Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Transport

Michael Ring

182. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47654/22]

Probate Applications

Michael Ring

227. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the number of probate applications that had to be withdrawn due to circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47820/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Ring

273. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position of an appeal within his Department for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this appeal will be finalised; the reason it is taking a prolonged time for a decision to be reached on this appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47668/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

177. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the reason a pupil (details supplied) was instructed to change bus for their school transport, given there is sufficient capacity on the bus they had been using; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47415/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

178. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided for pupils (details supplied) attending a national school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47416/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

184. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if the transport service to a primary school (details supplied) will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47519/22]

Energy Conservation

Michael Ring

50. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46758/22]

Road Projects

Michael Ring

88. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport if a contractor has been appointed to a project (details supplied); the up-to-date position with this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47075/22]

Legislative Measures

Michael Ring

123. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the reason that an Act which was never intended for small community groups is being applied rigorously to the community groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46797/22]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Ring

176. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will schedule works on a river (details supplied) for completion in September 2022, given that farmlands are being eroded by flooding due to the presence of the trees in the river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47037/22]

Medicinal Products

Michael Ring

569. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will increase the fee for dispensed medicine to pharmacists; when an increase was last awarded to pharmacists for dispensed medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/22]

Third Level Admissions

Michael Ring

570. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for additional third level pharmacy student places; the proactive steps that he has taken to ensure that additional places are made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47308/22]

Health Services Staff

Michael Ring

571. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a chief pharmaceutical officer will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47309/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

265. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo who have availed of transport for several years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46398/22]

School Accommodation

Michael Ring

268. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo can draw down its previously approved funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46420/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Michael Ring

1. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach if he will comment on the finding that the possible underpayment on the price paid is less than the total cost of producing a report on an organisation (details supplied) which has taken seven years to complete. [46089/22]

School Staff

Michael Ring

69. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the reason that language support is not being provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46088/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

78. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46307/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

309. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the reason that a student (details supplied) was instructed to change bus for their school transport considering that there is sufficient capacity on the bus that they had been using; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45426/22]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Ring

325. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a pilot programme (details supplied) for students; if the Department will cover the cost of teacher training in this topic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45622/22]

Home Care Packages

Michael Ring

474. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Dublin. [45422/22]

Health Service Executive

Michael Ring

488. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when the HSE are going to pay a local community organisation (details supplied) for the use of the car park and their property which is being used as a health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45470/22]

Medicinal Products

Michael Ring

528. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if the drug gammacore which is recommended by a consultant for the treatment of chronic and cluster headaches is being considered for approval; if not, if it will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45667/22]

Further and Higher Education

Michael Ring

273. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that a student (details supplied) who achieved 31 points more than their first choice for college was not offered any course in the first round of offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45394/22]

Energy Conservation

Michael Ring

91. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will extend the eligibility of the warmer homes scheme to homes that commenced the construction phase in 2006 but were not occupied until 2007 particularly in cases in which the BER assessment indicates a poor energy rating of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44514/22]

Exploration Industry

Michael Ring

92. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a licence extension (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44545/22]

Waterways Issues

Michael Ring

182. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided by the OPW to a community for the cleaning of a river (details supplied); if the OPW will arrange to clean this river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44538/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

311. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to three siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44703/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

313. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a bigger school bus can be sanctioned for a school bus route (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44725/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

314. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this student always availed of this school transport and the loss of this service is having a detrimental impact on the student’s family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44727/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Michael Ring

343. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) is currently excluded from the DEIS programme in view of the fact that this is a rural school and all neighbouring schools are now in DEIS and this school is the only one excluded; if this matter will be urgently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45008/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Ring

369. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend eligibility for the carer’s support grant to those providing full-time care and signing for a credited contribution towards their State pension (contributory) given that they do not receive any form of payment from the Department yet even those in receipt of carer’s allowance can work up to 18 hours per week and qualify for the carer’s support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44449/22]

Employment Support Services

Michael Ring

371. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that several persons are losing their jobs with the reconfiguration of the local employment services and job clubs; if the existing community-based organisations will be provided with the resources to provide a fair severance package, in line with the established practice in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44536/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Ring

383. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance in cases in which a household member is in receipt of a social welfare benefit payment such as partial disablement benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44737/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Ring

384. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a fuel allowance claim by a person (details supplied) considering that the refusal is as a result of the applicant receiving 5% disablement benefit as a result of an industrial accident many years ago and in view of the minimal amount of disablement benefit being received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44738/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Ring

548. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44653/22]

Fishing Communities

Michael Ring

633. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme. [44511/22]

Fishing Communities

Michael Ring

634. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme. [44513/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Ring

466. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reinstate extended Covid leave with pay for teachers who contracted long-Covid from working in a Covid-19 exposed environment, such as special education teachers working with unmasked children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Michael Ring

512. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will schedule works (details supplied) for completion in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42015/22]

Vacant Properties

Michael Ring

582. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the towns and villages in each county that are actually included as eligible for the Croí Cónaithe towns fund vacant property refurbishment grant scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43075/22]

Vacant Properties

Michael Ring

584. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications per local authority area that have been rejected for the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund in cases in which the location of the vacant property was deemed ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43078/22]

Vacant Properties

Michael Ring

585. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce a Croí Cónaithe fund for rural areas, considering the number of vacant or derelict properties in rural locations that are not eligible for the current schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43080/22]

Vacant Properties

Michael Ring

586. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason smaller villages have been excluded from the Croí Cónaithe fund; his views on whether this fund discriminates against rural areas; if he plans to incentivise the refurbishment of the many derelict properties in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43081/22]

Planning Issues

Michael Ring

645. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce time extensions to existing planning permissions given the difficulties currently being encountered by persons in securing finance, and contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43692/22]

Housing Policy

Michael Ring

655. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 26 July 2022, if he will review the stipulation that any assessment or review of a previous social housing support assessment is based on the applicant’s net average income for the twelve months prior to the application or the review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43870/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Michael Ring

769. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth registration application of a person (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43776/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

859. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will ascertain from Bus Éireann the number of children who availed of concessionary school transport previously but have now been displaced as a result of the free school transport measure introduced for children eligible for school transport; the assistance that will be given to working families who have consistently paid for school transport for their children as concessionary pupils; if the school transport service will be extended in order that they can continue to avail of transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42787/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

860. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to two siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42800/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

866. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this student was always in receipt of school transport but due to an inadvertent error there is no application on file for this student. [42874/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

869. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if her Department made a decision to tender for a smaller bus for a school route (details supplied) in County Mayo for 2022-2023; if her Department made the decision to do this; the rationale for this decision in view of the immense hardship it will now cause to the concessionary students of working parents who have been left without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42889/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

870. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a family (details supplied) considering that they have availed of this service for many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42891/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

878. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to siblings (details supplied) given that their application was submitted on time but they could not confirm their details due to issues with the website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43028/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

921. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43299/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

922. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when a school bus ticket will issue to a child (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43300/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

948. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when school bus tickets will issue to two siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43616/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

952. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport can be provided to children (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43649/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

953. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a bus will be provided for a specific transport run (details supplied) in 2022; if so, when the transport service will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43650/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

954. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43652/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

977. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a certain route given the circumstances of some pupils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43738/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

978. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43748/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

979. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43749/22]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Ring

980. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will reinstate extended Covid leave with pay for teachers who contracted long-Covid from working in a Covid-19 exposed environment such as special education teachers working with unmasked children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43750/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

990. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided to pupils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43810/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

994. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a school transport service (details supplied) will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43823/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

1011. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided to an eligible pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43941/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

1020. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44023/22]

International Protection

Michael Ring

1218. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department or any organisation acting on behalf of his Department purchased property in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42446/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Ring

1234. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given to allow for more than one entry point each year for the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42985/22]

Student Accommodation

Michael Ring

1314. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that will be put in place to assist those students who are unable to return to college due to the lack of accommodation; if there will be an option to continue their courses online, working remotely or if deferral options will be permitted given the severe shortage of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43347/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Ring

1720. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 recognition payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42801/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Ring

1721. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42803/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Ring

1862. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if payment of the pandemic bonus payment is available to a home help healthcare support assistant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43295/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Ring

1895. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the pandemic special recognition payment to general practice nurses in view of their work looking after patients and running Covid vaccine clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43824/22]

Health Services

Michael Ring

1959. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a HSE competition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43859/22]

Exploration Industry

Michael Ring

70. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding an application in respect of a location (details supplied); when it will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39859/22]

Energy Conservation

Michael Ring

107. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will amend the scheme policy and eligibility criteria for the better energy homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40640/22]

Housing Policy

Michael Ring

614. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can be reassessed for a payment based on this year’s income if their circumstances have changed from last year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39695/22]

Housing Policy

Michael Ring

686. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that can be taken in cases in which a person has been deemed ineligible for social housing support based on the Social Housing Support Means Policy 2021 but their financial circumstances change dramatically; if they can be reassessed for social housing support; if so, the timeframe within which they can be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40485/22]

Passport Services

Michael Ring

905. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Passport Office has all the required documentation to process a passport application for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo given the fact that this application has been with the Passport Office since 17 February 2022. [39799/22]

School Staff

Michael Ring

1081. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to financial compensation in view of the circumstances of the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40416/22]

School Transport

Michael Ring

1094. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will amend eligibility under the terms of the school transport schemes to include regard for children to attend post-primary level where they reside no fewer than 4.8 km from, and are attending, their nearest co-educational post-primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40642/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Ring

1190. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the legislation surrounding the length of time disability allowance payments can be made to people when they are outside the State (details supplied) if the people concerned are of mixed heritage and are anxious to maintain strong familial links with their family abroad and as a result need to visit them a number of times a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39800/22]

Further and Higher Education

Michael Ring

1436. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when outstanding claims will be finalised for a person (details supplied) given that this matter has been ongoing for several months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39900/22]

Tobacco Control Measures

Michael Ring

1638. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if he has any plans to introduce legislation to ban an activity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39630/22]

Disability Services

Michael Ring

1657. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if a report (details supplied) will be published before the end of July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/22]

Health Services Staff

Michael Ring

1799. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the employment of healthcare support assistants by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40530/22]

Departmental Policies

Michael Ring

91. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address situations of economic and financial abuse in households; if she will examine ways to individualise payments in order that a person can receive payment in their own right without the consent of their spouse in cases in which consent is not forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29326/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Michael Ring

403. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/22]

Hospital Staff

Michael Ring

690. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when funding will be approved to the four new consultant anaesthesiology posts in Mayo University Hospital which have been sanctioned to allow the recommended on-call rota cover of two consultants and two non-consultant hospital doctors; if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental effect on Mayo University Hospital if this funding is not approved by 1 September 2022; if he will ensure that this funding is approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38845/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

61. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied). [38304/22]

Departmental Data

Michael Ring

63. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the factors contributing to the increase in the population to five million as recently confirmed by the Central Statistics Office including the number of deaths and live births in each of the past five years; the number of returning Irish emigrants in each of the past five years and to compare this to the number of Irish emigrants in the same period; the number of asylum seekers in each of the past five years; and the number of refugees for each of the past five years. [38424/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

67. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

85. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38295/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

103. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

189. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38301/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

219. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salary of four roles within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38305/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

234. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/22]

Passport Services

Michael Ring

259. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a child (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the estimated issue date was 11 May 2022.
[38261/22]

Departmental Staff

Michael Ring

260. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38296/22]