Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

241. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42365/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

269. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42371/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

284. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42363/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

311. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42362/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42375/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42369/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42373/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

438. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42370/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

442. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees from Ukraine who have come to Ireland seeking protection since the Russian invasion. [42406/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

443. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees from Ukraine who have left Ireland and returned home, or to another state, with the intention of not returning to Ireland, since the Russian invasion. [42407/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

482. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42359/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Peadar Tóibín

515. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will respond to the individual concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42166/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

532. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42360/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees from Ukraine who are currently residing with host families in Ireland. [42408/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

535. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals or families who have put themselves forward as host families for Ukrainian refugees since the Russian invasion. [42409/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peadar Tóibín

590. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children, per county, who await scoliosis treatment; and if he will provide a breakdown of the time spent on the waiting lists, per county. [42254/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42368/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42367/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

731. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42372/23]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 with any of his counterparts in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41527/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Peadar Tóibín

60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the work of the Irish Embassy in London. [41528/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details on the practice of virement within his Department; and provide specific detail of instances where funding was transferred from one fund to another in his Department, in each year since he took office. [41530/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his Department had any input into a paper produced by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on culling the national herd (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41529/23]

Bus Services

Peadar Tóibín

164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of NX bus services from Navan to Dublin and Dublin to Navan that failed to complete their journeys in the past four months; the number that failed to complete their journeys on time; the number of service users who were left behind for each service; what level of fines have been levied against Bus Éireann for under-delivery of services; the average age of the NX fleet; the number of days lost by service drivers not being available for work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41949/23]

Bus Services

Peadar Tóibín

49. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport how many Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus services have failed to arrive over the past year; if he will detail the top-ten worst Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus routes for dropped routes; and how many runs were dropped in percentage terms on each of these routes. [41690/23]

Bus Services

Peadar Tóibín

50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to detail how long it takes to get driving tests for bus drivers in each region in the country. [41691/23]

Bus Services

Peadar Tóibín

51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport how many drivers are needed to reach a full complement in both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and how many mechanics are needed to reach a full complement in both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. [41692/23]

Bus Services

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total value of fines that have been issued to bus service providers in the past five years was; and to detail to whom these fines were applied. [41695/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport his views on the analysis of the breakdown of underspend by the Department of Transport contained in the fiscal monitor report of August 2023, conducted by the Parliamentary Budget Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41264/23]

Fuel Prices

Peadar Tóibín

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if it is the policy to seek increases in fuel excise on petrol and diesel as a demand management strategy to reduce the number of vehicles on the road; if so, how many times he sought Government approval for increases in fuel excise; the number of increases he has sought; from what period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41430/23]

National Risk Assessment

Peadar Tóibín

171. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his views on the National Risk Assessment published in July 2023 by the Department of An Taoiseach which identified that there needs to be a phased withdrawal of substantial resources allocated to the war in Ukraine, Brexit and the cost of living, which is essential to ensuring Ireland’s public finances remain sustainable into the future (details supplied); the total amount allocated to each of these supports for the years 2022 and 2023; the estimated cost for each in Budget 2024; and if he will provide the total cost, per Ireland’s GDP, in financial supports to Ukraine for 2022 and 2023, ranking in order of each OECD country, by GDP. [41265/23]

Legal Aid

Peadar Tóibín

420. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, the current waiting and number of applicants for a first appointment with a solicitor at each Legal Aid Board Law Centre. [41365/23]

Legal Aid

Peadar Tóibín

421. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, the number of qualified solicitors per each Legal Aid Board Law Centre for each of the past five years to date. [41366/23]

Legal Aid

Peadar Tóibín

422. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, the numbers seeking legal advice from a qualified solicitor for each Legal Aid Board Law Centre for each of the past five years to date. [41367/23]

Legal Aid

Peadar Tóibín

423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the total amount of public funding allocated to the cost of Legal Aid Board Law Centre services for each of the past five years. [41368/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

483. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the analysis of the breakdown of the overspend by the Department contained in the fiscal monitor report of August 2023, conducted by the Parliamentary Budget Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41263/23]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health what steps his Department is undertaking to ensure that more dentists in the State will accept medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40282/23]

Health Service Executive

Peadar Tóibín

20. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [40281/23]

Third Level Education

Peadar Tóibín

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has ever undertaken a study on the physical accessibility of third-level institutions for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/23]

Traveller Community

Peadar Tóibín

89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what steps his Department is undertaking to ensure that students from the Travelling community are welcomed and encouraged to progress within the third-level education sector. [40283/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Peadar Tóibín

179. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will ensure that pay increases due to persons in receipt of a pension from RTÉ will be issued without further delay, as requested by the trustees to her; how many persons are due this pension pay increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40853/23]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach how many new jobs have been created in County Meath in each of the past five years. [33723/23]

Departmental Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

3. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the national statistics board under his Department. [33727/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

7. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; and the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; and the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him. [40379/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will internationally condemn the announcement by the United States to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39612/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

30. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40371/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40369/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

64. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40366/23]

Road Traffic Offences

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport what percentage of drivers disqualified in court have surrendered their licence to the RSA, as required by law, in each of the past ten years for each county in the State. [39489/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40381/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

170. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40370/23]

Tax Yield

Peadar Tóibín

181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance how much revenue the Government has collected from the vacant property tax in 2022 and to date in 2023. [40646/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

217. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40376/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

242. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40368/23]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the total number of applications for school transport for the 2022 and 2023 school years, by county, in tabular form; the number of the cohort in receipt of free school transport that availed of the scheme for 2022 and 2023; the number of the cohort that applied, by county, that paid a fee to include the number who were granted a place and not granted a place for 2022 and 2023; the number that applied, by county, for concessionary tickets for each of the past five years, to include the year 2023 and those that were granted a concessionary ticket and not granted a concessionary ticket for each of those years; the reason one cohort of students was automatically guaranteed a free school transport place for the 2023 school year without having to reapply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39590/23]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

352. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she and/or her Department will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss the new RSE curriculum. [40316/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40367/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

391. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40380/23]

Housing Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria on the price limit of properties for acquisition under the local authority and cost rental tenant-in-situ schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39732/23]

Rental Sector

Peadar Tóibín

429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the rent pressure zone across the country to all areas. [39734/23]

Housing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of requests by each county and to each local authority for the right to first refusal since the ending of the eviction ban on 31 March 2023; if he will expedite the legislation to deal with such requests where landlords are unable to progress the sale of a private rented property to a tenant since the eviction ban ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40319/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40374/23]

Social Welfare Fraud

Peadar Tóibín

614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type currently under investigation of those residing in the State, and those residing outside the State, by country; and the cost to the State of all fraudulent claims and legal investigation costs for the same time period, per year of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39640/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

650. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40378/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

665. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of speed checkpoints on Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39481/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

666. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of drink and drug driving check points in Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39482/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for excess speed, drink driving, drug driving and dangerous driving on Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39483/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

668. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have been employed in the roads policing unit in each county in each of the past ten years. [39485/23]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, notwithstanding the Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382, her plans to put in place a recording system of the number of Ukrainian refugees who have transferred or sought a transfer to Ireland from another EU Member State, having originally sought protection in that state; the country from which they transferred or sought a transfer; their reasons for doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39824/23]

Extradition Arrangements

Peadar Tóibín

687. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of any letters which purport to be issued from her Department seeking the extradition of military age men from Ukraine who have sought refuge in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive; if she or her Department has ever received correspondence from Ukrainian authorities with regard to the extradition of military-age men who sought refuge in Ireland; if she will provide a breakdown for 2022 and to date in 2023 of the number of military-age men from Ukraine who have sought refuge in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive as qualifying for an exemption from military service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39896/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

704. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40375/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

783. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40364/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

861. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40365/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

991. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40373/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

1084. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40372/23]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

1100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40377/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Peadar Tóibín

4. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to report on his visit to Ukraine in July 2023, including his meeting with President Zelensky, and when this meeting was planned. [37528/23]

Irish Aid

Peadar Tóibín

24. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will state from which departmental budget was the announcement of the allocation of an additional €5 million in funding to Ukraine; and if such funding is subject to the same monitoring and transparency criteria under the Official Development Assistance Programme. [37528/23]

Irish Aid

Peadar Tóibín

25. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown per country, of total funding allocated from Ireland's Aid Programme from the start of 2022 to date; if funding allocated to Ukraine since 2022 falls under Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37529/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

285. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current number and wait times for a driving test, per test centre; the number of driving testers for each test centre; his plans to clear the backlog of driving test waiting times; the target timeframe for same; if he will consider outsourcing to the private sector, in line with measures taken by his Department in 2005 to reduce the backlog of driving test wait times; the total cost of the contract awarded to the private company in that period; the estimated cost to outsource further to the private sector to clear the current backlog, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37844/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

286. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will list the reason a driving tester may decline to proceed with a driving test; if his attention has been drawn to instances where a test will not proceed due to a slightly faded but in date insurance disk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37845/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

287. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times a driving test did not proceed, despite the applicant having been offered a test date and having paid the money, due to issues on the day of the test, for example, faults with the physical car, lights, display of insurance disk, and so on, in 2022; and if a breakdown can be provided on that figure per test centre. [37846/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

288. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times in 2022 that driving tests did not proceed due to the fact, that on the day of the test the driving tester stated that the car's insurance disk was slightly faded; and if a breakdown can be provided on this figure per test centre. [37847/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

289. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if there is an appeals process in place for instances where a driving tester refuses to proceed with a driving test on the day of the test due to issues with the vehicle for example, insurance, brake lights, and so on; if there is a means by which the customer may seek their money back, or challenge the decision of the tester. [37848/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

290. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of people who failed the driving test in 2022 in each test centre in the State. [37849/23]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

311. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment for a driving test who is waiting over six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38051/23]

National Car Test

Peadar Tóibín

314. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to consider a proposal (details supplied) to relieve pressures on the NCT service. [38117/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

541. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the proposed opening date for the Bailieborough District Garda Headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/23]

Business Supports

Peadar Tóibín

548. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total euro investment made by IDA companies in each county in the past five years; how many jobs were created in each county by IDA companies in each of the past five years; and how many IDA company jobs are in each county in the State. [37180/23]

Enterprise Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

549. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total euro investment made by Enterprise Ireland companies in each county in the past five years; how many jobs were created in each county by Enterprise Ireland companies in each of the past five years; and how many Enterprise Ireland company jobs are in each county in the State. [37181/23]

Enterprise Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

550. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total euro investment made by Local Enterprise Office-supported businesses in each county in the past five years; how many jobs were created in each county by Local Enterprise Office-supported businesses in each of the past five years; and how many Local Enterprise Office-supported businesses jobs are in each county in the State. [37182/23]

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Peadar Tóibín

595. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her views on whether “white people, Irish people and males” have a privileged status in Irish society, as is indicated in the new NCCA draft curriculum; and her further views on whether the education system should be free of political ideology and offer a neutral space for all in society to learn. [37269/23]

Departmental Reviews

Peadar Tóibín

672. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she or her Department have carried out a risk assessment or an impact assessment on the new Junior Cycle SPHE curriculum; and if so, if she will provide the details of these assessments. [38443/23]

Departmental Reviews

Peadar Tóibín

673. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she or her Department have carried out a risk assessment or an impact assessment on the use of mixed-sex toilets in schools; and if so, if she will provide the details of these assessments. [38444/23]

Tourist Accommodation

Peadar Tóibín

797. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what research has been carried out by her Department as to the financial and jobs impact on the tourism sector of the use of hotel rooms to house asylum applicants and Ukrainian refugees; if she will estimate the value to these two specific impacts; how many hotel rooms there are in Ireland; how many of these hotel rooms are currently in use as accommodation for asylum applicants and Ukrainian refugees; and if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of these two figures. [38427/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

813. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding drawn down from the voids programme, by each local authority, in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [37208/23]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

814. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons who successfully availed of the vacant properties refurbishment grant since it was established; and if a geographical breakdown can be provided in tabular form. [37209/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

998. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there could be consideration for a fuel allowance to be paid to polio survivors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37752/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1065. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many drink driving arrests were made in each county or by Garda division in the country over the past ten years; how many drink driving tests were carried out in each county or Garda division in the past ten years; and how many convictions were achieved for drinking driving in each county or Garda division for the past ten years. [37184/23]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1066. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many speeding arrests were made in each county or by Garda division in the country over the past ten years; how many speeding checkpoints were carried out in each county or Garda division in the past ten years; and how many convictions were achieved for speeding in each county or Garda division for the past ten years. [37185/23]