Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

340. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates in 2023 on which she met the chairperson of the Abbey Theatre, in tabular form; and when she is next scheduled to meet the chairperson. [25865/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Donnelly

341. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how the €5 million allocation in 2022 under the Winter in Dublin programme was spent; and the budget allocation for this programme in 2023, in tabular form. [25866/23]

Legislative Measures

Paul Donnelly

509. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has plans to update the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956. [25867/23]

Departmental Staff

Paul Donnelly

510. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE immigration officials, by grade, employed by his Department working in Dublin Airport as of 23 May 2023; the number of vacancies by grade; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [25868/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

511. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the capital budget allocation to An Garda Síochána in 2022; the amount of that capital budget allocation that was spent in 2022; and the capital budget allocation for An Garda Síochána in 2023, in tabular form. [25869/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

512. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda command and control vehicles in use as of 23 May 2023; and the corresponding figures as of 1 January 2021, in tabular form. [25870/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

513. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the costs incurred by An Garda Síochána from policing the visit of the President of the United States in April 2023. [25871/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

697. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE optometrists employed by the HSE working in primary care settings within CHO7 and CHO9 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the locations where these optometrists are, in tabular form. [25861/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

698. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of endometriosis specialists who are employed in the Coombe Hospital endometriosis clinic; the number of clinical nurses who are employed in the clinic; and the number of endometriologists who are employed in the clinic. [25862/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

699. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of national and international recruitment fairs where staff from Connolly Hospital were in attendance in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of jobs offered in each recruitment fair, in tabular form. [25863/23]

Health Services

Paul Donnelly

700. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented at (details supplied) for each month in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [25864/23]

Official Travel

Paul Donnelly

157. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2022 and to date in 2023 that the Irish Ambassador and or Deputy Head of Mission in Mexico has visited Cancún; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [23100/23]

Defence Forces

Paul Donnelly

209. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently undergoing training outside of the State; and the locations of such personnel. [23093/23]

Public Transport

Paul Donnelly

252. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann will organise public meetings to discuss its plans regarding the DART+ Coastal North project. [23088/23]

Office of Government Procurement

Paul Donnelly

294. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of suppliers currently on the Office of Government Procurement Multi-Supplier Framework for the provision of executive coach-hire services. [23085/23]

Office of Public Works

Paul Donnelly

295. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the revenue generated through visitors' entrance fees to heritage sites under the remit of the OPW in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23086/23]

Fire Safety

Paul Donnelly

430. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests his Department has received from Dublin City Council seeking funding to purchase additional emergency fire appliances in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of requests received that were approved, pending or refused in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [23084/23]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Donnelly

469. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for invalidity pension in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of applications made that were refused, in tabular form. [23099/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

505. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided to increase the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; and, if so, when these new dogs will come into service. [23094/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

506. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 25 April 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this parliamentary question answered. [23095/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

507. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian equine instructors/trainers that work in the Garda mounted unit in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23096/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

508. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held for Garda personnel to apply to join the Garda armed support unit in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23097/23]

Legislative Reviews

Paul Donnelly

509. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to update the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003. [23098/23]

Departmental Staff

Paul Donnelly

546. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE staff, by grade, working within the import controls operations division within his Department as of 10 May 2023; the number of vacant WTE staff by grade within his Department; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [23087/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

710. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric vascular surgeons working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best-practice ratio for paediatric vascular surgeons to population and current ratio. [23089/23]

Home Care Packages

Paul Donnelly

711. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the names of for-profit, voluntary and not-for-profit companies that provided home care support to persons on behalf of the HSE within CHO7 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid by the HSE for such works in the years in question, in tabular form. [23090/23]

Health Services Staff

Paul Donnelly

712. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurology nurses in epilepsy working in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [23091/23]

Health and Safety

Paul Donnelly

713. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents that the HSE pest control service within Dublin attended in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if there is an emergency out-of-hours facility available for this service. [23092/23]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

219. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when he intends to meet with an organisation (details supplied) as requested by the organisation. [20850/23]

Voluntary Sector

Paul Donnelly

66. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her Department's engagement with the future board leaders' pilot 2023 scheme for individuals who are interested in volunteering their skills with organisations that have board vacancies, in particular those from minority backgrounds. [19267/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Paul Donnelly

74. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will fund projects where needed to upgrade and protect the IT systems of not-for-profit organisations against ransomware attacks, in view of reports that Irish non-profit organisations have been put at risk following a ransomware attack on a data management company in Northern Ireland. [19263/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Donnelly

119. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2022, and to date in 2023, that the Irish ambassador to France has visited Marseille, France; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [18959/23]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

120. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin later in 2023. [18960/23]

Air Corps

Paul Donnelly

152. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the Pilatus PC-9M aircraft within the Air Corps are next scheduled to be replaced. [18946/23]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Donnelly

166. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric vehicle charging points currently in use in each of the public carparks and staff carparks areas within Dublin Airport; and if there are plans to increase this number. [18943/23]

State Bodies

Paul Donnelly

169. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated for CIÉ through advertisement on billboards at train and bus stations in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the rates that CIÉ charges for such advertisement. [19003/23]

Foreign Direct Investment

Paul Donnelly

236. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of South African companies IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18951/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

252. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. [18944/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Paul Donnelly

289. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received the 2021 annual report from the National Gallery of Ireland; and if so, when same will be published online. [18952/23]

Public Sector Staff

Paul Donnelly

303. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the whole-term staff by job title vacancies currently in the Office of Planning Regulator; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [18945/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

388. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked Garda vans in each Garda division as of 17 April 2023, in tabular form. [18953/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

389. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times that gardaí have objected to the renewal of pub licences in each Garda district in Dublin due to public order concerns in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18954/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

390. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice when each of the boats currently in the Garda water unit are next scheduled to be replaced, in tabular form. [18955/23]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Paul Donnelly

391. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [18956/23]

Defibrillators Provision

Paul Donnelly

392. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 24 January 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question. [18957/23]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Donnelly

433. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has hired out external ornithologists to carry out works on behalf of his Department in the years 2022 and to date in 2023; the name of the ornithologist; and the amount paid for such project work, in tabular form. [18950/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

506. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional WTE senior dietitians in eating disorders for CHI Connolly. [18947/23]

Hospital Staff

Paul Donnelly

507. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in each of the maternity hospitals within Dublin in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if so, when. [18948/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Paul Donnelly

508. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health how the additional €1.75 million will be spent on the meals-on-wheels service during 2023. [18949/23]

Medicinal Products

Paul Donnelly

521. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when a review will be completed into the reimbursement process for cariban, the first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/23]