Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

152. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke with the US House of Representative Minority Leader during his recent visit to Washington DC. [6602/24]

Passport Services

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of WTE staff by grade working in the Passport Office as of 7 February 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [6603/24]

Bus Éireann

Alan Kelly

220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of new full-time bus mechanics recruited by Bus Éireann in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [6597/24]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

221. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the Road Traffic Measures Bill 2023; and when this Bill will progress to the next stage. [6598/24]

Office of Public Works

Alan Kelly

248. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the visitor numbers for each visitor attractions operated by the OPW for each month of 2023, in tabular form. [6593/24]

Office of Government Procurement

Alan Kelly

249. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title currently in the Office of Government Procurement; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6594/24]

Enterprise Policy

Alan Kelly

258. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland intends to open an office in Mexico City. [6595/24]

Industrial Development

Alan Kelly

259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of capital funding allocated to IDA Ireland for its Regional Property Programme in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6596/24]

State Bodies

Alan Kelly

376. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of WTE staff, by job title working in the marketing department of Failte Ireland as of 7 February 2024; the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title within the marketing department; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6592/24]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

419. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the fire services Bill; and this Bill will progress to the next stage. [6591/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

465. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that were made for clerical civilian jobs in An Garda Síochána following the recruitment drive that closed on 20 September 2023; how many of the 400 clerical positions that were available have been now filled by civilians; the number of gardaí that have been freed-up from these clerical roles to be available for other frontline work in the force, in tabular form. [6309/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

477. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 23 January 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [6599/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

478. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of suspect identification suites in each Garda division, in tabular form. [6601/24]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

517. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the successful applicants for work under the 2024 Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme will be published. [6605/24]

State Properties

Alan Kelly

531. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason Baggot Street Hospital, which is owned by the State, has not been used to house either international protection applicants or Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6272/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

532. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees housed and international protection applicants, respectively, housed in each local election area as of 6 February 2024. [6273/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

538. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what progress has been made by his Department regarding the purchase of Grant's Hotel in Roscrea to become a community hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/24]

Child and Family Agency

Alan Kelly

551. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE social workers, by grade recruited by Tusla in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the number of vacant WTE social workers posts currently in Tusla. [6604/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

607. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, adult ADHD specialists working in community healthcare organisations, CHO 3 and CHO 5, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.. [6606/24]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

608. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of heart transplant procedures that have been performed to date in 2024. [6607/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

609. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, consultant gastroenterologist and gastroenterologist registrars attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6608/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Kelly

632. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of WTE enforcement lawyers employed by the Charities Regulator in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [6609/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

543. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the required WTEs will be in place to open the new Nenagh community nursing home; and the date it is expected to be open. [5418/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

106. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the running costs of the Irish Embassy in Washington DC, Paris and London in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2485/24]

Energy Conservation

Alan Kelly

144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for external wall insulation in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2949/24]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

173. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a 2023 end-of-year report on the Connecting Ireland Plan for County Tipperary; the funding that was allocated and spent; the services that have been delivered; the funding that will be allocated for 2024; and the services that are expected to be delivered in 2024 in County Tipperary. [2481/24]

National Transport Authority

Alan Kelly

190. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost to recruit 15 additional full-time taxi enforcement officers for the National Transport Authority. [2943/24]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

262. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last met the Director General of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; and when he is next scheduled to meet the Director General. [2946/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Kelly

302. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed [2942/24]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of hotels across the country that closed between 2014 and 2024, by county and by year. [3024/24]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of new hotels registered across the country between 2014 and 2024, by county and by year. [3025/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

404. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of December 2023; and the total spend on each payment in December 2023. [2951/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

423. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vetting applications processed by the Garda National Vetting Bureau in 2023. [2482/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

424. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 12 December 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [2483/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

425. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles reported stolen to gardaí within the Tipperary division in 2023. [2484/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

453. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of CBD Level 3 Training courses held for gardaí within the Tipperary division in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2944/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

454. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if each Garda division has large property seizure holding capacity to hold property items pending legal proceedings; and the average size of the holding capacity, per division, in tabular form. [2945/24]

Trade Missions

Alan Kelly

469. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the food trade mission to Malaysia during November 2023; and the meetings he had during this visit. [2486/24]

Fishing Industry

Alan Kelly

470. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline, as of 15 January 2024, the capital work projects under the 2023 fishery harbours and coastal infrastructure development that are still under construction; and when each of those projects will be completed, in tabular form. [2487/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

542. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of therapists working in children's disability network teams who are responsible for undertaking of assessment of needs determination. [2950/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

544. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown by local election area (LEA) across the country on the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants, respectively housed in each LEA as of 18 January 2024. [3022/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

545. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the number of Ukrainian refugees housed in Ireland by the Government and international protection applicants, respectively housed in Ireland, by county, in tabular form. [3026/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

546. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular homes housing Ukrainian refugees by county in place as of 18 January 2024, by county and number of modular units, in tabular form. [3039/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

588. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Staff by grade working in the pharmacy department of Nenagh General Hospital as of 12 January 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 January 2023, in tabular form. [2479/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

589. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ENT registrars working in Tipperary University Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2480/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Alan Kelly

652. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant vascular surgeon at Cork University Hospital. [2947/24]

Ambulance Service

Alan Kelly

653. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 Delta incidents responded by a patient carrying ambulance in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for December 2023, by ambulance region, in tabular form. [2948/24]

Education and Training Boards

Alan Kelly

677. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how many instructors are employed by the Tipperary Education and Training Board to conduct commis chef apprenticeship training in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [2952/24]

Driver Test

Alan Kelly

232. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is such a discrepancy between the volume of candidates that pass driving tests in Nenagh test centre compared to all other test centres in Tipperary; the number of tests taken, per month, in each test centre in Tipperary; and the percentage pass rate, by month, in each test centre in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1044/24]

Housing Schemes

Alan Kelly

745. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the FHS property price ceilings are being reviewed; if they have changes since their inception; if they are likely to change in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56589/23]