Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Regional Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

59. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the south east enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5510/24]

Student Travel Card

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

14. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to extend the student Leap card entitlement to students in part-time third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4451/24]

Public Transport

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

54. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the rollout of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan in County Carlow. [4450/24]

Fiscal Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

127. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure that there will be widespread nationwide availability of ATMs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4250/24]

Tax Credits

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

136. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of eligible claims currently being made for the rent tax credit made in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Kildare, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4249/24]

Library Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

83. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on funding for Carlow library. [3921/24]

Rural Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the applications received from County Carlow to the town and village renewal scheme. [3922/24]

Active Travel

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

196. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the active travel funding drawn down by hospitals and universities in 2023. [4053/24]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

234. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out by the OPW at Kilkenny Castle in 2023; the refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle during 2024, in tabular form. [4057/24]

Office of Public Works

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

235. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out by the OPW on Carlow Courthouse railings in 2023; the refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out on Carlow Courthouse railings during 2024, in tabular form. [4058/24]

State Examinations

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

280. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of applications approved by State Examination Commission for access to deferred sittings of the Leaving Certificate examinations in cases in which the students were deemed to have experienced a medical incident or emergency during their original examination paper. [4055/24]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

331. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time qualified quantity surveyors employed by his Department as of 17 January 2024; if he will provide the same figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form. [4052/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

416. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice when the manual for gardaí to pursue scrambler bikes and motorcycles travelling at high speed was last updated. [4054/24]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

541. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in the primary care system within CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [4056/24]

Consular Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

8. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an overview of the consular assistance provided by his Department in 2023; how many people from Carlow availed of such assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/24]

Passport Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an overview of the passport service in 2023; how many passports issued to applicants from Carlow and how this compared to 2022; the number of outstanding applications for passports currently awaiting processing for Carlow applicants at the end of 2023 and how this compared to the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3145/24]

Electricity Grid

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

110. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has plans to assist EirGrid and the ESB in developing a stronger electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3161/24]

Energy Conservation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

116. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to state how many homes in Carlow have benefitted from the warmer homes scheme, the better energy homes scheme and the national home energy upgrade scheme since the schemes were launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3160/24]

Official Engagements

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

103. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last spoke with the US National Security Advisor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/24]

Passport Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

104. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passport applications that were made via the Irish embassies in Singapore and Malaysia in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/24]

Bus Éireann

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

169. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Bus Eireann PSO fleet as of 31 December 2021, 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/24]

Road Safety Authority

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

170. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses, coaches and HGVs that were inspected by Road Safety Authority in 2023; the number of those vehicles that were inspected that were found with major or dangerous defects in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2359/24]

Road Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

176. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Southern Relief Road in Carlow and the relief road for Tullow (details supplied). [2617/24]

Official Engagements

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

196. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite his Canadian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/24]

Tax Collection

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

197. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the vehicle registration tax enforcement statistics for November and December 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2367/24]

Co-operative Sector

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

234. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the re-establishment of the co-operative development unit within his Department to provide training support and advice to co-operatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2382/24]

Enterprise Support Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

240. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application from Carlow County Council for an enterprise campus in Carlow town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/24]

Tourism Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

317. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans for the UK tourism market in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2369/24]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

375. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE network cyber security- ICT specialist at the grade of executive officer working in her Department as of 15 January 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2368/24]

Departmental Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

410. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE network cyber security- ICT specialists at the grade of executive officer working in her Department as of 15 January 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2355/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

411. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents that Garda air support unit were requested to attend in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2356/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

412. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of in-person Garda mountain bike training courses held for gardaí within Kilkenny-Carlow division in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2357/24]

Departmental Data

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

555. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists at University Hospital Waterford in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2360/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

556. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE now charges public patients a fee for an MRI scan following a referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2361/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

557. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides assistance or free transportation to older persons without transport options who need to attend hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2362/24]

Health Promotion

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

558. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland Action Plan, the framework for progressing help and assistance for breastfeeding in Ireland; if there is a policy for the protection of infant and young child feeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/24]

Ambulance Service

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

559. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at the emergency department of St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in each month of 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/24]

Hospital Facilities

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

655. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the plans to upgrade facilities at St. Dympna's Hospital, Carlow; if a contractor has been appointed; the expected start date for refurbishment; the impact on services for service users; the timescale for delivery on these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2976/24]

Hospital Facilities

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

656. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are plans for an expanded CareDoc operated service developing an injury clinic for Carlow; if he has had any engagement with stakeholders willing to provide this service; if his Department has undertaken a public service need survey of this in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2977/24]

Hospital Facilities

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

657. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to reopen the X-ray clinic and dental clinic in St. Dympna's Hospital, Carlow which have been closed for remodelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2978/24]

Library Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

682. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current progress and eventual timeline for the provision of an extension for Carlow library (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2613/24]

Community Development Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

683. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans for the provision of a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow Road (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2614/24]

Rural Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

684. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a status update on the provision of a water activity hub in Carlow town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2615/24]

Further and Higher Education

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

118. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to further promote a culture of lifelong learning within the workforce, focusing on increasing the lifelong learning rate from the current rate of 9% to 18% by 2025; what the current rate is in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1965/24]

Education and Training Boards

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

127. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the total allocation of capital grants, devolved capital grants and the further education capital grants to the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1964/24]

Victim Support Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1116. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice if the review of the current two year allowable timeframe for making a claim to the Criminal Injuries Board compensation scheme has been completed; if persons who were outside the timeframe may apply at a date in the future; if the two year limit is in force for minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1571/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1168. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES payment will be issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56419/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1489. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when an increase to the fees payable to contractors for a standard eye examination under the community ophthalmic services scheme will be implemented, given a pilot scheme is in operation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56456/23]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1511. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the significant rise in sexually transmitted diseases (details supplied); if he intends to launch a new public health campaign to highlight this rise and encourage safe sex practises and testing; the status of the new national sexual health strategy; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56593/23]

Organic Farming

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

18. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers in Carlow are benefiting from the organic farming scheme or other supports for the organic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55640/23]