Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Fishing Industry

Mairéad Farrell

679. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify if EU financial subsidies for Irish fishermen are aligned to the periods that fish are spawning each year in waters around our coast as well as for periods of bad weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62148/22]

Control of Dogs

Mairéad Farrell

690. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland that have been taken since the publication of the review; the number of measures that relate to restricted breeds; if this includes the control of presa canario dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61788/22]

Special Areas of Conservation

Mairéad Farrell

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of ministerial consents that have been issued by his Department under ARC 02, activities requiring consent – stocking or re-stocking with fish, for the stocking of salmon parr, salmon smolts and brown trout fry in the Lough Corrib special area of conservation, SAC, the Maumturk mountains SAC and the Connemara bog complex SAC since 2010. [61557/22]

Public Sector Staff

Mairéad Farrell

77. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement. [60737/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60738/22]

Public Transport

Mairéad Farrell

155. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60739/22]

Public Sector Pay

Mairéad Farrell

186. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60770/22]

Departmental Funding

Mairéad Farrell

194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total allocation of European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) for Ireland for 2021-2027; the amount of funding allocated to each NUTS 2 region; the criteria used to decide the amount allocated to each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60272/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60742/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

207. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60740/22]

Housing Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

223. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s total current spend on schemes (details supplied) in 2021 and 2022 (to date), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60429/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60735/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

262. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60771/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

318. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60732/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

370. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60734/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

402. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60741/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

442. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60736/22]

Visa Applications

Mairéad Farrell

474. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting times for decisions for paper and digital visa applications by type in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60704/22]

Visa Applications

Mairéad Farrell

475. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of paper and digital visa applications of each type that have been processed to date in 2022, by month in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60705/22]

Visa Applications

Mairéad Farrell

476. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of paper and digital visa applications of each type that have been received to date in 2022, by month in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60706/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

482. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60772/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

650. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60733/22]

Public Sector Staff

Mairéad Farrell

724. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60774/22]

Departmental Staff

Mairéad Farrell

736. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60773/22]

Bus Services

Mairéad Farrell

62. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if the 404 bus terminus will be changed to the stop located at Cloonarkin Drive, Oranmore; if the bus stop located at Cloonarkin Drive, Oranmore will be moved to another location (details supplied) in order to allow space for a bus shelter at that stop; if another way of accommodating a bus shelter at that stop is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59638/22]

EU Funding

Mairéad Farrell

75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total quantum of Ireland's allocation as part of the recovery and resilience fund; the total amount drawn down to date; the date of the drawdown; the breakdown of same in terms of recipient Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59637/22]

Bus Services

Mairéad Farrell

212. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to issues with the reliability of the service provided by a company (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to reports that some of the buses operated by this company have not been wheelchair accessible for nearly a year; if his Department is engaging with the company to resolve these issues; if de-privatising these routes will be considered as a solution to this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59339/22]

Transport Policy

Mairéad Farrell

213. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the work being done by his Department to allow Leap cards to be saved to a digital wallet, and to expand on-board fare payment options to include contactless and smartphone payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59352/22]

Public Sector Staff

Mairéad Farrell

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58758/22]

Irish Language

Mairéad Farrell

421. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is the option to engage with the Department through Irish under current legislation; and if so, if she will direct this Deputy to the relevant legal section. [59104/22]

Spent Convictions

Mairéad Farrell

580. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the current situation for spent convictions for insurance related driving offences; if she has any plans for further reform in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59120/22]

Housing Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

186. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the HAP rates of the local authority providing the HAP apply if a person is availing of HAP to rent a property outside of the relevant local authority’s jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58613/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mairéad Farrell

158. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of gardaí who have received training in dealing with reports of domestic abuse; if there is a plan to increase this percentage or to roll-out such training to all members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58375/22]

Electricity Grid

Mairéad Farrell

174. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rural and urban standing charges on electricity bills; the reason for the difference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57396/22]

National Development Plan

Mairéad Farrell

254. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the full list of public-private partnerships that are currently agreed as part of the national development plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57466/22]

Homeless Persons Supports

Mairéad Farrell

304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken any work to offer additional support to homeless services in Galway city and county given the severe lack of emergency accommodation in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57911/22]

School Transport

Mairéad Farrell

410. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be provided for a student (details supplied) who is currently paying for a taxi every day to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57916/22]

Departmental Reviews

Mairéad Farrell

479. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Elliot Review, given the civil action that has been taken against an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57307/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

617. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if agency workers in the HSE will still be able to receive the pandemic bonus payment if their employer does not apply for the funding for it; the way that workers can apply to receive the payment under those circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57568/22]

Departmental Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

758. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome in the long-term illness scheme; the reason that these conditions have been excluded up until this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58119/22]

Medicinal Products

Mairéad Farrell

759. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58120/22]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Mairéad Farrell

782. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is collaborating with other Departments with regard to the remit of the fishery harbour centres given their potential to service the offshore renewable energy industry without diminishing their core function as fishery harbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57393/22]

Grant Payments

Mairéad Farrell

805. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all of the supports that are available to the community and voluntary sector to deal with rising operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57395/22]

Water Quality

Mairéad Farrell

188. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm that his Department, and by extension, the State is on track to achieve their legal obligations by the final European Union deadline of 2027 given Ireland's failure in 2015 to honour its legal obligations under the European Union Water Framework Directive by attaining good qualitative and quantitative status of all Irish water bodies particularly Lough Corrib SAC. [57126/22]

Water Quality

Mairéad Farrell

189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm that Ireland's legal obligations under the EU Habitats Directive will be met regarding the presence and proliferation of non-native fish species, as defined under the EU Water Framework Directive, in Lough Corrib SAC, given his Department's introduction of the European Union Habitats (Lough Corrib Special Area of Conservation 000297) Regulations 2022 - S.I. No. 384 of 2022) on 27 July 2022. [57127/22]

Vacant Properties

Mairéad Farrell

236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 8 February 2022, if he will confirm whether any of the properties in Galway outlined therein are still currently vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56577/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Mairéad Farrell

275. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 27 September 2022, the amount of capital carryover for each of these categories in each of these years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56363/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Mairéad Farrell

407. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56692/22]

Mental Health Services

Mairéad Farrell

499. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years who are on a waiting list for mental health services, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56133/22]

Health Services Staff

Mairéad Farrell

500. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in CHO 2 by section and length of time the post has been vacant, that is, under 12 months, between 12 months and five years and over five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56134/22]