Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

1545. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the options available to an Afghan refugee living in Ireland to expedite their family’s reunification application given that their family is in increased danger day-by-day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40157/22]

Citizenship Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

1581. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the current average processing time for a citizenship application; if her Department is still on course to achieve processing times of six to nine months by the end of 2022, as stated earlier in the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41007/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

1617. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under her aegis; the list of all State bodies under her aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the Office of Public Works, OPW, to acquire their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42027/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1619. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full cost of implementing the recommendations in the disability capacity review; and the estimated cost of same in year one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41498/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1620. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current spending on personal assistants; the increase that would be needed in order for Ireland to fulfil its commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41502/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1621. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current spending on provision of respite for those with disabilities; the estimated increase that would be needed in order that Ireland would fulfil its commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41503/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1676. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the special pandemic payment is to be given to a company (details supplied) who provide cleaning services in many hospitals around the country including St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; and if so, when they will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39816/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1738. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the nurses in a nursing home (details supplied) can be expected to receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment that they were promised at the start of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40196/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1779. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/22]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1966. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing ten additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41505/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1967. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the new spending that would be available to mental health services if it was increased to 12% of the total budget for health in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41506/22]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1968. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing ten additional ICU beds in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/22]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

1969. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the maximum payment on the drug payment scheme to €40; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41508/22]

Primary Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1970. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free primary care, including general practitioners for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41509/22]

Primary Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1971. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/22]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free dental care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41511/22]

Hospital Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all inpatient and emergency department charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41513/22]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41514/22]

Hospital Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

1975. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all parking charges at public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41515/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1976. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of mental health services; the percentage of the overall health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41516/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1977. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free contraception for all women and girls over the age of 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41517/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1978. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of staffing public health teams to the World Health Organisation-recommended levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1979. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the timelines for assessment of needs outlined in the Disability Act 2005 are adhered to for every child in need of such an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41519/22]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1980. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2023 of reinstating all the benefits that were available under the dental treatment services scheme before the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41520/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

2155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost to increase land under forestry or biodiversity regeneration by 25,000 hectares per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under his aegis; the list of all State bodies under his aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the OPW to acquire their own property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42019/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under her aegis; the list of all State bodies under her aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the OPW to acquire their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42029/22]

United Nations

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent Food and Agriculture Organisation report on food security and nutrition and on its relationship with Ireland's current agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider revising the criteria in relation to access to the exceptional needs payments such as the time limits between applications and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/22]

Employment Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of her plans to provide alternative employment for the current providers of local employment services who have or may lose their positions as a result of the current tendering out process by her Department for such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38607/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if each local authority is required to have a complaints officer or department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38807/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the United States congressional delegation. [36006/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister. [36007/22]

Departmental Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [26002/22]

Departmental Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [36008/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit and address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. [30838/22]

Foreshore Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is considering a request by a company (details supplied); and the legal basis to transfer from Foreshore Act 1933 to the Maritime Area Consent Regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38320/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

468. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of early intervention services available to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [30840/22]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [34038/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to the World Economic Forum. [34039/22]

Industrial Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issues in relation to a representative organisation (details supplied) that is seeking pay parity with similar workers in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31316/22]

Insurance Coverage

Richard Boyd Barrett

304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise the home owners at a location (details supplied) which was previously owned by the National Asset Management Agency, given that the development has fire defects and none of the homeowners can get insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37443/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available for self-employed persons who become ill and cannot continue to work or claim illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37117/22]

Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

731. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amounts that have been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the personal insolvency arrangement review legal aid service in 2021 and to date in 2022; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount that was received by each company. [37320/22]

Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

732. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amounts that have been accrued but are as yet unpaid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the personal insolvency arrangement review legal aid service since its inception, from 2016 to date in 2022; the details of these liabilities; and the companies to whom they are owed. [37321/22]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

920. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the living alone allowance is reckonable for a means test for the medical card for persons aged over 70 years but not for persons under 70 years; if so, the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the annual afforestation target of 8,000 ha is consistent with the advice of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

1123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private meetings that he or his junior Minister with responsibility for forestry had with Coillte in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36988/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that he is putting in place to address student poverty; if he will consider introducing free public transport, investing in ensuring student accommodation is affordable and subsidising IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/22]