Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Pensions

Francis Noel Duffy

286. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that approximately 2,260 of CIÉ's salaried pensioners have not received an increase in their pension in line with CIÉ salary increases from 2016 to date; what action is being taken by his Department to remedy the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48766/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Francis Noel Duffy

677. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the work of the Commission on Housing regarding the referendum on the right to housing; the draft wording of the referendum; when the referendum is expected to be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48651/23]

Probate Applications

Francis Noel Duffy

862. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Justice the current average waiting time for probate requests through the Probate Office; if additional resources are being allocated to assist in clearing the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48683/23]

Probate Applications

Francis Noel Duffy

863. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Justice her views on the practice of properties being advertised for sale where probate has not been granted, leading to long delays for purchasers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48699/23]

Disability Services

Francis Noel Duffy

476. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the current waiting time for a facility (details supplied) for basic support services is in excess of 18 months; his plans to cut these waiting times; if his Department is providing additional resources from Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46307/23]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Francis Noel Duffy

504. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware foreign nurses currently working as healthcare assistants in Ireland who meet the UK's nursing and midwifery council's English language qualifications do not currently meet the English qualifications in Ireland; if it will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44708/23]

Tax Code

Francis Noel Duffy

95. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Finance the reason his Department categorises approved retirement funds not as a pension, but as savings and investments; if consideration has been given to categorising approved retirement funds as a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43477/23]

School Facilities

Francis Noel Duffy

224. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the roll-out of solar panels to all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44005/23]

Third Level Education

Francis Noel Duffy

595. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the additional €307 million in core funding annually, promised in May 2022, will be provided to financially stressed universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43478/23]

Education Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

312. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) is not recognised by the State; if, since 2007, the school has applied to be recognised; if so, the outcome of this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42397/23]

School Transport

Francis Noel Duffy

328. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that special education bus services for many students with additional needs have been stopped; the reason for this; if she will engage with the Department of Transport to have this vital service reinstated for service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42677/23]

Teaching Qualifications

Francis Noel Duffy

255. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 13 June 2023, the outcome of the teacher's union claim at the TCC in relation to incremental credit, specifically relating to private post-primary teaching service outside the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41223/23]

Emergency Departments

Francis Noel Duffy

579. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if he will fast-track the creation of a quiet/sensory waiting room in the Tallaght Hospital accident and emergency department where autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities can retreat to when feeling overstimulated, helping to maintain their dignity and de-escalate potential personal crisis situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41470/23]

Health Services

Francis Noel Duffy

582. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider pancreatic adenocarcinoma as an eligible illness under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41479/23]

Tax Code

Francis Noel Duffy

428. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Finance if retrospective payments will be considered for households who have installed solar panels before 1 May when 0% VAT applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/23]

Housing Provision

Francis Noel Duffy

563. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the total number of cost-rental units delivered since 2020. [35662/23]

Prison Service

Francis Noel Duffy

97. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Taoiseach the recidivism rates in all Irish prisons. [33913/23]

Prison Service

Francis Noel Duffy

98. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Taoiseach if a geographic breakdown of the origin of repeat offenders exists and if so, if he will supply this data. [33914/23]

Property Management Companies

Francis Noel Duffy

469. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Justice when regulations will be made to ensure that owner management companies (OMCs) are financially sustainable; to ensure that OMCs provide for expenditure of a non-recurring nature as per the Housing for All plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33858/23]

Prison Service

Francis Noel Duffy

499. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Justice for a geographic breakdown of all inmates in Irish prisons, i.e. the wider area they resided in before incarceration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33911/23]

An Garda Síochána

Francis Noel Duffy

500. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Justice if there is a geographic breakdown or "heat map" of arrests made by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33912/23]

An Garda Síochána

Francis Noel Duffy

501. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Justice for a geographic breakdown of Garda diversion programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33915/23]

Health Services

Francis Noel Duffy

790. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health the cost to run the north inner city multidisciplinary team each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33916/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Francis Noel Duffy

70. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any update on when the referendum on the Right to Housing will take place. [32359/23]

Fire Safety

Francis Noel Duffy

94. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if interim funding has been decided on for those who are currently facing defective issues in their dwellings. [32358/23]

Energy Prices

Francis Noel Duffy

117. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that while electricity companies (details supplied) are deducting energy costs, they are simultaneously increasing standing charges to more than double the price; if he has engaged with energy companies on this issue; the rationale behind the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30784/23]

Education Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

323. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if her Department engaged with schools to ensure that their Acceptable Use Policy for the use of smartphones is set up effectively and implemented. [31211/23]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

325. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the fact that a school (details supplied) has an ASD unit in its junior school but not the senior school; the reasons for the delay in procuring an ASD unit in the senior school; if she will resolve the issues preventing the establishment of the unit considering students of this ASD unit finishing up in the junior school have nowhere to go for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/23]

Defective Building Materials

Francis Noel Duffy

263. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on when the remediation scheme will be introduced for homeowners impacted by defective properties; if he will be introducing an interim scheme to allow homeowners to cover costs of remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30408/23]

Waste Management

Francis Noel Duffy

158. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the current status of the waste reduction levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29215/23]

Electric Vehicles

Francis Noel Duffy

204. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport why there has been an increase from €5 to €20 in the credit that needs to be on an EV deposit card before charging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29214/23]

Pharmacy Services

Francis Noel Duffy

158. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if he can engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the review regarding fee restoration that is due by the end of June. [28731/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Francis Noel Duffy

324. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be awarded to South Dublin County Council in the coming years for active travel/cycle infrastructure. [28478/23]

Teaching Qualifications

Francis Noel Duffy

505. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the decisions being considered by the Teachers' Conciliation Council to award incremental credit to teachers who have carried out service in post-primary private schools outside of the EU. [27420/23]

Departmental Data

Francis Noel Duffy

548. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education to request the NCSE to outline the total funding per annum for the past five years for assistive technology to support blind and vision impaired students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27760/23]

Departmental Data

Francis Noel Duffy

549. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education to seek detail from the NCSE as to how many functional vision assessments visiting teachers are completing assessments on blind and vision impaired students per annum for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27761/23]

Departmental Data

Francis Noel Duffy

613. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education the cost to run the north inner city multidisciplinary team each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28479/23]

Housing Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

748. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when legislation will be brought forward to provide tenants facing a no-fault eviction the right of first refusal if the landlord is selling; what other provisions will be included in the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27934/23]

Housing Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

749. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering increasing the household income threshold for the cost-rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27935/23]

National Car Test

Francis Noel Duffy

155. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport the reason NCT certificates are being given for six months instead of twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26851/23]

Electric Vehicles

Francis Noel Duffy

158. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport if supports are available to senior citizens to assist them in buying electric bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27028/23]

Education Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

193. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if further consideration will be given to the expansion of the north east inner city multidisciplinary teams model to include a cluster of schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26852/23]

School Curriculum

Francis Noel Duffy

204. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if any consideration has been given to supporting education programmes surrounding alcohol and drug misuse in schools which can be delivered by the local alcohol and drug task force team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27027/23]

Disability Services

Francis Noel Duffy

63. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to alleviate the high rates of vacancy across children's disability services which is affecting the role of children's disability network teams. [17097/23]

International Protection

Francis Noel Duffy

85. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to accommodate individuals at the IPAS centre at Richmond Street, Dublin 1 from November 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/23]

Housing Provision

Francis Noel Duffy

393. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the situation regarding a number of vacant units owned by a corporation (details supplied); and if there is a plan to bring them back into use. [24116/23]

Health Services

Francis Noel Duffy

807. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health the names of all residential drug rehabilitation centres to which the HSE awards core funding; and the amount of funds they receive, in tabular form. [24591/23]

Health Services

Francis Noel Duffy

808. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health the number of beds each HSE-funded residential drug rehabilitation centre has, in tabular form. [24592/23]

Schools Building Projects

Francis Noel Duffy

335. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education when the financial contribution will be paid by her Department in respect of a pedestrian road crossing for a school (details supplied) as per condition 14 of the approval by An Bord Pleanála for a temporary building. [22831/23]

International Protection

Francis Noel Duffy

406. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement, if any, he has had with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive regarding the process of providing interim services to IPAS applicants experiencing homelessness whilst awaiting accommodation. [22650/23]