Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

93. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the work carried out by the District Heating Steering Group to date; the number of times it has met; when it will complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9866/23]

Departmental Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall, Dundalk, County Louth in 2022 will be completed; the plan when the study results are known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9867/23]

Disaster Response

Ruairí Ó Murchú

318. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the nature and extent of the medical aid going from Ireland to the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria; if he will outline the efforts being made to ensure that insulin and blood glucose devices are included with the medical aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the work being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8153/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the mechanism open to local authorities who wish to provide seating and viewpoints on mountains enjoyed by walkers such as the Cooley Mountains in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8154/23]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

84. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance in relation to the review and improvement of the business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8146/23]

Job Losses

Ruairí Ó Murchú

87. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the contact his Department has had with a large multinational company (details supplied) with workforces in counties Louth and Dublin that have announced cuts to its global workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8147/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

2. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [8145/23]

Tourism Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the work her Department has carried out to increase cross Border tourism in 2022; if work is underway to market the Newry, Mourne, Gullion, Cooley, Dundalk areas as tourism destinations within Ireland’s ancient east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8396/23]

Legal Aid

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the work of the legal aid review group; if he will confirm that income limits for those seeking civil legal aid are under review; when he expects the review to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6873/23]

International Protection

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the processing and decision times for people seekinginternational protection; if he will confirm that there has been a reduction in the number of those working in the section of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6874/23]

Medicinal Products

Ruairí Ó Murchú

127. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason the drug cannot be prescribed by GPs on the drug payment scheme; the alternative to cariban that can be offered to women experiencing extreme sickness in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy; the number of cariban prescriptions processed through DPS in the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7548/23]

Nursing Homes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

139. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on engagements by his Department in relation to the establishment of a care partner scheme for nursing and care home residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6877/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ruairí Ó Murchú

354. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the number and locations of speed cameras in County Louth; the new locations coming online in County Louth in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8007/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Ruairí Ó Murchú

425. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with Coillte to arrange the planning and execution of new viewing points for walkers on Coillte land on the Cooley Mountains, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8009/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [5852/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

4. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5851/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

7. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6864/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

20. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [6863/23]

Education and Training Boards

Ruairí Ó Murchú

80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his engagement with stakeholders, including unions and education providers, to resolve the pay and conditions issues of personal assistants who work in some education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6875/23]

Technological Universities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the work being done to help progress technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6876/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ruairí Ó Murchú

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the process by which her Department contacts the British work and pensions department seeking contribution information about people who have made social protection applications based on their British contributions; the current average waiting times for this information to be received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6108/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Ruairí Ó Murchú

39. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments applied for through the community welfare service in Dundalk, County Louth, in 2022; the number of these applications granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6109/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

78. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline any proposals that his Department has in relation to dealing with accommodating international and temporary protection applicants in the coming quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6166/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline future plans for the delivery of a sustainable model for early and pre-school education to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6167/23]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

55. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4386/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress in relation to plans for the protection of critical State infrastructure in the coming months and years, including against cyber and hybrid attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/23]

Disability Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the use of the rapid prompting method to assist learning for children with autism who are non-verbal in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4387/23]

Special Educational Needs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the plans in place in her Department to deliver a greater number of ASD units in County Louth, particularly to address the issue of creating additional space in a number of schools and other logistical difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4388/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

14. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [4413/23]

Child Poverty

Ruairí Ó Murchú

21. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he is considering the establishment of a new division in his Department to tackle child poverty. [4414/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the new Israeli government’s stated intentions to develop settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and the further annexation of territory; the Government’s plans to react to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4383/23]

Culture Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

45. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her future plans for the expansion of the Imbloc/Bridget of Faughart festival in the coming years; if specific funding for the festival has been ringfenced; if specific funding for County Louth is available for the festival; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3295/23]

Tourism Promotion

Ruairí Ó Murchú

71. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the plans there are in 2023 for the employment of a fulltime tourist officer in Dundalk, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3294/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

141. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the targets for 2023 for the construction of public housing on land owned by Louth County Council; the 2023 targets for the construction of housing on otherwise publicly owned lands in County Louth; his plans for progressing these targets in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3592/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

166. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's allocation to local authorities in 2023 for schemes (details supplied), including when the local authorities will be able to draw down the money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3306/23]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

10. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest work of his Department’s shared island unit. [60889/22]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s shared island unit. [60891/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

25. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the work that has been carried out to establish an inquiry into the State’s handling of the Covid-19 which he announced in January 2023; the timeline for this inquiry; and the scope and nature of the inquiry. [1880/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [1881/23]

Driver Test

Ruairí Ó Murchú

209. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled by the Road Safety Authority in all test centres in each of the months June to December 2022, in tabular form; the reason for the test cancellations by the RSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2887/23]

National Car Test

Ruairí Ó Murchú

18. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the efforts that are being made to address the backlog in NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2144/23]

Rail Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress of the all-island strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2145/23]

Flood Risk Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

113. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in relation to flood risk management at Annagassan and Termonfeckin in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2148/23]

Flood Risk Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

137. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress that has been made to date on the implementation of same; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

367. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work that is being done in his Department to fix the anomaly whereby many workers who live in Northern Ireland and who work in the Republic are precluded from working from home due to the significant Revenue Commissioners implications for their employers; if he will detail any contacts that his Department has had on the matter with the equivalent British Department in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1994/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

368. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the survey that is being carried out related to cross-border workers and the issues that they face in relation to working from home, income tax and social protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1995/23]

Vacant Properties

Ruairí Ó Murchú

469. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who has previously built a principal private residence but subsequently experienced marital breakdown is eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant Croí Cónaithe towns fund; if they qualify under the fresh start principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63304/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

861. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection when section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will be established on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63644/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ruairí Ó Murchú

862. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to review the guidelines on eligibility for the back-to-work enterprise allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63646/22]

Citizenship Applications

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1145. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for citizenship applications to include the categories for EU nationals, international applicants and applications based on marriage to an Irish citizen; the additional resources that are being allocated to this section of his Department to reduce these processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2103/23]

Courts Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice when it is expected that the new County Registrar for County Louth, based in Dundalk Courthouse, will be appointed. [2109/23]

Departmental Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

53. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Taskforce, particularly the work being carried out in providing alternatives for persons who are waiting for broadband connection for up to five years under the NBP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62056/22]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

107. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the feasibility studies for geotherm for communal and district heating systems, to include an outline of grant schemes or other funding mechanisms for residents using communal and district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62563/22]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline a detailed timeline for the delivery of the Digital Connectivity Strategy; if he will provide an update on the National Broadband Plan in view of this new initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62562/22]

Departmental Meetings

Ruairí Ó Murchú

88. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the engagement that he, along with his Department and the IDA, have had with the State’s tech sector in the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62055/22]

International Protection

Ruairí Ó Murchú

465. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the process by which a company (details supplied) was awarded an IPAS accommodation contract that necessitates the eviction of refugees and asylum seekers from the accommodation in order that the accommodation can be 'upgraded' in order to meet the requirements of the new IPAS contract; if he will outline in detail the ensuing situation for those who cannot find alternative accommodation; the features that the new accommodation will provide; when it will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62260/22]

Home Help Service

Ruairí Ó Murchú

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by CHO 8 in Louth in 2022 to recruit and retain homecarers; the changes in the numbers of HSE-employed homecarers in the Louth area in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60541/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase the adoption of rooftop solar energy generation on farms. [61185/22]

Forestry Sector

Ruairí Ó Murchú

187. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the finalised complete new forestry strategy will be published. [61184/22]

Drug Dealing

Ruairí Ó Murchú

13. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the Drugs Related Intimidation Reporting Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60618/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ruairí Ó Murchú

29. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the range of powers that gardaí have when investigating online hate speech, incitement to hate, online threats and intimidation; if she will outline any plans to enhance those powers for gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60617/22]

Haulage Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

150. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to the introduction of the licensed haulage emergency support scheme for the months of November to April as a specific support to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60553/22]

Housing Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

31. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has given consideration to the use of 3D printing technology and the possible benefits of same to the current problems with housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59147/22]

Housing Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

49. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to increasing the income thresholds for families wishing to apply for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59146/22]

Disability Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the work that is currently being undertaken by his Department in respect of workforce planning and the future training of students in the area of disability services, particularly occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and child psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59172/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

127. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail the plans in relation to facilitating those with disabilities and special needs to access further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59173/22]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

203. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the work that has been carried out in recent months on developing the Narrow Water Bridge; and the current projected timeline and costs. [48260/22]

National Risk Assessment

Ruairí Ó Murchú

14. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment. [59148/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Ruairí Ó Murchú

106. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on a DEIS application and school meals application for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59627/22]

Ukraine War

Ruairí Ó Murchú

8. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [57658/22]

Ukraine War

Ruairí Ó Murchú

13. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [59149/22]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [57659/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

133. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the increases in workload on community welfare offices and officers and the additional resources that have been allocated to cope with the additional workload; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59127/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Ruairí Ó Murchú

134. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the current waiting times at the appeals office and if additional resources will be allocated to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59128/22]

Rural Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

805. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options open to, and the correct procedures for, a charity (details supplied) to obtain State funding for the purchase of a new ambulance to be used for the benefit of the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59182/22]

Strategic Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

45. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in relation to plans for the protection of critical State infrastructure in the coming months and years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57665/22]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

52. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an updated report on the progress that is being made on the further evaluation that is being carried out on the issue of long service increments in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57666/22]

Special Educational Needs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

93. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the progress that is being made on the opening of autism and special educational needs' units in secondary schools under the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; the progress that is being made to ensure that children with special education needs are catered for in the education system from pre-school to post primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57667/22]

Northern Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

42. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his latest communications with the British Prime Minister. [56372/22]

Climate Change Negotiations

Ruairí Ó Murchú

52. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the COP27 conference which he recently attended in Egypt. [56371/22]

Ukraine War

Ruairí Ó Murchú

133. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will detail the Government's response to the UN report detailing evidence of torture and abuse of prisoners by both sides in the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57917/22]

Northern Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

137. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will detail the Government's response to recent developments in respect of the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57918/22]

Sports Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

38. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports available to sporting clubs and associations to deal with the rising cost of energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56376/22]

Sports Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update in relation to interactions with the IABA; the current position with regards to future funding for the IABA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56375/22]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

12. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [51679/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Ruairí Ó Murchú

132. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are many Cvil Service pensions that were eligible for the pension increases that took place on 1 October 2022; the number of these pensions that have had the increases applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56373/22]

Health Services Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

512. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when section 38 organisations, whose workers are entitled to the backdated pay increases awarded under building momentum and detailed under HR circular 025/2022, will be given the extra funding to award this back pay given that without additional funding these organisations cannot afford same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56200/22]

Road Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the options open to a community (details supplied) in north County Louth, which is campaigning for traffic-calming measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54989/22]

Traffic Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given to allowing parts of motorway hard shoulders to be used as bus corridors, such as the one going into Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54990/22]

Business Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

127. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the measures under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/22]

Tax Code

Ruairí Ó Murchú

151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the work being done in his Department to fix the anomaly by which many workers who live in the North and work in the South are precluded from working from home because of the significant revenue implications for their employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54998/22]

Business Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

195. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if the newly announced temporary business energy support scheme can be used by companies supplying heat through communal and district heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53088/22]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan to include the number of premises passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55001/22]

Energy Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

61. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the short-term and long-term solutions for communities whose homes are heated through communal/district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55002/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Ruairí Ó Murchú

130. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that is being made in signing-off on pension increases due to retired An Post workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48257/22]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

373. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of housing assistance applications received and processed by each local authority from January to June 2022; the number of staff dedicated in each local authority to the processing of HAP applications during the same period; the turnaround time from receipt of HAP applications to their completion in each local authority during the same six-month period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54490/22]

Vaccination Programme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

950. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the criteria for those who are eligible for the third booster to include people of under 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54341/22]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

45. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any future plans for energy cost supports and assistance for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53087/22]

Broadband Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

98. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being that is being carried out to provide alternatives for persons who have been waiting for a broadband connection for up to five years under the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53089/22]