Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

116. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of UNIFIL soldier Private Seán Rooney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29526/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

51. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement he and his Department have had at EU Council level and with Cabinet colleagues in relation to human rights abuses of Palestinians annexed by the present Israeli regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28753/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement he and his Department have had with their EU counterparts and Cabinet colleagues in the past 12 months in relation to the issue of cross-Border remote workers, with particular emphasis on the issues emerging whereby some of these workers are unable to avail of bank card facilities in the opposite jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28752/23]

Wind Energy Generation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

78. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to offshore wind, when the individual parts of the planning-led system, including designated maritime area plans, DMAPs, will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28755/23]

Energy Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

81. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the results of the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall have been received; when he plans to make them available; the next steps in finalising a lasting solution for the residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28754/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [28290/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island dialogue all-island women's forum civic initiative. [28289/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being done in providing alternatives for people who are waiting for broadband connection for up to five years under the NBP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28287/23]

Control of Dogs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the current and recent engagement held with stakeholders by the working group of the cross-government review of legislation regarding dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28288/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an EONI electoral identity card can be accepted as a form of photo identification through the passport application process; if this message is clearly communicated to Northern citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27974/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

152. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been any consideration given to increasing the number of queries Deputies can make weekly using the Oireachtas urgent query line given their proximity to the Border (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27975/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

153. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any plans to establish a designated helpline for Members of the Legislative Assembly and Members of Parliament to query passport applications on behalf of Irish citizens in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27976/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

154. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if any briefings with Members of the Legislative Assembly, Members of Parliament and their staff will be provided ahead of the summer months to assist constituency offices in the North to provide up-to-date information on the passport process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27977/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

155. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications queried through the Members of the Legislative Assembly Passport Portal; the current waiting time for a query response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27978/23]

Family Support Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the options, if any, for multi-annual core funding for a network (details supplied) based in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/23]

Health Promotion

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when the review of the impact of the sugar tax will be conducted and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/23]

Departmental Offices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [25900/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Ruairí Ó Murchú

71. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the efforts being made by his Department to tackle the huge waiting lists for needs assessments, speech and language therapy services and related services for children in County Louth, CHO 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25899/23]

Disability Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

90. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the efforts being made by his Department to ensure improvements to assessments and access to services for people with disabilities to ensure there is no wrong door when accessing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25898/23]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

46. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice when the interim report on the operation of the pilot community safety partnerships will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/23]

Food Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

81. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a new report (details supplied); if so, the measures, if any, in the report under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25208/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the reconstitution and underplanting scheme related to ash dieback in 2022; the number of applications received to date in 2023; the number approved in each of these categories; the amount paid out under the RUS in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25209/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

14. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach his intention to establish additional units or divisions in his Department to those outlined in the programme for Government. [24618/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

10. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22856/23]

Economic Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22857/23]

Employment Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

118. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid through her Department in 2022 to employers that take on workers under the Jobs Plus scheme; the number of employers who availed of the scheme; the number of employees who benefitted from the scheme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24624/23]

Departmental Policies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the nature and extent of the engagement that her Department has had with other Government agencies and Departments in relation to the problems faced by workers who live in the North and who work for Southern-based companies, who wish to work from home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24625/23]

Culture Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

36. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the difficulties experienced by Irish-based applicants to the diaphonique contemporary music fund, part-funded by Culture Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23462/23]

Broadcasting Sector

Ruairí Ó Murchú

52. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline her Department's plans to ensure that as many GAA games as possible are free to air; if she will outline her Department's engagement with the GAA and RTÉ in relation to GAAGO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23463/23]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

140. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider conducting a review into the administration and provision of adaptation grants for older people and those with a disability, currently under the remit of local authorities, due to the many issues being experienced with the current system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22890/23]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

403. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the total number of protection and safety orders secured in courts in the Republic of Ireland where the respondent was living outside the jurisdiction for the past available 12-month period; the number of these that were successfully served on the respondent; the means by which they were served. [23888/23]

Further and Higher Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

472. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of a pathway for a student (details supplied) who has completed a University of Ulster Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling and who has been accepted onto the fourth year in IICP College Tallaght (1 year study, part-time) to complete an honours degree in counselling and psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23889/23]

School Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

61. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the plans to provide additional accommodation and space for a school (details supplied) in Dundalk which is a secondary school and also a further education centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22884/23]

Special Educational Needs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

105. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open additional units for children for September 2023 with autism at primary and second level schools in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22883/23]

Flood Risk Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress being made in relation to flood risk management at Annagassan and Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21491/23]

Climate Change Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the targets for 2023 for the climate division of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/23]

Foreign Direct Investment

Ruairí Ó Murchú

87. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work being carried out in his Department to promote the Border counties North and South as a destination for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21790/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

89. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any engagement his Department has had with other Departments in relation to the tax implications for workers who live in the North and wish to work remotely for Southern-based companies and the tax implications for the firms who wish to recruit them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [21452/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

7. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will meet next. [21453/23]

Departmental Policies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

4. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20529/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [20528/23]

Tax Code

Ruairí Ó Murchú

79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work being carried out in his Department to fix the anomaly whereby many workers who live in the North and who work in the South are precluded from working from home due to the significant Revenue implications for their employers; if he will detail any contacts his Department has had on the matter with the equivalent British department in the last six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21476/23]

Insurance Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he can outline the short- to medium-term plans by the Government to ensure reductions in premiums for customers for insurance products, particularly public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/23]

Road Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

28. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport how it is proposed that the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney Road scheme will be progressed this year, as due to changes in Government policy and design standards, additional design works are needed, and the project team has indicated that more funding will be required to close out and complete the current Phase 3 design process but TII has not indicated that more funding will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20753/23]

Road Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

50. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the current situation with the upgrading of the N53, particularly in relation to CPOs, decisions on which are awaited from An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20754/23]

Official Engagements

Ruairí Ó Murchú

17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with President Joe Biden and his administration during his recent visit to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19774/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

48. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the efforts being made to engage with the EU to progress the recognition of the State of Palestine among EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/23]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

78. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the rollout of the national broadband plan to include the number of premises passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19763/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall, Dundalk, County Louth, in 2022 will be completed; what the plan is when the study results are known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19762/23]

Child Poverty

Ruairí Ó Murchú

5. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19260/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

32. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify whether Irish passport applications received from the North need a member of An Garda Síochána to witness the application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/23]

Travel Documents

Ruairí Ó Murchú

128. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if UK visa holders living in the North and commuting in and out of Dublin Airport require any further visas. [19807/23]

Travel Documents

Ruairí Ó Murchú

129. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the visa requirements needed for Ukrainian nationals living in the North commuting in and out of Dublin Airport. [19808/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

8. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [19261/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

12. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [18117/23]

Control of Dogs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update in relation to work being done by Government and local authorities to combat dog attacks on sheep; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18576/23]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

81. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being carried out to provide alternatives for people who are waiting for broadband connection for up to five years under the National Broadband Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19283/23]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

349. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Louth County Council has 'suspended receipt of applications for the various DPG schemes due to the vast over subscription which exceeds both budgets and capacity to manage and process applications'; if his Department intends to provide additional budget and capacity to Louth County Council in 2023 in order for them to deal with the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/23]

Courts Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

386. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1146 of 18 January 2023, when it is expected that an appointment will be made to the role of County Registrar at the Courts Service in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18922/23]

Hospital Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

10. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when it is expected that adequate resources for genetic services in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18497/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

49. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payments to healthcare workers of the pandemic recognition payment to include an update on the estimated number of workers who are still awaiting payment; when they might expect payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/23]

Agriculture Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

90. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the group of farmers known as the "forgotten farmers"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

253. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú 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 County Louth in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18691/23]

Health Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

359. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the plans to improve therapeutic and other services, and access to services, for under-18s with a diagnosis of ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15101/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach to report on the visit of US President Joe Biden to Ireland. [18118/23]

Proposed Legislation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on any progress made on advancing duty of care legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/23]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

91. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the establishment of community safety partnerships; if he will outline the resources expected to be allocated to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any reimbursement schemes for Irish citizens who paid for emergency repatriation flights to return home to Ireland upon the outbreak of Covid-19. [17105/23]

Health Services Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1354. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation with regard to those foreign healthcare assistants already working in Ireland for two years who have been advised they will only be given renewed employment permits if they complete the QQI Level 5 courses, but where the NARIC Ireland international qualification comparison requirement finds that QQI level 5 is not required for those with higher qualifications in nursing (level 7 or level 8 qualification) from overseas institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16380/23]

Child Protection

Ruairí Ó Murchú

36. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to ensure that child protection statements provided by organisations are adhered to and implemented to the correct standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15100/23]

Education and Training Boards

Ruairí Ó Murchú

97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on any progress made to resolve the terms and conditions of employment of personal assistants who work in some education and training boards; if he will provide a timeline for when the issue is expected to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15102/23]

Education and Training Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

100. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to introduce the teaching of human skills, also known as soft skills, into further and higher education courses in the State, as employers increasingly seek them from graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15669/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place; and when the next one is scheduled. [15096/23]

Departmental Offices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

20. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international division of his Department. [13882/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

36. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [13881/23]

Departmental Meetings

Ruairí Ó Murchú

144. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the nature, extent and frequency of meetings and talks between her Department and its British counterparts in the past 12 months; if issues such as the delays in providing pension contribution information were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15099/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

149. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to improve the processing times for disability allowance applications; the target timeline for decisions to be made in these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15098/23]

Citizenship Applications

Ruairí Ó Murchú

578. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if consideration will be given to allowing persons outside of marriage or civil partnership who have residency in the North of Ireland to apply for Irish citizenship through naturalisation based on their years living there, without the need to rely on a spouse or civil partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/23]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

25. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a definitive timeline on when a decision will be made about the mandatory retirement age of 50 years being extended for Defence Forces members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13880/23]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

47. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the discussions with the Defence Forces and with the United Nations regarding the possibility of providing an increase in troop contribution to the UNIFIL mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13879/23]

School Attendance

Ruairí Ó Murchú

110. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the number of referrals from schools for students missing days that are currently before education and welfare officers, by county; the dates these outstanding referrals were submitted by schools; the details of the current backlog; the measures being taken to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13878/23]

School Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

116. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the issue at a national school in Louth (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13877/23]

Visa Applications

Ruairí Ó Murchú

231. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the reason appeals against decisions not to grant join family or join spouse visas are now taking a year when appellants were advised in January 2023 they would take eight weeks; if she will outline the reason an appeal from (details supplied) will take 12 months to decide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14336/23]

Northern Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

3. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [11253/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement that Ireland's representatives on the UN Security Council have had regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13669/23]

Brexit Issues

Ruairí Ó Murchú

97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement he has had with the British government, political parties in the North and the European Union following the announcement of the Windsor Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13668/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

838. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a pensioner (details supplied) who is in receipt of other State supports such, as the household benefits package, does not qualify for the living-alone allowance, despite the fact that they are living alone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13522/23]

Agriculture Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is working on any plans to streamline form-filling for farmers on family farms as multiple State and EU agencies often ask for the same information many times each year; if GDPR is an issue in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11470/23]

Pesticide Use

Ruairí Ó Murchú

32. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an alternative to diquat for desiccating potatoes is being recommended for potato farmers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider local authorities’ definition of "adequately housed" whereby grown adults still living in their parents’ home are deemed to be "adequately housed" and not included on the social housing list, and, while meeting income limits and other criteria, are forced into the private rented sector to get onto the social housing waiting lists, thereby putting more pressure on the HAP rented sector; if he will consider allowing persons in this category to get on social housing waiting lists while still living at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/23]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

125. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is guidance on the proof of income documents that are acceptable for social housing applicants who are employed in the North; if this guidance can be printed on local authorities’ social housing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/23]

Economic Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [11252/23]

Insurance Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

63. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/23]

Tax Credits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

101. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of persons who have availed of the new rent tax credit since it was introduced; the number awarded the credit who provided an RTB registration number in their application compared with those who have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10257/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

177. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what work has been done by his Department to ensure that those whose principal private residence is a mobile home on a shared services site will get the Government energy credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11248/23]

Disaster Response

Ruairí Ó Murchú

328. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 28 February 2023, if he will specifically outline the efforts being made to ensure that insulin and blood glucose is, and has been, included with medical aid funded by the State to help the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/23]

Rail Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress being made to bring the Enterprise service to an hourly service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9869/23]

Road Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

48. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if further funding will be made available to Monaghan County Council as the lead agency for the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9868/23]

Tax Credits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

59. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the reason tenants who have a formal rental agreement that is registered with the RTB, but who are renting off a family member such as a parent, are precluded from getting the rent credit via the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10431/23]