253. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2056 of 8 September 2022, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway west; the status of development of the traffic engineering studies; if the pre-planning meeting with the local authority has been arranged to date; the expected timeline for the submission of the planning application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52326/22]
252. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists currently employed in Clifden District Hospital; the details of any recruitment campaign or plans for same for physiotherapist roles in Clifden District Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52325/22]
251. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 943 of 12 July 2022, the number of respite beds currently operational within Merlin Park community nursing unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52324/22]
250. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 25 May 2022, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; if he will provide a progress update on the site acquisition; the details of his and the HSE’s engagement with Galway County Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media since June 2022, with regard to progressing with the purchase of the identified site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52323/22]
219. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the research commissioned by his Department to inform the three-year review on the implementation of Termination of Pregnancy Services (the service providers' perspective) which was due to be completed in September 2022; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52106/22]
198. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the development of a statutory agency with a dedicated focus on domestic sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52319/22]
196. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants deemed adult by the International Protection Office under Section 24 of the International Protection Act 2015 to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52241/22]
195. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is developing a fast-track or prioritisation process for applications under the policy document for non-EEA family reunification, following a judgment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52240/22]
194. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if visa applications for Afghan family members of Irish citizens and Afghan nationals living in Ireland are still being processed “speedily and sympathetically”, as per her statement to Dáil Éireann on 16 June 2022 stating that “visa applications for Afghan family members of Irish citizens and Afghan nationals living in Ireland are being assessed speedily and sympathetically”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52239/22]
193. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the total number of applications under the Afghan admission programme which have been brought forward to the second stage of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52238/22]
192. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if Ireland will opt-in to Regulation (EU) 2021/2303 on the European Union Agency for Asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/22]
164. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the asylum, migration and integration fund; when an open call for funding will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52222/22]
163. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minor international protection applicants who are sharing a room with an adult who is not their parent or guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52221/22]
162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in accommodation provided by the International Protection and Accommodation Service who have refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain; if he will provide a breakdown of their location by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/22]
161. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently accommodated in a hotel (details supplied); the capacity of that hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52219/22]
160. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who are accommodated in tented accommodation; and the location of those sites in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52218/22]
159. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide further details on the statement in Budget 2023 that accommodation for vulnerable applicants will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52217/22]
158. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of decisions by Tusla following eligibility assessments of international protection applicants under the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52216/22]
157. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of international protection applicants who have undergone an assessment for eligibility under the Child Care Act 1991 and the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 with Tusla, the child and family agency to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52215/22]
594. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeships currently waiting to start off-the-job training; the expected timeline for the clearing of the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51733/22]
593. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to extend the free fees scheme to students attending part-time courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51732/22]
547. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51328/22]
371. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is concerned in relation to the continuous silencing of critical voices regarding the Palestinian struggle for justice, in the name of combating antisemitism; his views on whether these efforts infringe on freedom of expression and the right to be informed; his views on whether antisemitism, which does exist, is being used to try to silence Palestinian political consciousness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/22]
314. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of any engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) on foot of recent allegations of competition fixing at Irish dancing events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51165/22]
113. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the implementation group for the delivery of the new further education and training funding model; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the group; the number of times that the group has met to date; the dates of these meetings; if minutes are taken in respect of the meetings of the implementation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51698/22]
92. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to extend the SUSI grant to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51699/22]
447. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the promised independent radiation therapist review; if he will provide an update on the development of the terms of reference of the review; when he expects the terms of reference to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/22]
239. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections that are in place or are planned to be put in place for tenants or licensees whose utilities are under the control of their landlords; the protections that are in place for tenants if a landlord or utility company turns off that utility in circumstances where a landlord wants to evict a person or in circumstances where the landlord fails to pay the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51018/22]
148. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work of the disability stakeholder group; the number of times that the group has met in 2022; the dates of these meetings; if the group has considered a report (details supplied) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50720/22]
133. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 7 July 2022, the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of a White Paper to end direct provision and to establish a new international protection support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50721/22]
98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill 2022; when the Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/22]
65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of any analysis carried out by her Department into providing support with redundancy payments arising from the closure of local employment services and jobs clubs around the country as a result of the roll-out of the new local area employment services; if her Department has carried out any analysis on redundancies arising from the change to the new local area employment services, and in particular, the number of persons who have been made redundant and their length of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50746/22]
22. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the school meals programme; the timeline for the completion and publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50745/22]
208. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the rates of the blind welfare allowance, in view of the 12% increase in taxi fares which came into effect on 1 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50669/22]
166. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the support for the Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; when he expects to publish the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/22]
149. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50401/22]
125. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the research commissioned by his Department, and being carried out by the ESRI, into the housing situation of children; when he expects to receive and publish the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50703/22]
124. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the development of the Autism Innovation Strategy; the expected timeline for the finalisation and publication of the Strategy; if he will provide details of the Autism Innovation Strategy oversight and advisory group; the number of times that the group has met to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50702/22]
123. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 29 March 2022, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted to him in December 2018, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50701/22]
116. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review (details supplied); if the review is on track to be completed by Q4 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50713/22]
115. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department’s work on a straw-man proposal for the restructuring of long-term disability payments; if she will provide details of the unit or group that is carrying out this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50712/22]
2. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a letter (details supplied) from 18 NGOs calling for Ireland to support an extension of the 17 June 2022 decision of the World Trade Organisation on the TRIPS Agreement to cover Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostic tests with no further conditions or changes to the text; his plans to support the proposed extension for the full five-year period from the point of extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50420/22]
647. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to Budget 2023, the timeline for when cariban will be made available on the drugs payment scheme and through the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49614/22]
590. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to parliamentary question No. 40 of 5 July 2022 and No. 389 of 27 September 2022, the total number of persons who have arrived in Ireland further to the Afghan admissions programme which opened in December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49750/22]
556. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to extend the reduction of €1,000 in the student contribution announced in budget 2023 to all postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49604/22]
419. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the roll-out of the promised temporary additional capacity on the school transport scheme given the additional funding approved for the scheme under Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49908/22]
418. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais maidir leis an bpolasaí nua atá beartaithe don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais ón réamhscoil go dtí an tríú leibhéal: cad é líon na n-uaireanta atá caite ag an ngrúpa idir-rannach air go dtí seo; cad é líon na n-uaireanta atá caite ag an ngrúpa stiúrtha air go dtí seo; an scríobhtar miontuairiscí chruinnithe an ghrúpa idir-rannaigh; an scríobhtar miontuairiscí chruinnithe an ghrúpa stiúrtha; cathain a fhoilseofar an polasaí nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [49907/22]
362. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of an event (details supplied) organised by his Department; the details of the organisations and companies that were represented at this event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50270/22]
306. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the membership, including directors and shareholders, if any, of Galway Culture company, further to his announcement on 29 September 2022 (details supplied) of an allocation of €147,000 to Derry and Strabane Council, Ulster University, Galway Culture company, Creative Enterprise West, Atlantic Technological University and the Western Development Commission; its registered address; the name and number of all organisations that tendered for the project; if he will provide details of the Atlantic Region of Creative Content project; the purposes for which the company was established; when it was established; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the €147,000 will be spent. [49287/22]