their water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24456/22]

Passport Services

Mattie McGrath

351. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a circular or note can be sent to all Garda stations to remind same of the importance of completing passport application forms correctly to avoid errors and undue delays being experienced by applicants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24216/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mattie McGrath

495. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the disability allowance and the blind pension are treated differently in terms of the means allowed; the reason for the difference in the savings disregard between the two schemes; if she will review the terms for disability schemes that restrict the ability of a person to work, particularly in the instance of artists who engage in the arts for rehabilitative reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24484/22]

Abortion Services

Mattie McGrath

663. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received by his Department from bidders in response to the e-Tender to carry out the research into the views of abortion providers prior to the eventual award being made. [24254/22]

Abortion Services

Mattie McGrath

664. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the amount in remunerations that will be paid to the recently announced awardee (details supplied) of the eTender to carry out research into the views of abortion providers. [24255/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mattie McGrath

700. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 4 May 22, the terms of reference of the expert teams review of additional resources for acute services at University Hospital Limerick; if the expert team will be consulting with patient groups or patients and health staff unions that have had to endure horrific conditions at the hospital since the reconfiguration of acute services in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24509/22]

Children in Care

Mattie McGrath

284. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the up-to-date position of the national service to support the parents of children in the care of the State. [24004/22]

Wards of Court

Mattie McGrath

285. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in the care of Tusla who are wards of court. [24005/22]

Wards of Court

Mattie McGrath

286. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of applications that were made to the courts in each of the years 2014-2021 to take children into wardship. [24006/22]

Wards of Court

Mattie McGrath

287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of applications that were made to the courts in each of the years 2014-2021 to take children into wardship that were granted by the courts. [24007/22]

Wards of Court

Mattie McGrath

288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who are wards of court who are currently in receipt of care outside the country; and the location of these care centres. [24008/22]

Insurance Coverage

Mattie McGrath

82. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he will take to ensure that those with thatch properties can obtain insurance following a decision by the remaining insurer covering such properties to cease taking new business; the supports scheme that he will put in place for such households and businesses that are unable to obtain insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23558/22]

Disadvantaged Status

Mattie McGrath

172. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not been granted DEIS status given that the two other secondary schools in the town have been granted DEIS status; if this decision can be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23691/22]