Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Departmental Programmes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

5. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will consider expanding the Shared Island Unit to include conversations on the future of this island. [39235/22]

Taxi Licences

Ruairí Ó Murchú

317. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the requirements and steps necessary for a person resident in Northern Ireland and an Irish citizen with a Northern Irish driving licence to apply for a small public service vehicle licence to drive a taxi in the Republic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41884/22]

Pensions Reform

Ruairí Ó Murchú

450. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a derogation on the benefit-in-kind tax on personal retirement savings account pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41880/22]

Pensions Reform

Ruairí Ó Murchú

451. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the benefit-in-kind tax implications on employees paying into personal retirement savings account pension schemes from1 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41882/22]

Pensions Reform

Ruairí Ó Murchú

452. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance his plans to update the personal retirement savings account pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41883/22]

Pensions Reform

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1176. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons that legislation relating to one member pension schemes was changed on 1 July 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41879/22]

Pensions Reform

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1177. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing one member pension schemes with 20 members or less to be exempt from the new pension regulations which came into place on 1 July 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41881/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

2172. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to solar farms to facilitate farmers in relation to issues that may occur in relation to succession and farm payments et cetera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41885/22]

Agriculture Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

2173. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to grants for facilitating anaerobic digestion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41886/22]

Cost of Living Issues

Ruairí Ó Murchú

85. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions that she will take to urgently address spiralling coal costs to support families facing huge pressures taking into consideration the recently published report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34886/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Ruairí Ó Murchú

94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make the application for access to community welfare officers available online given the difficulties being experienced by persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34885/22]

Legislative Measures

Ruairí Ó Murchú

172. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to implement the aspects of the EU Digital Services Act not included in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39232/22]

Industrial Development

Ruairí Ó Murchú

188. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the future plans that the IDA has for County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39160/22]

Enterprise Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

189. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that there has been recently in relation to progressing the M1 Dublin-Belfast corridor as a business and investment location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/22]

Broadband Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

194. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for interim solutions for householders in rural areas waiting on broadband that is some years away under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39243/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

212. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to ensure that the State meets climate targets in relation to electricity generation from renewables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39170/22]

Electricity Generation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

213. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of plans to improve microgeneration of electricity in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39171/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

214. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria that are used for entities to be established as one stop shops for housing improvement grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39172/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

215. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria that is used by one-stop shops for contractors to be included on their approved lists for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39173/22]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

216. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the engagement there has been with National Broadband Ireland in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39174/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

217. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the updated plans at the National Cyber Security Centre to deal with cyber and hybrid attacks in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39175/22]

Telecommunications Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

218. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the interactions with telecoms companies and other related agencies with regard to eliminating spam calls and texts to phone users in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39176/22]

Public Transport

Ruairí Ó Murchú

241. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the mitigations that are being considered to reduce costs in the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39238/22]

Haulage Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

242. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the mitigations that are being considered to reduce costs for the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39239/22]

Bus Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

243. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the mitigations that are being considered to reduce costs for commercial bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39240/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

254. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given to increasing the amount of money returned to commercial bus operators under the youth travel card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39300/22]

Insurance Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

284. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the engagement by his Department and Government agencies with foreign or overseas insurance companies with a view to increasing the number of providers in the public liability insurance market in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39162/22]

Insurance Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

285. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to ensure the right of access to insurance link information following the recent European Commission finding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39163/22]