Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

814. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the Results Based Agri Environment Pilot that have applied for approval for afforestation under the afforestation grant and premium scheme in December 2021 and to date in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5870/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Kehoe

41. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding planned for the household benefits scheme in 2022; the number of households which will be in receipt of this scheme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5281/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Kehoe

72. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the free travel pass; the way that this has increased in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5282/22]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Kehoe

223. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if there is a process by which a person or employer can apply to have an electric car charging point installed in a public area or a workplace car park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5649/22]

Office of Public Works

Paul Kehoe

233. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements that have been made or are planned to install charging points for electric vehicles in Garda stations nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/22]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Kehoe

276. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Defence the number of charging points for electric vehicles that are located at the offices of his Department in Newbridge, County Kildare and at all Defence Forces barracks; the plans that are in place to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/22]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Kehoe

282. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) was not notified of a successful appeal; the options that are available to the school to maximise the use of resources going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5593/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Paul Kehoe

305. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that the means test disregard previously offered to a person (details supplied) whilst on disability allowance was not carried over to the new payment of the non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5545/22]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Kehoe

366. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the arrangements that have been made or are planned to install charging points for electric vehicles in Irish Prison Service sites and courthouses nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5661/22]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Kehoe

367. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the details, location and number of charging points for electric vehicles situated at each prison, courthouse and Garda station nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5663/22]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Kehoe

368. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the number of electric vehicles that are in each of the fleets of the Irish Prison Service, An Garda Síochána and the Courts Services as a proportion of the total fleet; the plans that are in place to upgrade the fleets of these organisations to electric vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5664/22]

Legislative Measures

Paul Kehoe

376. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice if the Forcible Entry Act 1381 or an equivalent is in force on the Statute Book; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5717/22]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Kehoe

377. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the length of time that a conviction remains on a person's record (details supplied) for the purpose of Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5732/22]

Passport Services

Paul Kehoe

72. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times the online passport service has gone down in each of the past 12 months; the number of complaints that have been received as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5373/22]

Departmental Funding

Paul Kehoe

270. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if there will be additional funding for active travel announced for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4800/22]

Departmental Funding

Paul Kehoe

271. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the distribution of funding under the active travel scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4863/22]

Departmental Funding

Paul Kehoe

309. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is grant funding available for authors to help cover the cost of graphic design for an instructional book prior to publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4490/22]

School Textbooks

Paul Kehoe

473. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if there is grant funding available to aid completion of design of educational publications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4480/22]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Kehoe

499. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of additional special education classes that have opened in the country in each of the years since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4875/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

526. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if primary schools are permitted to hold extra-curricular activities following the recent lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5141/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Paul Kehoe

542. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are options available to a person (details supplied) to be able to claim fuel allowance here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4395/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Paul Kehoe

663. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if funding or grants are available to help persons who need a permanent oxygen machine with the electricity costs of running oxygen machines required as part of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4394/22]

Energy Conservation

Paul Kehoe

158. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time and clear the backlog of applications pending under the warmer home schemes; if expediting of applications on medical need can be considered at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Paul Kehoe

161. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that is available for domestic solar panels; when funding will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4147/22]

After-School Support Services

Paul Kehoe

267. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the grant funding available for afterschool clubs or activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4002/22]

School Staff

Paul Kehoe

282. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if the five-day rule for payment of student teachers has been lifted in order to accommodate student teachers in receiving full pay if they are covering absences in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4159/22]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Kehoe

373. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the challenges faced by the pig industry particularly the gap between the cost of production and the amount that farmers are paid; if he is considering the ideas put forward arising from the emergency meeting held by representatives of the pig sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

374. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) requires a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/22]

After-School Support Services

Paul Kehoe

376. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant funding available for afterschool clubs or activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/22]

Housing Provision

Paul Kehoe

71. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the application for affordable housing by Wexford County Council cannot be progressed (details supplied); if there is an alternative scheme that can be put in place in this area under the new Housing for All programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/22]

Departmental Programmes

Paul Kehoe

398. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when schools will be informed whether they have been included in the expanded DEIS programme; when they will see the programme commence in their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3556/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

674. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected number of ecologists required to deliver an 8,000-hectare afforestation based on output of licences per ecologist in 2021 when considering the existing conversion rates from approval to planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2900/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

675. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ensured the full integration and compatibility of afforestation and the afforestation scheme into the next Common Agriculture Policy which is a programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2901/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

676. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the real inflation adjusted increase or decrease in the afforestation grant for all global product classification categories for each year from 2000 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2902/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

677. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase the afforestation grant in line with the recent increase in the TAMS grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2903/22]

Voluntary Sector

Paul Kehoe

235. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if grant funding is available to assist in covering the cost of volunteering abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2790/22]

School Admissions

Paul Kehoe

249. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the options available for a child (details supplied) who cannot find a second level school place having moved to a new area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2789/22]

Housing Schemes

Paul Kehoe

327. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the options that are available to an applicant to the help-to-buy scheme who disputes the valuation provided by the lender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1260/22]

Sports Funding

Paul Kehoe

425. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the awards for the sports capital scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1178/22]

Bullying of Children

Paul Kehoe

720. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when the Action Plan on Bullying and related Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools will be updated in line with current policies on child protection, well-being, and relationships and sexuality education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63247/21]

Bullying of Children

Paul Kehoe

721. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a national system for the reporting of data on individual bullying cases and the outcomes of these interventions that are currently being collected by schools and reported to their boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63248/21]

Bullying of Children

Paul Kehoe

722. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of cases of bullying that have been reported to her Department by students in schools nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63249/21]

Bullying of Children

Paul Kehoe

723. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of school inspectors that will also be asked to carry out specific anti-bullying inspections in schools; if these inspections will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63250/21]

Cyberbullying Issues

Paul Kehoe

724. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when an online cyberbullying and internet safety training programme will be introduced; if it will be mandatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63251/21]

Bullying of Children

Paul Kehoe

725. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to roll out the FUSE anti-bullying programme developed by the Dublin City University anti-bullying centre to primary and secondary schools as a model of best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63252/21]

Bullying of Children

Paul Kehoe

726. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the funding allocations to combat bullying in schools; the details of future funding for cyberbullying programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63253/21]

Disadvantaged Status

Paul Kehoe

747. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of the proposed expansion of the DEIS scheme; the criteria for inclusion on the expanded scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63583/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

748. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63589/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

857. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2522/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Kehoe

880. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans there are to provide access to illness benefit for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63100/21]