Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Wind Energy Generation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

190. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration has been given to the use of vertical-axis wind turbines throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53143/22]

Aviation Industry

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

236. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport when the open recruitment competition for the new CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53477/22]

National Educational Psychological Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

360. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education her assistance on a matter which has been passed between multiple departments relating to the lack of funding for trainee educational and child psychologists, similar to that for trainee counselling psychologist colleagues. [53144/22]

Medicinal Products

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

612. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the reason that entresto and medications to treat hyperemesis gravidarum have not yet been added to the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52931/22]

Departmental Policies

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

700. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) concerning the WHO Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other neurological conditions; if he will provide an update on his Department's plans to implement the recommendations of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53491/22]

Citizenship Applications

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

10. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice her views on the possibility of including time accrued with student and graduate visas towards the five-year residency required to apply for citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51376/22]

Domestic Violence

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

41. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of funding, resources and so on that are available in Budget 2023 for the domestic violence sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51377/22]

Hospital Staff

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

94. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if there has ever been a survey done of non-consultant/SPR hospital doctors on their working conditions, number of consecutive days worked and their annual leave allocated and taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51721/22]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

120. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or hospitals have ever conducted exit interviews on doctors leaving the Irish medical system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51720/22]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

324. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the provisions that will be made for third year counselling trainee psychologists who will not benefit from the new funding support announced in the Budget 2023 and have invested €50,000 in their doctorate fees over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52472/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

109. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of women who are currently completing apprenticeships across Ireland; the steps that are being taken to continually increase participation rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51010/22]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

474. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education her support in securing a meeting for a school (details supplied) with the planning and building unit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/22]

Mental Health Services

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

798. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS pharmacists throughout Ireland; the location that each pharmacist is based; if there is any data on the number of people each pharmacist serves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51811/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

49. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail the specifics of the extension of the working family payment; if there is an estimate of the number of additional families that will now be eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49480/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

81. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a matter relating to the working family payment and the closure of a person’s (details supplied) application for renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49481/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

106. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details of the proposals on domestic violence leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50289/22]

Budget 2023

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

161. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact that the Budget 2023 changes on childcare costs will have for parents in Dún Laoghaire having regard to the unduly high costs currently incurred there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/22]

School Textbooks

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

94. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the specific plans in place for free school-books as announced in Budget 2023 including whether it will apply to all children, including the children in fee paying primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/22]

School Transport

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

120. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education if she will support organising bus transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49595/22]

Energy Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

212. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the process by which the feed-in tariff for the microgeneration support scheme is set; his view on whether the Regulator should have a role in setting prices; his further views on whether income from the power generated should be taxed given the imperative to bring more households into the scheme and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50256/22]

Museum Projects

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

294. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 4 October 2022, if there has been a competitive tendering process for the promotion of the proposed National Children's Science Museum; if there are any other promoters in receipt of "free of charge" licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50189/22]

Psychological Assessments

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

766. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on waiting times for assessments of children with autism in Dún Laoghaire; the number of children waiting for such an assessment; the number of assessments conducted and completed in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50033/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

10. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact that his Department has had with the Russian Embassy in Dublin since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48985/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

54. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the further measures that Ireland can take to ensure that war criminals committing atrocities in Ukraine will be brought to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48986/22]

Departmental Budgets

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

73. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Defence the way in which the extra €67 million budget allocation will be spent in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48988/22]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

113. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Defence his views on Ireland's ability to protect its coastal waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

282. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost to the State of providing security at the Russian embassy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48864/22]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

113. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/22]

State Properties

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

114. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the letting arrangements for Miesian Plaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

298. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of land that his Department has made available for modular housing as part of the Governments emergency response to the Ukrainian housing crisis; the proportion of that land that is designated as Housing for All land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/22]

International Protection

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

475. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of engagement that his Department has had with members of local authorities in local authority areas that have been identified for modular housing as part of the Government's emergency response to the Ukrainian housing crisis; the number of such meetings; the dates, location and the number of elected local authority members that were present in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48307/22]

Prison Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

542. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the number of days that the school was open in each of Ireland's prisons, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48223/22]

Prison Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

543. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the reason that the number of remand prisoners is so low in Portlaoise Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48224/22]

Prison Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

544. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the bed capacity at which Portlaoise Prison has operated in each month of 2022; the way that this compares with other prisons in Ireland; the reason for Portlaoise Prison operating at three-quarters capacity while others are over capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48225/22]

Prison Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

545. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice her plans to develop all prisons; the timing of such a development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48226/22]

Prison Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

546. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice her plans to expand remand capacity at Cloverhill Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48227/22]

Cybersecurity Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

81. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department is supporting businesses, particularly SMEs, to address gaps in their cybersecurity infrastructure and encourage take-up of very high-capacity broadband connectivity as part of Ireland's National Recovery and Resilience Plan and funded by the European Union; if there is dedicated funding for both provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47383/22]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

438. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board is conducting a scoping review for his Department on advanced practice physiotherapy grades and physiotherapists as referred to for the purposes of x-rays and imaging; if so, the terms of reference for such a review; the estimated timeline for such a review; the details of any consultative process that would follow including an organisation (details supplied) once the review has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46612/22]

Mental Health Services

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

503. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the number of diagnosed and suspected neuro-diverse children under the care of the CAMHS; the number of those who are currently prescribed medication; the number of those on medication who have received follow-up medical supervision regarding that medication within the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46938/22]

Health Services

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

504. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive their two-years old developmental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46945/22]

General Practitioner Services

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

112. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend free general practitioner care to all children under eight years of age and then under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46094/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

468. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if all persons entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have now received it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/22]

Electricity Generation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

76. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the legislation to allow for electricity suppliers to credit persons for excess electricity produced by means such as solar panels was signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42757/22]

Energy Prices

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

82. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a response will issue to a query (details supplied) in relation to the €200 credit provided against electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40080/22]

EU Directives

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

95. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the transposition of Article 9 of the EU Broadband Cost Reduction Directive into Irish law and specifically for his Department as it relates to the introduction of building regulations which make it mandatory for all new housing developments to have broadband infrastructure installed on-site as part of the wider construction process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40350/22]

Transport Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

199. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport his views on the current taxi shortages in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39768/22]

Transport Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

200. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has met with taxi representative groups regarding the ongoing shortage of taxis in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39769/22]

Transport Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

201. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has met the National Transport Authority regarding the ongoing shortage of taxis in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39770/22]

Transport Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

202. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport the measures that his Department and the National Transport Authority have implemented to ensure that the shortage of taxis in Dublin is greatly increased to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39771/22]

Transport Policy

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

203. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport if he intends on reviewing the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 to take into account the number of changes to the taxi industry since the Act's enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39772/22]