Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

407. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17778/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

408. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17796/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

409. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17814/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17784/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

469. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17802/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

470. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17820/23]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

488. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if individual farmers, fishermen and aquaculturists will be excluded from availing of the post-Brexit market growth and diversification grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

489. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17776/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

490. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17794/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

491. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17812/23]

School Textbooks

Peadar Tóibín

580. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she made the decision to include a book (details supplied) on the Junior Cycle Relationships and Sexuality Education 1 reading list for children as young as 12 years of age; and if not, which section within her Department made the decision. [17700/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

584. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17775/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

585. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will detail what actions are being taken by her Department to investigate the allegations or if they are being investigated. [17793/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17811/23]

Arts Policy

Peadar Tóibín

677. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown by each county of the number of successful and unsuccessful eligible applicants for the basic income for the arts by pilot scheme, a breakdown by county of the numbers selected for the control group and the methods used by her Department to promote and publicise the scheme throughout the entire country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16954/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

689. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17788/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

690. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will detail what actions are being taken by her Department to investigate the allegations or if they are being investigated. [17806/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

691. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17824/23]

Land Issues

Peadar Tóibín

699. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of instances in each local authority in each of the past five years in which residential zoned land was later rezoned on the recommendation of the Office of the Planning Regulator; and the number of cases in which he issued a draft Ministerial direction to overrule any such decision undertaken by a local authority; his reason for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16051/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

701. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many housing units were supplied to the State in the past ten years through NARPS; the average length of each of these tenancies; the average cost to the State for the rental of each of these units; and if there are any agreements with NARPS for extension of leases in the future on these properties. [16319/23]

Local Authorities

Peadar Tóibín

702. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by the State in each of the past five years on properties rented by local authorities for the social housing list. [16356/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

711. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many approved housing bodies are currently in operation in Ireland at present; what is their combined number of housing units; and the combined amount in euros of these that are fixed assets. [16479/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

712. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the State maintains any rights or agreements with the approved housing bodies when the term of the mortgage is finished. [16480/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

713. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many approved housing bodies have signed up to the code of practice that the State introduced. [16481/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

714. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many legal disputes that the State has engaged in as a result of an approved housing body going out of business, or any other reason to dispute houses held in their care; and what, if any, are the associated legal costs. [16484/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

715. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average amount, in support, given by the State to an approved housing body to secure a unit. [16485/23]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost to the State per annum of housing delivered by way of a lease agreement (details supplied); the breakdown of the number of new builds that Meath County Council built directly and the number of these units that were approved housing body builds; of the approved housing body builds, the amount this cost the State in both funding for the projects, and in lease payments or supplements paid by Meath County Council for the units; and if these homes are registered in the Land Registry as being fully-owned by either Meath County Council or the State. [16490/23]

Local Authorities

Peadar Tóibín

748. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses registered in the name of each local authority as full owners in Ireland with the land registry in each year for the past 15 years, by local authority, and amounts added each year. [16085/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

749. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any further recommendations will be put in place to make sure that approved housing bodies are not in competition with one another (details supplied); and if the State has carried out research in relation to same. [16327/23]

Approved Housing Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

753. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if houses in control of Approved Housing Bodies are entitled to receive the HAP payment. [16491/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

837. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17782/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

838. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17800/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

839. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17818/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17786/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

938. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will detail what actions are being taken by her Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17804/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

939. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17822/23]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

959. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice in light of the recent decision by the Minister for Defence to appoint a statutory investigation into complaints made regarding an unsafe working environment in the Irish Defence Forces, if he will appoint a similar statutory investigation into complaints of an unsafe working environment within the Irish Prison Service, which has been brought to the attention of his ministerial counterpart and previous Ministers for Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16788/23]

Visa Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

1001. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 8 February 2023, if he will issue clear instructions to INIS and relevant immigration officials that the special visa immigration arrangements for non-EEA international contracted circus artists without the requirement of a work permit remain in place pending the conclusion of the review and his commitment to consult with the traditional circus sector and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; if he will indicate how these instructions have been communicated to immigration officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17720/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1004. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons recruited to An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17766/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1005. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who took early retirement in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form [17767/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1006. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have left the force in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17768/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1007. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on duty in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17769/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1008. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have taken stress leave in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17770/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1009. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of ongoing investigations into bullying within the gardaí. [17771/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

1010. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17783/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

1011. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17801/23]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

1012. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17819/23]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

1072. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of whole-time and part-time prison chaplains working in each prison, in tabular form. [16578/23]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

1073. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacant chaplain posts in each prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16579/23]

Fishing Industry

Peadar Tóibín

1131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine by how much the Norwegian blue whiting quota in Irish waters exceeds Ireland’s quota; and when this decision was made. [17430/23]