Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Business Supports

Marian Harkin

57. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what steps his Department is taking, in conjunction with the European Commission, to assist Irish companies to avail of opportunities in the US by collaborating for projects under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. [15567/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marian Harkin

132. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive the carer's support grant. [15541/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Marian Harkin

142. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a thorough forensic investigation of the existing grounds at the Bessborough mother and baby home site in Blackrock, County Cork, in order to establish whether there is a mass grave on the site. [15614/23]

Bus Éireann

Marian Harkin

226. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the reason users of mobility scooters are being refused entry to Bus Éireann buses in counties Sligo and Mayo (details supplied); if this is the case on all Bus Éireann routes; if so, if this matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15427/23]

Community Employment Schemes

Marian Harkin

455. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any circumstances where a person can access community employment schemes, if they are not in receipt of a qualifying payment, and where there are vacancies on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15038/23]

Bus Éireann

Marian Harkin

538. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the reason people with disabilities who use mobility scooters are being refused travel on Bus Éireann buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15428/23]

Agriculture Industry

Marian Harkin

786. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the safety of the insecticide, acetamiprid, in relation to its use near bee colonies; and if there are any regulations covering same (details supplied). [15354/23]

State Pensions

Marian Harkin

796. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of D class pensioners in the State over 70 years of age. [12348/23]

Family Support Services

Marian Harkin

864. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to deal with an issue in relation to autism (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reassure persons with autism and their families in this situation; if the diagnosis continues to be accepted by State authorities; if are there are plans to reassess those who were diagnosed by a psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12684/23]

Youth Services

Marian Harkin

879. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place a sustainable investment strategy to ensure that all young people have access to youth workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12403/23]

Youth Services

Marian Harkin

880. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to ensure that youth work is properly and sustainably funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12404/23]

Youth Work Projects

Marian Harkin

881. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of young people across Ireland that are involved in universal youth work; how he plans to increase this percentage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/23]

Youth Work Projects

Marian Harkin

882. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he and his Department are supporting the youth work sector to engage as many young people as possible, given that youth work is an effective form of early intervention and prevention for a range of adverse outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12406/23]

Disability Services

Marian Harkin

956. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a neurological rehabilitation team will be operational in every community health organisation (details supplied). [13310/23]

Grant Payments

Marian Harkin

1003. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he would consider a specific bursary for young carers attending third level institutions, similar to the successful young carer's grant launched in Scotland in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12703/23]

Education Schemes

Marian Harkin

1004. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider further initiatives to support the transition of young carers to further and higher education and apprenticeships via access programmes, similar, but in addition to, the HEAR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12704/23]

Citizenship Applications

Marian Harkin

1059. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider an issue (details supplied). [12702/23]

Ambulance Service

Marian Harkin

327. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency call outs to all ambulance stations in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in 2021 and 2022 on a monthly basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12055/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

90. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to the Revenue Commissioners seize and release VRT enforcement procedure, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

91. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to appeals and petitions relating to the Revenue Commissioners seize and release VRT enforcement procedure, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11981/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

92. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to appeals and petitions relating to the Revenue Commissioners seize and release VRT enforcement procedure in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11982/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Marian Harkin

223. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their long overdue surgery, which they have been awaiting since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11774/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

38. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will work with the NTA to increase the frequency of bus services on the S2, Sligo to Rosses Point route, to cater for the very significant increase in passenger numbers due to refugees being accommodated on the Rosses Point Peninsula. [10437/23]

Departmental Projects

Marian Harkin

132. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of his Department’s plans to establish a national centre for research and remembrance, if he will outline the timeline for the plans. [10412/23]

Departmental Projects

Marian Harkin

133. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of his Department’s plans to establish a national centre for research and remembrance, how an individual (details supplied) will be able to participate in the process. [10413/23]

Care of the Elderly

Marian Harkin

158. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a commissioner for ageing and older people. [10295/23]

Agriculture Supports

Marian Harkin

198. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting specific supports in place for the sheep sector, which is currently in crisis. [10294/23]

Departmental Data

Marian Harkin

199. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of establishment grants and premiums paid, by county, in each of the years 2016 to 2022 from the State's afforestation scheme. [10312/23]

Departmental Data

Marian Harkin

200. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of establishment grants and premiums paid to farmers in each of the years 2016 to 2022 from the State's afforestation scheme. [10313/23]

Departmental Data

Marian Harkin

201. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of establishment grants and premiums paid to non-farmers in each of the years 2016 to 2022 from the State's afforestation scheme. [10314/23]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Marian Harkin

211. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any proposals or plans in place regarding carbon credits valuation certificates for farmers and herd number owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10430/23]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Marian Harkin

215. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen imprisoned in Iran (details supplied); the efforts being made to assist this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/23]

Greenways Provision

Marian Harkin

183. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of greenway projects being managed by TII; the phase each of these projects is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/23]

Medicinal Products

Marian Harkin

171. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health what is the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban (details supplied). [7563/23]

Medicinal Products

Marian Harkin

172. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to release the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7564/23]

Hospital Services

Marian Harkin

173. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for a timeline as to when the lymphoedema service will recommence at Sligo University Hospital. [7566/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Marian Harkin

171. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy of Ireland in Paris. [5732/23]

Aviation Industry

Marian Harkin

179. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the requirement placed by certain airlines on Irish citizens to hold a valid Irish passport for travel infringes on the rights of Irish citizens in the Common Travel Area (details supplied). [6017/23]

Teacher Training

Marian Harkin

235. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education to include home economics as a subject in the post-primary upskilling initiative (details supplied). [6001/23]

An Garda Síochána

Marian Harkin

315. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Sligo-Leitrim roads policing unit as of 30 June 2021 and 10 January 2023, in tabular form. [5731/23]

Mental Health Services

Marian Harkin

372. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dementia day care centres currently opened in CHO1. [5733/23]

Rail Network

Marian Harkin

215. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the timeframe of the publication of the all-island strategic rail review report (details supplied). [5346/23]

Education Policy

Marian Harkin

304. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 26 January 2023, if there are any plans to include counties Leitrim and or Sligo in the pilot voluntary redeployment scheme in the next possible slot, given that the scheme has not been deployed in either of counties Leitrim or Sligo since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5335/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marian Harkin

387. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1087 of 8 November 2022, the rationale behind not listing Covid-19 as an occupational injury (details supplied). [5342/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Marian Harkin

422. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 26 October 2022, and the subsequent reply from Coillte, if he will clarify an issue (details supplied). [5334/23]

Public Transport

Marian Harkin

78. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4931/23]

School Staff

Marian Harkin

257. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 18 January 2023, the counties in which the pilot scheme was deployed; and the dates that each scheme was deployed in each county. [3819/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

73. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the average installation cost of a sheltered bus stop. [3619/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

74. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the average yearly maintenance cost of a sheltered bus stop. [3620/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

75. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the average amount of the monthly maintenance cost that is offset by advertising on sheltered bus stops. [3621/23]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

76. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus stops per county; and of those, the number that are sheltered, in tabular form. [3622/23]

Civil Service

Marian Harkin

85. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a prison officer can apply for a transfer to another Department within the civil service; and if so, the mechanisms that are in place to facilitate such transfers. [3623/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Marian Harkin

163. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting dermatology in CHO1 by county and hospital in tabular form; the new services or technologies that have been deployed recently for dermatology in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3448/23]

Forestry Sector

Marian Harkin

208. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify an issue in relation to a Coillte felling licence (details supplied). [3449/23]

Tax Credits

Marian Harkin

204. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the renter's tax relief credit to other renters (details supplied). [2507/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Marian Harkin

240. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth certificate will issue for a person (details supplied) who applied in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2450/23]

Pension Provisions

Marian Harkin

26. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take action to strengthen the rights of retired workers in relation to their occupational pension schemes and issues arising from any proposed changes to these schemes after a worker has retired, in particular, to ensure the ability of these workers to take cases to the Workplace Relations Commission. [63591/22]

Mining Industry

Marian Harkin

88. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding details of an incident when applying for a prospecting licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63911/22]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

144. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to extend the use of the TFI Go App or Leap card to a named bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63192/22]

Public Transport

Marian Harkin

145. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate an accessibility issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63193/22]

Departmental Schemes

Marian Harkin

288. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter (details supplied). [2202/23]

Vacant Properties

Marian Harkin

567. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the eligibility criteria for the Croí Cónaithe scheme could be extended to cover houses built after the year 1993 (details supplied); and if not, the other supports that are available for homeowners who wish to bring derelict housing into regular use. [1834/23]

School Staff

Marian Harkin

696. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a proposal on teacher redeployment by an organisation (details supplied). [63588/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Marian Harkin

959. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale for Ireland including a specific reservation to the provisions of the UNCRPD (details supplied). [63600/22]

International Protection

Marian Harkin

997. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the provision of accommodation for Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1627/23]

Health Services

Marian Harkin

1242. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 13 December 2022, if there is a timeline for a resolution from the engagement between his Department, the HSE and the NTPF and an organisation (details supplied) on allowing public system patients awaiting cancer surgeries to be treated at private hospitals. [63538/22]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Marian Harkin

33. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a limited company that is not part of the European Emissions Trading Scheme can offset carbon emissions' through green energy generation such as solar and wind privately owned and generated by the company and or from planting forestry on company property. [62574/22]

Health Services

Marian Harkin

263. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62449/22]

Health Services

Marian Harkin

268. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the day centres in a specific area (details supplied) of the 315-day centres nationwide that are expected to be re-opened before Christmas 2022; if he will provide a timeline for the eventual re-opening of the remaining day centres which will not be re-opened before the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62521/22]

Medical Cards

Marian Harkin

573. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing medical cards to those suffering with the genetic medical condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61835/22]

Medical Cards

Marian Harkin

575. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including the condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61849/22]

Health Services

Marian Harkin

640. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if, in light of waiting times for cancer surgery patients, he will negotiate with private hospitals to deliver these urgent surgeries for public patients; and if he has any plans to do so. [62231/22]

Disability Services

Marian Harkin

115. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in every CHO; and if such teams already exist, the details of the specific location of each. [61054/22]

Grant Payments

Marian Harkin

450. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 8 November 2022, when funding will be phased in for graduate entry medicine and if a reduction of student contribution fees is expected by September 2023. [60930/22]

Grant Payments

Marian Harkin

451. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 8 November 2022, if extra Government funding for universities, such as University College Dublin, will be ringfenced to ensure lower student contribution fees going forward. [60931/22]

Departmental Schemes

Marian Harkin

505. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 29 November 2022, if further details of the schemes (details supplied) referred to in the response will be provided. [60992/22]

Hospital Admissions

Marian Harkin

538. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will re-open the Mater Private Hospital to HSE patients given the backlog of critical cancer surgeries (details supplied). [60242/22]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

72. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 17 November 2022, the specific data points from the Revenue Commissioners' data holdings, data analytics and risk assessment that system-prompted the decision by the Revenue Commissioners to implement seize and release VRT enforcement performance targets for 2017 to 2019, which prompted the decision to cease the setting of seize and release performance targets; the date of such decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59715/22]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

73. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance further Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 17 November 2022, if seize and release VRT enforcement performance targets have been set for any other years since the introduction of the seize and release procedure; if so, the performance targets set for each such year; if seize and release performance targets were set by region, unit or other; if seize and release performance awards were paid to persons or units for meeting such targets; if so, the amounts by year; if sanctions were applied individually or units for not meeting seize and release performance targets; if so, the nature of those sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59716/22]

Ukraine War

Marian Harkin

133. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify an issue in relation to accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59586/22]

Visa Applications

Marian Harkin

161. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice the status of a decision on a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59614/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marian Harkin

176. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work following Covid infection; if the situation for such HSE employees will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59639/22]

Business Supports

Marian Harkin

235. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if an organisation (details supplied) will qualify for the temporary business energy support scheme; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59329/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Marian Harkin

462. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the most recent figure for the number of carers in receipt of the carer's allowance excluding those on a half-rate carer's allowance; the number of carers who receive a reduced rate of carer's allowance due to means, categorised by recipients aged under 66 years caring for one person aged under 66 years caring for two or more persons, aged over 66 years caring for one person and aged over 66 years caring for two or more people; the breakdown of these rates by the number of person's receiving a reduced rate carer's allowance payment under €100, between €100 and €150, €151 and €200, €201 and €251, €252 and €302, €303 and €353, €354 and €392, in tabular form. [59510/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Marian Harkin

463. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the most recent figure on the number of carers receiving a half-rate carer's allowance; the number of carers who receive a reduced rate of the half-rate carer's allowance due to means, categorised by recipients aged under 66 years caring for one person, aged under 66 years caring for two or more people, aged over 66 years caring for one person and aged over 66 years caring for two or more people; the breakdown of these rates by the number of person's receiving a carer's allowance payment under €100, between €100 and €120, €121 and €141, €142 and €162, €163 and €183, €184 and €196, in tabular form. [59511/22]

Adult Education Provision

Marian Harkin

530. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 19 May 2022, if she will provide an update on a joint proposal (details supplied) aimed at resolving these outstanding issues for adult education tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59162/22]

Home Help Service

Marian Harkin

689. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if urgent home care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59163/22]

Rural Schemes

Marian Harkin

804. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59077/22]

Departmental Schemes

Marian Harkin

808. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an organisation (details supplied) will qualify for the community and voluntary energy support scheme; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59328/22]

Electricity Grid

Marian Harkin

194. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a person (details supplied) will receive the electricity credit payment; the way that persons using coin operated meters will receive the electricity credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57912/22]

Bus Services

Marian Harkin

222. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the reason a bus stop at Maugheraboy, County Sligo, was excluded from the new 981 bus route from Coolaney to Sligo, even though it was included in all media releases in regard to the new, long-awaited route; if this stop will be included as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57913/22]

Mental Health Services

Marian Harkin

586. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS by CHO area in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments. [57377/22]

Mental Health Services

Marian Harkin

587. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments. [57378/22]

Health Services Staff

Marian Harkin

588. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [57379/22]

Health Services Staff

Marian Harkin

589. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled on a national basis by hospital group and CHO area, in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [57380/22]

Departmental Funding

Marian Harkin

642. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57618/22]

Hospital Services

Marian Harkin

645. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital will return to full capacity; the plans that are in place to deal with the extremely long waiting lists for pain management, with patients waiting up to three years for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57678/22]

Departmental Circulars

Marian Harkin

773. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has issued any guidelines to local authorities to cease using weed killers containing glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57705/22]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

154. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance the number of appeals that were heard in relation to the 'Seize and Release' VRT enforcement procedure for each of the years 2015 to 2021; the number of such appeals that were successful (details supplied); the corresponding data in respect to the 'Seize and Release' procedure for October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57074/22]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

155. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance the VRT enforcement targets for each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57075/22]