Mon, 10 Oct – 16 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 59 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Alan Dillon — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
10 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked10 total
Education3 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if her Department has completed the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model; if so, if her Department will carry out a review of schools (details supplied) to ascertain if DEIS status can be given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49914/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the way in which her Department intends to implement the scheme for free primary schoolbooks; if local bookstores that currently provide these books will be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49915/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the developments that have been made in considering the demographic need for a college (details supplied); if the process has been completed within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50058/22]
Health2 questions
2022-10-12Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of meetings and expenses allocated to members of a forum (details supplied) payable by the HSE in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50403/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided for MS sufferers in Budget 2023; if he has included a request by an organisation (details supplied) for additional funding from the HSE to provide an additional 1220 additional bed nights at a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50423/22]
Social2 questions
2022-10-13Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline eligibility for the working family payment; and the impact the changes will make to this payment in respect to Budget 2023. [50709/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the eligibility criteria for carers and provide further financial supports to those who provide full-time care. [50710/22]
Children2 questions
2022-10-13Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his intentions to provide further financial supports to parents to combat rising childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50707/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline details of a new scheme under the Childminding Action Plan to simplify the registration of childminders to help parents access Government subsidies under the national childcare scheme. [50708/22]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that he has in place for students who have paid repeat fees (details supplied); if they will be entitled to claim a refund as announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/22]
Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
6 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked6 total
Social2 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that her Department has put in place for the 2023 school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49546/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a disablement pension of €190 per month is entitled to the fuel allowance. [49742/22]
Finance1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance when the Disabled Drivers Appeals Board will be re-established (details supplied). [49530/22]
Health1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when the independent radiation therapist review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49817/22]
Agriculture1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to announce the 2022 ex-gratia grants for animal charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49531/22]
Rural1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the exemptions that are available from the requirement for the general dog licence; and if she will confirm that an animal charity that does not have its own centre is exempt from having to purchase such a licence. [49529/22]
Keira Keogh — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Paul Lawless — Aontú
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
29 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked29 total
Further and Higher Education17 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students from the North will be eligible for the €1,000 fee reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49522/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if post-graduate students on special rate SUSI will be eligible for the €1,000 fee reduction in fees if their fees exceed the €6,270 fee limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49523/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students undertaking a further education and training course (details supplied) at NFQ level 8 will benefit from the €1,000 fee reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49525/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of moving all part-time courses at public higher education institutes under the free fee initiative on a pro-rata basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50042/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of reducing all non-SUSI postgraduate courses by €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50043/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that he is taking to ensure that Ukrainians enrolled in third level courses are supported in accessing student accommodation, where necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50047/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the provision of pathways for social care students studying at a college (details supplied) into the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50479/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the €40 million to address sustainable funding for higher education as outlined in the Budget 2023 Expenditure Report is a first or full-year costing; if it is a first-year costing, and the estimated full-year costing; if this is fully separate from €37 million allocated for central pay agreement provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50480/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the €40 million allocated under non-core additional Covid-19 will be spent; if the €40 million is a first or full-year costing; the value in full-year costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50481/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the €21 million allocated under non-core additional National Recovery and Resilience Plan allocation will be spent; if the €21 million is a first or full-year costing; the value in full-year costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50482/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the €21 million allocated under non-core additional Brexit Adjustment Reserve allocation will be spent; if the €21 million is a first or full-year costing; the value in full-year costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50483/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in Budget 2023 the non-pay allocation is €1,607.4 million whereas this was set at €1,612.2 million in the 2022 Expenditure report; the reason this is the case given the €98 million in additional resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50536/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for the reduction in the allocation of expenditure from the National Training Fund given that it is €682.5 million in 2023 expenditure report and was €716.4 million in 2022; the areas in which the reductions will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50537/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that the core capital allocation is €568 million given the National Development Plan anticipated €579 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50538/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to provide support to higher education institutions to deliver affordable student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50539/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of apprentice in each type and phase; the total number of apprentices awaiting access to off-the-job training in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50543/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of PhD researchers; the percentage of PhD researchers who will receive the €500 stipend increase; the total number who will likely receive the increase in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50544/22]
Education3 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the pathway forward for a teacher (details supplied) who was employed in a principal release post in a school (details supplied) in the school years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, and who expected a contract of indefinite duration in the 2022/2023 school year, but was told that they are no longer entitled to a CID due to her Department erroneously granting two principal release posts to the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49955/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the reasons that a primary school (details supplied) was denied DEIS status despite all other schools in the locality being provided DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49954/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made by Bus Éireann as it works to increase the number of school buses and drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46275/22]
Environment2 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount collected through the PSO levy in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50044/22]
2022-10-12Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the European Commission definition of highspeed broadband; and the impact that this definition has on determining the intervention area for the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50535/22]
Health2 questions
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on plans to fund counselling psychology training; when the funding will be made available; the areas that the funding will cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49524/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the Independent Review of Radiation Therapy as agreed at the Workplace Relations Commission between an organisation (details supplied), the HSE and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50045/22]
Social2 questions
2022-10-13Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional resources that were put in place to deal with the surge in applications for supplementary welfare allowance and additional needs payments, given that these are being promoted as a source of additional emergency income for those with increased energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50716/22]
2022-10-13Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on reports of substantial waiting times for supplementary welfare allowance and additional needs payment applications to be processed and paid out; the current estimated processing times for an application to be processed and paid out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50717/22]
Taoiseach1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [49951/22]
Enterprise1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a pathway for employers to apply for a visa to employ a mechanic from outside the EEA in a situation in which the employer has tried extensively to recruit from within the EEA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50157/22]
Children1 question
2022-10-11Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to ensure that Ukrainians enrolled in third-level courses are provided accommodation within a reasonable commuting distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50046/22]