Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ombudsman for Children

Richard Boyd Barrett

1402. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of establishing the Ombudsman for Children; and the equivalent amount with the costs for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41479/22]

Ombudsman for Children

Richard Boyd Barrett

1403. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of running the Ombudsman for Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41480/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

1404. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full cost of implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timeframe for same; the estimated cost of implementation in year one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41499/22]

Ombudsman for Children

Richard Boyd Barrett

1405. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of running the Children’s Ombudsman. [41500/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1406. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of bringing spending on disabilities up to the European Union average of 2% of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41501/22]

Education and Training Boards

Richard Boyd Barrett

1416. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of a new staff member in each education and training board to promote disabled students’ participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41812/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

1433. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to remove the financial barriers for graduates to enter medical degrees given the need in Ireland for medical professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39840/22]

Third Level Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

1443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an emerging issue in relation to the availability of e-books in third level libraries as a result of market manipulation by the so-called Big Five British publishers and the potential for this to damage the quality of education delivered and the depth of research produced by students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40152/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1479. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of abolishing third level registration fees for all European Union students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41483/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

1480. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of abolishing fees and charges for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41485/22]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1481. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of abolishing tuition fees for postgraduate and repeat students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41486/22]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1482. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of restoring the grant thresholds to their pre-Budget 2011 rates for both undergraduate and postgraduate grants. [41487/22]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1483. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the maintenance grants for both undergraduate and postgraduate students are increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41488/22]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1484. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of increasing the maintenance grants for both undergraduate and postgraduate to €1,500 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41489/22]

Grant Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1485. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of restoring the grant adjacency rate to 24km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41490/22]

Third Level Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

1486. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of providing 100 new spaces at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41491/22]

Domestic Violence

Richard Boyd Barrett

1493. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost of providing enough women’s refuge places to bring us in line with Ireland's commitments under the Istanbul Convention. [41419/22]

Domestic Violence

Richard Boyd Barrett

1494. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a list of all women’s refuges in the country; and the full year cost of running each [41420/22]

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

1544. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason that some nurses from Nigeria and Ghana who are registered and working in Ireland are currently waiting up to 12 months for their applications of family unification visas to be processed compared to their colleagues from other countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe and India whose applications are processed in a few weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40151/22]

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

1545. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the options available to an Afghan refugee living in Ireland to expedite their family’s reunification application given that their family is in increased danger day-by-day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40157/22]

Citizenship Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

1581. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the current average processing time for a citizenship application; if her Department is still on course to achieve processing times of six to nine months by the end of 2022, as stated earlier in the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41007/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

1617. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under her aegis; the list of all State bodies under her aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the Office of Public Works, OPW, to acquire their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42027/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1619. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full cost of implementing the recommendations in the disability capacity review; and the estimated cost of same in year one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41498/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1620. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current spending on personal assistants; the increase that would be needed in order for Ireland to fulfil its commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41502/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1621. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current spending on provision of respite for those with disabilities; the estimated increase that would be needed in order that Ireland would fulfil its commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41503/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1676. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the special pandemic payment is to be given to a company (details supplied) who provide cleaning services in many hospitals around the country including St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; and if so, when they will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39816/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1738. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the nurses in a nursing home (details supplied) can be expected to receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment that they were promised at the start of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40196/22]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1779. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/22]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1966. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing ten additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41505/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1967. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the new spending that would be available to mental health services if it was increased to 12% of the total budget for health in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41506/22]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1968. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing ten additional ICU beds in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/22]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

1969. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the maximum payment on the drug payment scheme to €40; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41508/22]

Primary Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1970. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free primary care, including general practitioners for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41509/22]

Primary Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1971. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/22]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free dental care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41511/22]

Hospital Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all inpatient and emergency department charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41513/22]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

1974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41514/22]

Hospital Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

1975. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all parking charges at public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41515/22]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1976. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of mental health services; the percentage of the overall health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41516/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1977. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free contraception for all women and girls over the age of 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41517/22]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1978. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of staffing public health teams to the World Health Organisation-recommended levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Richard Boyd Barrett

1979. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the timelines for assessment of needs outlined in the Disability Act 2005 are adhered to for every child in need of such an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41519/22]

Dental Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1980. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2023 of reinstating all the benefits that were available under the dental treatment services scheme before the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41520/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

2155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost to increase land under forestry or biodiversity regeneration by 25,000 hectares per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under his aegis; the list of all State bodies under his aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the OPW to acquire their own property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42019/22]

State Bodies

Richard Boyd Barrett

2206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all properties in cases in which they were leased by State bodies under her aegis; the list of all State bodies under her aegis that are or could be currently acting independently of the OPW to acquire their own property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42029/22]

United Nations

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent Food and Agriculture Organisation report on food security and nutrition and on its relationship with Ireland's current agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider revising the criteria in relation to access to the exceptional needs payments such as the time limits between applications and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/22]

Employment Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of her plans to provide alternative employment for the current providers of local employment services who have or may lose their positions as a result of the current tendering out process by her Department for such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38607/22]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if each local authority is required to have a complaints officer or department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38807/22]