Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Attendance

Jim O'Callaghan

430. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown, by county, of school attendance funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47310/23]

School Textbooks

Jim O'Callaghan

431. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of children, by county, who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at second level under the junior cycle scheme for the 2023/2024 academic year. [47311/23]

School Textbooks

Jim O'Callaghan

432. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of children, by county, who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at primary level for the 2023/2024 academic year. [47312/23]

Sentencing Policy

Jim O'Callaghan

854. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to extend the operation of the Parole Act 2019 to sentences of more than eight years and less than life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48462/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

868. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda water unit as of 31 October 2023; if she will provide the corresponding figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48736/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

869. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda age ID cards that were issued in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48737/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

870. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number and percentage of interview rooms within Garda stations within the DMR that have audio and video recording facilities, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48738/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

871. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided in 2024 to purchase larger Garda prisoner transport trucks; the number of Garda prisoner transport trucks that entered the fleet to date in 2023; the number of Garda prisoner transport trucks withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48739/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

872. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held to date in 2023 for Garda personnel to apply to join Garda armed support unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48740/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

873. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí trained in each level of public order training within the DMR, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48741/23]

State Pathology Service

Jim O'Callaghan

874. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if funding will be provided for the recruitment of WTE forensic anthropologists for the Office of State Pathologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48742/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

875. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank (details supplied), as of 1 November 2023; if a further recruitment campaign will be launched before end of year to increase the number of gardaí attached to CPU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48743/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

876. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 10 October 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48744/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

877. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda roads policing motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of RPU motorcycles withdrawn from the fleet during the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48745/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

878. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of conspiracy to kidnap offences reported to gardaí within the G district of the DMR to date in 2023. [48746/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

879. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of unauthorised taking of mechanically propelled vehicle offences reported to gardaí within the E district of the DMR to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48747/23]

Maternity Leave

Jim O'Callaghan

997. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he plans to bring amending legislation to the Maternity Protection Act 2004 to address the anomaly that women diagnosed with cancer during their maternity leave can pause their leave and resume it once treatment ends; if there are plans to include Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas leave in this amending legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47669/23]

Business Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

141. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in each county that successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme; the estimated value or worth of the support in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47099/23]

Tax Reliefs

Jim O'Callaghan

142. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance how many homebuyers have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47102/23]

Tax Credits

Jim O'Callaghan

143. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [47129/23]