152. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the recent launch of the Garda recruitment drive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8727/22]
146. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the status of Operation Citizen; its progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8728/22]
70. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role of town regeneration officers under the town centre first scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8759/22]
43. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that have been taken to ensure that areas such as Fingal, County Dublin and other areas relatively close to large urban centres have remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8758/22]
172. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Food Reformulation Task Force and the efforts to implement the Roadmap for Food Product Reformulation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7909/22]
101. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the efforts to improve community health services in Fingal, County Dublin in line with growing population centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7908/22]
114. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research priorities of both his Department and agencies under its remit to assist farmers in reducing emissions on their farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6880/22]
113. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the significance of data monitoring, reporting and verification in order that the reduction of farm-related emissions are reflected in national figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6879/22]
98. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the on-line retail scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6877/22]
70. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the steps that have been taken to introduce a living wage in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6878/22]
627. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the way that referrals from preliminary team assessments are made for children who need referral to the children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5923/22]
626. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the way the children’s disability network teams in Swords and Balbriggan, County Dublin combat the rate of did-not-attends to appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5922/22]
625. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the children’s disability network teams in Swords and Balbriggan, County Dublin have a process to identify duplicate referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/22]
624. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 13 roles unfulfilled within the children’s disability network team in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5920/22]
623. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 12 roles unfulfilled within the children’s disability network team in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5919/22]
622. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a recruitment issue within the HSE for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and clinical psychologists; if his Department is working on an initiative to improve access to these courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5918/22]
571. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for racially motivated incidents in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6167/22]
570. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of racially motivated incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6166/22]
507. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has been contacted by the HSE or Department of Health officials with concerns in relation to recruitment issues within their disability teams that they are advising are as a consequence of a lack of suitable candidates graduating from third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6170/22]
499. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to whether there was an oversubscription to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and clinical psychology courses through the CAO scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/22]
498. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of course places available in third-level institutions for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and clinical psychology in the 2022 enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5916/22]
485. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the statistical spotlight on discrimination in Ireland currently being carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6162/22]
484. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of the early learning and care and school-age childcare operating mode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6161/22]
483. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services by scheme in 2021; the broad outcomes which this funding has supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6160/22]
461. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in Fingal, County Dublin from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6158/22]
419. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the efforts that are being made to diversify the teaching population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6164/22]
308. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing developments currently subject to judicial review; the number of housing units this encompasses by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6163/22]
150. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he will report on considerations given by his Department to the development of a permanent national memorial location for lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic. [6165/22]
90. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on his efforts to introduce mandatory consent classes in third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6195/22]
76. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work undertaken by his Department to support higher and further education providers to meet the need for skilled and trained personnel in the area of retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6196/22]
163. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applicants for the national childcare scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5314/22]
155. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the approach that his Department will be taking to the drafting of the next national strategy on women and girls; if the strategy will focus on the issue of violence against women; if so, if this will complement the forthcoming third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5315/22]
98. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that benefited from the optical benefits component of the treatment benefits scheme operated by her Department in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5307/22]
88. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 – 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5308/22]
142. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the recruitment of teachers and special needs assistants in line with Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4611/22]
63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on efforts to develop facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to meet growing demand in the years ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4610/22]
649. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if funding from his Department has been allocated for the purpose of recruiting additional neurological clinical nurse specialists for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3485/22]
648. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant backlogs in registering a birth in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3483/22]
509. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the publication of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/22]
508. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if he will address the issue in relation to jury pay with regard to the inquest into the Stardust disaster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3473/22]
447. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were provided a space in a domestic violence refuge service in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/22]
446. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who sought space in a domestic violence refuge in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3476/22]
395. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in an area (details supplied) that applied for funding for HEPA filters or similar ventilation systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3482/22]
350. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of Ireland’s engagement with the European Commission in relation to the Commission Work Programme 2021 and particularly the efforts to develop a new legislative proposal to prevent and combat gender-based violence against women and domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3475/22]
220. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if there is a plan within his Department to encourage the Dublin Airport Authority to recommence the issuing of taxi permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3484/22]
219. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the current progress on DART+ projects; the expected progress for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3478/22]
165. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made to expedite applications for a general employment permit in sectors in which labour demand is high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3480/22]
164. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consideration that has been given to adding physiotherapists and occupational therapists to the critical skills occupations lists in order to ease demand in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/22]
102. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if commencement notices for new developments have increased in 2021; if so, the way that the increases compare with the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/22]
85. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes built in 2021; the projections for 2022 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/22]