Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rights of Way

Richard Boyd Barrett

389. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way a local authority can create a new public right of way; if there are any constraints on local authorities to do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18267/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Boyd Barrett

482. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 90 of 23 March 2022, if she will provide a list of existing and growing post primary schools in Sallynoggin, Killiney, Dún Laoighre Rathdown and Cherrywood school planning area and their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17945/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

554. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the application forms for redress will be sent to survivors of Mother and Baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17937/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

935. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the reason for tree felling of mature trees in Barnaslingan Wood; the percentage of trees that are being removed; when a clean-up of the debris is intended which is currently seriously detracting from a well-used beauty spot and way marked walks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17913/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will now consider the compulsory purchase of the site at St. Vincent's hospital, or any other site, to ensure the new national maternity hospital is publicly owned and publicly run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16849/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for dealing with the chronic overcrowding in hospitals, the ever-growing waiting lists and the crisis in non-Covid-19 care; if he considers that it is now time to take over the capacity in the private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16848/22]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow taxi drivers that are about to retire to resale their taxi plates or introduce a buy-back scheme for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17172/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

477. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 23 March 2022, if he will state the actual number of Coillte road licences on the weekly dashboard in week 1 March 2022, which is not available on the layout of the dashboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to make a decision on the planning permission for the school building at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16758/22]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider relocating a school (details supplied) to a location in Dún Laoghaire until its permanent home is ready; and the reason this was not considered as a temporary location originally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16760/22]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [14270/22]

Official Apology

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [14272/22]

Immigration Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to include everyone in need of regularisation in order that Ireland does not need to correct these mistakes in future generations to come; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16259/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

466. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the child benefit until the end of the school year in cases in which a child reaches 18 years of age but is still in full-time education during the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15858/22]

Burial Grounds

Richard Boyd Barrett

503. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the former site of the St Patrick's refuge and laundry, Dún Laoghaire, which currently has a planning application for apartments has been assessed as to whether it is potentially a burial site; if not, if he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/22]

Direct Provision System

Richard Boyd Barrett

571. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider allowing all persons in direct provision to work given the new refugee programme for those fleeing war in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14565/22]

Domestic Violence

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the plans by Tusla to provide a women’s refuge in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown area of County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14566/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any or all discussions he has had with his counterparts across Europe with regard to the war in Yemen and the ongoing humanitarian crisis there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14568/22]

Middle East

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any or all discussions with his counterparts across Europe given the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14567/22]

Fuel Prices

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the supports that will be made available to taxi drivers in view of rising fuel prices particularly considering the new supports announced for hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/22]

Foreign Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the extent of the violent suppression of democracy in Bahrain; if there is a reason that Ireland is silent on human rights violations there; if Ireland is willing to take a hard stance against these abuses through a joint statement and resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15237/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans for new secondary schools in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15242/22]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans for Gaelcholáistí and non-denominational secondary schools in the south County Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15244/22]

Social Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has or will pay full PRSI contributions for all those who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment over the course of the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15495/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

144. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to establish a working party to investigate the needs of persons living with Huntington’s disease and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15203/22]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

156. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide information regarding the scholarships or grants that are available in Ireland for a Palestinian student who is hoping to undertake an MSc in human anatomy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/22]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a working party to investigate the needs of persons living with Huntington’s disease and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15204/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department issued 70 more licences to Coillte than to the private sector for February 2022; if this trend will continue in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15195/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte felling licences in the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15196/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences his Department must issue to the private sector each week from 1 March 2022 to 31 December 2022 in order to achieve his targets as set out in the recent licensing plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte felling licences included in his Departments dashboard for the week ending 4 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/22]

State Pensions

Richard Boyd Barrett

47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

75. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will rectify the situation in which those on pandemic unemployment payments over the course of the pandemic do not now have the necessary PRSI contributions to cover regular dental and optician visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14563/22]

Civil Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Civil Service travel rates will be reviewed given rising inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14552/22]

An Garda Síochána

Richard Boyd Barrett

278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a plan has been made for the sale or repurpose of the Dalkey and Kill o' the Grange Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14608/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

342. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans and the timeline for the review of the HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/22]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

343. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions he has had on, and the timeline he has put in place for, the promised review of the social housing income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14593/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the programmes or funding in place for local authorities to acquire homes in order to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/22]

Departmental Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

689. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if progress has been made identifying a location for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown domestic violence refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14611/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

953. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the best route for counselling services to volunteer aid to Ukrainian refugees and to hire incoming skilled workers in this field; if assistance is available to them in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14430/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1146. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans for Killegar forest in the wake of the decision not to sell it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14595/22]

Departmental Policies

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12792/22]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [11771/22]

Civil Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Civil Service management board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, will next meet. [11770/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the German Chancellor. [12790/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12791/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on his plans in relation to third-level and post-graduate fees; if these fees will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether it makes sense to maintain financial or other barriers to accessing all levels of further and higher education and that all such barriers should be removed including the leaving certificate given the significant skills shortages in a range of areas such as health, mental health, construction, education and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12873/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on new plans for training and apprenticeship places in all trades that are needed to ramp up the supply of housing across the country; the role that local authorities might play in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12871/22]

Further and Higher Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of his plans to support and subsidise further education students to ensure that poverty does not deter them from continuing their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether the current plans for student accommodation are providing affordable accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12875/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

303. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the selection criteria for activation programs for social welfare claimants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12204/22]

Departmental Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [7688/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11432/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11433/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11431/22]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7687/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rationale for not including standalone grants to homeowners to replace doors and windows in which a significant energy saving can be made by upgrading same; if he will consider including a grant such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/22]

Approved Housing Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

342. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rules that are around rents charged by approved housing bodies and upward rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10943/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

350. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the means test for disability grants, including in cases in which there are multiple owners of the house in question but only one or two residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11211/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if recent changes have been made to the tenant purchase scheme; if so, if these changes need to be ratified by each council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11306/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

371. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons and families who have been removed from housing lists across the country over the past two years as a result of being above the income limit for social housing support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11487/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

376. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a comprehensive list of the number of new social housing support units provided in 2021 by delivery method that is LA direct build; LA Acquisition programme; Part V divided by lease or buy, including length of leases AHB build; HAP including whether the new HAPs are replacements or for new RAS tenancies, other long-term leasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11534/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

843. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 850 road licences in his Department’s plan that are for the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11307/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials have briefed and informed the relevant Department responsible for roadside trees of the dangers to traffic and pedestrians from falling trees due to Ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on week two of the February dashboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11310/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all arts workers, not only performers and artists but including crew and technicians, will be eligible for the basic income pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason she is limiting the basic income pilot scheme to 2,000 applicants; if she will reconsider this number given that it represents a very small cohort of those working in the arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/22]

Arts Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider developing a register for artists, performers, crew and technicians and all those working in arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10515/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of establishing the eligibility criteria for the basic income pilot scheme for workers in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10512/22]

Environmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the projected amounts that will be raised from the carbon tax that are ring-fenced for retrofitting programmes in each of the years 2022 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10486/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB ecar cards require a minimum credit of €5 at all times; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

291. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite approval for the submission of detailed cost analysis plan by a school project (details supplied) for building proposal submitted on 31 January 2022 in order to avoid any delay that may result in an inflation in cost in the interim as has happened in the past; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10523/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9700/22]

Good Friday Agreement

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9701/22]

Vacant Sites

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area across the country; the amounts levied in each area under the vacant sites levy; the amounts collected under the levy; the number of sites and the amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10199/22]

Derelict Sites

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict sites identified in each local authority area across the country; the amounts levied in each area under the derelict sites levy; and the amounts collected under the levy; the number of sites and amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10200/22]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plans of the CSO for census 2022. [6394/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering further tax measures to alleviate the severe burden of heating and energy price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10105/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will now consider establishing an escalating tax on the owners of multiple properties given the role that property investment funds and entities are now playing in dominating the housing market and contributing to unaffordable rents and limiting housing options for ordinary persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9675/22]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether taxes on energy and heating fuel such as carbon tax and VAT are now directly contributing to fuel poverty and excessive fuel costs for many households; if he plans to take steps to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9671/22]

Universal Social Charge

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will now consider abolishing the universal social charge and replacing it with a high-income social charge given the very severe impact of inflation and the rising cost of living, which is disproportionately impacting on low- and middle-income workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9672/22]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will clearly establish, through guidelines or in legislation, that film producer companies in receipt of section 481 film tax relief must take direct responsibility as the employers for all those working on section 481 supported film productions and end the situation in which they are denying this employer responsibility by hiding behind short-lived designated activity companies which are set up as accountancy tools for the duration of a film production and cease to exist shortly afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9673/22]

Inflation Rate

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that while inflation and the cost of living increases currently taking place are severely impacting on ordinary workers and households, corporate profits continue to rise as they have done throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and over the last decade; his further views on whether new tax measures are needed to ensure that those that are doing well in the current environment contribute to easing the burden being imposed on the rest of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9674/22]

Environmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant for lighting available for schools to switch to more carbon-friendly LED lighting; if not, if such a grant is planned for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9538/22]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

424. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the model for the certificate history essays for this year; the way it differs from last year's model and the traditional leaving certificate model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9101/22]

School Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

440. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the request from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9316/22]

Social Welfare Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are in place for those reaching 65 years of age who should qualify for the over-65s benefit payment but do not satisfy the PRSI contribution criteria as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the loss of income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9498/22]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7681/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7682/22]

Social Partnership Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [6393/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States of America. [7680/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

120. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is a continuous audit of medication across CAMHS to ensure that the overmedication that is currently practised comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7972/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to fill the vacant posts in CAMHS across the country as one of the measures to ensure that children are not being overmedicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7971/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all allocations in local housing authorities in Dublin; the allocations that went to the housing waiting list, the HAP transfer list, the RAS transfer list, the overcrowding transfer list and the medical transfer list; the number of properties that were set aside for allocations to overall priority applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7793/22]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education when her Department will commence the refurbishment of a site in order that a school (details supplied) can move into the premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7514/22]

Teacher Training

Richard Boyd Barrett

466. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she is planning to allow trainee teachers to complete an online alternative to their mandatory Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8321/22]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

759. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of staffing levels across the health service and ensure that extra permanent posts are sanctioned to ensure that the health service can increase its capacity on a permanent basis to deal with non-Covid-19 care and the almost 1 million persons on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

783. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for the review of CAMHS in view of the recent Kerry CAMHS scandal; the details of the person or body that is conducting the review; if the review will cover all CAMHS services in the country; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/22]