428. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if her Department's forward planning unit has identified additional accommodation requirements in County Mayo; the likely trends or areas of increased demand in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16301/22]
427. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of the approval for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); the recent communication that has taken place with the school on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16300/22]
426. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of all active school accommodation projects in County Mayo, in tabular form; the details of projects currently under consideration; the status of each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16299/22]
405. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) was not included as part of the 11 additional schools in County Mayo in the recent expansion of the DEIS programme; when the DEIS program will be assessed for new entries in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15952/22]
403. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if all the options have been examined for the placement of a modular unit at a school (details supplied); if alternative options have been discussed with the management of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15935/22]
399. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reconsider a decision made for the location of prefabs in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15845/22]
303. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that a festival (details supplied) was unsuccessful in receiving funding under a programme; the appeal mechanism that is open to the festival or possible alternative funding opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16360/22]
302. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the most recent details of funding awarded to successful applicants of a programme (details supplied) in tabular form; the details of the event descriptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16359/22]
299. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an application by a person (details supplied) can be examined under the strategic tourism transport business continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16177/22]
298. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an application by a person (details supplied) can be examined under the strategic tourism transport business continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16176/22]
297. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide details of the extent of payments made under the strategic tourism transport business continuity scheme; the number of successful recipients for category A Tourism Vehicle Rental Sector and category B Tourism Chauffeur, Limousine Services and Escorted Private Tours for each county; and the average grant payments to successful applicants per category in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16175/22]
109. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; the way that communities can access funding under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16239/22]
85. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the status of the recruitment of a county registrar in County Mayo in view of the retirement of the outgoing registrar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16238/22]
364. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the extent of work his Department and the HSE are undertaking in developing a cohesive plan dealing with long Covid patients; the level of investment that has been provided to support a nationwide network of multidisciplinary long Covid clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15774/22]
169. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation that exists and the way that the State protects sub-contractors and sub-suppliers in payment disputes and debt recovery following a main contractor and builder entering receivership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15643/22]
85. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the situation in Ukraine; if there is a role for regional airports such as Ireland West Airport Knock to provide support via Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15461/22]
80. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide information on the recent announcement by his Department on increased support for a programme (details supplied); the form of support that it is likely to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15460/22]
46. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the recently opened communities integration fund 2022; the work that is being carried out to ensure awareness of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15458/22]
29. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021; when the first data will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15459/22]
193. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the mileage rates or motor expenses in place for public health nurses; the provisions that are provided for in their contracts of employment considering their level of travel and particularly in rural areas; if any review will take place due to current fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/22]
118. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department can support workers (details supplied) who entered a 30-day collection redundancy period without any income support or social protection payment for themselves during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15232/22]
59. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the national town centre first office; when the office will be established; the location of the office; the number of employees; the grades that will be assigned to each; and the level of responsibility the office will have in supporting local authorities, town regeneration officers and technical expertise to assist local town teams in formulating their local responses and accessing regeneration funding. [15172/22]
3. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department has taken with a company (details supplied) to support employees and subcontractors impacted by a receivership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15231/22]
1163. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a town regeneration officer will be assigned to Ballyhaunis, County Mayo under the town centre first programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15024/22]
1140. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspectors in an organisation (details supplied) by county from 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14375/22]
1139. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls received by his Department's animal welfare helpline by county from 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14374/22]
1138. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of Departmental audits that have been performed on the use of Exchequer funding allocated to affiliate animal welfare organisations from 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14373/22]
1137. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years from 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14372/22]
935. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the details of the Covid-19 recognition payment; when it will be paid; the frontline workers and healthcare workers that will be included in the scheme; the amount of Exchequer funding that will be ring fenced for these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14376/22]
887. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if an organisation will be considered for the recognition payment for frontline healthcare workers (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14216/22]
82. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to including assistance for broadband connection as part of the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14847/22]
27. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional supports that will be allocated to each Intreo office for those arriving from Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14846/22]
293. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if there are plans in place to build a Gaelscoil secondary school in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13683/22]
115. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a school extension at a special needs school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the remaining steps in the approval process; when her Department was last in contact with the school regarding the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13333/22]
95. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of progressing approval for an extension at a secondary school in County Mayo (details supplied); if a permanent building will be provided; if not, if modular units will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13332/22]
59. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Defence the next steps regarding the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13330/22]
782. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the identity of the awardee of a contract to design and implement a baseline study and data collection exercise into the social enterprise sector in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12487/22]
495. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the ophthalmology paediatric eye pathway for children requiring further assessment after childhood health screening; the efforts that are being undertaken to address the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12418/22]
227. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a funding stream available to run a tourist office independent to Failte Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12951/22]
189. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the progress made by the ESB on the roll-out of high-power electric vehicle chargers and fast chargers; the funding that has been provided to date to support this roll-out; and if he will provide a breakdown of charging points available in each county and future plans to expand high power charging infrastructure throughout the country. [12938/22]
188. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the number of successful applicants in receipt of the electric vehicle home charger grant scheme from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; the average processing time for each successful application; and when this scheme will be made available for homeowners who reside in apartments. [12936/22]
187. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the way he intends to accelerate the roll-out of electric vehicle charging points; the estimated number of EV public and on-street charging points to be delivered by the end of 2022; the number of public and on-street electric vehicle charging points per county to date; and if he will identify the month for publication of the national charging infrastructure strategy. [12935/22]
151. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which it is more expensive to import natural gas into Ireland than utilising indigenous gas resources; and the annual energy and fuel import bill from the UK gas system. [12890/22]
150. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which indigenous gas production from the Corrib gas field is supporting the State’s gas demand: the way that the security of gas supply has been protected; the State’s dependency on imported gas supply from the UK up to 2030 following the banning future gas exploration; if Ireland will return to a pre-Corrib levels of import dependency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12889/22]
112. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of local authorities that offer apprentice programmes; the detail of the programs; the progress that has been made to roll-out this out nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12869/22]
82. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made by his Department and SOLAS regarding a new capital development for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12868/22]
208. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on plans to ensure local authorities such as Mayo County Council will increase housing delivery in particular by increasing the supply of affordable housing measures and schemes to assist purchasers to meet the costs of newly-constructed homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12124/22]
164. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the review of the Rural Housing Guidelines in recognition of the need for different types of housing, in particular to ensure persons with an affinity to their area; the guidance that will be provided as local authorities such as Mayo County Council finalise their county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12125/22]
83. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the details of the next round of funding under the Regional Airport Programme 2021-2025; the funding awarded to Ireland West Airport Knock annually since 2016; if additional Exchequer funding will be provided to support the aviation sector as it starts to rebound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12122/22]
37. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the reason walk-in services at National Driver Licence Service offices across the west are no longer available; the reason a hybrid system to book an appointment is not in place for those who have limited internet connectivity or difficulties with digital illiteracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12123/22]