Questions asked 40 total

• Enterprise 17 questions

  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated first-year cost of hiring ten additional WRC inspectors. [27386/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding for Enterprise Ireland's market discovery fund in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing this fund by 10% and 20%, in tabular form. [27387/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding for Enterprise Ireland's enter the Eurozone programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing this fund by 10% and 20%, in tabular form. [27388/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding for Enterprise Ireland's post Brexit market growth and diversification grant in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing this fund by 10% and 20%, in tabular form. [27389/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason there was an underspend of €38,250,000 for the disruptive technology fund in 2022. [27390/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the innovation voucher scheme by 25% and 50%. [27507/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'skills for better business' initiative in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27508/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the MODOS training programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of expanding the MODOS training programme across all LEOs. [27509/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'lean for micro' programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for each programme by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27510/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'leadership 4 growth' training programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for each programme by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27511/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'go global 4 growth' training programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for each programme by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27512/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for a list of all LEO management development programmes in 2022; the funding provided to each programme; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for each programme by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27513/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for a list of all EI management development programmes in 2022; the funding provided to each programme; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for each programme by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [27514/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing funding for the Digital Start Initiative by 10%, 20% and 50%. [27582/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing funding for the Digital Start Initiative to deliver funding to the value of five days of consultancy for firms instead of four days. [27583/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for technology centres in 2022; and if this is capital or current funding; and the cost of increasing this funding by 10%, 20%, and 25%. [27890/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for Innovation Partnerships in 2022; and if this is capital or current funding; and the cost of increasing this funding by 10%, 20%, and 25%. [27891/23]
• Housing 17 questions

  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will supply a complete copy of all recommendations, briefing notes and supporting documents (including legal advices - external and/or internal) provided to him by his officials in relation to the extension for eight months to 31 December 2023 of the 2020.23 General State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations signed by him on 28 April 2023 (details supplied), and copies of all associated legally compliant regulations. [27870/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the light of his extension of the 2022.23 State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations to 31 December 2023, and NPWS's National Urban Gull Survey September 2021 - which his Department stated would inform urban gull policy, the as yet unimplemented recommendation in April 2020 from the Chair of the Consultative Committee (CC) on urban gulls that areas impacted by gulls should receive a public health and safety based derogation under the terms of the Birds Directive, the legal advices from the CC (August 2020 and February 2021), and the fact that three Government Department's websites, including his own Department's site, have posted stark warnings about public health risks from seabirds and their faeces for almost a year now, he will advise as to when and by what means he proposes to address escalating negative impacts and public health risks from urban gull colonies in the interests of public health and safety. [27871/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide copies of all wildlife licences issued for controls of wild birds since and including 2018 to date. [27872/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether new regulations pertaining to the protection of wild birds and derogations are currently being drafted; if the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government is involved in the drafting; and when the new regulations will be published and implemented. [27873/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm when his Department intends to publish the results of its public consultation on the 2023.24 Wild Birds derogation declarations; if his Department intends conduct any further consultations in respect of new regulations pertaining to derogation declarations; and if he can assure that his Department will demonstrate transparency with regard to these matters similar to the publicity and transparency that characterised the recent species management and control policy development for the red deer population. [27874/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that all new or amended regulations pertinent to the annual State-wide derogations from protections afforded to wild bird species will reflect the explicit affirmation by the European Court of Justice (EU Commission vs. the King of Belgium 1985-87 Case No. 247) that "the higher-ranking interests of public health and security must override the protection of birds and their habitats", as specifically catered for in Article 9.1.a), first indent) of the 1979 Birds Directive, and as specifically catered for in The Wildlife Act 2000 (Amended), Section 59 and S.I. No. 477/2011 - European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011. [27875/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds General derogation Declarations, he will clarify whether he and his Department have accepted the independent legal advices (August 2020 and February 2021 acquired via his predecessor's Consultative Committee on urban gulls) that S.I. No. 254/1986 - European Communities (Wildlife Act, 1976) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 are ultra vires the species control threshold in the 1979 Birds Directive whereby Member States "shall, (Articles 1 & 2)" protect, manage and control wild bird species "in the interests of public health and safety", and specifically that the 1986 Regulations' threshold for species control decisions viz. "represent a threat to public health and safety" is ultra vires; if he has received and accepted internal legal advice that agrees that the 1986 Regulations are ultra vires in the above contexts; and if so, when he received the internal advice. [27877/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that the 2022.23 Annual State-wide derogation declarations due on 1 May 2022 were delayed for over two months, and given that legal advice was provided that S.I. No. 254/1986 - European Communities (Wildlife Act, 1976) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 "did not properly transpose the Directive", he will explain the reason the new regulations were not ready in time for the 2023.24 declarations that were due on 1 May 2023. [27878/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the CJEU's 1987 judgement in Case No 247 - the EU Commission vs Belgium, he accepts that noise and faecal pollution, serious attacks on people, including on children in their schools, from high density gull colonies, in Irish towns and cities, are negative impacts far more serious than the impacts of small species such as sparrows and starlings cited in the CJEU's judgement as justifying derogations, and therefore that proactive general derogations are required in impacted areas listed in his Department's National urban Gull Survey 2021 - viz. Balbriggan, Howth, Skerries, Drogheda, Bray and many parts of Dublin city and suburbs, "in the higher ranking interests of public health and security", in line with the CJEU Judgement. [27879/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the species Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), and Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus). [27880/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Hooded Grey Crow (Corvus corona) species. [27881/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Magpie (Pica pica) species. [27882/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Rook (Corvus frugilegus) species. [27883/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) species. [27884/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) species. [27885/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) species. [27886/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of the 2022.23 Declarations inclusive, he will provide a summary of the evidence and advices considered, rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and accepted, and the reasons for acceptance, by his Department, including sources and the dates from when all such evidences and advices were available, in respect of the control decisions made regarding the Collared Dove (Streptopella decaocto) species. [27887/23]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation whereby nursing home residents in private nursing homes who are medical card holders were wrongly charged for nursing home care; the steps that the family of a deceased nursing home resident who died in 2002 can take to establish if their parent and family members were wrongly charged for this care; if he can provide details of the steps to take in the event that their parent was wrongly charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27193/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of people with lung injuries and all other injuries arising from e-cigarettes treated by the health service in 2022 and to date in 2023; the location of this treatment that is, primary or secondary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/23]
  • 2023-06-15 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of the pain medication (details supplied); if he is aware that this means that the smaller boxes are being purchased and paid for in full by persons on the drug payment scheme because they cannot purchase the prescribed amount; if there is any way for people to claim back this money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29005/23]
• Education 2 questions

  • 2023-06-15 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the scheme for awarding incremental credit to secondary school teachers for relevant experience in a non-teaching role; if she can provide guidance on what constitutes relevant work; if she will list the type of work which could be considered relevant for a teacher of home economics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29003/23]
  • 2023-06-15 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the scheme for awarding incremental credit to secondary school teachers for relevant experience in a non-teaching role; if she can confirm if work with children of secondary school age who have challenging behaviours and who are dealing with issues such as recovery from drug addiction and who have been mentored by the teacher seeking credit can be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29004/23]
• Social 1 question

  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the current rate of pay for the job initiative scheme; if there are plans to increase this; and the measures she will take to help JI employees in the face of the cost-of-living crisis. [27892/23]