Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Staff

Mairéad Farrell

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58758/22]

Irish Language

Mairéad Farrell

421. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is the option to engage with the Department through Irish under current legislation; and if so, if she will direct this Deputy to the relevant legal section. [59104/22]

Spent Convictions

Mairéad Farrell

580. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the current situation for spent convictions for insurance related driving offences; if she has any plans for further reform in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59120/22]

Housing Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

186. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the HAP rates of the local authority providing the HAP apply if a person is availing of HAP to rent a property outside of the relevant local authority’s jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58613/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mairéad Farrell

158. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of gardaí who have received training in dealing with reports of domestic abuse; if there is a plan to increase this percentage or to roll-out such training to all members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58375/22]

Electricity Grid

Mairéad Farrell

174. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rural and urban standing charges on electricity bills; the reason for the difference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57396/22]

National Development Plan

Mairéad Farrell

254. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the full list of public-private partnerships that are currently agreed as part of the national development plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57466/22]

Homeless Persons Supports

Mairéad Farrell

304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken any work to offer additional support to homeless services in Galway city and county given the severe lack of emergency accommodation in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57911/22]

School Transport

Mairéad Farrell

410. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be provided for a student (details supplied) who is currently paying for a taxi every day to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57916/22]

Departmental Reviews

Mairéad Farrell

479. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Elliot Review, given the civil action that has been taken against an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57307/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

617. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if agency workers in the HSE will still be able to receive the pandemic bonus payment if their employer does not apply for the funding for it; the way that workers can apply to receive the payment under those circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57568/22]

Departmental Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

758. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome in the long-term illness scheme; the reason that these conditions have been excluded up until this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58119/22]

Medicinal Products

Mairéad Farrell

759. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58120/22]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Mairéad Farrell

782. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is collaborating with other Departments with regard to the remit of the fishery harbour centres given their potential to service the offshore renewable energy industry without diminishing their core function as fishery harbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57393/22]

Grant Payments

Mairéad Farrell

805. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all of the supports that are available to the community and voluntary sector to deal with rising operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57395/22]

Water Quality

Mairéad Farrell

188. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm that his Department, and by extension, the State is on track to achieve their legal obligations by the final European Union deadline of 2027 given Ireland's failure in 2015 to honour its legal obligations under the European Union Water Framework Directive by attaining good qualitative and quantitative status of all Irish water bodies particularly Lough Corrib SAC. [57126/22]

Water Quality

Mairéad Farrell

189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm that Ireland's legal obligations under the EU Habitats Directive will be met regarding the presence and proliferation of non-native fish species, as defined under the EU Water Framework Directive, in Lough Corrib SAC, given his Department's introduction of the European Union Habitats (Lough Corrib Special Area of Conservation 000297) Regulations 2022 - S.I. No. 384 of 2022) on 27 July 2022. [57127/22]

Vacant Properties

Mairéad Farrell

236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 8 February 2022, if he will confirm whether any of the properties in Galway outlined therein are still currently vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56577/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

275. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 27 September 2022, the amount of capital carryover for each of these categories in each of these years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56363/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mairéad Farrell

407. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56692/22]