Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Official Engagements

Ruairí Ó Murchú

17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with President Joe Biden and his administration during his recent visit to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19774/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

48. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the efforts being made to engage with the EU to progress the recognition of the State of Palestine among EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/23]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

78. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the rollout of the national broadband plan to include the number of premises passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19763/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall, Dundalk, County Louth, in 2022 will be completed; what the plan is when the study results are known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19762/23]

Child Poverty

Ruairí Ó Murchú

5. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19260/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

32. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify whether Irish passport applications received from the North need a member of An Garda Síochána to witness the application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/23]

Travel Documents

Ruairí Ó Murchú

128. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if UK visa holders living in the North and commuting in and out of Dublin Airport require any further visas. [19807/23]

Travel Documents

Ruairí Ó Murchú

129. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the visa requirements needed for Ukrainian nationals living in the North commuting in and out of Dublin Airport. [19808/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

8. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [19261/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

12. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [18117/23]

Control of Dogs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update in relation to work being done by Government and local authorities to combat dog attacks on sheep; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18576/23]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

81. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being carried out to provide alternatives for people who are waiting for broadband connection for up to five years under the National Broadband Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19283/23]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

349. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Louth County Council has 'suspended receipt of applications for the various DPG schemes due to the vast over subscription which exceeds both budgets and capacity to manage and process applications'; if his Department intends to provide additional budget and capacity to Louth County Council in 2023 in order for them to deal with the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/23]

Courts Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

386. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1146 of 18 January 2023, when it is expected that an appointment will be made to the role of County Registrar at the Courts Service in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18922/23]

Hospital Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

10. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when it is expected that adequate resources for genetic services in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18497/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

49. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payments to healthcare workers of the pandemic recognition payment to include an update on the estimated number of workers who are still awaiting payment; when they might expect payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/23]

Agriculture Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

90. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the group of farmers known as the "forgotten farmers"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

253. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Louth in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18691/23]

Health Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

359. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the plans to improve therapeutic and other services, and access to services, for under-18s with a diagnosis of ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15101/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach to report on the visit of US President Joe Biden to Ireland. [18118/23]

Proposed Legislation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on any progress made on advancing duty of care legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/23]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

91. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the establishment of community safety partnerships; if he will outline the resources expected to be allocated to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any reimbursement schemes for Irish citizens who paid for emergency repatriation flights to return home to Ireland upon the outbreak of Covid-19. [17105/23]

Health Services Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1354. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation with regard to those foreign healthcare assistants already working in Ireland for two years who have been advised they will only be given renewed employment permits if they complete the QQI Level 5 courses, but where the NARIC Ireland international qualification comparison requirement finds that QQI level 5 is not required for those with higher qualifications in nursing (level 7 or level 8 qualification) from overseas institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16380/23]

Child Protection

Ruairí Ó Murchú

36. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to ensure that child protection statements provided by organisations are adhered to and implemented to the correct standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15100/23]

Education and Training Boards

Ruairí Ó Murchú

97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on any progress made to resolve the terms and conditions of employment of personal assistants who work in some education and training boards; if he will provide a timeline for when the issue is expected to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15102/23]

Education and Training Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

100. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to introduce the teaching of human skills, also known as soft skills, into further and higher education courses in the State, as employers increasingly seek them from graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15669/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place; and when the next one is scheduled. [15096/23]

Departmental Offices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

20. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international division of his Department. [13882/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

36. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [13881/23]

Departmental Meetings

Ruairí Ó Murchú

144. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the nature, extent and frequency of meetings and talks between her Department and its British counterparts in the past 12 months; if issues such as the delays in providing pension contribution information were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15099/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

149. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to improve the processing times for disability allowance applications; the target timeline for decisions to be made in these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15098/23]

Citizenship Applications

Ruairí Ó Murchú

578. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if consideration will be given to allowing persons outside of marriage or civil partnership who have residency in the North of Ireland to apply for Irish citizenship through naturalisation based on their years living there, without the need to rely on a spouse or civil partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/23]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

25. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a definitive timeline on when a decision will be made about the mandatory retirement age of 50 years being extended for Defence Forces members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13880/23]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

47. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the discussions with the Defence Forces and with the United Nations regarding the possibility of providing an increase in troop contribution to the UNIFIL mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13879/23]

School Attendance

Ruairí Ó Murchú

110. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the number of referrals from schools for students missing days that are currently before education and welfare officers, by county; the dates these outstanding referrals were submitted by schools; the details of the current backlog; the measures being taken to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13878/23]

School Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

116. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the issue at a national school in Louth (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13877/23]

Visa Applications

Ruairí Ó Murchú

231. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the reason appeals against decisions not to grant join family or join spouse visas are now taking a year when appellants were advised in January 2023 they would take eight weeks; if she will outline the reason an appeal from (details supplied) will take 12 months to decide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14336/23]

Northern Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

3. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [11253/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement that Ireland's representatives on the UN Security Council have had regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13669/23]

Brexit Issues

Ruairí Ó Murchú

97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement he has had with the British government, political parties in the North and the European Union following the announcement of the Windsor Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13668/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

838. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a pensioner (details supplied) who is in receipt of other State supports such, as the household benefits package, does not qualify for the living-alone allowance, despite the fact that they are living alone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13522/23]

Agriculture Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is working on any plans to streamline form-filling for farmers on family farms as multiple State and EU agencies often ask for the same information many times each year; if GDPR is an issue in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11470/23]

Pesticide Use

Ruairí Ó Murchú

32. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an alternative to diquat for desiccating potatoes is being recommended for potato farmers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider local authorities’ definition of "adequately housed" whereby grown adults still living in their parents’ home are deemed to be "adequately housed" and not included on the social housing list, and, while meeting income limits and other criteria, are forced into the private rented sector to get onto the social housing waiting lists, thereby putting more pressure on the HAP rented sector; if he will consider allowing persons in this category to get on social housing waiting lists while still living at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/23]

Housing Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

125. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is guidance on the proof of income documents that are acceptable for social housing applicants who are employed in the North; if this guidance can be printed on local authorities’ social housing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/23]

Economic Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [11252/23]

Insurance Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

63. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/23]

Tax Credits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

101. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of persons who have availed of the new rent tax credit since it was introduced; the number awarded the credit who provided an RTB registration number in their application compared with those who have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10257/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

177. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what work has been done by his Department to ensure that those whose principal private residence is a mobile home on a shared services site will get the Government energy credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11248/23]

Disaster Response

Ruairí Ó Murchú

328. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 28 February 2023, if he will specifically outline the efforts being made to ensure that insulin and blood glucose is, and has been, included with medical aid funded by the State to help the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/23]

Rail Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress being made to bring the Enterprise service to an hourly service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9869/23]

Road Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

48. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if further funding will be made available to Monaghan County Council as the lead agency for the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9868/23]

Tax Credits

Ruairí Ó Murchú

59. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the reason tenants who have a formal rental agreement that is registered with the RTB, but who are renting off a family member such as a parent, are precluded from getting the rent credit via the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10431/23]

Departmental Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

93. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the work carried out by the District Heating Steering Group to date; the number of times it has met; when it will complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9866/23]

Departmental Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall, Dundalk, County Louth in 2022 will be completed; the plan when the study results are known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9867/23]

Disaster Response

Ruairí Ó Murchú

318. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the nature and extent of the medical aid going from Ireland to the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria; if he will outline the efforts being made to ensure that insulin and blood glucose devices are included with the medical aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the work being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8153/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the mechanism open to local authorities who wish to provide seating and viewpoints on mountains enjoyed by walkers such as the Cooley Mountains in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8154/23]

Energy Prices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

84. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance in relation to the review and improvement of the business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8146/23]

Job Losses

Ruairí Ó Murchú

87. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the contact his Department has had with a large multinational company (details supplied) with workforces in counties Louth and Dublin that have announced cuts to its global workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8147/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

2. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [8145/23]

Tourism Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the work her Department has carried out to increase cross Border tourism in 2022; if work is underway to market the Newry, Mourne, Gullion, Cooley, Dundalk areas as tourism destinations within Ireland’s ancient east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8396/23]

Legal Aid

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the work of the legal aid review group; if he will confirm that income limits for those seeking civil legal aid are under review; when he expects the review to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6873/23]

International Protection

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the processing and decision times for people seekinginternational protection; if he will confirm that there has been a reduction in the number of those working in the section of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6874/23]

Medicinal Products

Ruairí Ó Murchú

127. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason the drug cannot be prescribed by GPs on the drug payment scheme; the alternative to cariban that can be offered to women experiencing extreme sickness in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy; the number of cariban prescriptions processed through DPS in the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7548/23]

Nursing Homes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

139. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on engagements by his Department in relation to the establishment of a care partner scheme for nursing and care home residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6877/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ruairí Ó Murchú

354. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the number and locations of speed cameras in County Louth; the new locations coming online in County Louth in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8007/23]

Coillte Teoranta

Ruairí Ó Murchú

425. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with Coillte to arrange the planning and execution of new viewing points for walkers on Coillte land on the Cooley Mountains, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8009/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [5852/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

4. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5851/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

7. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6864/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

20. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [6863/23]

Education and Training Boards

Ruairí Ó Murchú

80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his engagement with stakeholders, including unions and education providers, to resolve the pay and conditions issues of personal assistants who work in some education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6875/23]

Technological Universities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the work being done to help progress technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6876/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ruairí Ó Murchú

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the process by which her Department contacts the British work and pensions department seeking contribution information about people who have made social protection applications based on their British contributions; the current average waiting times for this information to be received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6108/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Ruairí Ó Murchú

39. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments applied for through the community welfare service in Dundalk, County Louth, in 2022; the number of these applications granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6109/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

78. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline any proposals that his Department has in relation to dealing with accommodating international and temporary protection applicants in the coming quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6166/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline future plans for the delivery of a sustainable model for early and pre-school education to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6167/23]

Defence Forces

Ruairí Ó Murchú

55. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4386/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress in relation to plans for the protection of critical State infrastructure in the coming months and years, including against cyber and hybrid attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/23]

Disability Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the use of the rapid prompting method to assist learning for children with autism who are non-verbal in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4387/23]

Special Educational Needs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the plans in place in her Department to deliver a greater number of ASD units in County Louth, particularly to address the issue of creating additional space in a number of schools and other logistical difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4388/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

14. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [4413/23]

Child Poverty

Ruairí Ó Murchú

21. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he is considering the establishment of a new division in his Department to tackle child poverty. [4414/23]

Middle East

Ruairí Ó Murchú

115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the new Israeli government’s stated intentions to develop settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and the further annexation of territory; the Government’s plans to react to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4383/23]

Culture Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

45. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her future plans for the expansion of the Imbloc/Bridget of Faughart festival in the coming years; if specific funding for the festival has been ringfenced; if specific funding for County Louth is available for the festival; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3295/23]

Tourism Promotion

Ruairí Ó Murchú

71. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the plans there are in 2023 for the employment of a fulltime tourist officer in Dundalk, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3294/23]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

141. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the targets for 2023 for the construction of public housing on land owned by Louth County Council; the 2023 targets for the construction of housing on otherwise publicly owned lands in County Louth; his plans for progressing these targets in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3592/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

166. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's allocation to local authorities in 2023 for schemes (details supplied), including when the local authorities will be able to draw down the money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3306/23]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

10. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest work of his Department’s shared island unit. [60889/22]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s shared island unit. [60891/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

25. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the work that has been carried out to establish an inquiry into the State’s handling of the Covid-19 which he announced in January 2023; the timeline for this inquiry; and the scope and nature of the inquiry. [1880/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [1881/23]

Driver Test

Ruairí Ó Murchú

209. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled by the Road Safety Authority in all test centres in each of the months June to December 2022, in tabular form; the reason for the test cancellations by the RSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2887/23]

National Car Test

Ruairí Ó Murchú

18. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the efforts that are being made to address the backlog in NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2144/23]

Rail Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress of the all-island strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2145/23]

Flood Risk Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

113. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in relation to flood risk management at Annagassan and Termonfeckin in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2148/23]

Flood Risk Management

Ruairí Ó Murchú

137. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress that has been made to date on the implementation of same; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

367. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work that is being done in his Department to fix the anomaly whereby many workers who live in Northern Ireland and who work in the Republic are precluded from working from home due to the significant Revenue Commissioners implications for their employers; if he will detail any contacts that his Department has had on the matter with the equivalent British Department in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1994/23]