Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how many homes have availed of the new home energy upgrade scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023. [15685/23]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will consider expanding the distance limit to the nearest school for the school transport scheme to within 5 km (details supplied). [15613/23]

Departmental Offices

Peadar Tóibín

80. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reopen a full-time social protection office in Castlepollard, County Meath. [15407/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

90. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals who availed of the winter fuel allowance payment in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [15130/23]

Departmental Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

94. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection what measures her Department is putting in place to help those affected by the ending of the eviction ban. [15132/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her recent visit to London. [15131/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14732/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

159. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14750/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14721/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

162. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses, associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14739/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

174. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14722/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

175. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14740/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14734/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

203. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14752/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

236. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14723/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

237. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14741/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14729/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14747/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

264. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying her, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14751/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14727/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

281. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14745/23]

Housing Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

284. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the local authority home loan scheme the maximum borrowing terms for applicants from age 45 up to 70 years old; and the number of successful and unsuccessful applications from within this age category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14790/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

337. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14724/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

338. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14742/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

346. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14719/23]

School Textbooks

Peadar Tóibín

359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if her Department carried out any research on the impact and cost to independent book sellers of her plans to change the school book purchasing schemes under the new free school book scheme regarding the number of book shops that are likely to close and the number of jobs that will be lost; if she will consider a voucher scheme for the buying of schools in order that small independent book shops will not close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14650/23]

School Textbooks

Peadar Tóibín

360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if it has been brought to her attention that the delayed purchasing system under the new free school book scheme impacts on publishers not having the finance to fund the next print edition of school books, resulting in a possible delay on school books being available in September for the 2023-2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14651/23]

School Textbooks

Peadar Tóibín

362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the potential negative impacts faced by bookshops in small towns as a result of the currently formulated free schoolbooks scheme; the assurances that she can provide that local bookshops will not be cut out of the new system in favour of large companies; and if there will be parity of opportunity for these small bookshops. [14656/23]

School Textbooks

Peadar Tóibín

363. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she is willing to amend the guidelines pertaining to the free schoolbooks scheme in light of feedback from school leaders and other school book stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14657/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

381. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department since 2016. [14720/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

382. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying her, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14738/23]

Schools Building Projects

Peadar Tóibín

410. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if the capital funding for school building projects will be resolved by Easter; if so, if the new build for a school (details supplied) will proceed in 2023; if those schools that have been waiting the longest and which are unsafe and with inadequate accommodation will be given priority; her view on whether the rights to education of children are being upheld in portacabins which are past their sell-by date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15235/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

435. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average waiting time and longest waiting time for social welfare claims, and separately, for claim appeals; and the steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of appeals of social welfare claims and the waiting times. [15408/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

438. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department since 2016. [14731/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

439. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying her, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14749/23]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

496. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to move refugees or asylum seekers into a setting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14712/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14718/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers of State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided of travel costs, accommodation costs, country or state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14736/23]

Childcare Services

Peadar Tóibín

507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a response will be issued to a person (details supplied) who emailed his Department regarding issues with childcare in Galway. [14913/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

544. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14725/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

545. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick's Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14743/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14728/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St. Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country or state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14746/23]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

562. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the current backlog of the number of marriage vias appeals; and the timeframe by which an appeal (details supplied) would expect to be processed. [14767/23]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

625. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any differential in survival rates for cancer between persons who were diagnosed in a public versus private hospital or clinic; and if a breakdown can be provided based on cancer type and survival rates in years, in tabular form. [14708/23]

Hospital Facilities

Peadar Tóibín

629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 18 January 2023, if further details can be provided on bed-capacity analysis for Galway University Hospital; in terms of the figure of 222, what this addition would bring the capacity to; and if details can be provided on the requirement for an extra 24 beds in Portiuncula hospital; and if he will clarify whether or not this takes into account the new 50-bed block currently under construction. [14715/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14726/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14744/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

758. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14717/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

759. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14735/23]