Mon, 6 Feb – 12 Feb 2023 · 3 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
2 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked2 total
Education2 questions
2023-02-09Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education if she can outline the level of school transport services servicing a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that parts of this extended Gaeltacht area, such as the Baile Ghib area, appear to be excluded from the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6264/23]
2023-02-09Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the factors taken into consideration when the school transport services to a school (details supplied) were decided upon, in view of the Government commitment to enabling education in Gaeltacht schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6265/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [4788/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [5798/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [5797/23]
Children3 questions
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla's CEO will engage with or meet with a person (details supplied) who has requested a meeting; if he will respond to correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5947/23]
2023-02-09Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors currently seeking asylum in Ireland; and the number who are resident in direct provision centres, residential care or foster care. [5637/23]
2023-02-09Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that children have gone missing from the care of Tusla in each of the past ten years; the number of children who were later located; and the number who remain missing. [5638/23]
Health3 questions
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has rented accommodation at a location (details supplied); the amount paid; the way the building was selected; the person or body that received the rental money; and for how long the payments were made. [5608/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of excess deaths that occurred over and above the five-year pre-Covid average death rate in each of the past 12 months; if he will institute an independent investigation of the large increase in excess deaths that are occurring; the measures that the Government has taken to determine the cause of the spike in excess deaths; and if he will outline the Government’s plan to halt the elevated death rate. [5745/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with an address in the North of Ireland who have used hospital services in each of the past five years. [5865/23]
Rural3 questions
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fines that have been issued for controlled breeds of dogs for being in breach of regulations in each county for the past five years. [5607/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of her Department undertook to create social media accounts under false names, which were operated in order to further the messaging or communications of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4876/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if she will provide details in relation to this spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4858/23]
Housing2 questions
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications and the number of unsuccessful applications per each local authority area for the first-home scheme since its introduction; the last time that property price ceilings were reviewed for each local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5538/23]
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the last time that the property price ceiling was reviewed for County Meath under the first-home scheme; if he will consider reviewing the price ceiling under the scheme to reflect current market value property prices in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5539/23]
Social2 questions
2023-02-09Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review of the part-time substitute service in Castlepollard will be finished and available for the public to read; and if she has carried out any research into the reduction of footfall in shops in Castlepollard since the part-time closure. [5801/23]
2023-02-09Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reopen a full-time social welfare office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath. [5800/23]
Justice1 question
2023-02-08Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1208 of 19 January 2021, if the visa immigration arrangement is still in place for international contracted circus artists working for Irish traditional circuses (details supplied); if any such review of the arrangement involved consultation with traditional circus owners where the introduction of a work permit would be cost prohibitive and would not reflect the transient nature of traditional circus owners’ business needs for contracting international artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5989/23]