Questions asked 48 total

• Health 20 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the CHI neonatal intensive care unit for the most vulnerable newborns is not being prioritised and progressed. [21553/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Dail Éireann was misled in the decision to proceed with locating the children's hospital on the constrained site at St. James’s, given that many of the major concerns raised in opposition to the project have already come to pass and the advocates for an alternative site have already been vindicated; and if he will hold an Inquiry into the original flawed decision-making process. [21554/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to University Hospital Galway via the emergency department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21704/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the emergency department in University Hospital Galway without being seen in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21705/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have left their jobs at University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21706/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to work in University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21707/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State waiting for hip replacement surgery at the end of each of the past ten years; the average waiting length in each of the past ten years, by county, in tabular form. [21708/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a dental waiting list at the end of each of the last ten years, and if a breakdown, by county, can be provided on this figure. [21709/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against the HSE in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21710/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many nurses were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21945/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many doctors were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21946/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many dentists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21947/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many midwives were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21948/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many management staff were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21949/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many psychiatrists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21950/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many occupational therapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21951/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many physiotherapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21952/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many speech and language therapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21953/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 30 April 2024, the number accessing Midoc in Tullamore on a weekly basis in 2024; to provide a breakdown of the number travelling from the Birr, Banagher, Cloghan, Kinnitty and Ferbane areas, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of special care dentists, by county, and the numbers of dental patients with additional needs and-or anxiety attending special care dentists who required a general anaesthetic, for each of the past five years, by county. [22049/24]
• Justice 10 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff, by rank, in the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each of the past three years. [21227/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases that have come before the DPP in relation to sexual offences involving children, in each of the past three years; the number of those that came before court; the number which resulted in a custodial sentence; the number who secured a conviction but where a custodial sentence was not received; if those convicted with or without a custodial sentence have re-offended, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21301/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have bought back time to retire early in each of the past five years. [21503/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time for the first initial decision to be made for international protection applicants for each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and the longest time for an applicant to receive a first decision for the corresponding timeframe. [21504/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time for the final decision, including court decisions, to be made for international protection applicants for each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and the longest time for an applicant to receive the final decision for the corresponding timeframe. [21505/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants there have been for each of the past five years up to end-April; 2024, the number of these who IPAS is now unable to locate or does not know their whereabouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21737/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportation orders revoked by her Department in each of the past ten years.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21961/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
  • 2024-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to revise the age of retirement for the Prison Service (details supplied). [22216/24]
• Agriculture 5 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county in the State. [21720/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average cost of a bag of fertiliser in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [21721/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lamb imports into the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21722/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in tonnes or otherwise of lamb or sheep meat exported from the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21723/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the comparable environmental impacts of agricultural produce produced in Ireland and the produce imported into the EU form the five largest countries in terms of volume; and if the information is not available to him, if he will carry out a comparable environmental impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21775/24]
• Environment 2 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of tax collected on plastic bottles and cans since the deposit return scheme was introduced, and the amount in deposits paid back to customers in each of those months. [21718/24]
  • 2024-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
• Education 2 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 April 2024, when the guidelines for the primary school book grant will issue for 2025; and the allowance per student.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21302/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown, by county, of the number of times persons in receipt of carer's allowance had their allowance stopped in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21678/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown, by county, of the number of times persons who were initially refused disability allowance were successful on appealing the decision in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21679/24]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of pets which have been brought to Ireland from Ukraine in each month since the invasion; and the cost to the State in relation to this in each of those months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21715/24]
  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected on green diesel in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and if a breakdown on type of tax can be provided, in tabular form. [21719/24]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2024-05-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2024-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to introduce congestion charges in the State; and if he will outline how the charges would work. [15530/24]