414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of waiters and waitresses, by gender, employed by the OPW to date in 2024, in tabular form. [34511/24]
339. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of times his Department has used a company (details supplied) to carry out services on behalf of his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the nature of services provided by this company to his Department in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [34507/24]
197. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport to consider pedestrianisation of the old bridge between Ballina and Killaloe in the future. [33966/24]
78. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to list the number of recycling initiatives that have commenced since he became minister, in tabular form. [33979/24]
55. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department spent on purchasing State-owned vehicles for official business from Irish embassies and consulate general offices worldwide in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount that was actually spent in the years 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [35088/24]
18. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of any investigation into the murder of an Irish citizen (details supplied) in Bolivia in 2009. [33969/24]
2127. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Nenagh General Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024; The nature of the capital works projects carried out in each of the years in question; and if each capital works project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form. [31680/24]
2126. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number is likely to increase before the end of the year. [31679/24]
2125. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-funded audiologists, by grade, working in community services within CHO3 in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [31678/24]
1804. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of increasing funding by 15% nationwide to family resource centres. [32075/24]
1787. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of providing 400 additional adult day service places. [31691/24]
1663. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE district superintendents employed within his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [32076/24]
1642. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts since 1 January 2023, in tabular form. [31686/24]
1532. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the ages of the trucks currently in use by the Garda water unit; and if funding is available for the replacement of these trucks. [32078/24]
1531. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when the fees for policing events under section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 were last increased. [32077/24]
1506. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí within Tipperary division for the offence of driving without a valid licence in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31688/24]
1505. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of indoor and outdoor firearm shooting ranges, excluding shooting ranges owned by the Defence Forces, that armed Garda personnel have access to for training purposes, in tabular form. [31687/24]
1317. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacant WTE community welfare officer posts currently by office, in tabular form. [32079/24]
1276. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost to increase the income limit to qualify for the fuel allowance for persons aged over 70 years to €615 per week for a single person or €1,210 per week for a couple aged over 70 years. [31677/24]
707. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 of 40 additional educational psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [32081/24]
706. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of students who have received braille exam papers for both the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [32080/24]
663. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio by one point at post primary level [31690/24]
662. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio by one point at primary level. [31689/24]
554. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations where IDA are constructing new advanced building solutions; and when each of these new locations will be completed in tabular form. [31685/24]
488. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has ever employed a company (details supplied) to provide security personnel at any OPW site in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if so, the amount the OPW paid this company for the service provided. [32082/24]
323. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of new car sales in each VRT band in 2023 and for the first six months of 2024, in tabular form [31681/24]
205. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when he last met the chief executive officer of Bus Eireann; the issues discussed; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [31684/24]
204. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the cost in 2023 of providing funding nationwide for the safe routes to school programme. [31683/24]
203. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of extending the 20% reduction in public transport fares until 31 December 2025. [31682/24]
145. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military ships within the Naval Service that have been in the Naval Service fleet over 20 years, in tabular form. [31693/24]
144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military aircraft within the Air Corps that have been in the Air Corps fleet over 20 years, in tabular form [31692/24]
37. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the United States Secretary of State in the past three months. [31676/24]
36. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the date each Irish ambassador and deputy ambassador or equivalent was posted to his or her current embassy; and when each ambassador and deputy ambassador’s term will finish at his or her current posting, in tabular form. [31675/24]
363. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the protocols and criteria now in pace to purchase private nursing homes across the State. [30597/24]
362. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many sets of negotiations are undergoing to purchase private nursing homes at present. [30596/24]
361. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing home beds projected for north Tipperary, Clare, Limerick and the midwest by the end of 2025, in tabular form. [30595/24]
360. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds projected for north Tipperary, Clare, Limerick and the midwest by the end of 2025, in tabular form. [30594/24]
143. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if taxi drivers are permitted to drive in bus lanes when they are not working and their roof signage is not displayed. [30525/24]
854. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the meetings that have taken place in Government regarding the purchase of a property (details supplied); the dates of those meetings; and the persons who attended. [29839/24]
731. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of long-stay elderly-care beds there will be in Roscrea town following the proposed purchase of a nursing home (details supplied) in the town this year, as proposed in the HSE capital plan. [29361/24]
730. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a price has been agreed for the purchase of a nursing home (details supplied) and site in Roscrea that has been referenced in the HSE's capital plan; and the dates and attendees of all meetings between the HSE and the owners of the site and any other parties to date, in tabular form. [29359/24]
727. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the in-depth feasibility study that was being carried out by the HSE regarding the potential acquisition of a nursing home (details supplied) has been concluded; if so, whether he will publish the study; and if it is not completed, the reason therefor. [29351/24]
726. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours offered to residents in Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary for each month from May 2023 to May 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [29350/24]
725. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by the HSE to residents in Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary for each of the years 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [29349/24]
724. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a company has been recruited to run the proposed step-down facility for UHL that it is proposed will be based in Nenagh community nursing home; if so, the name of the company; and when it is proposed will commence. [29348/24]
480. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will introduce legislation for cohabiting couples to give them access to the widow’s pension, following the Supreme Court judgment on a case (details supplied). [29366/24]
375. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to the reply to Parliamentary Question 244 of 2 May 2024 from Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, the progress that has been made by Fáilte Ireland under the just transition fund to purchase and run a hotel (details supplied); and if an application has been made by Fáilte Ireland to the fund [29575/24]