Parliamentary questions

Local Authorities

Imelda Munster

255. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Louth County Council has drawn down the €570,000 additional funding for the housing adaptation grant scheme that was allocated to it last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5139/24]

Local Authorities

Imelda Munster

256. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total housing adaptation grant funding provided to Louth County Council for 2023 and if he can provide a breakdown of the spending of this funding under the various schemes under the housing adaptation grant, in tabular form. [5140/24]

Nursing Homes

Imelda Munster

487. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that are currently operational at the new 30-bed purpose build dementia unit in a nursing home (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/24]

Health Services Staff

Imelda Munster

506. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health how many speech and language therapists are working in CHO8, including figures for full time and part time positions, in tabular form and broken down by county; if he will provide a full schedule of staff requirements for speech and language therapists in CHO8; when the full complement of staff is expected to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5156/24]

Health Services

Imelda Munster

507. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of children using the paediatric speech and language therapy services in CHO8, specifically in counties Louth and Meath. [5157/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Imelda Munster

508. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the numbers on waiting lists, and how long they have been waiting, for paediatric speech and language therapy in CHO8, specifically in counties Louth and Meath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5158/24]

Television Licence Fee

Imelda Munster

249. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she can provide a confirmed evasion rate figure for the licence fee for 2023, and if not, if she can give an estimated date for the availability of same. [3526/24]

Broadcasting Sector

Imelda Munster

698. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding TG4 received from the Exchequer in 2022 and 2023. [56601/23]

Broadcasting Sector

Imelda Munster

699. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding TG4 is due to receive from the Exchequer in 2024. [56602/23]

Child and Family Agency

Imelda Munster

1368. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any relevant criteria were considered ahead of the purchase of a property (details supplied) purchased by Tusla; the guidance or guidelines that may have been followed; if the board received any advice or information ahead of the granting of approval for the purchase; if there are any value for money criteria that were relevant to the purchase; if so, the details of same; if there are any relevant planning proposals or planned works relating to this property; if the property remains vacant; if so, the reason; if there were any conflicts of interest that the board was made aware of during the process of purchasing the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56885/23]

Hospital Facilities

Imelda Munster

1561. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if he can provide details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current capacity of the ground floor east; the number of beds the renovation works on ground floor west planned to deliver; the cost of this project; the value for money assessments or reports that may have been carried out; the name of the primary contractor for these works; his views on whether best practice and all health and safety regulations were followed during the works; if all building regulations and permits were issued and filed with the appropriate authorities prior to the commencement of the works; the details of what structural surveys were carried out prior to the commencement of the works; his views on whether the project delivered the number of beds promised; if additional inspections and surveys were carried out during and after the process; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56886/23]

Television Licence Fee

Imelda Munster

296. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the figures for the receipts collected for the licence fee in each of the years 2022 to date in 2023, broken down between licence fee receipts from households and licence fee receipts paid by the Department of Social Protection under the household benefits package, in tabular form [55890/23]

Television Licence Fee

Imelda Munster

297. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of households estimated not to be paying their television licence in each of the years 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55891/23]

Media Sector

Imelda Munster

209. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the progress of the working group to develop a National Disinformation Strategy; the expected date for their final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54261/23]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

87. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the figures for how much funding is available in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 for Fáilte Ireland’s Digital that Delivers Programme. [53961/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Imelda Munster

111. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was in receipt of jobseeker's assistance and illness benefit consistently for a total of 312 CPD over the past year, both payments which are eligible for the Christmas bonus, has been advised that they are not eligible for the bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53966/23]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

208. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much funding was given to the LEADER programme in 2022 and 2023; and how much is expected to be allocated in 2024. [53969/23]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

209. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much LEADER funding has been allocated to rural tourism in 2022 and 2023. [53970/23]

Media Sector

Imelda Munster

50. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she can outline the Government’s options, or if relevant, plans, regarding long-term funding for public service media, the licence fee; if she can outline any discussions that have taken place between herself and other relevant Ministers regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53582/23]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

275. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the level of Exchequer funding received by Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2022 and 2023. [53293/23]