Questions asked 34 total

• Health 10 questions

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida who are waiting for an urology procedure; and the number of these children waiting for more than four months. [6978/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing two extra HSE air ambulance helicopters available on a 24-7 basis. [6979/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent kidney transplant surgeons attached to CHI Temple Street in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6980/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians or gynaecologists with a special interest in reproductive medicine working in Holles Street Maternity Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6981/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of general practitioners operating under the aegis of North East Doctor On Call, in tabular form. [6982/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the disability day services centres that received funding in the past two years to provide, upgrade or improve their transport provision to and from their centres. [6983/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [6984/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time cardiothoracic radiographers working in the Mater Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6985/23]
  • 2023-02-16 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on recent service reconfigurations at Navan Hospital and plans for further reconfiguration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6921/23]
  • 2023-02-16 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the staff complement and existing vacancies in the four CDNTs serving County Meath; the number of children accessing services and on waiting lists; his plans to address staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/23]
• Transport 9 questions

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if the Navan rail line project will now proceed to design and appraisal given its inclusion as a medium-term project in the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042; if he will provide an update and indicative timeline for each of the phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6908/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if the Navan rail line will not proceed to construction in advance of 2031 due to funding constraints in the national development plan to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding was made available in the national development plan prior to 2030 to provide for the construction of the Navan rail line; the estimated timeline for delivery on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of full-time taxi enforcement officials working for the National Transport Authority in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6971/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus will run a 27x bus from UCD Belfield to Clarehall at 18:10 on Mondays to Fridays during term periods only. [6972/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been provided to refurbish and remark car parks at a location (details supplied) during 2023; if not, the last time both of these car parks were resurfaced and remarked. [6973/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has spoken formally to the CEO of Dublin Port Company since his appointment. [6974/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers who travelled on Dublin Bus route 4 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in both directions, in tabular form. [6975/23]
  • 2023-02-16 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of Ten-T funding for transport projects received since 1999, in tabular form by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7865/23]
• Justice 4 questions

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda roads policing vans added to the fleet in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of roads policing vans withdrawn during the same period. [6966/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time civilian cyber security experts working in the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6967/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of stables by location that are available for use by Garda mounted units that are located outside of the Dublin region, in tabular form. [6969/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 for 15 December 2022, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer same. [6970/23]
• Enterprise 2 questions

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to the west coast of United States of America in the next three months. [6976/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies by job title at the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 30 January 2023; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6977/23]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2023-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 8 November 2022, if a timeframe is set out for member states to comply with the requirements of Article 6.1 of the Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7449/23]
  • 2023-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 29 November 2022, if it is the case that there are no conservation measures contained in the NPWSs published site-specific conservation objectives for the River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC site code 002299, despite indications in response to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 11 October 2022 that a number of conservation measures apply; if he will outline plans to agree, deliver and monitor conservation measures at the River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7451/23]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the reason commercial bus operators here cannot claim VAT back on fuel and spare parts when their counterparts in other jurisdictions can; if he plans to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7046/23]
• Public Expenditure 1 question

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital budget allocation to the OPW in 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the amount of that capital funding that was spent in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [6987/23]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Ambassador to the United States intends to visit Barbados before the end of quarter 1, 2023. [6965/23]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided in 2023 to replace the Learjet 45 aircraft during 2023. [6986/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if all-Irish secondary schools in Gaeltacht areas are treated differently than Gaelcholáistí when it comes to the school transport schemes in terms of recognition, eligibility, catchment areas and language rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6907/23]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new EU undergraduate entrants into Trinity College on a full-time basis since 2016, in tabular form. [6988/23]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2023-02-15 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he considers that the independence and focus of the EPA is comprised and diluted by the fact that its functions and lines of accountability are spilt between departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7450/23]