647. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a rationale as proposed within the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021 to convert all civil servant An Garda Síochána staff to direct AGS employees (public servants) under a chief superintendent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38831/22]
646. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details on the level of consultation within her Department and the Future of Policing in Ireland Commission’s members on proposed changes to the terms and conditions of employment for An Garda Síochána staff in uniform at any rank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38830/22]
645. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the current passage of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38829/22]
587. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to reform eligibility for supplementary welfare allowance to cover rent arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39540/22]
519. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the continued expansion of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34868/22]
518. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the schemes and supports that are available from her Department to help persons to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34867/22]
400. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that there is a mechanism to create a mutually beneficial situation for landlords and tenants to switch from HAP to RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39544/22]
399. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure there is a mechanism for local authorities to establish a clear, accessible and transparent process to review HAP payments, in line with the 2021 report of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/22]
398. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure there is a mechanism by which no household should pay more than 30% of their net income on housing costs; and in circumstances that legally allowable rent increases cause these safeguards to be breached, for HAP subsidies to also be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/22]
397. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure there is a mechanism put in place for local authorities to ensure that the principle that no households should fall below an absolute minimum level of income after paying for their accommodation as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and to apply it to HAP households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39541/22]
396. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with the Department of Social Protection to reform eligibility for supplementary welfare allowance to cover rent arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39539/22]
395. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if applicants reach the HAP limit and then apply for supplementary welfare payment but get refused due to the fact that HAP is currently helping them with their rent, the measures that can be taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39538/22]
394. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that are being taken to address the difficulties local authorities face when transferring tenants to the rental accommodation scheme from the housing assistance payment given that some landlords may refuse, leading to the termination of leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39537/22]
393. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made towards resolving rent arrears issues for tenants for people on fixed incomes, such as those on invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39536/22]
318. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on engagement with Roscommon County Council to mitigate the effects of an issue (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38874/22]
232. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); the stage that the project is currently at; the estimated timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38875/22]
176. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/22]
155. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the continued support of family carers who had to give up work to provide care to a disabled, sick or older person voluntarily rather than being made redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38526/22]
122. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the community employment, TUS and rural social schemes and the supports that are available from her Department to help persons back to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38525/22]
35. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to increase the national quota allocation for the mackerel hook and line fishery for 2023 following engagement with industry representatives at recent meetings of the Quota Management Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/22]
22. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the climate migration steps that he is taking within agriculture to enable solar power to become a practical option to aid agriculture in its transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38351/22]
579. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the green certificate courses for young farmers; the number of college places available in 2022 and 2023; the enrolment details; the length of time that applicants will wait when applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38442/22]
958. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the number of children clinically diagnosed with autism in County Mayo; the established teams in places to provide intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37772/22]
937. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide the reason that funding was approved for Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital for additional consultant anaesthesiology posts; and the reason that it is acceptable for Mayo University Hospital to become an outlier in a group (details supplied) with the delay in approval of a business case to similar posts to address clinical deficiencies and comply with national standards. [37638/22]
936. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health his views on the serious consequences and impact to Mayo University Hospital of the loss of training accreditation from a professional body (details supplied) with the withdrawal of college trainees on 1 July 2023; if HSE national funding for four new consultant anaesthesiology posts to allow the recommended on-call rota cover of two consultants and two non-consultant hospital doctors is not approved before 1 September 2022; the way that he intends to resolve this matter with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/22]
935. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if the National Cancer Control Programme will endorse an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37634/22]
832. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the delivery of an accident and emergency department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37272/22]
830. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to implement a Covid-19 vaccine for children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37269/22]
781. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if the renal unit at Mayo University Hospital will have a dedicated full-time general practitioner assigned to support patients and nurses to deliver the best in care following reports that the contract of a person (details supplied) is not being renewed. [37052/22]
780. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the reason that it takes on average 870 days approval in Ireland and 636 days European Union average to make new orphan medicines available; and the steps that his Department and the HSE are taking to resolve this delay in making these orphan medicines available in a more time efficient manner. [37051/22]
779. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the reason that it takes on average 116 days more than the European Union average to make new cancer medicines available; and the steps that his Department and the HSE are taking to resolve this delay in making these new cancer medicines available in a more time efficient manner. [37050/22]
742. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the reason that additional support workers were not approved to support the extension of services in County Mayo for early intervention and family under the Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 that had very similar referral numbers and crime statistics to the midlands who received up to three additional family support and early intervention workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37563/22]
698. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of €10 million Irish-led project to deliver more tailored treatment to those with motor neuron disease supported by the Government through Science Foundation Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37048/22]
620. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making amendments to the fuel allowance threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/22]
587. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the development of a new model for employment services; the engagement that had taken place with existing providers of local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37039/22]
561. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if he will provide details of the school transport provisions that are in place for children clinically diagnosed with autism in County Mayo; if school transport capacity has been improved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37773/22]
552. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide each project life cycle stage and the estimated period for completion for these stages undertaken by the planning and building unit for the delivery of capital projects under the additional accommodation scheme. [37618/22]
551. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if an application submitted from an organisation (details supplied) to the planning and buildings unit of her Department will remain open and be given priority when applications are examined in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37600/22]
535. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education when a suitable school place will be made available for a child (details attached); if the National Council for Special Education will support this child in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37099/22]
534. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the number of full school-based summer programmes in 2022 for special schools and classes in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37038/22]
381. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received a report from Irish Water to confirm that all remediation works involved to rectify the capacity issue on the Achill Island water treatment plant have been completed to avoid a repeat of elevated levels of aluminium and turbidity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37045/22]
380. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of project works associated with a project (details supplied) following funding of €2.5 million awarded in March 2021 to finance detailed design, planning and essential enabling works to existing buildings. [37044/22]
379. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an assessment of the business case received from the local authority for a project (details supplied); when the tendering process will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37043/22]
378. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a project (details supplied); when the tendering process will conclude and construction works commencing. [37042/22]
373. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on an application submitted by Mayo County Council for a building (details supplied) as suitable accommodation for Ukrainians arriving in Ireland; and when his Department expects to make a decision on this application. [37750/22]
341. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the public consultation process on supplementary information provided by his officials on a project (details supplied); and when he expects a decision in respect of the scheme. [37047/22]
321. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance the steps that are being taken to compel banks, funds, the National Asset Management Agency or others in possession of distressed assets (details supplied) to inventory and segregate loan portfolios on the basis of the size and location of the locality in which they are held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37336/22]
307. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend and increase the uplift threshold to encourage film production in regional areas as part of the film tax credit section 481; if additional supports will be considered to help expand and develop the increased level of film production taking place in regional or Gaeltacht areas such as County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37046/22]
302. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the number of EV on-street charging points that will be provided in County Mayo in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38048/22]