Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Transport

Paul Donnelly

252. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann will organise public meetings to discuss its plans regarding the DART+ Coastal North project. [23088/23]

Office of Government Procurement

Paul Donnelly

294. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of suppliers currently on the Office of Government Procurement Multi-Supplier Framework for the provision of executive coach-hire services. [23085/23]

Office of Public Works

Paul Donnelly

295. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the revenue generated through visitors' entrance fees to heritage sites under the remit of the OPW in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23086/23]

Fire Safety

Paul Donnelly

430. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests his Department has received from Dublin City Council seeking funding to purchase additional emergency fire appliances in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of requests received that were approved, pending or refused in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [23084/23]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Donnelly

469. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for invalidity pension in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of applications made that were refused, in tabular form. [23099/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

505. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided to increase the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; and, if so, when these new dogs will come into service. [23094/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

506. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 25 April 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this parliamentary question answered. [23095/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

507. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian equine instructors/trainers that work in the Garda mounted unit in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23096/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

508. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held for Garda personnel to apply to join the Garda armed support unit in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23097/23]

Legislative Reviews

Paul Donnelly

509. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to update the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003. [23098/23]

Departmental Staff

Paul Donnelly

546. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE staff, by grade, working within the import controls operations division within his Department as of 10 May 2023; the number of vacant WTE staff by grade within his Department; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [23087/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

710. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric vascular surgeons working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best-practice ratio for paediatric vascular surgeons to population and current ratio. [23089/23]

Home Care Packages

Paul Donnelly

711. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the names of for-profit, voluntary and not-for-profit companies that provided home care support to persons on behalf of the HSE within CHO7 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid by the HSE for such works in the years in question, in tabular form. [23090/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

712. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurology nurses in epilepsy working in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [23091/23]

Health and Safety

Paul Donnelly

713. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents that the HSE pest control service within Dublin attended in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if there is an emergency out-of-hours facility available for this service. [23092/23]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

219. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when he intends to meet with an organisation (details supplied) as requested by the organisation. [20850/23]

Voluntary Sector

Paul Donnelly

66. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her Department's engagement with the future board leaders' pilot 2023 scheme for individuals who are interested in volunteering their skills with organisations that have board vacancies, in particular those from minority backgrounds. [19267/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Paul Donnelly

74. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will fund projects where needed to upgrade and protect the IT systems of not-for-profit organisations against ransomware attacks, in view of reports that Irish non-profit organisations have been put at risk following a ransomware attack on a data management company in Northern Ireland. [19263/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Donnelly

119. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2022, and to date in 2023, that the Irish ambassador to France has visited Marseille, France; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [18959/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

120. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin later in 2023. [18960/23]

Air Corps

Paul Donnelly

152. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the Pilatus PC-9M aircraft within the Air Corps are next scheduled to be replaced. [18946/23]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Donnelly

166. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric vehicle charging points currently in use in each of the public carparks and staff carparks areas within Dublin Airport; and if there are plans to increase this number. [18943/23]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

169. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated for CIÉ through advertisement on billboards at train and bus stations in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the rates that CIÉ charges for such advertisement. [19003/23]

Foreign Direct Investment

Paul Donnelly

236. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of South African companies IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18951/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

252. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. [18944/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Paul Donnelly

289. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received the 2021 annual report from the National Gallery of Ireland; and if so, when same will be published online. [18952/23]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Donnelly

303. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the whole-term staff by job title vacancies currently in the Office of Planning Regulator; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [18945/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

388. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked Garda vans in each Garda division as of 17 April 2023, in tabular form. [18953/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

389. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times that gardaí have objected to the renewal of pub licences in each Garda district in Dublin due to public order concerns in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18954/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

390. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice when each of the boats currently in the Garda water unit are next scheduled to be replaced, in tabular form. [18955/23]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Paul Donnelly

391. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [18956/23]

Defibrillators Provision

Paul Donnelly

392. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 24 January 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [18957/23]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Donnelly

433. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has hired out external ornithologists to carry out works on behalf of his Department in the years 2022 and to date in 2023; the name of the ornithologist; and the amount paid for such project work, in tabular form. [18950/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

506. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional WTE senior dietitians in eating disorders for CHI Connolly. [18947/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

507. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in each of the maternity hospitals within Dublin in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if so, when. [18948/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Paul Donnelly

508. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health how the additional €1.75 million will be spent on the meals-on-wheels service during 2023. [18949/23]

Medicinal Products

Paul Donnelly

521. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when a review will be completed into the reimbursement process for cariban, the first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/23]

Housing Provision

Paul Donnelly

275. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in the constituency of Dublin west in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size in tabular form. [18774/23]

Bus Éireann

Paul Donnelly

211. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if each Bus Éireann expressway route has fully recovered in terms of passenger numbers compared to the numbers prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. [14988/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

260. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if all Garda stations custody suites are now fitted with CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities; if not, the estimated cost of fitting out the remaining custody suites with both CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities. [14978/23]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Donnelly

267. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Tourism Ireland will run a billboard advertisement campaign on the London underground rail services; and the estimated cost of such an advertisement campaign. [14976/23]

Planning Issues

Paul Donnelly

278. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if planning permission applications for monopoles and communication masts are dealt with like any other application to the planning authority; and if private companies are exempt from public scrutiny in the planning legislation for such masts. [14678/23]

Planning Issues

Paul Donnelly

283. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS have the required resources and skillset to ensure that windfarm applications are dealt with within an appropriate timeframe. [14784/23]

Middle East

Paul Donnelly

336. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turks’s latest annual report on the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

340. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke with the United States House of Representatives Minority Leader during his visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [14986/23]

Education Policy

Paul Donnelly

372. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the review of a school model (details supplied); and if she will consider expanding the model to other areas. [14676/23]

School Textbooks

Paul Donnelly

373. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the free school books scheme, that the key direction currently being taken by her Department ignores the serious concerns and recommendations of key stakeholders, and poses a significant risk that children will not have school books in time for the next school year. [14679/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

448. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she met her UK counterpart during her recent visit to London for St. Patrick's Day events. [14973/23]

Ombudsman for Children

Paul Donnelly

514. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff by job title working in the Ombudsman for Children's Office as of 20 March 2023. [14974/23]

Child and Family Agency

Paul Donnelly

515. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers who are qualified to undertake joint interviews with gardaí, broken down by region. [14975/23]