Parliamentary questions

Addiction Treatment Services

Seán Sherlock

1360. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if further financial support can be granted to a community addiction group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12255/24]

Departmental Schemes

Seán Sherlock

1559. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the 2024/2025 SUSI application process will open. [12953/24]

Library Projects

Seán Sherlock

1573. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital envelope that will be required for a library project proposed for Blackrock/Mahon in Cork city. [11523/24]

Waterways Issues

Seán Sherlock

151. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address a matter regarding the remediation of the weir in Fermoy (details supplied). [11451/24]

Road Safety

Seán Sherlock

186. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the reason councils are being forced to adhere exactly to the safe routes to school programme manual and if local council engineers can be empowered to use discretion on a case-by-case basis. [11428/24]

Childcare Services

Seán Sherlock

329. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private creches/playschools that have pulled out of the Government funding schemes and are now charging parents vastly increased sums for childcare. [11429/24]

Banking Sector

Seán Sherlock

65. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties that remain vacant following the closure of bank branches in all the banks that the State has shares in, in each county and area, in tabular form; and the average worth each property. [11031/24]

Health Service Executive

Seán Sherlock

217. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the services being provided from a centre (details supplied). [11030/24]

Tourism Promotion

Seán Sherlock

375. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures initiated and actioned for the night time economy by officers appointed in each city where a night time economy officer has been appointed, in tabular form. [10766/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

436. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of a rent supplement claim in respect of a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if any documentation is outstanding which may be pertinent to the application in advance of a decision being made. [9968/24]

Road Traffic Accidents

Seán Sherlock

503. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 28 February 2024, the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain intersections (details supplied) by type of incident, time of day and month, for the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [10762/24]

State Properties

Seán Sherlock

163. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 23 January 2024, if he can comment on the particulars of the event requested (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9787/24]

Road Traffic Accidents

Seán Sherlock

25. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain intersections (details supplied) by type of incident, time of day and month, in tabular form, for the years 2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date. [9645/24]

Waste Management

Seán Sherlock

105. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of units deemed to have availed of a deposit return take back exemption, by county and by category of retail, in tabular form. [8479/24]

Building Regulations

Seán Sherlock

167. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what legislation is used for rental inspections by contractors of local authorities in terms of criteria of ventilation, etc, and if it is based on the year the property is built. [8405/24]

Building Regulations

Seán Sherlock

168. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if inspectors of local authorities are using ventilation measurement machines when inspecting homes and, if so, the number of ventilation measurement machines being used by each local authority, in tabular form. [8406/24]

School Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

77. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 13 February 2024, if the school has been told that the information is with the Department’s technical team and the Department would follow up and revert to the school, and if she will investigate the matter. [8269/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Seán Sherlock

51. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in light of the recent Government decision to grant payments of child benefit, she will work with her counterpart, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and consider fast tracking the proposed payment to foster carers. [8074/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Seán Sherlock

361. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications and awards for supplementary welfare under the criteria or reference to, the need for mental health supports, by county, in tabular form. [8075/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Seán Sherlock

446. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of running the forestry division of his Department including outsourced ecology each year since 2010, in tabular form; if he will provide a list of the area of afforestation planted in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/24]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

447. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are template reports that ecologists are waiting on from his Department in order to submit reports for afforestation applications in bird and bird foraging areas; when his Department will release the template reports format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/24]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

448. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources of information which led to the development of curlew layers on IForIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/24]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

449. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information will be provided in relation to forestry applications for each of the three districts covering County Cork (details supplied), in tabular form. [7493/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Seán Sherlock

229. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in supports being paid to residents in Cork following flooding (details supplied). [6729/24]

Northern Ireland

Seán Sherlock

149. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 30 November 2023, if he has made contact with the Northern Ireland Executive to utilise the resources of the Shared Island Initiative to alleviate this situation. [6517/24]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

210. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of trees felled, and the reasons for felling, as part of the M28 works from Cork to Ringaskiddy. [6416/24]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

211. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the cost spend to date on the M28 works from Cork to Ringaskiddy. [6417/24]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

212. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the height of the walls being constructed as sound barriers as part of the M28 works from Cork to Ringaskiddy. [6418/24]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

216. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he has given further consideration to funding the next phase of the Mallow relief road to enable the project to be brought to planning stage. [6556/24]

Schools Building Projects

Seán Sherlock

271. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will reassess the proposal to split a school up across a town (details supplied); and to outline the cost of the measures involved in all options. [6107/24]

School Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

276. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when additional rooms will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6190/24]

School Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

277. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when additional rooms will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6191/24]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

288. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of the review for school transport; and if she will publish the review in full. [6242/24]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

289. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals on file for school transport by county, in tabular form. [6243/24]

Departmental Data

Seán Sherlock

390. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes in each county as of the beginning of 2024 including those provided by AHBs; the breakdown of BER ratings on these homes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6192/24]

Energy Conservation

Seán Sherlock

391. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding provided by his Department to each local authority to upgrade and insulate their social housing stock over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6193/24]

Vacant Properties

Seán Sherlock

392. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average turnaround times by each local authority in bringing a vacant local authority home back into housing use; the reasons some local authorities are taking over a year to turn around these houses, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6194/24]

Medicinal Products

Seán Sherlock

593. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason a family has been refused payment for a long term illness card drug (details supplied). [6508/24]

Library Projects

Seán Sherlock

627. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same. [6419/24]

School Staff

Seán Sherlock

133. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to examine why FEMPI measures are not unwound for an individual (details supplied). [5649/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Sherlock

544. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen for urgent treatment. [5421/24]

Nursing Homes

Seán Sherlock

573. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to conduct a review on calculations made for the nursing home support scheme (details supplied). [5650/24]

Bus Services

Seán Sherlock

184. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport to itemise the estimated cost of a six-month trial for a free bus service in Cork city and county on Fridays and Saturdays, by all cost factors. [4782/24]

Vacant Properties

Seán Sherlock

69. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of derelict or vacant properties that have been brought back into use and notified to her Department, by county, since 2022, in tabular form. [4028/24]

Bus Services

Seán Sherlock

192. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the cost of the PSO funding required to bring forward the Cork Network plan currently timetabled for 2025/2026 to 2024, by bus route on the BusConnects Cork network, in tabular form. [3907/24]

An Garda Síochána

Seán Sherlock

404. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding GNIB renewal appointments; and the length of time it is expected each appointment will have before one is granted for stamp renewal, by each GNIB station, in tabular form. [3869/24]

An Garda Síochána

Seán Sherlock

405. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí specifically allocated to working on stamp renewals, by station, in tabular form. [3870/24]

An Garda Síochána

Seán Sherlock

406. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the significant delays impacting the working lives for applicants seeking stamp renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3871/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Seán Sherlock

409. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the timeline and costs involved for the introduction of the online portal uploading and reporting footage of road traffic offences, in tabular form. [3900/24]

Heritage Sites

Seán Sherlock

211. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of repair works at a site (details supplied); and when it will reopen to the public. [3552/24]