Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]