Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Sherlock

96. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the planning guidelines for early learning and childcare will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62621/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

117. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62808/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

127. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62805/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

134. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62800/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

160. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62801/22]

Community Welfare Services

Seán Sherlock

175. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of customers seeking assistance from community welfare officers in each Intreo office in the country in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62631/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

183. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62812/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Sherlock

192. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new early years places funded through his Department's annual capital programme by year and by location in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62618/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Sherlock

193. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation to date of the €70m building blocks capital programme per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62619/22]

Departmental Programmes

Seán Sherlock

194. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the hot meals pilot in ELC commenced; the number of services that are currently benefitting from the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62620/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

197. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62799/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

214. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62806/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

236. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62809/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

302. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62807/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

314. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62798/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

324. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62811/22]

Consular Services

Seán Sherlock

322. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the existence of so-called police stations operated by Chinese authorities; if such police stations exist within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61708/22]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

354. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals currently waiting for assessment under the school transport appeals board by county in tabular form. [61805/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

395. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of their full social welfare entitlements. [61759/22]

Departmental Data

Seán Sherlock

416. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for additional needs payment and exceptional needs payment by county to date in 2022; and the number of applications awarded in tabular form. [62162/22]

Departmental Data

Seán Sherlock

422. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for ANP and ENP by county for the months of October and November in 2021 and October and November in 2022; and the number of applications awarded in tabular form. [62207/22]

Consular Services

Seán Sherlock

487. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the existence of so-called police stations operated by Chinese authorities; if such police stations exist within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61709/22]

Disability Services

Seán Sherlock

77. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the engagement that he has had on the provision of staffing numbers at children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56898/22]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

380. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure by the Forestry Service for November 2022 compared with November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61551/22]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

381. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the annual afforestation licence target reached by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61552/22]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

382. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actual applications versus the phased projected monthly plan for licence and scheme applications in his Department’s plan for November 2022 and for the year to date in Coillte felling, private felling, roads, afforestation and ash dieback RUS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61553/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Sherlock

123. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [61115/22]

Disability Services

Seán Sherlock

148. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children referred on from children's disability network teams to private providers for assessment and therapy; the number in each CHO; the therapies concerned; and the cost for each private provider referral in tabular form. [61209/22]

Energy Policy

Seán Sherlock

110. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if enabling legislation will be required to implement the provisions of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 including the temporary solidarity contribution on fossil fuel production and refining; if any analysis has been carried out on the impact of such a levy on strategically important facilities for Ireland’s energy security such as a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60213/22]

National Oil Reserves Agency

Seán Sherlock

111. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the National Oil Reserve Agency requires any conditionality on workers’ rights, terms and conditions when awarding contracts for the storage of oil; if it requires a permanent staffing presence at storage sites with sufficient maintenance and safety skills; if he is concerned at proposals to make permanent staff at Whiddy Island redundant; if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60214/22]

Departmental Data

Seán Sherlock

367. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the waiting times in weeks for all ANP and ENP applications broken down per number of weeks per application for 2019, in tabular form. [60715/22]

Third Level Fees

Seán Sherlock

411. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that an official letter of qualification from a third level institution is no longer acceptable for eligibility for the graduate payment under core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60940/22]

Third Level Education

Seán Sherlock

412. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no backdated payment is permitted between the time a childcare worker can prove completion of level 7 or level 8 qualification and the time that person graduates from the third level institution. [60941/22]

An Garda Síochána

Seán Sherlock

485. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if she has received a notification or any other such correspondence from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the location of the Criminal Assets Bureau to Heuston Station; and if such correspondence refers to any measure by An Garda Síochána to reduce the capability of CAB to be able to carry out its core functions due to a reduced number of staff who may be redeployed elsewhere. [60905/22]

Ambulance Service

Seán Sherlock

683. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns raised by ambulance drivers in respect of their own health and safety due to challenging rostering of shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60906/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Seán Sherlock

684. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when he expects to make an announcement of a new hospital in Galway under the National Elective Ambulatory Care Strategy agreed last December by the Government and if such a proposal will include provision for overnight or long stay care. [60907/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Seán Sherlock

685. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health his views on the necessity for transplant capability to be located in tertiary hospitals on a regional basis so as to offset any requirement to export organs outside the jurisdiction in view of the recent decision regarding the opt out provisions for organ donation. [60908/22]

Health Services

Seán Sherlock

686. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team to be set up in CHO 4. [60909/22]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

245. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when school transport will commence for a student (details supplied) with additional needs. [59896/22]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

246. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the process where a family can ensure siblings (details supplied) with additional needs are in the same school. [59900/22]

Employment Support Services

Seán Sherlock

274. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the population in the catchment area of each Intreo office in the country in tabular form. [60038/22]

Employment Support Services

Seán Sherlock

275. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for deciding to locate an INTREO office in a particular area. [60039/22]

Employment Support Services

Seán Sherlock

276. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for making the decision to close an INTREO office in a particular area. [60040/22]

Disability Services

Seán Sherlock

344. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a placement. [59969/22]

Social Welfare Code

Seán Sherlock

128. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a limit per household for the payment of the respite care grant bonuses; and if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a payment. [59641/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Sherlock

172. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be contacted for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59609/22]

Community Welfare Services

Seán Sherlock

64. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that every resident in the State, regardless of geography, has access to a community welfare officer in their locality. [59445/22]

Social Welfare Code

Seán Sherlock

67. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that the new scheme announced under the Social Welfare Act 2020 in respect of uilleann pipe makers will work in practical terms. [59446/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Seán Sherlock

125. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if the ex-gratia scheme for community employment supervisors where such supervisors were made redundant would apply. [59447/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Seán Sherlock

129. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of ex-gratia payments for persons who served as community employment supervisors. [59444/22]