Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Admissions

Alan Farrell

337. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education how many children are still awaiting a school place in the Dublin Fingal constituency for the 2022/2023 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52903/23]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

338. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of plans to develop an additional post primary school in Swords, County Dublin given the consistent over subscription of school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52904/23]

School Admissions

Alan Farrell

339. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education how many section 29 appeals were submitted for students trying to access a school place in Fingal for the school year 2022/2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52905/23]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

340. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she can provide an update on the project to deliver a new school building for a national school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52906/23]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

341. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she can provide an update on the project to deliver a school building for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52907/23]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

342. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she can provide an update on the project to deliver additional classrooms at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52908/23]

Schools Administration

Alan Farrell

343. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on the discussions her Department is conducting with patron bodies and school authorities in Fingal to expand the school network to cater for the growing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52909/23]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

452. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will be called for an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52910/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

7. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with French Prime Minister. [50884/23]

Trade Missions

Alan Farrell

11. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the outcomes of the recent trade mission to South Korea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51293/23]

Labour Market

Alan Farrell

25. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his efforts to tackle labour market shortages, in a time of full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51294/23]

Financial Irregularities

Alan Farrell

92. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to report on his Department’s efforts to tackle money laundering within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51296/23]

Banking Sector

Alan Farrell

97. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to report on his Department’s efforts to increase innovation and competition in Ireland’s banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51295/23]

Defence Forces

Alan Farrell

44. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on his Department's efforts to increase the number of permanent personnel within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50886/23]

Defence Forces

Alan Farrell

51. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on efforts to implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50885/23]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

20. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide details of the development of one-stop-shops with regard to retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49606/23]

Energy Conservation

Alan Farrell

25. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details on the roll-out of the home energy upgrade loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49607/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

1. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach his engagement with European leaders as regards the Israel-Gaza conflict. [49603/23]

Departmental Funding

Alan Farrell

13. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the Social Innovation Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49609/23]

Regeneration Projects

Alan Farrell

37. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49608/23]

Departmental Data

Alan Farrell

266. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of thatched buildings, both private and public, within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49598/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Alan Farrell

26. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s efforts to reduce the number of patients on hospital trollies this Winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49045/23]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Farrell

46. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to report on the take-up of vaccinations under the Autumn vaccination programme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/23]

Housing Policy

Alan Farrell

162. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consideration his Department has given to the role long-term leases, or ‘life-leases’, can play in the Irish rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49043/23]

Marine Protected Areas

Alan Farrell

226. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consideration his Department is giving to further marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33502/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

8. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach to report on his engagements during his attending of the European Political Community [45073/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

14. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the UK Prime Minister during the European Political Community meeting [45074/23]

Air Quality

Alan Farrell

36. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the work, if any, his Department is carrying out in monitoring aircraft fumes in the housing estates surrounding Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46775/23]

Legislative Process

Alan Farrell

49. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the implementation of legislation on scrambler bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46765/23]

Air Quality

Alan Farrell

50. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the work, if any, his Department is carrying out monitoring aircraft fumes in the housing estates surrounding Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46776/23]

Driver Test

Alan Farrell

51. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the current wait time for driving tests in the driving test centres that service the Dublin Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46778/23]

Bus Services

Alan Farrell

52. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport for an update on phase 9 of BusConnects, which will service the Fingal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46780/23]

Local Authorities

Alan Farrell

106. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the number of biodiversity officers appointed to each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46767/23]

Housing Provision

Alan Farrell

111. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have the appropriate sanction through Circular: NRUP 02/2021 to permit lower densities than 30 units per hectare for serviced sites (ready-to-build scheme) on the edges of towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46878/23]

Housing Provision

Alan Farrell

112. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the appropriate density for serviced sites on the edges of towns will typically be lower than a standard greenfield residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46879/23]

Housing Schemes

Alan Farrell

113. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of developments that are currently being developed or have been developed by each local authority under the ready-to-build scheme (serviced sites scheme), and their location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46880/23]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

131. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice to outline the process of how a UK citizen married to an Irish citizen obtains an Irish passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46781/23]

Health Strategies

Alan Farrell

172. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the national sexual health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46766/23]

Legislative Reviews

Alan Farrell

246. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46089/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

247. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education how many additional autistic classes were opened for the 2023-2024 school year nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46090/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

248. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for a geographical breakdown of the number of new autistic classrooms that were opened for the 2023-2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46091/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

249. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education how many mainstream schools nationwide now have autistic classes included on their campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46092/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

250. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for a geographical breakdown of the number autistic classes that are included on mainstream school campuses, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46093/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

251. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education how many new special schools were either opened or expanded for the 2023-2024 school year nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46094/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

252. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for a geographical breakdown of the number of new special schools that were opened or expanded for the 2023-2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46095/23]

School Staff

Alan Farrell

253. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of teaching posts that are vacant nationwide in primary and post-primary schools for the 2023-2024 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46096/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

254. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her Department is undertaking a review for the criteria a child needs to meet for access to an SNA with a view to widening this criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46097/23]

Grant Payments

Alan Farrell

255. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for when primary schools can expect to receive their ICT grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46098/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Alan Farrell

256. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the details of the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Dublin Fingal since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46099/23]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

257. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of the SNA positions budgeted for in 2023 that were filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46100/23]