Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

178. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has spoken with the United States Defence Secretary to date in 2023. [32341/23]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

199. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated investment to date in the Dublin BusConnects initiative; and the estimated final cost; and the expected impact when it is fully in place, in terms of extra passengers, extra buses in the system, and so on. [32343/23]

Rail Network

Paul Donnelly

200. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail plans to increase the number of carriages from three to four on both the 09.33 and 17.33 Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort trains. [32344/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Paul Donnelly

335. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she last met with the CEO and/or Chairperson of the National Concert Hall; and when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO and/or Chairperson. [32349/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

392. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the Blanchardstown Intreo centre as of 1 January 2022 and 27 June 2023, in tabular form. [32342/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

429. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a report on Garda Operation Canter; and if this operation is still active. [32345/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

430. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on Garda Operation Irene; the amount of alcohol seized under this operation; and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation, in tabular form. [32346/23]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Donnelly

454. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that Horse Racing Ireland publishes figures for racing attendees including everyone who attends, even those who gains free admission, for example, trainers, jockeys, stable staff, bookmakers’ staff, press and so on; and if he will request HRI to provide the number of paying attendees to all events for the past 18 months. [32354/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Donnelly

455. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated current costs if his officials were present in the passenger terminal at Dublin Airport between the hours of 8am and 10pm, seven days a week. [32355/23]

Medical Cards

Paul Donnelly

564. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the cancellation of a national contract that will make vasectomies no longer available on a medical card in seven counties including north County Dublin. [32094/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

610. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at the public car park at the Mater Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023; and of the amount of revenue generated, how the money was spent, in tabular form. [32350/23]

Hospital Procedures

Paul Donnelly

611. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of shoulder surgeries carried out at Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32351/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

612. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant endocrinologists based in each hospital part of the RCSI Group in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32352/23]

Primary Care Centres

Paul Donnelly

613. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the services provided at each primary care centre within CHO7 and CHO9, in tabular form. [32353/23]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

238. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education for an update on a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the timeframe for completion; and where the school will be situated. [31719/23]

Substance Misuse

Paul Donnelly

456. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if the gardaí are aware of HHC cannabinoids being sold in vapes in Ireland; and if there have been any investigations into its sale in vape shops. [30556/23]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Donnelly

620. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to outline the response to the use of synthetic cannabinoids in vapes; and if there are any investigations into the use of cannabinoids in vapes. [30553/23]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Donnelly

621. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any information that the HSE has in relation to HHC cannabinoids in vapes; and if there are any recent investigations by the HSE into HHC use in Ireland. [30554/23]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Donnelly

622. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health If there are any plans to issue harm reduction educational material in relation to HHC. [30555/23]

Driver Test

Paul Donnelly

187. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if provision will be made for the cost of resitting a driving test; and the efforts being made to reduce the waiting times for repeat tests. [30324/23]

Consular Services

Paul Donnelly

140. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and percentage of staff based at either the Irish Embassy in New Delhi or Consulate General Office in Mumbai, who are fluent in speaking and or writing in Hindi. [29437/23]

Rail Network

Paul Donnelly

209. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the frequency with which the help and emergency push-button system on train stations' platforms are tested to ensure that the help or emergency buttons are in full working order. [29427/23]

Rail Network

Paul Donnelly

210. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if the new DART and commuter rail carriages coming on board in the next few years will have automatic retractable ramps covering fully the gap between station platform and train carriages at all stations where these new carriages will be in use; and if not, if Iarnród Éireann will carry out the necessary improvements needed at the stations to ensure that the retractable ramps covers the whole gap between the platform and train carriages. [29428/23]

Tax Credits

Paul Donnelly

236. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the incapacitated child credit from €3,300 to €3,500 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29066/23]

Office of Public Works

Paul Donnelly

274. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW intends to put out a tender for the provision of restaurant/café service at Dublin Castle during the remainder of 2023. [29426/23]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Paul Donnelly

292. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education her views on class sizes increasing by approximately 35% to 40% due to a reduction in the staff allocation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/23]

National Educational Psychological Service

Paul Donnelly

315. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 35 additional WTE psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [29424/23]

Teacher Training

Paul Donnelly

316. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the number of places in each teacher training college for initial teacher training for primary school teachers for the past three years, including 2023. [29425/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

348. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she last met the CEO of Screen Ireland; the issues that were discussed; and when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [29423/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Paul Donnelly

405. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of introducing a cost-of-disability payment of €20, €25, €30, €40 and €50 per week to support the additional costs as a disabled person living in Irish society, as set out in a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29065/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

439. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda cars and vans that have been added to each Garda district within the DMR division to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29429/23]

Road Safety

Paul Donnelly

440. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of serious and fatal road-traffic collisions that gardaí attended between Junction 6 and Junction 15, in both directions on the M50, in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29430/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

441. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Dublin crime response team. [29431/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

442. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 30 May 2023, if the necessary information from the Garda authorities has been supplied in order to have this PQ answered. [29432/23]

Departmental Staff

Paul Donnelly

443. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in her Department's Registration Office in Burgh Quay as of 13 June 2023, in tabular form. [29433/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Paul Donnelly

535. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied). [29613/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

677. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency nurses working in each of the three children's emergency departments within Dublin in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29434/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

678. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the eating disorder teams based in CHO7 and CHO9; the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in each of these teams; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [29435/23]

Hospital Procedures

Paul Donnelly

679. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries performed at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29436/23]

Middle East

Paul Donnelly

18. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a recently published article to mark World Environment Day, recalling that Gaza lacks a safe, clean, and sustainable environment, Al Mezan detailed how Israeli policies and practices, including a 16-year-old blockade, adversely impact local capacity to protect the environment and ultimately hinder Palestinians' right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/23]

Misuse of Drugs

Paul Donnelly

63. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the submission to the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use by the Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign, in particular on the role of community projects being funded to help deal with people with addiction, and the recognition of the need to address the link between drugs and poverty through a community development approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28427/23]

Social Enterprise Sector

Paul Donnelly

89. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development To ask the Minister forRural and Community Development if a commitment has been given to social enterprises, as there is increasing recognition of the growing role of social enterprises, and the latest report provides a comprehensive picture of the social enterprise sector in Ireland in 2022, highlighting that of particular relevance going forward will be to develop frameworks that enhance the sector’s potential and track its evolution and impact on society, the environment and the economy. [28301/23]

Departmental Funding

Paul Donnelly

99. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the community centre fund, which closed on 3 July; and if requests for funding have exceeded the fund available, and if so, by how much. [28300/23]

Student Accommodation

Paul Donnelly

116. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has interacted with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a campaign; and if he will give a commitment to further engage with it in relation to accommodation and the cost of collage and cost-of-living crisis. [26377/23]

Consular Services

Paul Donnelly

119. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Consulate General to Los Angeles has spoken formally with the Governor of New Mexico in the past 12 months. [25858/23]

Consular Services

Paul Donnelly

120. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Consulate General to Los Angeles has spoken formally with the Governor of Arizona in the past 12 months. [25859/23]

EU Meetings

Paul Donnelly

187. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport when the next EU Transport meeting is likely to happen. [25872/23]

Office of Government Procurement

Paul Donnelly

239. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the names of external security companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement supplier framework to provide security personnel to public bodies, in tabular form. [25860/23]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Donnelly

270. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the future of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25675/23]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

284. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the new primary school for Hollywoodrath, Dublin 15; if planning permission has been granted; if there is a timeline for completion; and what patronage will be. [26049/23]