Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

547. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the dates in 2023 that he has visited Dublin City University; the purpose of each visit; and when he is next scheduled to visit DCU. [14989/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

570. 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 have this question answered. [14990/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

571. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 7 March 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this question answered. [14991/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

572. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 on 24 January 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this question answered. [14992/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

573. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time voice recognition specialists employed by An Garda Síochána in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [14993/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

574. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times that An Garda Síochána has hired external jewellery valuers to carry out works on behalf of the force in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the amount paid for such works. [14994/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

575. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 7 March 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this question answered. [14995/23]

Health Strategies

Paul Donnelly

614. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of rental baby monitor units for deaf parents his Department owns; the cost of each unit; the make and models of the units; and if a cost-based analysis has been undertaken to examine if it would be more productive for his Department to buy the units as opposed to leasing them. [14677/23]

Mental Health Services

Paul Donnelly

686. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant nursing posts at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [14979/23]

Hospital Charges

Paul Donnelly

687. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges from public car parking at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [14980/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

688. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the HSE National Antimicrobial Resistant Team; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when will these vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [14981/23]

Health Service Executive

Paul Donnelly

689. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the name of companies in CHO7 and CHO9 that currently have a contract with the HSE to install stairlifts, downstairs toilets and so on in a person’s own house following a recommendation from an occupational therapist. [14982/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

690. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting additional one WTE information scientists with a MSc in genetic counselling and additional one WTE information scientist with a MSc in clinical neuroscience for the HSE national rare diseases office. [14983/23]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

691. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of podiatrists, including addresses, that are accepting new medical card holders aged over 65 within CHO9, in tabular form. [14984/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

692. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [14985/23]

Tax Code

Paul Donnelly

320. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the reason the VAT rate for dog grooming is at 23%, while the hair dressing industry is taxed at 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13029/23]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

603. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the location and timeframe for the building of a school (details supplied). [12244/23]

Public Transport

Paul Donnelly

206. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of each category of train ticket sold for the Dublin Pearse to Maynooth commuter route in 2022 and to date in 2023, in both directions. [11192/23]

Public Transport

Paul Donnelly

207. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through child fares on Dublin Bus journeys in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11193/23]

Sports Facilities

Paul Donnelly

280. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the capital funding that Sport Ireland has spent on capital works projects in a stadium (details supplied) in 2020, 2021,2022 and to-date in 2023; and the list of works that were carried out in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [11203/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

352. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has spoken with the UK Secretary of Defence to date in 2023. [11210/23]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Paul Donnelly

365. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if a school can be mandated to go above the minimum number of 24 students per class for the 2023-2024 academic year, if there is a list of qualifying students awaiting a placement in a school. [10945/23]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

384. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the locations of buildings for new schools that are currently under construction in Dublin; and when each of these new schools will be built, in tabular form. [11195/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Donnelly

413. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection when Covid-19 will be recognised as an occupational disease for front-line healthcare workers in Ireland as per EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work, ACSH, agreement in November 2022.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10831/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

438. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of advocacy services for persons with disabilities to 60. [11209/23]

Child and Family Agency

Paul Donnelly

473. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE staff by job title working for TUSLA dealing with applications for authentic birth information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [11194/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

513. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [11204/23]

Defibrillators Provision

Paul Donnelly

514. 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. [11205/23]

Drug Dealing

Paul Donnelly

515. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount of drugs seized under Garda Operation Pier; and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation to date. [11207/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

516. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of arrests from Blanchardstown Garda station in 2022, and to-date in 2023, in tabular form [11208/23]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Paul Donnelly

526. 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 have this question answered. [11582/23]

Mental Health Services

Paul Donnelly

615. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO 7 waiting lists for counselling and psychotherapy on initial assessment, initial therapy intervention and further therapy intervention lists, in tabular form. [11196/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

616. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers attached to both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2021,2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form [11197/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

617. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title employed in the HSE pest control service in Dublin in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [11198/23]

Disability Services

Paul Donnelly

618. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title that have been recruited for the community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7; and when will the remaining staff for this team be filled, in tabular form. [11199/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

619. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant, endocrinologist, dieticians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and administrative support posts currently in place in outpatient adult diabetes clinics in each of the hospitals under the RCSI Hospital Group. [11200/23]

Disability Services

Paul Donnelly

620. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time autism therapists and autism support workers in each of the disability network teams in CHO9, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form [11201/23]