Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

788. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department since 2016. [14730/23]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

789. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [14748/23]

European Union

Peadar Tóibín

15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Government decision to participate in an EU battlegroup erodes Irish neutrality. [13944/23]

Defence Forces

Peadar Tóibín

49. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to address the retention and recruitment crisis within the Defence Forces. [13943/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if her Department has undertaken a study to determine if the increase in those failing ordinary level maths is attributable to the removal of foundation levels maths from the junior cycle. [13576/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the research she or her Department have undertaken into the impact on primary school children as young as nine or ten years of age of teaching them about what it means to be transgender [13572/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will proceed with the Government's plan to teach primary school children about transgenderism against the wishes of parents. [13573/23]

Schools Building Projects

Peadar Tóibín

148. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the building plans of many schools are being put on hold. [13574/23]

Education Policy

Peadar Tóibín

150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that four in five secondary teachers say the new junior cycle is not preparing students adequately for progression to Leaving Certificate study according to a report by an organisation (details supplied). [13575/23]

Communications Surveillance

Peadar Tóibín

163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has considered banning an application (details supplied) from the phones of Ministers and civil servants, in line with Britain, the USA and the European Commission; if he has discussed the matter with any social media companies or experts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/23]

Social Media

Peadar Tóibín

164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has had any engagement with representatives of a social media application (details supplied); if so, if he will detail the dates upon which such correspondence or engagements took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/23]

Foreign Policy

Peadar Tóibín

233. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has considered banning an application (details supplied) from the phones of Ministers and civil servants, in line with Britain, the USA and the European Commission; if he has discussed the matter with his foreign counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the action that has been taken by his Department regarding a disclosure made to him by email from this Deputy's office on 18 October 2022, regarding the Garda vetting system; and if he will meet with this Deputy to discuss the content of the disclosure. [14427/23]

European Court of Human Rights

Peadar Tóibín

145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights if it proceeds with the North of Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. [13999/23]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

146. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will seek reform of Stormont to prevent the Executive being held to ransom in the future. [14000/23]

Hospital Investigations

Peadar Tóibín

240. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the last time that each hospital group, excluding the Saolta group (details supplied) conducted a bed capacity analysis for each hospital in the country; the findings of those analyses; the recommendations of those analyses; if he will provide details of any capacity targets that were identified in these processes; if the analyses generated a report or document; and if he will provide a copy of these reports or documents to this Deputy. [13998/23]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

1. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [11112/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; and if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer [12277/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12266/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12267/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

305. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12268/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12274/23]

Rental Sector

Peadar Tóibín

349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount by which the Department of Health has overpaid rent for its premises on Baggot Street; the estimated projected cost of the miscalculation of square footage over the course of the next decade; if attempts have been made to recoup the overpayments; if those attempts have been successful; the costs associated with those attempts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12335/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

375. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within her Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which she approved of such transfers, since she took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12278/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

398. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was taken from; the name and purpose of the fund the money was transferred to; the dates upon which he approved of such transfers, since he took office; if the Department of Public Expenditure was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12272/23]

Housing Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

506. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of money provided to local authorities for the payment of HAP and RAS in each of the past ten years, per local authority, in tabular form. [13935/23]

Housing Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who availed of the vacant properties refurbishment grant in each month since it was announced; and the amount of money drawn down from the scheme in each month since it was announced, in tabular form. [13936/23]