Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mairéad Farrell

502. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the neuro-rehabilitations supports which are being made available for long-Covid patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45542/22]

Health Services

Mairéad Farrell

503. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason that the enhanced illness benefit has not been extended for those suffering from long-Covid given the fact that the European Commission has recognised long-Covid as an occupational disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45546/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mairéad Farrell

504. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the considerations that have been given to create a long-Covid clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45544/22]

Intellectual Property

Mairéad Farrell

69. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support a trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver to end global Covid-19 vaccine inequity given that the majority of the Irish public, Seanad Éireann, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the World Health Organisation have called for a TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics; and if the Government will advocate today at the World Trade Organisation Ministerial conference for the European Union to support the TRIPS waiver. [30787/22]

Living Wage

Mairéad Farrell

195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of bringing all public service workers up to the living wage of €12.17 per hour (details supplied); the estimated cost of bringing the wage to €12.90 per hour as set by the Living Wage Technical Group under the terms of the current Public Service Stability Agreement Building Momentum; and estimated cost under the proposed new pay deal in tabular form. [45203/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Mairéad Farrell

347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the offices of the Revenue Commissioners will reopen to the public for in-person consultations; if so, when they will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42573/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Mairéad Farrell

456. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which retired public sector workers received their pension increases in line with the pay increases received by their peers in employment (details supplied) and the increased pension-related expenditure paid out on that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43227/22]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

457. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will identify the relevant statutory instruments and the relevant sections that deal with procurement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Mairéad Farrell

581. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the caravan loan scheme for Traveller families will commence in local authorities across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43025/22]

Cycling Policy

Mairéad Farrell

301. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the details of the submission to the public consultation on the Salthill cycleway made by or on behalf of organisations, therefore excluding submissions made by individuals during the period 14 to 28 January 2022. [41560/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Mairéad Farrell

1355. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the frequency with which he reviews the funding of an organisation (details supplied); and if he includes a review of the amount spent on legal fees by the organisation as part of his review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40363/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

2113. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all farmers on offshore islands are eligible for the agri-climate rural environment scheme; the stream that they should apply to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40948/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Mairéad Farrell

111. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that it can take several months to resume a suspended payment in certain cases such as in the case of a person (details supplied); if her Department is undertaking work to reduce these delays and if she will make a statement on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34280/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mairéad Farrell

528. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that applications for jobseeker’s benefit for education sector workers are taking longer to process currently compared to previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38802/22]

Brexit Supports

Mairéad Farrell

193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that was spent in 2021, in relation to the Brexit Adjustment Fund; the estimated total spend in 2022; and the breakdown of the drawdown from this fund by Department, disaggregated by current and capital in tabular form. [38396/22]

Inflation Rate

Mairéad Farrell

194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the estimated costs of the inflation cooperation framework have been baselined for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38401/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is no constitutional justification for failing to provide for the extension of the evidential protections of European Union directive 2017/1937 reversal of the burden of proof with respect to causation to those whistle-blowers with litigation currently before the courts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38456/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine a matter (details supplied). [38457/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied). [38459/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

211. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a case (details supplied). [38783/22]

Passport Services

Mairéad Farrell

251. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated full-year cost in relation to current and capital expenditure of opening up a new Passport Office in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38425/22]

State Pensions

Mairéad Farrell

326. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first and full-year net and gross costs of reintroducing the State pension (transition) assuming a maximum personal rate of payment of €253.30, €258.30, €263.30, €268.30 and €273.30, respectively in tabular form. [38426/22]

Disability Services

Mairéad Farrell

189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will find out if funding for overnight care will be provided to them. [37587/22]

Energy Prices

Mairéad Farrell

234. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the model that is used in relation to the price regulation of network charges that the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities employs is the RPI minus X formula, is similar to that used in Britain. [37613/22]

Energy Prices

Mairéad Farrell

235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the setting of the X factor as part of the price regulation formula is comprised of estimated operational costs, capital expenditure and finance costs over a five-year period; and if he will identify any other costs associated with the regulation of energy networks. [37614/22]

Energy Prices

Mairéad Farrell

236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the X factor does not change once this has been established until the five-year revenue cap period has changed in relation to the price regulation of network charges that the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities employs; and the five-year revenue cap that is set. [37615/22]

Energy Prices

Mairéad Farrell

237. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current revenue cap that has been set for the transmission network; the period that it applies to; and the associated costs that comprise the X factor calculation. [37616/22]

Summer Economic Statement

Mairéad Farrell

342. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that there has been no change in the expenditure forecast in relation to budgetary decisions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37140/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

343. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source that the funds for additional inflation-related costs are drawn from in the Inflation Cooperation Framework; the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37157/22]

Budget 2023

Mairéad Farrell

344. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the annual priority reserve of €51 million in 2023 will not be used as a resource for overspends in Budget 2023 given that it is stated in page 44 of the National Development Plan that the reserve is not intended as a resource to meet any potential overspends or cost inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37158/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

349. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated first-year and full-year cost of bringing all public service workers up to the living wage of €12.17 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37617/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the area from which the additional capital expenditure arising from the Inflation Co-operation Framework will be drawn in relation to the Summer Economic Statement Table 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37825/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

351. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital cover over will be used to cover the additional costs in relation to the additional capital expenditure incurred from the establishment of the Inflation Cooperation Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

352. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the area from which funding will be drawn if the funding for the new public sector pay deal is not baselined in the Summer Economic Statement Table 1 budgetary decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37827/22]

Ukraine War

Mairéad Farrell

353. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are restrictions for the use of funds in relation to the Summer Economic Statement Table 5 Ukrainian Humanitarian Contingency; if the expenditure outlined therein can be used for non-humanitarian purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37828/22]

Departmental Funding

Mairéad Farrell

667. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is providing any funds for the civil cases that an organisation (details supplied) is defending in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37239/22]

Departmental Funding

Mairéad Farrell

681. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in 2022; the breakdown of the use of that funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37610/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Mairéad Farrell

696. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1244 of 14 June 2022, the estimated first-year and full-year cost of providing a new modern methods of construction apprenticeship training course. [36990/22]

Further and Higher Education

Mairéad Farrell

697. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated first-year and full-year costs of establishing the courses identified in page 36 of a report (details supplied) in tabular form. [36991/22]

Disability Services

Mairéad Farrell

298. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the action plan for the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Mairéad Farrell

304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he intends to provide funding in Budget 2023 for the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes aged over 21 years, based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36809/22]

Departmental Funding

Mairéad Farrell

354. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Community Centre Investment Fund will be opened again in 2023; if there are any other funding streams available to groups that were unable to submit their application for the Fund before the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36780/22]

Tourism Industry

Mairéad Farrell

61. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeframe for the renewal of the signage at the photographic points on the Wild Atlantic Way; if she will advise the cost of replacing the place name poles at the photographic points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36583/22]

Housing Policy

Mairéad Farrell

65. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instate a ban on evictions; if not, if he will introduce support for those being evicted into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36444/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Mairéad Farrell

80. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has been in touch with the European Commission to outline the way that it intends to proceed with Derrybrien wind farm; the progress being made towards resolution of the daily €15,000 fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36597/22]

Medicinal Products

Mairéad Farrell

310. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the action being taken by the Government to address the ongoing situation in which 35 children with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis cannot access the drug therapy kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36568/22]

Childcare Services

Mairéad Farrell

445. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the additional funding that will enable displaced persons with residency in the State under the European Union Temporary International Protection Directive to benefit from supports under the national childcare scheme (details supplied) will be paid out of the Covid Contingency Fund; if not, if it will be funded through additional voted expenditure or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35688/22]

Childcare Services

Mairéad Farrell

446. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has carried out an analysis of expenditure or forecasting on the impact of providing persons with residency in the State under the European Union Temporary International Protection Directive access to the national childcare scheme; and, if so, the cost in 2022 and 2023, in relation to these changes. [35689/22]

Direct Provision System

Mairéad Farrell

449. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the way that his Department will meet the medical needs of a resident (details supplied) in a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/22]

Harbours and Piers

Mairéad Farrell

911. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that must be carried out before dredging work can begin as part of the development of the deep-water quay at Ros na Mhíl; the length of time the tendering process for the dredging contract is anticipated to take; when it is hoped that the said dredging work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36214/22]