Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects

Seán Sherlock

92. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of school projects, by county, currently waiting for a decision by An Bord Pleanála, in tabular form. [55485/23]

Planning Issues

Seán Sherlock

120. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide resources to ensure education projects can be completed within the 18-week statutory timeframe at An Bord Pleanála. [55500/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Seán Sherlock

283. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of submissions which his Department has received in response to the recent infrastructure contract tender (details supplied); if he is satisfied that the number and quality of submissions will deliver on the Government’s digital strategy, the national digital objectives on digitisations and moves to the cloud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55401/23]

Ministerial Staff

Seán Sherlock

371. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a person was appointed to the role of night-time economy adviser (details supplied). [54895/23]

Departmental Funding

Seán Sherlock

373. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there has been any request for funding for capital improvement works at a facility (details supplied). [55081/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Seán Sherlock

812. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 18 January 2023, what payments have been made per month to the company by the hospital in 2022 to date in 2023.
[54953/23]

Ukraine War

Seán Sherlock

299. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application has been made or is being considered being made for accommodation for international protection applicants and those availing of the temporary protection for people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine (details supplied). [54336/23]

Health Services Staff

Seán Sherlock

166. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to consider an exemption to the HSE recruitment freeze in the case of a person (details supplied). [53957/23]

Visa Applications

Seán Sherlock

385. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the status and when a decision will be reached for a visa application by a person (details supplied). [53360/23]

Assisted Decision-Making

Seán Sherlock

473. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person’s application (details supplied) under the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015 will be processed. [53429/23]

Assisted Decision-Making

Seán Sherlock

474. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications that have been completed under the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015 since the Decision Support Service came into being earlier this year; in tabular form. [53430/23]

Parliamentary Questions

Seán Sherlock

611. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-referred parliamentary questions or TD rep queries yet to be answered as of 29 November 2023, in tabular form. [53787/23]

Northern Ireland

Seán Sherlock

150. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Lough Neagh; and if consideration could be given to utilising the resources of the shared island Initiative to alleviate this situation. [41665/23]

Traffic Management

Seán Sherlock

287. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek and fund traffic calming measures and community safety works in an area (details supplied). [53029/23]

Defence Forces

Seán Sherlock

25. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there is a height restriction on entry into the Irish Defence Forces; if so, if there are plans to adjust or remove such a restriction, given the problems with recruitment and retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52635/23]

Disability Diagnoses

Seán Sherlock

126. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 978 of 7 November 2023, what services the assessment of need administrative hub in CHO7 will carry out; if there is a difference in the level of services that exist in the assessment hubs established in CHO3, 6 and 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52602/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Seán Sherlock

127. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need carried out by the private sector following a referral from the HSE; the number per month in each of the past six months; the CHO location of each of these private referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52603/23]

Addiction Treatment Services

Seán Sherlock

135. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to a community group (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the amount of funding; the date such funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52601/23]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

174. 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. [52380/23]

Animal Breeding

Seán Sherlock

441. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 28 September 2023, if he will update his response based on engagement since the original question. [52105/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Seán Sherlock

670. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 21 November 2023, if a response will issue to the point referenced by that Minister. [52326/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Seán Sherlock

671. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 21 November 2023 (details supplied), to confirm that those attending the National Learning Network whose previous social protection payments like disability allowance and fuel allowance are now paid by the training provider, will receive the budget 2024 once-off cost-of-living payments being paid to those in receipt of disability allowance and fuel allowance; the number of recipients there are; if he is aware of the difficulties last year in making these payments; what action he has taken to address this matter; if he will ensure there is no disincentive to taking up training and educational opportunities for those with disabilities where they miss out on once-off payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52371/23]

Cycling Facilities

Seán Sherlock

170. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport what applications for expansion of a bike scheme (details supplied) have been received; and the costs involved for an expansion. [51669/23]

Tax Reliefs

Seán Sherlock

61. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance to allow a claim to be processed (details supplied). [51345/23]

Local Elections

Seán Sherlock

152. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health what restrictions are currently in place in respect of employees of the HSE and the Child and Family Agency running in local elections; and the rationale for any such restrictions. [51202/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Sherlock

161. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be secured for an individual for surgery (details supplied). [51260/23]

Ambulance Service

Seán Sherlock

189. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the budget line afforded to a project (details supplied). [51322/23]

Student Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

324. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has any remit in respect of providing purpose-built housing for students. [51167/23]

Student Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

325. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has any remit in respect of providing purpose-built housing for the medical professions. [51168/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Seán Sherlock

349. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive benefits of the cost-of-living payments. [51099/23]

Disability Services

Seán Sherlock

451. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive appropriate interventions. [51169/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Sherlock

491. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will publish any research his Department has commissioned on loneliness in society post-Covid. [50638/23]

Departmental Funding

Seán Sherlock

600. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a funding line is available for a group (details supplied). [50573/23]

Housing Provision

Seán Sherlock

93. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 7 November 2023, to detail the 68 cases that have been referred to the Housing Agency by 21 local authorities; to identify what local authorities, in tabular form; the municipal district in each local authority concerned, in tabular form; the number of cost rental tenant-in-situ homes completed to date for each local authority; and the number in progress, in tabular form. [50063/23]

Local Authorities

Seán Sherlock

2. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of properties acquired by local authorities under our rural future in 2022 and to date in 2023 by each local authority; the type of property acquired (house, former retail or commercial building etc); and the amount spent by each local authority, in tabular form. [50001/23]

Vaccination Programme

Seán Sherlock

83. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is mandatory for personnel deploying overseas with UNIFIL to be Covid-19-vaccinated (details supplied). [49346/23]

Energy Conservation

Seán Sherlock

273. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any application has been received by his Department in respect of an estate in terms of retrofitting opportunities (details supplied). [49849/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

446. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 November 2023, how much Exchequer funding has been given to an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [49761/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

447. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation’s auditors (details supplied) are a named firm, tasked with preparing the financial report of the organisation; if his Department is aware that the organisation has requested another firm to assist it in preparing its report; and if his Department has asked the organisation why the second opinion is needed of a major accountancy firm. [49762/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

448. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the course of his Department’s discussions with an organisation (details supplied), has his Department has been made aware that no AGM has taken place for the purposes of approving its annual report and financial statements; the reason this meeting has not taken place; and the reason that figures have been provided to the CRA in the absence of statements being provided to members to approve. [49763/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

449. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has received a draft or full annual report of an organisation (details supplied). [49764/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

450. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the full board of an organisation (details supplied) has not signed off the final accounts. [49765/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

451. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) confirmed in August 2023 that a director of the organisation has been suspended; if so, the reason they were suspended; if his Department has been told why they have been suspended; and if his Department advised the organisation that the director should step down. [49766/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

452. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who provided legal advice on the suspension of the director of an organisation (details supplied). [49767/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

453. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that certain directors of an organisation (details supplied) have refused to sign off on its annual report as they believe it not to be a going concern; and the reason this has not been disclosed to the members of the organisation. [49768/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

454. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) informed its members on Monday, 28 August 2023, that it was postponing its AGM due to a “delay in the audit process”; if his Department is aware of the reason for this delay; and if so, if he will identify the reason. [49769/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

455. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there were 52 cases lodged in relation to the alleged abuse within an organisation (details supplied) in the High Court as of February 2023 in Ireland, and an additional case facing ,he will confirm how many more cases have arisen, either in the Republic or the North, since February 2023; and if his Department has asked the organisation for a list of its assets and their value in order to estimate how it can cover the costs of all of these cases. [49770/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

456. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of assets owned by an organisation (details supplied) being transferred into trusts; and if his Department is concerned that the movement of assets could be seen as an attempt by the organisation to put some of its assets outside the reach of victims of child abuse. [49771/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

457. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has had an interim chief executive since June 2022 while its chief executive is on sick leave; and if his Department can outline how long the organisation will have two chief executives without appointing a new chief executive. [49772/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

458. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many regulators are now involved in requests into an organisation (details supplied) in 2023; if the CRA, CEA, DPC, and Tusla are all investigating; if his Department has received and acted internally on any disclosures in relation to the organisation; the reason freedom of information requests in relation to the SI pre-Budget submission have been obstructed or delayed; if his Department will publish this submission; and if his Department accepts the organisation’s claim that it will grow its membership by 5,000 a year for three years. [49773/23]