Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Vacant Properties

Peadar Tóibín

508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if businesses or local authorities can qualify for the vacant property refurbishment grant. [13937/23]

Traveller Accommodation

Peadar Tóibín

509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding drawn down by each local authority for Traveller accommodation in each of the past five years per local authority, in tabular form. [13938/23]

Vacant Properties

Peadar Tóibín

510. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of money provided by his Department to local authorities for the purpose of refurbishing vacant properties; and the amount drawn down by each local authority in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13939/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

519. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform was consulted prior to the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12269/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

584. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has undertaken any diplomatic efforts to call for peace and a cessation of the war in Ukraine; if he has discussed Irish neutrality in the context of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14045/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence 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. [12264/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education 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, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform was consulted prior to the transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12265/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

620. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education what research her Department has carried out on the effect on primary school children of delivering material on transgenderism in the classroom; and if education on transgenderism to primary school children would include education on concepts (details supplied). [12510/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

621. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education what the long-term outcomes are for children who have been taught at primary school-age that gender is something distinct from biology; if there are higher rates of gender transition; and if there are higher rates of gender detransition. [12511/23]

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Peadar Tóibín

667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment uses any child development model; and if so, if she will specify which one. [12943/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

793. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [12276/23]

Disability Services

Peadar Tóibín

867. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities on waiting lists for residential placements in each county in the State, in tabular form. [13934/23]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

870. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 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. [12263/23]

Birth Certificates

Peadar Tóibín

871. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have applied for birth information since the introduction of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; the number who have been granted information; the number who have been refused; and the number for whom a decision is still pending. [12293/23]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

872. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers and refugees who are currently homeless in the State. [12303/23]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

873. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors seeking international protection who have gone missing while in the care of the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [12304/23]

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

874. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who have gone missing while in the care of the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; the number who were later found; and the number who remain unaccounted for. [12305/23]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

875. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have died in the State while seeking international protection in each of the past ten years, by cause of death, age and nationality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/23]

Disability Services

Peadar Tóibín

876. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Farrelly Commission of Investigation has concluded its work; if so, the date upon which it was concluded; if not, the date upon which it will conclude; if a final report has been issued to the Government; if so, the date upon which the report issued; and the status of same. [12338/23]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

908. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the intention of his Department or IPAS to house refugees or asylum seekers in buildings in Bailieboro, County Cavan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12695/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

987. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action has been taken by his Department on 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. [13929/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

988. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of households or families who expressed an interest in hosting Ukrainian Refugees in each of the past 13 months; and the number of families currently hosting Ukrainian refugees, in tabular form. [13930/23]