Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
Leathanach 1 de 100
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Nursing Homes
Gino Kenny
1. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a nursing home (details supplied) is facing closure; if he will instruct the HSE to take over operation of the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25784/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Matt Carthy
2. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will commission an appraisal of the demand for CT and MRI scanners at Monaghan Hospital, with a view to ensuring that these services are made available in Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25552/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Home Help Service
Rose Conway-Walsh
3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of home help workers employed directly by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25760/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
David Stanton
4. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if he has given any consideration to funding continuous glucose-monitoring sensors for people with type 2 diabetes under the community drug scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Gino Kenny
5. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently published the Irish national ICU audit annual report showing that an average 5.6 critical-care beds per 100,000 population were open in 2022, which is less than half the mean value of 12 for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
6. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health what actions his Department is taking to lower car parking charges at hospitals in circumstances where car parking charges are currently at unacceptable levels and waiting times in hospitals can mean that undertaking a CT scan can cost a patient €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25065/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Gino Kenny
7. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) stated that over 604 patients were treated without a bed in Irish hospitals on the Wednesday after the June bank holiday and that this level of overcrowding, which is now consistent and continuing into the summer, at a time when winter respiratory infections are not circulating, indicates that the system of hospital avoidance is not effective and that, at a minimum, the HSE must significantly increase the number of acute hospital beds before year-end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25789/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Closures
Catherine Connolly
8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 33 of 2 May 2024, to provide an update on the recruitment of the required staffing resources to ensure Clifden District Hospital can remain open on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services Staff
Paul Murphy
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) states that many funded nursing vacancies arising from staff retiring, leaving or going on maternity leave are remaining unfilled due to the recruitment freeze and that this happening when there is unprecedented demand on our health services, meaning that various departments and community services are short-staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25758/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Admissions
Violet-Anne Wynne
10. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the increase in attendances at University Hospital Limerick, especially those who are in need of mental health support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25771/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Gino Kenny
11. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the review planned by his Department on the medical cannabis access programme has begun; if so, when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25788/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Violet-Anne Wynne
12. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the newly announced additional beds he plans to deliver for Ennis Hospital and the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25770/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Pádraig O'Sullivan
13. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Funding
Duncan Smith
14. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide State funding to an organisation (details supplied) that is currently fully reliant on donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25063/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
15. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what plans, if any, are in place to deal with the crisis in neurology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Ambulance Service
Duncan Smith
16. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring lifesaving expertise to the scene of crashes rather than waiting for the injured to arrive at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25062/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Aindrias Moynihan
17. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for the urgent reinstatement of podiatry services for a town in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25737/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Medicinal Products
Louise O'Reilly
18. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to outline Ireland's position in respect of the European Commission's revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation; if he is concerned about the impact of the proposals on the attractiveness of Ireland as a location for investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23116/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Catherine Connolly
19. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 2 May 2024, to provide an update on the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University Hospital’s capital programme oversight board for the new emergency department, women and children’s block in UHG; the timeline for when it is expected to move to pre-tender stage; to provide an update on the master plan for the UGH campus; the timeline for when it is expected to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25538/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Self-Harm Prevention
Pádraig O'Sullivan
20. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to outline the supports available to teenagers at risk of self-harm and suicide-related ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Funding
Duncan Smith
21. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health what State funding provisions have been provided to an organisation (details supplied); if, in Budget 2025, these provisions are to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25064/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Matt Carthy
22. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure that the affected children can complete their orthodontal treatment in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital, following the resignation of their orthodontist. [25553/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Ambulance Service
James O'Connor
23. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the provision of a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25769/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
24. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health what steps he is taking to increase productivity and health outcomes in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Richard Bruton
25. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the waiting list activity of the NTPF to date in 2024; if it is on track to deliver its targets for the year; and if he envisages any extension of its remit in this sphere to meet other areas where waiting times can be a problem. [25751/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Dental Services
Ruairí Ó Murchú
26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists across the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Abortion Services
Patrick Costello
27. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of abortion legislation taking place by his Department; and to provide a timeline for the completion of same. [23316/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Transfers
Patrick Costello
28. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with the families of individuals moved from Cherry Orchard Hospital. [23317/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Pearse Doherty
29. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what plans, if any, are in place to deal with the crisis in diabetes care at Letterkenny Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25768/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Ruairí Ó Murchú
30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of GPs available to private patients in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
31. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe shortage of medical scientists working in hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on patients nationwide; if he will consider an amendment to legislation that would allow CORU to accredit scientists in a single discipline to provide an instant boost in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Strategies
Aindrias Moynihan
32. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position of a review and updating of the national carers' strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Emergency Departments
Bernard Durkan
33. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department and the HSE continue to engage with the various hospitals throughout the country, with a view to improving the throughput at accident and emergency services in order to ensure early diagnosis/full triage in the quickest possible time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Bernard Durkan
34. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor, assess and remedy any shortcomings in the delivery of health services, whether in regard to access to homecare, general medical services and capacity requirements in whatever area, with a view to resolution in the short term in order to make the health services in this country a more attractive place to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25746/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services Staff
David Stanton
35. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health to outline the current situation with regard to the recruitment embargo on the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Care Services
Richard Bruton
36. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has commenced work on the carer's guarantee which was an element of the Programme for Government; what range of services (fuel, emergency assistance, recuperation supports, and so on) are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Gino Kenny
37. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that it has yet to see any of 1,500 additional public hospital beds across 15 acute public hospital sites he announced in April 2023 and that it sought clarification as to how the 1,541 beds due by the end of 2028 and the 2,997 beds due by 2031 announced recently by himself differ from those already promised in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Claire Kerrane
38. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to the proposals contained in the Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25711/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Schemes
Claire Kerrane
39. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will properly engage with those affected by ash dieback in order to reflect their views in the reconstitution ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25712/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Trade Agreements
Matt Carthy
40. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the Mercosur trade agreement. [25541/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Renewable Energy Generation
David Stanton
41. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 May 2024, the way his Department ensures that the person signing the specific form mentioned in his response is a currently registered Safe Electric Ireland electrician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25739/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Control of Horses
Pádraig O'Sullivan
42. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996 as per the summer legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25706/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Projects
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
43. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is undertaking in the current year on precision fermentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19394/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Schemes
Claire Kerrane
44. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to bring forward a solution for the group known as the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25713/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Richard Bruton
45. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress since 2018 in the uptake in measures from the Teagasc list of cost-effective ways of reducing CO2-equivalent emissions from agriculture and if new measures are planned to accelerate take-up. [25753/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Fisheries Protection
Catherine Connolly
46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 89 of 25 April 2024, the status of plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat fishery, which is concentrated within the six nautical mile zone; to provide a status update on the review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25539/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Control of Dogs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
47. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what his Department is doing to encourage responsible dog ownership. [25644/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Aindrias Moynihan
48. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for consideration in including Japanese larch under the ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25740/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Richard Bruton
49. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the acreage of agricultural land which he envisages will be devoted to new bio-based activities by 2030 under plans for biofuels and anaerobic digestion, and so on; and how the price of feedstock will be set to ensure stable income to growers. [25752/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Niamh Smyth
50. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the overrepresentation of females in lower grades within farming bodies and their underrepresentation in senior positions within these same farming bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Forestry Sector
Matt Carthy
51. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his targets for new afforestation in 2024; the amount planted since the formation of the Government; and the current total amount licensed but unplanted. [25542/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Claire Kerrane
52. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide clarity on whether farmers who are unaware of phosphorus content in their fertiliser will face penalties; what communications have been issued to farmers to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Regulatory Bodies
Rose Conway-Walsh
53. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the powers of the food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia, to ensure family farm incomes are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25761/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Forestry Sector
Aindrias Moynihan
54. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to ensure afforestation licence applications are issued within six months; the measures being taken to deal with the backlog of current afforestation licence applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25741/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Projects
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
55. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the results of his Department's thematic research call in 2023; if any successful projects are included that relate in any aspect to precision fermentation; if so, to detail the specific research projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19393/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Food Industry
Bernard Durkan
56. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that agri-food imports into this country from whatever source are only allowed from countries adhering to similar carbon reduction measures that apply in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25748/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Violet-Anne Wynne
57. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the newly announced ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Bodies
Catherine Connolly
58. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 25 April 2024, to provide an update on the work of the wool council; if the €30,000 in departmental funding has been drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25540/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Flood Relief Schemes
Ruairí Ó Murchú
59. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the action being taken in his Department following on from the recent report completed by Teagasc and submitted to his Department about the impact on farmers following damage to their farmland as a result of recent flooding on the Cooley Peninsula in November 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25730/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Renewable Energy Generation
Ruairí Ó Murchú
60. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what interaction there has been with his Department and other Government Departments about the schemes currently underway and in the pipeline for renewable electricity production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Trade Sanctions
Thomas Pringle
67. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, in the course of the Government’s diplomatic engagements in the United States for St. Patrick’s Day this year, he, other Ministers or any Irish officials challenged the United States regarding the decision of the current administration to continue to enforce the Cuban embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Passport Services
James Lawless
68. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to expedite passport applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25840/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Foreign Birth Registration
Mattie McGrath
69. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Taxi Regulations
Martin Kenny
70. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the support his Department plans to provide for taxi drivers to ensure they are not at risk of losing their SPSV licence due to the VAT liability created by platforms using the ‘reverse charge’ mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Taxi Regulations
Martin Kenny
71. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he has discussed with Revenue the provision of updated guidance on the VAT rates for drivers using platforms operating a reverse charge model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25802/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
72. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the special assignee relief programme is in the tax base, under the stability programme update, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and the amount in the base for each of those years. [25835/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for a full list of current tax expenditures and reliefs currently in operation; and if each tax expenditure is in the tax base, under the stability programme update, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, and the amount in the base in each of those years, in tabular form. [25836/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the current regime with respect to the taxation of carried interest paid to private equity managers; and the revenue raised by tax-carried interest at rates of 20%, 33% and 40%, respectively. [25838/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
75. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of non-domiciled individuals who have availed of the remittance basis of foreign income and gains in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of individuals who availed of this basis for more than three years; and if such figures are not recorded, whether he has any concerns that the remittance basis of foreign income and gains with respect to non-domiciled individuals is undermining equity within the taxation system. [25841/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the rent tax credit is in the tax base, under the stability programme update, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, and the amount in the base for each of those years. [25852/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of private renters deemed eligible for the rent tax credit under the allocation provided for it in Budget 2024. [25853/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Coast Guard Service
Paul Kehoe
78. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the status of the proposed new station at Kilmore quay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25783/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Public Sector Pay
Rose Conway-Walsh
79. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if public sector pay increases are incorporated within the expenditure projects in the SPU, making specific reference to the second half of 2026 and 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25805/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Heritage Sites
Bernard Durkan
80. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to indicate, in light of recent developments at Castletown, Celbridge, County Kildare, whether the spending of €25 million on the project was wise given that the next door neighbour clearly intends to impede access to the house and gardens by placing a locked gate on the access route from the M4; if such a possibility was considered previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25833/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Heritage Sites
Bernard Durkan
81. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what provision is currently available for emergency services to access Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare from the M4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25834/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Trade Unions
Thomas Pringle
82. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures his Department currently employs to ensure that practices, commonly understood to constitute union busting, are not carried out in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25799/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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National Minimum Wage
Bríd Smith
83. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions the Government is considering in relation to the implementation of the adequate minimum wage Directive; if certain policy changes will be included (details supplied); the other policy changes being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25806/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Claire Kerrane
84. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will examine and review the special education teaching hours for a school (details supplied) given the school meets the unique circumstances (point C) as laid down in the review request form for the allocation of special education teaching supports. [25812/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Question Heading for question(s) 85
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if school places can be provided for a cohort of children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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School Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
86. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if additional funding will be supplied to a school in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25839/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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School Equipment
Steven Matthews
87. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the number of schools in Wicklow that have completed solar panel projects under the free school solar scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25843/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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School Equipment
Steven Matthews
88. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the number of schools in County Wicklow that have initiated applications for solar panel funding under the free national roll-out but have not yet had works commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Sorca Clarke
89. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Sorca Clarke den Aire Oideachais Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachas cén fáth go bhfuil líon na n-áiteanna ar an mBaitsiléir san Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge (Bunmhúinteoireacht) in Institiúid Oideachais Marino laghdaithe go 40 i mbliana ó 60 mar a bhí sé anuraidh, i gcomhthéacs an ghanntanais múinteoirí atá ag imirt tionchar ar earnáil an Ghaeloideachais, ar an Oideachas Gaeltachta agus ar theagasc na Gaeilge i scoileanna Béarla; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25848/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Schools Administration
Brendan Smith
90. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when she will address anomalies in legislation and regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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School Funding
Brendan Smith
91. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25885/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Local Authorities
Cian O'Callaghan
92. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff hired in local authority planning departments since the publication of the Business Case for Resources for the Planning Function of Local Authorities in 2022 by the Local Government Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Local Authorities
Claire Kerrane
93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct a local authority (details supplied) to review a particular service provided under local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25823/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Straitéisí Ranna
Cian O'Callaghan
94. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; the reasons behind the delay in the publication of the same, given the original commitment to publish them by Autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25832/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Allotments Provision
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
95. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 18 April 2024, for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Local Government Reform
Brendan Smith
96. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposals, if any, he has to establish town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Pension Provisions
Rose Conway-Walsh
97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of reducing the retirement age to 65 and increased cost out to 2029 or for each year projections are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25804/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Catherine Connolly
98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the options open to school staff who have to sign on for job seekers benefit during the school holidays, in the context that the payments often arrive after the holiday, making it impossible for them to pay bills, buy food, and so on, with particular reference to the reason the payment is so reduced and delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25849/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be made available to a person (details supplied), both of whose parents passed away in the past year leaving them with exceptionally high bereavement costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25854/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
100. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25857/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
101. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if household benefit is payable (details supplied). [25858/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25859/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
103. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25860/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Bernard Durkan
104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25861/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Legislative Measures
Thomas Pringle
105. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the resources that have been allocated to ensure appropriate enforcement of the provisions of the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25800/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Northern Ireland
Richard Boyd Barrett
106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to honour her commitment to the survivors and the families of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to release all files relating to the bombings, including the reports furnished by the officers of the special detective unit which was tasked with monitoring those campaigners for justice and truth in relation to the bombings, most particularly, such reports for the year 1993; to disclose the orders issued to the Special Detective Unit sanctioning this surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/24]