Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Contracts

Alan Kelly

772. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts with (details supplied) her Department has had with in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and the nature of services this company provided to her Department during this period, in tabular form. [16408/24]

Public Sector Pay

Alan Kelly

265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when it is intended to pay all employees in higher education institutions the recently agreed pay increase of 2.25% backdated to 1 January 2024; if he will ensure that sufficient funding is provided to HEIs to meet the increased pay costs; and if he will confirm that there will be no delay in paying the increased rate of pay at University College Cork and at TU Dublin despite the current financial difficulties being faced in these HEIs. [15881/24]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

266. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all capital projects at University College Cork are currently subject to review by the HEA; and what start and completion dates are anticipated for the new Cork University Business School Building and the new Cork Dental School Building. [15882/24]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

267. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if University College Cork has submitted its 2022/2023 annual accounts to the Higher Education Authority; and when it is anticipated that the Annual Accounts will be published. [15883/24]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of money paid by University College Cork to the UCC Academy in the financial year 2022/2023 for services provided. [15884/24]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

269. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of money paid by University College Cork to off campus restaurants for hospitality for the financial year 2022/2023. [15885/24]

Third Level Education

Alan Kelly

270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of money paid by University College Cork for travel accommodation and subsistence for employees for the financial year 2022/2023. [15886/24]

State Properties

Alan Kelly

127. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 13 February 2024, on what dates the inspection of Baggot Street Hospital was carried out; and by whom in his Department. [15515/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of the five largest refurbishments to date of public buildings carried out by his Department to cater for Ukrainian refugees and/or international protection applicants, by location, in tabular form. [15517/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

129. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all buildings that have asbestos that are providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and/or international protection applicants, by location, in tabular form. [15518/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

152. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of long- and short-stay nursing home beds in counties Tipperary, Clare, and Limerick, in tabular form; and whether they are from public or private providers. [15596/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he directed the HSE to open the medical assessment units in Nenagh, Ennis and St. John's hospitals on a 24-hour basis. [15597/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, given his decision to repurpose the new 50-bed community nursing home unit in Nenagh, what he is proposing the HSE does now to substitute for this and to provide long- and short-term nursing home care to the people of Nenagh and north Tipperary. [15598/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

164. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health on what date he was notified by the HSE that it was not opening the new community nursing home in Nenagh in 2024. [15621/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

165. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the expected final cost of the full construction of the new Nenagh community nursing home (including land costs).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15622/24]

Development Contributions

Alan Kelly

596. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the local authority fees/Irish Water waiver scheme beyond 24 April 2024. [13571/24]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

1351. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he directed the HSE to temporarily use the new unopened Nenagh Community Nursing Home as a step down facility for acute care based on the overcrowding in UHL; if he was asked by any member of the Houses of the Oireachtas to do the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14255/24]

Official Engagements

Alan Kelly

130. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he last met the CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. [13335/24]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

138. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of personnel, by rank, currently in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 1 April 2021, in tabular form. [13341/24]

Greenways Provision

Alan Kelly

158. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the investment in greenways in Tipperary under the NDP. [13347/24]

Rail Network

Alan Kelly

159. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the capital budget allocation for his Department for rail transport in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [13348/24]

Office of Public Works

Alan Kelly

190. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of OPW WTE staff, by job title, which are based in the Rock of Cashel; and if this number will be further increased during the peak tourism season. [13346/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Alan Kelly

239. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on the last review carried out by her Department with regard to lone parent allowance recipients; and if she will provide figures from review decisions, in tabular form. [13342/24]

EU Funding

Alan Kelly

247. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 27 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [13337/24]

Residency Permits

Alan Kelly

248. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of Irish residence permits in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13338/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

249. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 28 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [13339/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

250. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda band as of 14 March 2024. [13340/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

278. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in emergency medicine at Tipperary University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [13343/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

279. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres in use at University Hospital Limerick to date in 2024; and the hours that each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form. [13344/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

280. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13345/24]

Rural Schemes

Alan Kelly

337. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Tipperary since January 2022; and the funding allocated each year, in tabular form. [13336/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

798. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details in relation to the International Protection Office for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form (details supplied). [11582/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

823. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 that had access to the labour market in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12055/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

835. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 who were deported/removed from the State in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12168/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

836. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount the State spent on the removal of unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12169/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

837. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount the State spent on commercial airline travel for the removal of unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12170/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

838. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 were given leave to remain or had their presence in the State otherwise regularised in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12171/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

839. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 were evicted from direct provision in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12172/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

840. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the 2015 were provided with accommodation by the State outside of the IPAS structure in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12173/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

841. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants, after the ultimate conclusion of their protection applications, continued to enjoy access to the labour market in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12174/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

842. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO on international protection were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12176/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

843. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO on subsidiary protection were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12177/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

844. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO under Dublin III were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12178/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

845. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO on the grounds of inadmissibility were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12179/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

846. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many full-time decision makers were employed by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12180/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

847. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, not employees of her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, have registered with the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12181/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

848. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, not employees of her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal were asked to make decisions by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12182/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

849. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received fewer than five appeals from the Tribunal for its consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12183/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

850. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between five and ten appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12184/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

851. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between 11 and 15 appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12185/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

852. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between 15 and 25 appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12186/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

853. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between 25 and or more appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12187/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

854. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on external decision-making services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12188/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

855. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were lodged by email and hard copy, respectively, to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12189/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

856. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when retaining external decision-making service providers, how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on couriers and An Post in transmitting papers to the service providers in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12190/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

857. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the person or body that the agreement is made with by external services providers for the provision of decision-making services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12191/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

858. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much external service providers were paid per decision in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 and if the payment is subject to withholding tax. [12192/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

859. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a request for additional or increased payment by service providers to her Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12193/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

860. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on translation services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12194/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

861. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were scheduled to be heard online and how many appeals were heard online, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12195/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

862. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were scheduled for in-person hearings and how many in-person hearings were held in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12196/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

863. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on facilities; and how much they spent on online hearing facilities, respectively, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12197/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

890. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the 2015 Act left Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12379/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

892. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for international protection within the meaning of the International Protection Act 2015 that were lodged at the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12397/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

893. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions were made granting/refusing international protection by the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12398/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

894. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applications for subsidiary protection were lodged at the IPO for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12399/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions were made granting/refusing subsidiary protection by the IPO for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12400/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many cases were progressed through Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12401/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

897. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants were directed to return to the first county under Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12402/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

898. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants returned to first countries/ left Ireland after a decision under Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12403/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many cases were considered as inadmissible for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12404/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

900. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants were returned to third countries where their claims had been previously considered and determined for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12405/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applications were not progressed/ deemed withdrawn for non-engagement or attendance for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12406/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

902. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many Department staff were engaged exclusively at the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12407/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

903. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the interviews with applicants under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted by employees of the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12408/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

904. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the interviews with applicants under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted by external service providers to the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12409/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

905. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of all of the interviews carried out at the IPO, under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted using or requiring the services of a translator in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12410/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

906. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many employees of the Department/IPO were engaged exclusively in determining applications under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12411/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

907. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, engaged in section 35(12) interviews, the IPO had available to it in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12412/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

908. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in fewer than five section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12413/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

909. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in between five and ten section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12414/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

910. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in between 10 and 15 section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12415/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

911. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in 15 or more section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12416/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

912. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice in arriving at their conclusions in the report prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, how many applications for international protection are rejected on credibility grounds, by employees of the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12417/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

913. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice in arriving at their conclusions in the report prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, how many applications for international protection are rejected on credibility grounds by external service providers in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12418/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

914. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the reports of the IPO, prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015 have as primary author, an employee of the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12419/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

915. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the reports prepared by the IPO, pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, have been authored by external service providers, and subject to supervision/signing by the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12420/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

916. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many reports, prepared pursuant section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, were prepared in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12421/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

917. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the recommendations provided in the reports were not followed by the Minister in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12422/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

918. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the recommendations provided in the reports were followed by the Minister in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12423/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

919. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many letter notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were issued in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12424/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

920. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many letters, enclosing notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were sent by way of registered post in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12425/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

921. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many registered letters, enclosing notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were returned to the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12426/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

1086. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any commitment was ever given to anyone by the Department or the Minister that the number of international protection applicants placed in a facility (details supplied) would be limited to a certain capacity; if so what was the limit committed to and was that honoured; did he make any similar commitments for any other international protection applicant locations and if so, where and when [11607/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

1087. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following on from the reply received to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 13 February 2024, what progress has been made since that reply by his Department regarding the purchase of a hotel (details supplied) to become a community hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11649/24]

General Practitioner Services

Alan Kelly

1233. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for health for an update on the progress being made for the proposed reopening of a health centre in Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

1234. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the urgent need to expand a health centre in Wicklow (details supplied) to allow wheelchair access for patients with mobility issues and to construct an additional room for medical consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/24]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

1241. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2024, the date on which he last requested this advice; in what format that advice was given; who gave the advice; and if he will publish this advice (details supplied). [11667/24]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

1295. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if in the coming weeks he will meet mid-west Oireachtas members and mid-west Health Forum members to discuss the crisis in the UHL hospital group. [11931/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

1341. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new 96-bed block of beds that are being constructed for UHL will be all new beds for the hospital; if not, if some of them be replacement beds; if so, the number of new and replacement beds, respectively; and the net increase in beds as a result. [12132/24]