Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Traffic Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given to allowing parts of motorway hard shoulders to be used as bus corridors, such as the one going into Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54990/22]

Business Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

127. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the measures under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/22]

Tax Code

Ruairí Ó Murchú

151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the work being done in his Department to fix the anomaly by which many workers who live in the North and work in the South are precluded from working from home because of the significant revenue implications for their employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54998/22]

Business Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

195. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if the newly announced temporary business energy support scheme can be used by companies supplying heat through communal and district heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53088/22]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

24. 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. [55001/22]

Energy Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

61. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the short-term and long-term solutions for communities whose homes are heated through communal/district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55002/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Ruairí Ó Murchú

130. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that is being made in signing-off on pension increases due to retired An Post workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48257/22]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

373. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of housing assistance applications received and processed by each local authority from January to June 2022; the number of staff dedicated in each local authority to the processing of HAP applications during the same period; the turnaround time from receipt of HAP applications to their completion in each local authority during the same six-month period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54490/22]

Vaccination Programme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

950. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the criteria for those who are eligible for the third booster to include people of under 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54341/22]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

45. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any future plans for energy cost supports and assistance for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53087/22]

Broadband Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

98. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being that is being carried out to provide alternatives for persons who have been waiting for a broadband connection for up to five years under the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53089/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

138. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work that is being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53090/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ruairí Ó Murchú

125. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly in cases in which a social welfare recipient, who would otherwise qualify for the fuel allowance, is deemed illegible because they are renting a room in a house in which non-qualifying persons live with whom they have no relationship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53754/22]

Departmental Offices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [51678/22]

Farm Household Incomes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

735. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s working understanding of the definition of a family farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52745/22]

Insurance Coverage

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on any progress made on advancing duty-of-care legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51619/22]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the work of her Department in tackling drug-related intimidation and reporting. [52410/22]

Nursing Homes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

113. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline for an inquiry into nursing home care during the Covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51614/22]

Health Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

160. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the range and nature of services available to Louth-based adults and children at hospitals; if there are plans to improve the diabetes service currently serving adults and children in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51615/22]

Departmental Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

317. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any progress made on the DRIVE project to build the capacity of communities to respond more effectively to drug-related intimidation and violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51618/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Ruairí Ó Murchú

26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the Programme for Government. [45561/22]

Departmental Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

29. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [45562/22]

Departmental Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

37. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office based in his Department. [45563/22]

Pension Provisions

Ruairí Ó Murchú

546. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reinstating one-member arrangements and make those with less than ten members exempt from the additional audit functions; if not, if she will allow for the readjustment of a personal retirement savings account product to allow contributions from employer to employee to be exempt from USC benefit-in-kind; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52468/22]

Social Welfare Offices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if additional resources are being given to Intreo centres, in particular community welfare offices, in order to deal with the huge number of additional requests for supplementary welfare and exceptional needs payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49886/22]

Children in Care

Ruairí Ó Murchú

110. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans, if any, to improve the pay and conditions of foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49959/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

160. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans, if any, to deliver a sustainable, affordable early learning and pre-school sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49960/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [50016/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

28. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [50015/22]

School Transport

Ruairí Ó Murchú

79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the additional funding received in budget 2023 for school transport; the way in which additional school transport places are being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49958/22]

Legislative Measures

Ruairí Ó Murchú

128. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if changes are planned to the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 in relation to school children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49957/22]

Northern Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

35. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his recent interactions with the British government on the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48808/22]

Ukraine War

Ruairí Ó Murchú

49. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his recent interactions with the European Union in relation to the continuing situation with regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48807/22]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

111. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline the progress that is being made on the further evaluation being carried out on the issue of long-service increments in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48817/22]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

12. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department's shared island unit. [48259/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ruairí Ó Murchú

22. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest communications with British Prime Minister. [44933/22]

Departmental Policies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

40. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [44931/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ruairí Ó Murchú

549. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to award reserve Gardaí a long service medal for their voluntary unpaid service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48350/22]

Local Authorities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's plans for funding local authorities in the next 12 months to carry out planned maintenance on their housing stock; if he will provide a breakdown by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46966/22]

Local Authorities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

67. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities to whom tenants owe money in rent arrears have a policy on the way to deal with vulnerable customers in debt; the nature of these policies; the way that they are managed and overseen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46965/22]

Citizenship Applications

Ruairí Ó Murchú

380. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to difficulties regarding the payment of fees for citizenship applications from spouses and civil partners of Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland and who are intending to reside on the island of Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46701/22]

Public Transport

Ruairí Ó Murchú

65. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to extend all public transport fare reductions to private bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45719/22]

Public Transport

Ruairí Ó Murchú

76. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to including 17- and 18-year-olds on the youth travel card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45718/22]

Insurance Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

134. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45714/22]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

157. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the measures that are under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy for small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45715/22]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the number of premises that have been passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45632/22]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

120. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements that he has had in recent weeks regarding the security and cost of the State’s energy supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45631/22]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

41. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the assistance that the Government plans to give to small businesses that are struggling due to increased costs such as energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44729/22]

Departmental Programmes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

3. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach the type of research that is currently being carried out by the Shared Island Unit. [39233/22]

Departmental Programmes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

4. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if the Shared Island Unit will consider expanding its research to examine economic and social modelling in relation to a united Ireland. [39234/22]