Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Defective Building Materials

David Stanton

176. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered an expansion of his Department’s Building Blocks Capital Programme to make capital grants available to potential childcare service providers towards the cost of purchasing premises to develop childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32985/23]

Disability Services

David Stanton

85. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 30 May 2023, to outline the progress made, if any, by his Department in putting in place support measures for vulnerable young adults with intellectual disabilities to attend training centres and workshops post-second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

David Stanton

118. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has examined ways of reducing the level of bureaucracy associated with the National Childcare Scheme for both families and childcare service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32400/23]

EU Bodies

David Stanton

270. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the timing and publication of the regulatory impact assessment on the required legislation ahead of the referendum on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court, in light of the fact that the court has already gone live across Europe and that Ireland’s ability to play an influential role diminishes the more time that passes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/23]

Social Welfare Payments

David Stanton

407. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments currently being made under the rent supplement scheme; the total cost per week; the total amount paid out under this scheme in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

David Stanton

485. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will re-examine the decision not to grant an earlier date of payment for a core funding application for a childcare service provider (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32092/23]

Work Permits

David Stanton

11. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing partners and spouses of holders of intra-company transfer employment permits to be eligible for an employment permit in their own right in a similar way to the current eligibility of partners and spouses of holders of critical skills employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31329/23]

Work Permits

David Stanton

23. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received by his Department for intra-company transfer employment permits in each respective year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of successful applications in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31381/23]

School Management

David Stanton

119. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals made under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 to the Secretary General of her Department in 2021 and 2022, respectively and to date in 2023; the number of these appeals in each category; the number of cases each year to which an appeals committee was appointed; the further number of these appeals where a hearing was conducted; the final number of these appeals that were upheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31510/23]

Legislative Reviews

David Stanton

126. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the dates when a review of the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Education Act 1998 have been conducted as mandated under the Act; the person or persons who carried out any such review in each case; the outcome of these reviews; her plans, if any, to have further reviews carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31506/23]

National Development Plan

David Stanton

34. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline the interaction his Department has had with the Department of Transport with respect to the delivery of projects under the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30990/23]

Road Projects

David Stanton

63. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has received a request from the Department of Transport for extra funding for roads projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30991/23]

Road Projects

David Stanton

50. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30043/23]

Road Projects

David Stanton

63. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered allowing a project (details supplied) to proceed this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/23]

International Bodies

David Stanton

108. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance to outline his current engagement with the International Monetary Fund, in particular on the subject of its commitment to aid in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28857/23]

Insurance Industry

David Stanton

147. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the progress made to date by the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market as it continues to work to help to attract new entrants into the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29961/23]

Defence Forces

David Stanton

74. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the outcome of the current recruitment campaign in respect of all branches of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29073/23]

Defence Forces

David Stanton

96. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of applications currently being processed by the Defence Forces as a result of the most recent recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29074/23]

National Broadband Plan

David Stanton

160. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 21 March 2023, to outline if his Department has reclassified a premises (details supplied) for inclusion under the National Broadband Plan; if this reclassification has been formally transmitted to National Broadband Ireland; if not, when he expects these details to be transmitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29449/23]

Corporate Governance

David Stanton

289. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the procedures, if any, that he intends to put in place to establish independent assurance services providers in Ireland following the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/23]

School Enrolments

David Stanton

293. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education to outline the data her Department considers when projecting second level school place requirements; how often this data is reviewed; if such data has highlighted the need for an additional second-level school in the east Cork area in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29072/23]

School Admissions

David Stanton

301. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that there are still children with no second level school place secured in east Cork ahead of the commencement of the 2023/2024 school year in September; the action she intends to take to ensure that these young people are offered school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29213/23]

Solar Energy Guidelines

David Stanton

474. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to his Department's PV panel installers registration form, and with further reference to the requirement to have completed a training course in solar photovoltaic panel installation, to outline the training courses recognised; whether or not certification is required; if so, the details of same; to further outline the recognised training providers mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29205/23]

Disability Services

David Stanton

500. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) receives speech and language, occupational therapy and psychology input as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29064/23]

Overseas Development Aid

David Stanton

15. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on the most recent engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28870/23]

Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan

David Stanton

86. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the measures being taken by his Department to facilitate offshore wind energy development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/23]

Energy Production

David Stanton

117. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline his plans to support the production of biomethane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/23]

Departmental Funding

David Stanton

85. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the level of interest to date in applications for the 2023 community centres investment fund; the options available under the fund to communities in circumstances where access to suitable land for the construction of a community centre is not easily accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28286/23]

Community Development Projects

David Stanton

95. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action she is taking to support communities in forming community organisations where none currently exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28308/23]

Housing Schemes

David Stanton

762. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the supports in place to assist older renters who, because of age, are unable to get approved for a mortgage and where the household income is over the limits set under the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28108/23]

Housing Schemes

David Stanton

763. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in circumstances where adult children are living in a rental accommodation with their parents for the time being, if any income earned by these children can be disregarded when calculating the household income under the cost rental tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28112/23]

Housing Schemes

David Stanton

764. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payments, if any, that can be disregarded when calculating the net annual income of a household in relation to the cost rental tenant in situ scheme; if carer’s allowance, for example, can be disregarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28113/23]

Health Services Staff

David Stanton

1101. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the extent of the use of lean management systems in the health service to make it more efficient and effective for staff and patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27051/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

David Stanton

1112. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the establishment of the integrated care of chronic disease management hub based in north Cork; the location of the hub; the number of staff working in the hub and their respective roles, in tabular form; the number of patients treated at the hub to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27122/23]

Health Service Executive

David Stanton

1319. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the body or bodies representing professional counsellors and psychotherapists that are recognised by his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/23]

Health Services

David Stanton

59. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the ways that he is encouraging and supporting the reduction of paper-based systems in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/23]

National Training Fund

David Stanton

96. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered establishing a centralised information system for the National Training Fund to allow for students, professors, guidance counsellors and industry bodies to view, not only possible funding or research opportunities, but clearly defined possible career paths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26608/23]

Further and Higher Education

David Stanton

118. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the value of the National Training Fund, his further plans for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26611/23]

School Transport

David Stanton

74. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 9 May 2023, the estimated extra cost to her Department of putting in place a 50+ seater bus service to transport second-level students on a route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26599/23]

Disability Services

David Stanton

60. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a Topical Issue matter I raised on 3 May 2023, the progress, if any, in supporting young adults with intellectual disabilities to attend training centres and workshops in a post-second level setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/23]

Disabilities Assessments

David Stanton

82. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the HSE in order to facilitate private operators carrying out assessments for children with autism that would be accepted by the local community disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25895/23]

Road Network

David Stanton

192. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 19 January 2023, if the review of the draft Strategic Assessment Report for the R624 access road as part of the great island connectivity scheme has been completed; if not, when he expects such a review to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/23]

Departmental Schemes

David Stanton

380. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if private health contribution payments, private pension contribution payments and membership fees paid to trades union can be disregarded as income when calculating the weekly rent contribution paid by tenants to local authorities under the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25819/23]

Housing Schemes

David Stanton

436. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures, if any, in place, to assist persons to purchase houses which were previously owned, that is, not new builds, and not deemed to be vacant or derelict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26365/23]

An Garda Síochána

David Stanton

29. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice if a target exists for the number of persons to be recruited into the Garda Reserve; when recruiting will commence; the budget for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/23]

Court Procedures

David Stanton

44. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice if he has examined the community court system operating in New York and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/23]

Forestry Sector

David Stanton

69. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department is promoting the planting of trees; the progress that has been made to date in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/23]

Forestry Sector

David Stanton

85. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he is encouraging and supporting farmers to plant trees on their farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25233/23]

Work Permits

David Stanton

137. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the measures that are being taken by his Department to address current employment permit appeals waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/23]

Work Permits

David Stanton

138. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on an employment permit appeal application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

153. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she has given consideration to allowing childcare providers to offer a service for the summer programme 2023, especially in areas where no such service is currently being offered and where there is definite demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25412/23]

Childcare Services

David Stanton

239. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the situations, if any, where childcare providers are required to hold a public services vehicle licence as part of the core funding contract with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25413/23]

Wastewater Treatment

David Stanton

130. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with reference to the new funding scheme announced on 28 April 2022, and targeting the wastewater collection and treatment needs of villages and settlements without access to public waste water services under his Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2022-2025, if he will outline the requests submitted by Cork County Council for funding for specific priority projects; the applications which were successful for such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25043/23]

Employment Schemes

David Stanton

115. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department is supporting people with disabilities to gain employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24637/23]

Work Permits

David Stanton

255. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the situation with respect to the issuing of employment permits for dairy farm assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24019/23]

Agriculture Schemes

David Stanton

578. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to be in a position to make decisions on TAMS 3 applications for the installation of solar PV panels on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24018/23]

Disability Services

David Stanton

649. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has explored the possibility of providing funding for the installation of communication boards in playgrounds around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24040/23]

Departmental Funding

David Stanton

8. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports, if any, that are made available by her Department to encourage and promote poetry on a national basis; her views on the appointment of a poet laureate to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22636/23]

Departmental Strategies

David Stanton

56. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 92 and 105 of 21 February 2023, to provide an update on the development of a National Swimming Strategy; when she expects to be in a position to publish the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22635/23]

Housing Policy

David Stanton

129. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports, if any, in place by his Department to encourage over the shop living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23076/23]

Local Authorities

David Stanton

160. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received a funding request from Cork County Council to support the appointment of additional vacant homes officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23077/23]

School Facilities

David Stanton

255. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress of a school build (details supplied); when she expects the school to be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23939/23]

Defence Forces

David Stanton

37. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 6 October 2022, if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the issue of employment protection for Reserve Defence Force members engaged in voluntary military service in support of the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22806/23]

Defence Forces

David Stanton

48. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the role and current strength of the First Line Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

88. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on her Department’s announcement of 12 April 2023 of the establishment of a special school in Carrigtwohill, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22629/23]

Education Policy

David Stanton

110. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education to outline the measures, if any, taken by her Department to encourage entrepreneurship and the development of business creativity among second level students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22630/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

David Stanton

146. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the protocols, if any, that are in place to counter hybrid threats to State security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22632/23]

Dental Services

David Stanton

697. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 10 May 2023, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is referred for orthodontic treatment before she completes second-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22998/23]

Office of Public Works

David Stanton

14. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the provision of rapid build houses by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22077/23]

National Development Plan

David Stanton

35. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the key policy levers being examined by his Department to support a quicker delivery of vital projects outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22043/23]

Unified Patent Court

David Stanton

79. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work carried out to date by his Department to enable Ireland to ratify the agreement on a Unified Patent Court; his further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22039/23]

Work Permits

David Stanton

113. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22040/23]

New Economy and Recovery Authority

David Stanton

50. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if he will support the National Development Finance Agency in working alongside the New Economy and Recovery Authority and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to find innovative ways to finance, build and maintain required capital investments at national ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/23]

Dental Services

David Stanton

203. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce orthodontic treatment waiting times for children, with particular reference to those whose current estimated treatment referral date is beyond school-going age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21998/23]

Tax Code

David Stanton

107. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the application of the relevant contracts tax instead of the application of the professional services withholding tax to high-turnover contracts with a margin of less than 20%, such as archaeological contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/23]

Paternity Leave

David Stanton

259. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by his Department to encourage the take-up of paternity leave in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

281. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools that provided the summer programme in 2022; the number of primary schools that are expected to provide the Summer Programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21326/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

282. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to early years education staff with experience in special need education, who do not hold teaching qualifications, being eligible for employment under the summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21327/23]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

287. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the supports available to early years children with special needs or additional needs who are not enrolled in a full day care setting such as a sessional ECCE service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21389/23]

School Transport

David Stanton

303. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she has received a request from Bus Éireann to provide a school bus service on a route (details supplied); the number of students who are involved in this request; if she will accede to this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21735/23]

Paternity Leave

David Stanton

418. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals who have taken up paternity leave each year since its introduction, up to and including 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/23]

Road Projects

David Stanton

15. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if he agrees with the view of Transport Infrastructure Ireland that the Mallow Relief Road project is consistent with relevant objectives of national policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/23]

Road Projects

David Stanton

80. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the rationale and reasoning behind the issuing of a Section 24 letter to Transport Infrastructure Ireland as part of the 2023 roads allocation to Cork County Council, which effectively overrules TII’s proposal to fund the Mallow Relief Road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/23]

Ports Policy

David Stanton

121. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport how port infrastructure in the State is being supported to enable the development of both floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/23]

Education Policy

David Stanton

158. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 2 February 2023; the progress, if any, that has been made on the review of guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20831/23]

Defence Forces

David Stanton

72. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the situation with respect to entitlement to a service medal for a person who served five years in the Permanent Defence Force and continued a further seven years in the first-line reserve; if such a person is entitled to a service medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20612/23]

Housing Schemes

David Stanton

219. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will list the number of vacant property refurbishment grant applications received, approved and issued to date, by each respective local authority, since the introduction of the grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20482/23]

International Relations

David Stanton

7. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19764/23]

Overseas Development Aid

David Stanton

12. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his latest engagement with Dóchas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19765/23]

Wind Energy Generation

David Stanton

109. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how his Department is supporting and encouraging the development of floating offshore wind power generation; his future plans for the development of floating offshore wind power generation nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19861/23]

A Vision for Change

David Stanton

171. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been brought forward by his Department to increase the allocation frequency of eircodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19756/23]

EU Directives

David Stanton

231. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role, if any, his Department has in the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19757/23]

Childcare Services

David Stanton

328. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department supports the provision of new childcare and crèche facilities in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20100/23]

Childcare Services

David Stanton

338. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grant aid, if any, available from his Department to support the building of new childcare facilities and crèches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20099/23]

Departmental Policies

David Stanton

83. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the work being undertaken by her Department to address vacancy and dereliction in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19231/23]

Departmental Funding

David Stanton

90. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered the establishment of a fund which would be open to applications from schools to facilitate the use of buildings after hours for community purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19232/23]

Departmental Functions

David Stanton

324. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a dedicated vacant property section that deals solely with this issue; if so, the number of staff working exclusively in this section; the grade of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19208/23]

Disability Services

David Stanton

36. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans for the future use of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17483/23]

Health Services

David Stanton

56. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health to outline the operation of the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17482/23]

Trade Promotion

David Stanton

105. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken by his Department to support the overseas marketing of Irish agricultural and food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/23]