227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to establish a text alert line for customers to discrete report anti-social behaviour on commuter and intercity trains; and the estimated cost of such a text alert line. [22960/22]
217. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that An Post refuse to deliver post addressed using Eircode postcodes; and the timeline to amend same. [23407/22]
160. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the senior officials of companies he met with during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States of America. [22954/22]
125. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 April 2022, (details supplied) if he will intervene to make specific, ring-fenced funding available in the 2023 IMMAC to begin the long-overdue process of automating the manual level crossings on this line; and if the line is to fulfil its obvious potential as a commuter line between Nenagh and Limerick which needs to happen. [22401/22]
124. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the manual level crossing upgrade project and to ringfence the required funding to automate the manual level crossings in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21968/22]
98. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence if he will sign over ownership of the military barracks in Nenagh, which is in a dilapidated state, to Tipperary County Council in order that it can make a decision on its future use. [21384/22]
1842. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the locations in which funding in excess of €1 million has been provided for public nursing homes in Ireland by date and location since 2011, in tabular form. [21217/22]
987. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if individuals referred to JobPath will be forced to take low paid unskilled employment not relevant to their past or present experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19506/22]
986. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if the signing of a personal progression plan or any paperwork provided by JobPath is mandatory for the client to sign who may have concerns over signing any contract or paperwork with an independent private UK-based company due to third party data privacy concerns but would be more than willing to verbally agree to engage without signing if referred; and if there would be a threat of a reduction in social welfare payment for refusal to sign such a PPP or other paperwork provided by the private companies that run JobPath. [19505/22]
984. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the definition of long-term unemployment before a person in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance claim can be referred at random to the JobPath activation services; and if it is 12 months or less. [19503/22]
944. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the volume of extra teachers that have been taken on by schools to cater for the enrolment of Ukrainian students, by county, in tabular form, for both primary and secondary level. [20845/22]
943. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in fee-paying schools in Ireland from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022, in tabular form, by county and within each county, the details of each school and in which a school has not taken any. [20844/22]
942. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in each primary and secondary school in County Tipperary from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022, in tabular form, by primary school and secondary school. [20841/22]
941. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in schools in Ireland, by county, from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022 in totals of both primary and secondary schools, by county, in tabular form. [20840/22]
706. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange for the expeditious processing of a renewal passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/22]
603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the consideration that has been given to a product development and marketing campaign to promote Lough Derg and it’s environs around counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway. [20836/22]
415. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if there is funding being provided by his Department for the Thurles inner relief road. [20839/22]
413. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to put a road by-pass of Thurles on the national development plan by this Government. [20837/22]
412. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the south Kerry greenway will commence; and the amount he expects it will cost by completion. [20833/22]
329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of employers and businesses that use the Disability Awareness Training Grant. [19217/22]
299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education her views on whether it is appropriate that a member of an education and training board senior management team direct an investigation into a school under CL 48/2018 in which such a member could be conflicted or party to the issues being looked into. [18909/22]
162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all staff working in the education and training board sector have been informed by their relevant board that if they are working in the post leaving certificate sector that they are no longer being paid by his Department and have been moved to SOLAS; if their terms and conditions have changed; and the way this has affected teacher allocation and utilisation in dual provision schools. [18615/22]
155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all staff working in the education and training board sector have been informed by their relevant board that if they are working in the post leaving certificate sector that they are no longer being paid by his Department and have been moved to SOLAS; if their terms and conditions have changed; and the way this has affected teacher allocation and utilisation in dual provision schools. [18614/22]
117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some education and training boards withheld a percentage of the ICT grant funding allocated directly to schools over the Past five years for improving ICT provision as per each school’s ICT and e-learning plan; the financial amounts each education and training board withheld; and the amounts of the ICT grant each board withheld from their schools for each of the years 2018 to 2022, by education and training board in tabular form. [18613/22]
116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education further to the fact that the recent Covid-19 grants to schools and centres of further education will expire this term, the amount of these funds that have been returned unspent by each education and training board in tabular form; and the reason in this regard. [18612/22]
115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the role that the internal audit unit of Education and Training Boards Ireland has in issues being dealt with under cl 48/2018; the remit of the unit; if it can investigate perceived fraudulent cases; and if this is within its remit. [18608/22]
114. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the process under Circular CI 48/2018 an education and training board takes to investigate under this circular, who carries out these investigations; and if she is confident that all education and training boards have done so correctly. [18606/22]
113. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the personnel that are involved under Circular CI 48/2018 in invoking stage 4; and the procedures that are undertaken to start proceedings at stage 4 and ensure that those making those decisions do not have conflicts when it comes to making those decisions. [18604/22]
112. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the process involved to determine when a case begins at stage 4 under Circular CI 48/2018. [18602/22]
111. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of times in total Circular letter Cl 48/2018 has been invoked at stage 4 of its process as opposed to stages 1, 2 and 3. [18601/22]
110. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if all relevant staff under the remit of her Department have been trained in on circular CI 48/2018; and if she would be concerned if this was not the case. [18598/22]
191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the manual level crossing upgrade project and to ring-fence the required funding to automate the manual level crossings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17573/22]
286. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount allocated to the wage subsidy scheme financial support to employers who employ persons with a disability (details supplied) over the past five years; and the amount of that funding that has been drawn down over the five years by employers specifically for the reason of the grant. [15610/22]
Bill entitled an Act to disapply at separate future dates, in relation to recognised primary and post-primary schools, the exemption provided by certain enactments from the prohibition against discrimination on the gender ground in educational establishments, and to provide for connected matters.
639. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of cervical cancer; when he expects the work of this group to conclude; the number of times this group reports to him; if his Department has allocated funding for the group’s recommendations: if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/22]
638. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has requested the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to consider the clinical effectiveness of providing the HPV vaccine to males up to the age of 25 year in a similar manner to his request relating to women up to the age of 25 years; if not, the reason and if he plans to; the involvement of the HIQA in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/22]
637. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the free HPV national immunisation programme to women treated for CIN2+ lesions as recommended by the National Immunisation Advisory Council in May 2021, which could reduce the incidence of recurrence by up to 40%; if he will indicate his target date for the extension of this programme and implementation of the recommendation; the funding that he intends to allocate to implement this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/22]
636. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the vaccine coverage rate for the HPV national immunisation programme for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic year; his plans for a catch-up programme including any targets set for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/22]
329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there was a merger of associations (details supplied); and if financial support will be provided to help bring about the merger and to promote same. [11308/22]
199. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will include an increase in the public service obligation for 2023 to allow for the introduction of further services to the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line to maximise the benefit from the recent track renewal works carried out on the line by Irish Rail. [10956/22]
155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm the exact mechanism by which the €200 credit will be applied to those households with prepay electricity meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/22]