Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

723. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Government expenditure on the free fees initiative contributes towards calculations of Government spending on research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21149/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

125. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the deflator that is applied to expenditure projections by his Department in order to estimate the cost of maintaining the current level of public services and benefits in real terms in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20370/23]

School Patronage

Rose Conway-Walsh

158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to expand the provision of co-educational, non-denominational post-primary education in Westport, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20369/23]

Housing Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

222. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons who have received funding in County Mayo for refurbishments under the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20515/23]

Energy Policy

Rose Conway-Walsh

102. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will tax the windfall profits of electricity companies for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/23]

National Broadband Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

132. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of connections under the National Broadband Plan in County Mayo; how that compares to revised targets; the sanctions against the contracted company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/23]

Wind Energy Generation

Rose Conway-Walsh

177. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the high-level offshore wind phase 2 ORE designated areas will be determined; if he will outline the criteria for determining the phase two ORE designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15993/23]

Civil Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

220. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number and percentage of civil servants who retire at or above retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20074/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

221. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the potential role that the ERDF could play in financing offshore renewable energy port infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20075/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

222. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 20 April 2023, if his Department will monitor the inclusion of social consideration in regards to apprenticeship in public procurement to ensure that the information note leads to the adoption of this practice; if he will consider bringing in mandatory inclusion of social consideration in regards to apprenticeship in construction projects over a certain size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20076/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

223. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 20 April 2023, if he can confirm that he is unable to provide an indicative timeframe for the completion of the review of the capital works management framework which commenced in March 2019; if his Department required additional resources and staff in order to deliver this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20077/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

224. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 19 April 2023, if there are limits on the amount of ERDF funds that can be transferred from “More Developed” regions to the Northern and Western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20078/23]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

236. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide dedicated Oireachtas Member contact details for all agencies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/23]

Local Authorities

Rose Conway-Walsh

295. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 20 April 2023, if he will instruct all local authorities to provide the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and so on, employed by each local authority to perform functions such as overseeing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20082/23]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

358. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total number of DTSS contractors registered on the scheme in Mayo in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20080/23]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

359. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total allocation and spend on e-Health since 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20081/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

116. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; and the purpose and value of each contract [18740/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

361. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider ending the practice of means-testing PhD stipends for recipients of one-parent family and jobseeker's transitional payments by implementing the same disregard she granted recipients of disability allowance and their spouses/partners in 2021; the estimated cost of implementing such a disregard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19155/23]

Education Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

642. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider expanding eligibility for the SUSI grant scheme to part-time and online courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19153/23]

Education Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

643. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of a 1% increase in the SUSI maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/23]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on any progress he has made in returning dentists to the DTSS; the total number of dentists in the system in 2020 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19034/23]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse cuts and increase the number of beds in community and district hospitals in County Mayo to address the issues of patient flow and delayed discharges from Mayo University Hospital, as highlighted by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

138. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify scoring under the scheme for farmers with commonage land where there is active turf cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

143. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18730/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18727/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

174. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18742/23]

Lobbying Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

194. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the lobbying register so that the lobbying of senior officials in bodies such as the Central Bank, ComReg, the NTA and the HSE which have significant policymaking or development functions will need to be reported on the same basis as central and local government, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18687/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

195. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18731/23]

Construction Industry

Rose Conway-Walsh

205. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, to oversee construction projects on behalf of public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18722/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

206. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

207. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the benefits of establishing the Office of Government Procurement on a statutory basis; if he will provide a timeframe for establishing the OGP on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18743/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

208. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the OGP will produce an information note to give guidance to public bodies on how apprenticeships can be incorporated into public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18744/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

209. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the review of the Capital Works Management Framework which commenced in March 2019 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18745/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

211. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18729/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

225. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18728/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

237. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18741/23]

Housing Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

250. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Mayo in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/23]

Departmental Data

Rose Conway-Walsh

266. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, to oversee construction projects on behalf of public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/23]

Local Authorities

Rose Conway-Walsh

267. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of construction technical professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and so on, employed by each local authority to perform functions such as overseeing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18724/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

268. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/23]

Departmental Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

296. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18739/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

307. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/23]

Departmental Contracts

Rose Conway-Walsh

320. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

347. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18726/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

379. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18734/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

414. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/23]

Departmental Consultations

Rose Conway-Walsh

416. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18738/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

43. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total investment that each NUT region will receive under the ERDF programme in both EU and Exchequer co-funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18501/23]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

44. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the rationale for designating the Southern Regional Assembly as the managing authority for the ERDF funding allocated for the eastern and midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18502/23]