Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Services

Mairéad Farrell

408. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and language, psychology, dietician and occupational therapies by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7189/22]

Disability Services

Mairéad Farrell

409. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason for the scarcity of appointments in early intervention services in respect to speech and language, psychology, dietician and occupational therapies in Connemara; the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to further expand early intervention teams in schools over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7190/22]

Departmental Schemes

Mairéad Farrell

237. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the schemes under which funding is available for the development of walkways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6674/22]

Office of Public Works

Mairéad Farrell

272. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide full list of properties which are vacant and are either owned or being rented by the Office of Public Works by county; the amount of rent paid to date on those vacant rented properties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6739/22]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Mairéad Farrell

378. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a United States of America military aircraft (details supplied) was authorised to carry munitions or other military equipment or armed United States soldiers through Shannon Airport on 30 January 2022 on its way to the Middle East; if searches or an investigation were carried out to establish if the aircraft was in compliance with Government restrictions for such aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6348/22]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Mairéad Farrell

230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the consequences for the rights of consumers in cases in which their mortgage is sold as in the case of an agreement between banks (details supplied); and if a guarantee will be given that all rights will be maintained in cases in which a mortgage transfers to the acquiring party. [5595/22]

Public Sector Staff

Mairéad Farrell

237. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the framework for blended work arrangements in the public service; if he will be bringing forward legislation to support same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5594/22]

Sports Funding

Mairéad Farrell

240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if capital projects funded through the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund are capped at 70% of the total project; if she has considered increasing this cap in view of rising building costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5597/22]

Island Communities

Mairéad Farrell

69. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the reintroduction of an allowance for teachers on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4222/22]

Island Communities

Mairéad Farrell

180. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of a secondary school in Inishbofin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4223/22]

Domestic Violence

Mairéad Farrell

573. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds that have been available across women’s refuges in County Galway at year end in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [4744/22]

Bus Services

Mairéad Farrell

209. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering the introduction of a replacement service for the Galway to Dublin 20/X20 bus service which ceased operations in 2021 given the significant demand for public transport services in communities along the route such as Loughrea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/22]

Departmental Policies

Mairéad Farrell

243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the position of Ireland for the reform of the EU economic governance framework; his proposals for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3138/22]

Waterways Ireland

Mairéad Farrell

284. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that water and electricity services are not provided in public moorings during the winter mooring period; if he will request Waterways Ireland to restore these services for the winter given that many persons now live in their boats all year round due to the housing crisis and rely on these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3101/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made to date with the roll-out of the pandemic bonus for front-line staff. [2513/22]

Public Sector Reform Review

Mairéad Farrell

3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the preparations he has made for the unwinding of unpaid hours in the Haddington Road Agreement. [2514/22]

Protected Disclosures

Mairéad Farrell

45. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in view of the committee's report on the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he will remove the regressive clauses that were identified by the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2682/22]

Freedom of Information

Mairéad Farrell

47. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the costs related to the freedom of information regime regarding High Court challenges taken by Departments or public bodies against the Office of the Information Commissioner in view of his review of the freedom of information regime and his stated intention to examine its cost; and the actions he plans to take to minimise the cost to the taxpayer from the significant number of challenges which are not upheld. [2681/22]

Ethics in Public Office

Mairéad Farrell

61. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider as part of his review of the ethics framework making the registrable interests of the person occupying the position of Attorney General publicly available in the same way as elected representatives. [2516/22]

Seirbhísí Iompair

Mairéad Farrell

80. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an ndéanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar scéim na mbóithre áise a thabhairt ar ais le haghaidh na gceantar Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [2512/22]