Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 11 Sept

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 0 votes · 9 questions · 13 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the measures he intends on taking to address the 37-week wait in accessing a driving test in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38038/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport if staffing levels will be increased in the driving test centres in Cork to reduce the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38039/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport when he expects that the average waiting time for an invitation to a driving test will be reduced back down to ten-weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38040/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport what action is being taken to increase the number of staff employed at driving test centres in order to reduce the waiting time backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38041/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to outline if the Delegated Directive [EU 2022-2100] has been transposed into Irish law; if not, the current status of the Directive, due to the fact that July 2023 was the deadline for the transposition of Delegated Directive [EU] 2022 -2100 on the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38701/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health since the establishment of the rare diseases technology review committee (RDTRC) in 2018, the specific drugs that have been considered by the RDTRC and their recommendations, in tabular form; whether these drugs are now available to Irish patients; the timelines for each from EMA licence to availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39003/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what measures the Government will take to support individuals with the cost of energy going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38528/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending the treatment benefit scheme for hearing aids in order that people would be eligible for payments every two years (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37854/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if additional staff will be put in place in order to deal with the backlog in processing applications under the atypical working scheme, and in particular where it relates to qualified medical and care professionals seeking to work in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38006/23]

New lobbying 13 returns

RPP SRL Health
- To support the Irish and European collaboration related Structural Heart Diseases (SHD)
Community Law & Mediation Environment
- Email containing details of CLM’s Open Letter (signed by the Irish Heart Foundation, Age Action, the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Threshold, Community Work Ireland, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Pavee Point and Environmental Justice Network Ireland) to Minister Eamon Ryan following publication of the National Clean Air Strategy.
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Agriculture
- request an extension of the period for shallow cultivation or sowing a crop after combine harvesting due to poor harvesting conditions.
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 6 returns Agriculture · Development and Zoning · Environment · Finance
- Nitrates Derogation
- Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)
- EUNature Restoration Law
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to mitigate increased cost of production and general inflationary pressures
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to Support Farmers Through Brexit
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity
Alcohol Action Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol, including increase in excise duties, social responsibility levy on alcohol industry, establishment of an Alcohol Office, funding for services for all impacted by alcohol harm
- Sale of Alcohol Bill
Illumina Cambridge Ltd Health
- Provide an introduction to Illumina and highlight the need for timely implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland
Irish Offshore Operators' Association CLG Energy and Natural Resources
- IOOA sent information on Corrib in the context of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) 2023 Bill

Eoghan Kenny — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ken O'Flynn — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pádraig O'Sullivan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 18 questions · 11 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Education 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the NCSE regarding supports for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38261/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education when classrooms at a special school (details supplied) will be ready; what arrangements will be made in the interim to facilitate impacted students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38390/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the child development model that was used in setting the criteria for the L2LP Numeracy Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38469/23]
Justice 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear back on their citizen application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38645/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 which states that there are currently 1793 people recorded at the Sex Offenders Management and Intelligence Unit who are subject to Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; if she will provide a breakdown of offenders originating from other jurisdictions, other than Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38646/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 444, if she can clarify a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38647/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38472/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health how a property which has pyrite or other deleterious materials is treated for fair deal purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38518/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if a proportion of the 200 undergraduate places for Republic of Ireland students in Northern Ireland (details supplied) are set aside for candidates with DARE (Disability Access Route to Education) eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38689/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with Bus Éireann regarding concerns regarding a bus route (details supplied) in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38589/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will look at the viability of extending services to include passenger services along the existing Navan-Drogheda rail line, thereby providing a rail link to Dublin from Navan in a relatively inexpensive and fast manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38922/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options open to a person (details supplied) when the first home scheme will be extended to self-builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38219/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what grant supports are available to facilitate the construction of an extension to a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38923/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the transition to a Total Contributions Approach (TCA) model and phasing out of the yearly average approach will be fully implemented; if a specific timeline can be given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38639/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if and when the TCA model is fully implemented; if she can advise the impact on people with mixed contribution records whose pensions could be significantly reduced (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38640/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of serving soldiers in social or AHB accommodation, by county, as of 1 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38351/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a decision will be made on a sports capital application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39084/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the operation of the Charities Regulatory Authority; the number of applicants awaiting registration; the average length of time a charity is waiting between submitting an application and the issuing of a registered charity number; the number of staff in the authority assigned to approving applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37505/23]

New lobbying 11 returns

Pro Life Campaign Health
- Letters to TDs who voted in favour of the Foetal Pain Relief Bill 2021 on the Three-Year Review
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 5 returns Development and Zoning · Environment · Finance · Agriculture
- Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)
- EUNature Restoration Law
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to mitigate increased cost of production and general inflationary pressures
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to Support Farmers Through Brexit
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity
Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health
- Orphan Drugs and Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods (Amendment) Bill 2021
Illumina Cambridge Ltd Health
- Provide an introduction to Illumina and highlight the need for timely implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland
Irish Offshore Operators' Association CLG Energy and Natural Resources
- IOOA sent information on Corrib in the context of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) 2023 Bill
Epilepsy Ireland Social Protection
- Seeking that Ministers, TDs and Senators support our campaign around improving access to the Free Travel scheme for people with epilepsy.
Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland Health
- Attended the Joint Autism Committee Final Report Presentation

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 15 questions · 7 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average wait time for an apprentice to enter each of the taught phases, by county, in tabular form. [38004/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices who have worked the required hours but are awaiting placement in an educational institute, by phase and county, in tabular form. [38005/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process for a student who has received the required QQI module qualifications through a PLC to enter into university; whether there is a limit on the number of spaces available per course for those entering through this route; how students are selected if the course is oversubscribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38894/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for a level 8 course following completion of a PLC, who received the required modules but has not gotten a place at Munster Technological University or University College Cork. [38895/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware of issues with an affordable housing site in Montenotte, County Cork, that is leaving customers unable to progress with a mortgage from a major bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of issues with mortgage protection insurance for type 1 diabetics seeking a mortgage through the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37968/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is satisfied that local authorities currently have enough resources to prevent homelessness and accommodate those forced into homelessness, given the recent rise in evictions as evidenced in the RTB quarterly statistics and the lifting of the eviction moratorium. [38924/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance when USC will be abolished. [37679/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance for an update on provision to assist type 1 diabetics in progressing with a mortgage given difficulties in securing mortgage protection insurance. [37969/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether recently announced €3.5 million funding for drug and alcohol services is annual reoccurring funding or a once-off payment. [38591/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether students who studied medicine in Ulster University are able to apply for internship posts in the south. [38737/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he is aware that a person (details supplied) has had construction ongoing in their home since June under the SEAI warmer homes scheme, with no completion timeline given. [38712/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education when ICT/digital grants will be paid to schools. [38048/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the progress towards a centre of excellence in boxing in Cork. [38544/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools; the number that have returned to Cork schools; and the number that will return in September 2023, by role, in tabular form. [39069/23]

New lobbying 7 returns

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 5 returns Development and Zoning · Environment · Finance · Agriculture
- Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)
- EUNature Restoration Law
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to mitigate increased cost of production and general inflationary pressures
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to Support Farmers Through Brexit
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol, including increase in excise duties, social responsibility levy on alcohol industry, establishment of an Alcohol Office, funding for services for all impacted by alcohol harm
Irish Offshore Operators' Association CLG Energy and Natural Resources
- IOOA sent information on Corrib in the context of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) 2023 Bill