2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 29 March 2022, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted to him in December 2018, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50701/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the development of the Autism Innovation Strategy; the expected timeline for the finalisation and publication of the Strategy; if he will provide details of the Autism Innovation Strategy oversight and advisory group; the number of times that the group has met to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50702/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the research commissioned by his Department, and being carried out by the ESRI, into the housing situation of children; when he expects to receive and publish the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50703/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill 2022; when the Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 7 July 2022, the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of a White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new international protection support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50721/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work of the disability stakeholder group; the number of times that the group has met in 2022; the dates of these meetings; if the group has considered a report (details supplied) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50720/22]
Education4 questions
2022-10-11D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun polasaí cuimsitheach don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais, ó leibhéal an oideachais réamhscoile go leibhéal an oideachais do mhúinteoirí, a fhorbairt agus a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [49858/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to extend the Irish and bilingual grant to all post-primary Irish medium schools in the country; the reason that multi-denominational schools and schools in the ETB, community and comprehensive sector are not approved for the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49857/22]
2022-10-11D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais maidir leis an bpolasaí nua atá beartaithe don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais ón réamhscoil go dtí an tríú leibhéal: cad é líon na n-uaireanta atá caite ag an ngrúpa idir-rannach air go dtí seo; cad é líon na n-uaireanta atá caite ag an ngrúpa stiúrtha air go dtí seo; an scríobhtar miontuairiscí chruinnithe an ghrúpa idir-rannaigh; an scríobhtar miontuairiscí chruinnithe an ghrúpa stiúrtha; cathain a fhoilseofar an polasaí nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [49907/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the roll-out of the promised temporary additional capacity on the school transport scheme given the additional funding approved for the scheme under Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49908/22]
Health4 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to Budget 2023, the timeline for when cariban will be made available on the drugs payment scheme and through the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49614/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the support for the Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; when he expects to publish the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the rates of the blind welfare allowance, in view of the 12% increase in taxi fares which came into effect on 1 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50669/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the promised independent radiation therapist review; if he will provide an update on the development of the terms of reference of the review; when he expects the terms of reference to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/22]
Social4 questions
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department’s work on a straw-man proposal for the restructuring of long-term disability payments; if she will provide details of the unit or group that is carrying out this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50712/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review (details supplied); if the review is on track to be completed by Q4 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50713/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the school meals programme; the timeline for the completion and publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50745/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of any analysis carried out by her Department into providing support with redundancy payments arising from the closure of local employment services and jobs clubs around the country as a result of the roll-out of the new local area employment services; if her Department has carried out any analysis on redundancies arising from the change to the new local area employment services, and in particular, the number of persons who have been made redundant and their length of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50746/22]
Housing2 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the membership, including directors and shareholders, if any, of Galway Culture company, further to his announcement on 29 September 2022 (details supplied) of an allocation of €147,000 to Derry and Strabane Council, Ulster University, Galway Culture company, Creative Enterprise West, Atlantic Technological University and the Western Development Commission; its registered address; the name and number of all organisations that tendered for the project; if he will provide details of the Atlantic Region of Creative Content project; the purposes for which the company was established; when it was established; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the €147,000 will be spent. [49287/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections that are in place or are planned to be put in place for tenants or licensees whose utilities are under the control of their landlords; the protections that are in place for tenants if a landlord or utility company turns off that utility in circumstances where a landlord wants to evict a person or in circumstances where the landlord fails to pay the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51018/22]
Justice2 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to parliamentary question No. 40 of 5 July 2022 and No. 389 of 27 September 2022, the total number of persons who have arrived in Ireland further to the Afghan admissions programme which opened in December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49750/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50401/22]
Defence1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of an event (details supplied) organised by his Department; the details of the organisations and companies that were represented at this event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50270/22]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to extend the reduction of €1,000 in the student contribution announced in budget 2023 to all postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49604/22]
Enterprise1 question
2022-10-12Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a letter (details supplied) from 18 NGOs calling for Ireland to support an extension of the 17 June 2022 decision of the World Trade Organisation on the TRIPS Agreement to cover Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostic tests with no further conditions or changes to the text; his plans to support the proposed extension for the full five-year period from the point of extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50420/22]
Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael
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Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
John Connolly — Fianna Fáil
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Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin
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7 questions ·
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Questions asked7 total
Education3 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the reason that ETBs no longer have the authority to grant cover for workforce leave as they did prior to the moratorium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49479/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the criteria set out for the Irish and bilingual grant; the reason that some schools in the same geographic area are included and others are not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49478/22]
2022-10-12D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Oideachais cén uair a thabharfar cead do scoil (sonraí curtha ar fáil) chun conraitheoir a fhostú faoin Scéim um Chóiríocht Bhreise; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [50435/22]
Social2 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider adjusting the means test for the carer's allowance in order that reasonable mortgage repayments for the primary residence would be subtracted from the applicant's overall means; if she will consider taking the number of dependants in a household into account as part of the means test for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49754/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to allowing increased mortgage costs as part of the means test for carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49482/22]
Housing1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his views expressed in July 2022 regarding additional funding for Galway County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49686/22]
Transport1 question
2022-10-13Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider providing additional buses on the 424 route into Galway city in the morning in order to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50791/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance his views on suggestions from the European Commission and some European Union member states that an enhanced cooperation procedure should be used for the implementation in the EU of pillar two of the OECD agreement on international taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50283/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that the use of an enhanced cooperation procedure at EU level in the realm of taxation would impinge on the ability of Ireland and other small EU member states to retain their sovereignty over taxation matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50284/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 8 September 2022, the status of the disabled drivers' medical board of appeal; if a new board has been appointed; when it will commence hearing appeals; the estimated timeframe to clear the backlog of appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50812/22]
Environment1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the funding allocations for the Western Lakes draft management plan for loughs Corrib, Mask, Carra, Conn, Cullin, Arrow and Sheelin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49769/22]
Housing1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the regulations which he recently made to protect the basking shark cetorhinus maximus under Section 23(2)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1976, entitled the Wildlife Act 1976 (Protection of Wild Animals) Regulations 2022, can be policed and enforced by Inland Fisheries Ireland out to the 12-mile jurisdictional limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49770/22]
Children1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a DNA database for families and survivors of mother and baby homes to enable extended family to identify relatives; when such a database could be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49771/22]
Agriculture1 question
2022-10-13Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if felling licences which were issued in 2019 can be extended for another year, given that Covid-19 restrictions prevented felling taking place for large parts of 2020, and that there is now a backlog and waiting lists for contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/22]
Seán Kyne — Fine Gael
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Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.