Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Third Level Education

Richard O'Donoghue

5. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he would consider the setting up of a three-year academic degree (details supplied), with a fourth year to be completed in practice, in order to alleviate the lengthy waiting lists for children. [36968/22]

Disability Services

Michael Moynihan

7. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will detail progress on supporting more students with disabilities to access further and higher education, including the status of the new national plan for equity of access to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36753/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

8. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will request that personal assistant, PA, hours in further and higher education be provided based on the needs of the disabled person rather than an allocation of one personal assistant per student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36730/22]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the discussions that he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the student accommodation crisis that will hit in early September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Bruton

10. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of advertising of apprenticeship opportunities posted on the apprenticeship website; and the initiatives to get more sectoral organisations to get their members to advertise in this way. [36446/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Niamh Smyth

11. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to rolling out a national bystander intervention programme around sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36756/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

David Stanton

12. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will list the uptake of apprenticeships by trade, sector and by county for each of the years from 2020 to 2022, to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36681/22]

Third Level Education

Cathal Crowe

13. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to increase the availability of third level courses for the study of educational psychology. [36581/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

80. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact there will be on core funding for the early years sector in the event that no employment regulation order is agreed, if only one employment regulation order is agreed or if a graduate premium is not agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

81. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review and possibly expand the access and inclusion model, AIM, programme, given the vital role it plays in early learning and care, ELC, and school age childcare, SAC, settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/22]

Direct Provision System

Holly Cairns

82. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [36285/22]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; the person who is carrying out the review; the expected timeline for completion and publication of the revised implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Brian Leddin

84. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on take-up of the transition payment for early years providers; how effective has the payment been in ensuring financial stability; if he expects similar take-up of core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36742/22]

Childcare Services

Matt Carthy

86. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector, and to reduce the cost of childcare to parents. [35755/22]

Childcare Services

Holly Cairns

87. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [36287/22]

Childcare Services

Bríd Smith

88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify matters in relation to the 9,000-plus childcare places in Dublin where the provider is refusing to accept the State subsidy; if parents who have no alternative to these places can be supported in some way; if he has plans to support them in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/22]

Childcare Services

Brendan Smith

89. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total grant aid available for the provision of additional childcare places and the upgrading of existing accommodation in 2021; the level of funding for such developments in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/22]

Residential Institutions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

90. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline progress made under the commitments set out in An Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36702/22]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

91. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has sought reports from the childcare committees in the various Dublin local authority areas on the availability of childcare for children under two years of age; if there are measures which could be taken in the short term to meet supply constraints; if he will request that local authorities undertake assessments of childcare supply needs as part of their five-year development plan exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/22]

International Protection

James O'Connor

92. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish refugee protection programme since its inception; when the next group of refugees from Jordan and Lebanon is expected to travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36699/22]

Departmental Reports

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

93. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an outline of the value of the Growing Up In Ireland longitudinal survey in terms of policymaking across Government; when it is anticipated the new cohort will be created and how large this cohort will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36714/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the planned reforms to GSOC, including whether she envisages an increase in funding for any new body to replace it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35896/22]

Legal Aid

Pa Daly

2. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail the supports her Department gives to Free Legal Advice Centres; if her Department has received its 2021 annual report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35898/22]

Public Private Partnerships

Pa Daly

3. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the projects that will benefit from funding allotted under the public private partnership line item in her Department’s planned capital expenditure for 2022. [36290/22]

Departmental Policies

Cathal Crowe

4. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if consideration has been given to a register of those convicted of serious crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35643/22]

Youth Services

Michael Moynihan

6. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the expansion of youth diversion projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35741/22]

An Garda Síochána

Neale Richmond

7. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in Ireland broken down per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35719/22]

Northern Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

8. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the ongoing contact she or her Department has with the Northern Ireland Justice Department on matters of North-South interest; when she last met the Minister of Justice in that jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35994/22]

Departmental Schemes

Joe Carey

10. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the new community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35702/22]

Asylum Applications

Aindrias Moynihan

11. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice the measures that are in place to deal with the recent rise in the number of persons seeking asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35965/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Alan Farrell

13. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail the implementation plan for the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35750/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Richard Bruton

14. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the way the environment for a person suffering domestic violence will improve under the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. [35976/22]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Farrell

24. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on her work to legislate against hate crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35751/22]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the actions that she intends to take to ensure increased capacity in school transport in the next school year. [34952/22]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) from the Ombudsman for Children that states that children with special education needs are not getting their right to education without discrimination and that this is putting an unacceptable level of stress and pressure on families and their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34919/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

3. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of proposed emergency legislation to shorten the section 37A process. [34948/22]

Schools Building Projects

Matt Shanahan

4. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education the present procurement schedule and timelines for a new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34954/22]

School Staff

Michael McNamara

5. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the status of the implementation of the agreement of improved pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35179/22]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

6. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the ongoing training that will be provided to current teachers to deliver appropriate education and supports to autistic children entering their school or class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34026/22]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

7. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to establish a new special school in Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34894/22]

School Admissions

David Stanton

8. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the current situation with respect to secondary school places in the east Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34891/22]

State Examinations

Paul Murphy

10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the delay in the publication of leaving certificate examination results until early September 2022, which will cause immense difficulty for students seeking accommodation away from home and for students who may have been allocated places internationally, conditional on a certain starting date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34923/22]

School Accommodation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

11. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision to not re-evaluate a school (details supplied) and its grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34025/22]

School Transport

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

14. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand the eligibility criteria for school transport in answer to the demonstrated need as a response to the need for climate action and as a way to mitigate increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

16. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure that students who have a unforeseen medical emergency while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34589/22]

Departmental Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [24328/22]

Departmental Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [29503/22]

Departmental Projects

Aindrias Moynihan

3. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the details of the second report on Ireland's well-being framework recently published by his Department. [30068/22]

Departmental Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [30724/22]

Departmental Projects

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [30727/22]

Departmental Projects

Ivana Bacik

6. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [32139/22]

Departmental Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

7. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [34229/22]

Departmental Projects

Pa Daly

8. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [32407/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [24221/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Seán Haughey

10. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the President of the French Republic since his re-election. [24818/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mick Barry

11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [26199/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [25806/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special European Council meeting in May 2022. [29330/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Smith

14. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [30062/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

James Lawless

15. Deputy James Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [30121/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Neale Richmond

16. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [30514/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [30725/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

18. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the President of France since his re-election. [30728/22]

Church-State Relations

Ivana Bacik

19. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [24222/22]

Church-State Relations

Mick Barry

20. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [26200/22]

Church-State Relations

Bríd Smith

21. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [27831/22]

Church-State Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

22. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [29328/22]

Church-State Relations

Brendan Smith

23. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30063/22]

Church-State Relations

Mick Barry

24. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30713/22]

Church-State Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30839/22]

Church-State Relations

Paul Murphy

26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30842/22]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

68. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a comprehensive update on the engagement and progress regarding the investigation associated with Women of Honour in the Defence Forces. [34169/22]

Defence Forces

Cathal Berry

69. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline the pay improvement measures recommended by the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; the expected timeline for the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33771/22]

EU Directives

John Brady

70. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the full implementation of the EU working time directive as it applies to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34178/22]

Departmental Reports

John Brady

71. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the current status of the report from the commission on the future of the Defence Forces; when there will be a full Government response on the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34179/22]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

72. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the specific recruitment drives that have taken place in respect of school leavers and graduates from third level education; and if there were targeted campaigns in respect of areas of known understaffing in the Defence Forces. [34161/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Connolly

74. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 1 June 2022, if he will report on the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on 15 June 2022; the person who represented Ireland at the meeting; if minutes were taken at the meeting; if so, if they will be published; the reason no official public record was published in respect of the group's meeting of 23 May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/22]

Naval Service

James O'Connor

75. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Defence the plans that are in place for the future use of the LÉ Eithne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/22]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

76. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Defence the work-life balance measures that are being considered by his Department to make the Defence Forces a more family-friendly environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33633/22]

Defence Forces

Éamon Ó Cuív

77. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Defence when it is intended to make decisions on the recent report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33620/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Richard Bruton

78. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence his plans to increase cybersecurity defence in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Barry Cowen

79. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Defence the way that he proposes to implement the recommendation of the Commission on the Defence Forces for the enhancement of Defence Forces structures across the cyber domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34205/22]

Ukraine War

Neale Richmond

80. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the supports his Department has sent to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33648/22]

Naval Service

John Brady

81. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the plans that his Department has for the proper disposal of a number of vessels from the Naval Service fleet which have come to the end of their service life and are due to be decommissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34173/22]

Defence Forces

Aindrias Moynihan

85. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Defence the timeframe for completion of inter-Government consultations and a draft for an action plan in respect of recommendations of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34202/22]

Defence Forces

Bernard Durkan

89. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to address the issues raised in the recent report on the Defence Forces; the extent to which the report is likely to be embraced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34152/22]

Ukraine War

James Lawless

108. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Defence if he will be authorising any further defence supports for Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34151/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional measures he is taking to address the alarming increase in homelessness in recent months. [33472/22]

Planning Issues

Ged Nash

2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the An Bord Pleanála’s review report published in 2016; his views on each recommendation; the recommendations that have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing in areas (details supplied). [33473/22]

Rental Sector

Cian O'Callaghan

4. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the redress available to tenants who make a complaint to the Residential Tenancies Board about breaches of their tenancy rights when they relate to a tenancy with an unregistered landlord or a landlord who fails to provide an address; the action being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33252/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

5. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in the sale of affordable housing in Cork city and south County Dublin.
[33474/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

6. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the review of the social housing income thresholds; and if he will indicate whether he intends to raise the thresholds. [33082/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

7. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets the vacant homes unit in his Department is working towards to tackle vacancy and dereliction. [32972/22]

Housing Provision

Bríd Smith

9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to examine the income limits for social housing; if they will be increased and whether those who have been removed from the list over the last period will be reinstated to their position on the lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pearse Doherty

10. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the remediation of dwellings damaged by defective concrete blocks Bill 2022 does not provide for the replacement of the foundations of homes that will have to be demolished, given that he has asked the National Standards Authority of Ireland to examine the need for this to be done in their ongoing review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33087/22]

Housing Provision

Aindrias Moynihan

12. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention been drawn to the lengthy processing times for both social housing applications and housing assistance payment applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33206/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

15. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on affordable housing in Cork city; and if he is satisfied with the progress of the scheme. [32973/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

81. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the remediation of dwellings damaged by defective concrete blocks Bill 2022 will reflect the ongoing review by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of IS 465 regarding testing and diagnosing remedies for the full range of deleterious materials that are affecting homes in the west of Ireland, including pyrrhotite and the need to replace foundations in homes that have to be demolished. [33019/22]

Northern Ireland

John Brady

93. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the Government's response to the decision by the British Government to introduce unilateral legislation that will undermine the Northern Irish protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32921/22]