Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Forestry Sector

Michael McNamara

440. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is permitted to export stone from Borrow Pits, for which no licence or permit is required, out of the forest in which the pit is located, onto public roads to another, different forest in accordance with the licence/permit requirement exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52049/23]

Hospital Facilities

Michael McNamara

574. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the ongoing works at Raheen Community Hospital, County Clare; the reason these works preclude the provision of palliative care at the facility; when the works commenced; when the works are scheduled to conclude; how many palliative beds will be operational in the facility at the conclusion of said works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51949/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Michael McNamara

582. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of patients recorded on trolleys at each public hospital in the State in the period from January to September 2023 and for the same period in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52005/23]

Disability Services

Michael McNamara

641. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if his Department will give consideration to introducing primary medical certificates to all individuals with physical disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52451/23]

Defence Forces

Michael McNamara

67. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on 14 November 2023 are on the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon; of that number, how many of them were filled through “mandatory selection”; and how many were already in Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL deployment who were asked to stay on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50899/23]

Defence Forces

Michael McNamara

71. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many Irish Defence Forces personnel will participate in a German-led EU battlegroup in 2024/2025; if the selection of any personnel through “mandatory selection” will be ruled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50900/23]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

550. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50972/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Michael McNamara

144. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will grant full DEIS status to a newly amalgamated community school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50344/23]

Pension Provisions

Michael McNamara

167. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the reason for the long delay in processing the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Relation to Pension Entitlements of Retired Persons) Bill 2021, which has remained at Second Stage since 11 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49531/23]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

222. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47592/23]

Hospital Transfers

Michael McNamara

1167. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will be transferred from University Hospital Limerick to CHI, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47701/23]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

1264. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the average and median time that elapses between the receipt of a complaint by the Medical Council and the making of an initial determination by the PPC or CEO, respectively; and following such initial determination, the average and median length of time that the FTPC stage takes; if he will provide such figures for complaints received in 1992, 2002, 2012 and each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48265/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Michael McNamara

1343. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 10 October 2023, the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48646/23]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Michael McNamara

303. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Michael McNamara den Aire Oideachais an ndéanfaidh sí cur síos ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le bunú Gaelcholáiste neamhspleách in Inis, Co. an Chláir ón 23 Márta 2023 i leith, tráth a rinne sí cur síos ar an dul chun cinn go dtí an dáta sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [46690/23]

School Accommodation

Michael McNamara

304. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 26 September 2023, if she will expedite an additional school accommodation application for a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46694/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael McNamara

374. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a domiciliary care allowance appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46558/23]

Health Services Staff

Michael McNamara

559. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether or not hospital consultants or treating physicians received a payment in any of the past ten years for switching patients from brand name medicines to generic medicines; if he will list the amounts paid to individual consultants if any such payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46448/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael McNamara

281. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment to have both cataract surgeries completed at University Hospital Limerick, given that this person is waiting since last March and has practically no sight in either eye; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45729/23]

Men's Sheds

Michael McNamara

653. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the men’s shed sustainability grant of €2,000 is still available from her Department to assist with the running costs of the sheds and acquiring material for developing skills for the shedders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45199/23]

Rental Sector

Michael McNamara

123. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenancies registered with the Residential Tenancies Board in each local authority area in 2022. [44252/23]

Rental Sector

Michael McNamara

124. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the difference in the figures contained on his Department's website in relation to housing market statistics (details supplied) in the columns entitled dwellings inspected and total inspections carried out; and if he will provide more details on the different inspections referred to under each of the said headings in the annual data in respect of the level of inspections and enforcement carried out by each local authority available on his Department's website. [44253/23]

Medical Cards

Michael McNamara

223. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application form for a sight test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44342/23]

Office of Public Works

Michael McNamara

144. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason weddings are allowed at some OPW sites but not at Corcomroe Abbey, County Clare; the reason his office felt the need to post a notice to that effect at the site of Corcomroe Abbey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43570/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Michael McNamara

548. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43947/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

302. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES payment will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43262/23]

Forestry Sector

Michael McNamara

303. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is permitted to spread rock phosphate fertiliser in forestry all year around; if it is confined to certain periods of the year; if he will outline those periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43263/23]

Invasive Species Policy

Michael McNamara

304. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures, if any, his Department is undertaking in conjunction with other Departments or by itself, to prevent bark beetle being imported from areas of Scotland or elsewhere where it is prevalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43308/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael McNamara

220. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment in the oncology clinic at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43090/23]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

207. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42539/23]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Michael McNamara

265. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is currently an existing executive officer and has applied for a conservation ranger position with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will retain their existing salary pay scale, given their experience as an executive officer, and not a reduction in pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42251/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

475. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be paid the monies they are due and owing and if he can provide an explanation as regards the ongoing delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42239/23]

Departmental Strategies

Michael McNamara

588. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health how many recruitment processes for a clinical lead in any area of the Irish health service initiated since 8 February 2020 to date have not included among the job specifications a requirement of clinical experience in the relevant area; if he will list the recruitment processes that did not include the requirement of clinical experience.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42252/23]

Health Services Staff

Michael McNamara

281. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health how many recruitment processes for a clinical lead in any area of the health service since 8 February 2020 to date have not included among the job specifications a requirement of clinical experience in that area; if he will list the recruitment processes that did not include the requirement of clinical experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42010/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

79. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address a school transport matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41721/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Michael McNamara

113. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/23]

School Accommodation

Michael McNamara

245. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update regarding an additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41079/23]

Medical Cards

Michael McNamara

269. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if GPs are assigned to applicants applying for medical cards who have three GPs declined to accept them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40848/23]

Transfer of Undertakings

Michael McNamara

138. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if the successful tender for the provision of Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service included an undertaking to comply fully with the provisions of Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, business or parts of undertakings or business and implemented in Irish law by Statutory Instrument No. 131 of 2003, the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40633/23]

Transfer of Undertakings

Michael McNamara

139. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if the contract with a company (details supplied) signed on 22 August 2023 to deliver search and rescue aviation services on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard includes a clause requiring compliance with the provisions of Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, business or parts of undertakings or business and implemented in Irish law by Statutory Instrument No. 131 of 2003, the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40634/23]

Tax Reliefs

Michael McNamara

182. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider an increase in the pension threshold from €2 million to €2.4 million to ensure that individuals who have reached the 2014 pension cap will now have the same purchasing power as an individual in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40654/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

322. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address a school transport matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40103/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

323. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40106/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

325. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address a school transport matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40112/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

328. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will advise on the case of a child (details supplied) regarding a school transport pickup point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40130/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

329. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will advise on the case of a child (details supplied) regarding a school transport pickup and drop-off points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40131/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

330. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40133/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

345. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/23]

Medical Cards

Michael McNamara

942. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the average waiting time and minimum waiting time respectively for a medical card for persons diagnosed with cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40027/23]

Energy Policy

Michael McNamara

106. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the Irish reserves of oil and gas; the locations and way in which they are held; if there are plans to expand such reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38064/23]

Rail Network

Michael McNamara

234. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried by Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis-Limerick-Ennis and Ennis-Galway-Ennis services during 2019, 2021 and 2022 and during the first six months of 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37188/23]