Questions asked 35 total

• Finance 11 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the breakdown of the debt warehoused across each division by sector, where possible. [16626/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the breakdown of the debt warehoused across the medium enterprises division by sector. [16627/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the default rate to date on debt warehousing by large cases and high-wealth individuals. [16628/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the default rate to date on debt warehousing across each division and subdivided by sector within each division, where possible. [16629/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, the repayment structure of warehoused tax debt from 2024. [16630/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, how many small and medium enterprises have repaid their warehoused tax debt to date; and the value of those repayments. [16631/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance in relation to health insurance policies for older people, if (details supplied) has been considered. [16850/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the total excise receipts earned from tobacco products in 2021 and 2022. [17037/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category for a pack of roll-your-own tobacco since 2011; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance what domestic actions he plans to take to reduce Ireland's VAT gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated extra revenue that would accrue to the State if EU proposals on "VAT in the Digital Age" were enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/23]
• Health 6 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension increments; the reason former HSE staff are awaiting over a year for these increments to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16409/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health in relation to the Government’s ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship’, part of which seeks to develop a public sector National Framework of Qualification QQI level 5 courses for the occupation of healthcare assistants, if healthcare assistants who have nursing qualifications from outside of Ireland (QQI level 7 and 8), will be required to complete the QQI level 5 courses to remain working as a healthcare assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16810/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health why the evaluation of the sugar-sweetened drinks tax has not been completed almost five years since its introduction; the current stage of the evaluation; when it will be finished and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16811/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health given the positive clinical results being achieved by the HSE's structured chronic disease management programme, the reason certain cohorts of medical cardholders (details supplied) are excluded from the programme; if he will now extend the programme to include these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17184/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a retired healthcare worker (details supplied) will receive their pension increment. [17599/23]
• Social 5 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing domiciliary care allowance to children aged 16 and 17 years, in view of the fact that children can no longer access this payment once they turn 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17033/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people received the household benefit scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of the scheme to the State in each of these years. [17034/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are available for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments during work time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection whether considerations have been made to ease the eligibility criteria for partial capacity benefit to increase security for all cancer patients seeking to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the possibility of streamlining applications for the additional needs payments for cancer patients on the basis of the non-medical costs of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/23]
• Public Expenditure 4 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of the Govtech Delivery Board, first suggested in 2019 in the National AI strategy, as such a board was identified as a key supporter of good practice in the public sector deployment of new technologies. [16424/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if providing advice and a set of best practice guidelines on data protection be part of the role of the Govtech Delivery Board, given that, in the 2019 Cruinniú report that proposed the Govtech body, the lack of expertise on GDPR in public sector bodies was identified as a barrier to deployment of new technologies. [16426/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform given the skills gap in AI identified by the Future Skills report last year, if the monitoring and support of public sector projects which utilise AI will be part of the responsibility of the Govtech delivery Board. [16428/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that Govtech boards in some states, for example Singapore, have a role in developing 'whole of government' technologies, and employ substantial technical resources to this end; and if this is perceived as part of the terms of reference of the Irish Govtech Delivery Board. [16430/23]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education what options are available to the family of a student (details supplied) who has withdrawn from school and is refusing to attend due to difficulties they have faced in the school, but who has applied to enrolled in a new school and has been denied a place in that school. [16809/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education what options and funding streams are available to a school that wishes to start a school library and stock it with books. [16849/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the demand that will be placed on national schools in Rush, County Dublin; if provision has been made to increase national school places in the short to medium-term; if she will provide specific information by school on the number of places that will be available for the next ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16754/23]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the misclassification of pension entitlements for workers in local authorities; and if he can provide an update and a timeline for resolution. [16047/23]
  • 2023-04-20 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in Fingal in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18765/23]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach the volume of snus imported into the State in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the monetary value of the imports. [17004/23]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide data on the number of workers who engaged with the APS passport database system (details supplied). [17215/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 7 March 2023, whether self-employed taxi drivers can specify “card not accepted” or “cash payment only”, and if this will ensure the customer cannot subsequently claim a legal right to pay by card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16848/23]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the working group on trustworthy AI principles and guidelines, as outlined in a response to this office in December 2022; and when this body is to report. [16422/23]