Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disadvantaged Status

Francis Noel Duffy

358. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she will re-assess the needs of schools (detail supplied) that are recipients of the original DEIS Band 1 but require more resources; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a need for additional bands to be added for these disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46011/22]

Housing Provision

Francis Noel Duffy

226. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the social, cost rental, affordable purchase and private homes delivered in the second quarter of 022 (details supplied).. [44741/22]

Constitutional Amendments

Francis Noel Duffy

587. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the public consultation on the referendum on housing is published on the European Commission website instead of the official gov.ie website; if his Department has considered the implications that this could have on the results of the consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43097/22]

Ukraine War

Francis Noel Duffy

1236. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a hotel (details supplied) is hosting Ukrainian refugees. [43095/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Francis Noel Duffy

1321. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a third level institution (details supplied) has withdrawn its application to CORU, which now means that students and graduates of certain programmes will be unable to become registered social care workers; if his Department has engaged with the college and CORU to review this recent decision to come to an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/22]

Disability Services

Francis Noel Duffy

1799. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if his Department will review the assessment of needs process to ensure school children receive appropriate additional services. [43096/22]

Abortion Services

Francis Noel Duffy

170. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues that have arisen with the reimbursement of service providers for the provision of abortion services in respect of persons without PPSNs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37481/22]

Tax Code

Francis Noel Duffy

308. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Finance the status of the introduction of a vacant homes tax. [37109/22]

Tax Collection

Francis Noel Duffy

383. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider allowing commercial rates to be collected by the Revenue Commissioners to improve efficiency. [37107/22]

Derelict Sites

Francis Noel Duffy

384. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered reviewing the definition of a site to reduce the minimum size of a site which is currently a site greater than 500 square metres to allow more sites to be included in the Derelict Sites Act 1990. [37108/22]

Departmental Functions

Francis Noel Duffy

385. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the progress of establishing a dedicated vacant housing unit in his Department; the number of staff employed in this unit; the work that they have completed to date; and the work that is planned. [37110/22]

Local Authorities

Francis Noel Duffy

386. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made with each local authority in ensuring that each authority has a full-time permanent vacant homes officer; if the role requires them to fully undertake the work that is required to lease, buy and place a compulsory purchase order on vacant properties and the finance to bring them back into use. [37111/22]

Departmental Schemes

Francis Noel Duffy

200. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Croí Cónaithe towns and cities funding will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36821/22]

Ports Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

70. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that a vessel (details supplied) is docked in Cork Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34697/22]

Energy Conservation

Francis Noel Duffy

163. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of retrofitted homes from 2019 annually; and the number of workers associated with the retrofitting of those homes from 2019 annually. [34503/22]

Environmental Schemes

Francis Noel Duffy

164. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when applications for the Community Environment Action Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34510/22]

Departmental Data

Francis Noel Duffy

287. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new housing builds from 2019 annually; and the number of labour workers involved in the delivery of the new housing builds from 2019 annually. [34502/22]

Housing Schemes

Francis Noel Duffy

288. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes to housing assistance payment rates; when the HAP rates will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/22]

Energy Conservation

Francis Noel Duffy

6. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the labour demand to meet retrofitting targets of 500,000 homes by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33048/22]

Labour Market

Francis Noel Duffy

47. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that his Department intends to increase the labour demand by 27,500 by 2025 as per the Expert Group on Future Skills Need 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/22]

Sports Organisations

Francis Noel Duffy

30. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking on the issue of diversity and female representation on Boards and within executive positions across Sport in Ireland, agencies and National Governing Bodies of Sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32257/22]

Sports Funding

Francis Noel Duffy

41. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she will take to ensure the National Sports Campus, Sport Ireland, and NGBs which seek State funding are prioritising climate action and reduction in their carbon emissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32258/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Francis Noel Duffy

1716. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/22]

Energy Prices

Francis Noel Duffy

4. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the grants that are available to schools to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26656/22]

Energy Prices

Francis Noel Duffy

5. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the challenges that schools are facing with increased energy bills in the absence of direct funding for energy upgrades; when schools will be compensated for the significant increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26657/22]

Departmental Priorities

Francis Noel Duffy

6. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has considered issuing a directive to change water storage requirements in Dublin City Council which have not been updated since the 1970s, given that offices now use less than 20 litres per person per day as a result of water conservation improvements, in comparison to the 45-litre requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/22]

Rental Sector

Francis Noel Duffy

46. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will expand the rent pressure zone to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26659/22]

Schools Administration

Francis Noel Duffy

102. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if the interim upgrade of the payroll system has been completed; the estimated timeframe for when employees and retired teachers will receive their payslips electronically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26650/22]

School Staff

Francis Noel Duffy

103. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to reinstating the fourth junior infant class-teaching post in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26651/22]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

104. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she will issue section 37 (A) of the Education Act 1998 in post-primary schools in Tallaght to increase the capacity of ASD classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26652/22]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

105. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she will make it a requirement for primary and post-primary to have ASD classes through section 37A; if her Department will provide the staffing and funding needed to increase such capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26653/22]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

106. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in which the junior school has an ASD class but the senior school does not; and if she will ensure through section 37A that the necessary supports are given to the senior school to provide an ASD class. [26654/22]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

107. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one pre-school for ASD children in Dublin 24; if her Department has plans to support more pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26655/22]

Environmental Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

357. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has given consideration to introducing carbon limits for our built environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22808/22]

Environmental Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

358. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will consider introducing regulations for full carbon life cycle assessments of buildings in public procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22809/22]

Energy Conservation

Francis Noel Duffy

90. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration will be given to rewarding SEAI retrofitting grants where works have already commenced but meet the SEAI grant criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/22]

Housing Policy

Francis Noel Duffy

194. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to allowing persons on a housing list in one local authority to move to another local authority housing list without losing their place on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22013/22]

Electric Vehicles

Francis Noel Duffy

377. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport when the national charging infrastructure strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/22]

Electric Vehicles

Francis Noel Duffy

378. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport when it is envisaged that local authorities will avail of the new residential charging scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20094/22]

Electric Vehicles

Francis Noel Duffy

189. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Transport if clarity and guidance will be provided in relation to charging electric vehicles in multi-unit developments in which there is a pathway between the home charger and the car; if households can charge their electric vehicle by running the charging cable on the pathway from their household to the car space; if cables should be covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17490/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Francis Noel Duffy

392. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health if the Covid recognition payment for healthcare workers will be expanded to include front-line workers in homeless services considering they are recognised as healthcare workers and have conducted Covid-19 testing and vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17194/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Francis Noel Duffy

393. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) on its request to expand the Covid recognition payment scheme to include homeless services workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/22]

Vacant Properties

Francis Noel Duffy

314. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered a compulsory sales order as part of measures to tackle vacancy as an issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15879/22]

Departmental Programmes

Francis Noel Duffy

375. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Ireland-Palestine scholarship programme runs on a yearly basis; and if so, when applications will open for the next round of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/22]

Ukraine War

Francis Noel Duffy

297. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons that are recently Garda vetted could be offered the roles that are currently required to assist in the aid and reception of Ukrainian persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/22]

Planning Issues

Francis Noel Duffy

66. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the membership of the Planning Advisory Forum. [15490/22]

Planning Issues

Francis Noel Duffy

67. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the membership of the working group to review Irish planning law led by the Attorney General. [15491/22]

Energy Conservation

Francis Noel Duffy

126. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has considered introducing an equity release scheme for pensioners and persons nearing the pension age as part of the retrofit package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/22]

Tax Credits

Francis Noel Duffy

235. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a tax credit for owner occupiers of defective homes in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14037/22]

Defective Building Materials

Francis Noel Duffy

315. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report by the Inter-Departmental Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing will be published; the progress of the Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14036/22]