95. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress made to date in upgrading the Irish electricity transmission system to carry the proposed wind energy output, onshore and offshore, due to come on stream by 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/23]
51. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised concerns with the Northern Ireland and British authorities that there are Irish citizens there awaiting over eight years for a trial; if so, the response he received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/23]
23. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised concerns that there are Irish citizens in Northern Ireland on remand for over three years who were refused bail and are awaiting trial; if so, the response he received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19770/23]
130. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 will be fully commenced; if applications from Irish prisoners serving sentences in the UK will continue to be processed under the current transfer scheme, or if they will have to lodge a new application under the new transfer system; the anticipated average length of time it will take to process an application to completion; the steps that will be involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19843/23]
528. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health how much income was generated from the car parks of public hospitals in the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19038/23]
527. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the percentage of endoscopy capacity the BowelScreen programme has access to on a yearly basis; if this capacity varies per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19037/23]
526. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health how many people received a medical card in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of this scheme to the State in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19035/23]
355. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people received the fuel allowance in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; the cost of this scheme to the State in each of these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19036/23]
185. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the current average length of time that applicants wait for driving tests in each test centre in the country; the number of testers attached to each centre; the plans to increase the number of testers; the locations they will be based from; the extra funding approved by him for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19215/23]
132. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when an application for a foreign birth registration will be processed (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19491/23]
107. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the long-promised policy for the islands will be published; whether this policy will address the high costs of motoring for islanders many of whom have to maintain two cars, one on the island and one on the mainland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18288/23]
104. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made since 2008 in extending the mountain access scheme beyond Binn Shléibhe in Connemara and the MacGillycuddy Reeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18200/23]
383. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason parents working for Section 38 agencies in the health service have been re-granted any parental leave taken during Covid but parents in Section 39 agencies have not been; if it is intended to correct this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/23]
197. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the reason non-resident landlords must arrange for a collection agent to undertake to make annual tax returns and account to the Revenue Commissioners on their behalf; if he intends changing this to allow the landlord themselves fulfil these obligations without an agent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18763/23]
130. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on the development of a deep-water pier in Ros a’Mhíl; if his Department has sought an extension to the planning permission there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18203/23]
128. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total mackerel quota available to this country this year; the amount of this quota last year allocated to the five biggest fishing vessels; the amount allocated last year to the inshore sector; the number of boats in the sector; if it is intended to re-balance the allocation of quota in order to give a greater share to the inshore sector this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18204/23]
32. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress made in providing a new community nursing home in Clifden, County Galway; the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18201/23]
13. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure more speedy delivery of capital projects by the HSE; the policy changes he is introducing to ensure this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18202/23]
186. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money spent under the original CLÁR programme funding for the clearing of the railway line between Collooney in Sligo and Athenry in Galway by Iarnród Éireann; the years in which the work was carried out; if he will provide details of the work that was done and the issues encountered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18395/23]
1840. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends on amending Section 81 part (3) of the Local Government Act 2001 in order to make the rules in relation to the local improvement scheme more relevant to the needs of modern rural Ireland, where a decreasing number of people are involved directly in farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16625/23]
1837. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the mountain access scheme, first commenced 15 years ago; if farmers who participate are indemnified against a claim by hill walkers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16391/23]
1796. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when the vaccination compensation scheme will be set up for those who have suffered adverse effects from the Covid vaccine and other vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18333/23]
1115. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair atá i gceist síneadh a lorg ar an gcead pleanála d’fhorbairt na céibhe domhainmhara i Ros an Mhíl; an dáta a éagfaidh an cead pleanála reatha gan síneadh a fháil air; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [17282/23]
978. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the circumstances under which a person under 18 years of age born in Ireland to non-Irish, EU citizen parents can become an Irish Citizen; whether he intends extending this right to all such persons who have lived in the State for four of the last five years, irrespective of where the parents lived in Ireland for 36 months of the 48 months before the persons birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17298/23]
962. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the average delay for decisions to be made on Garda vetting applications; the steps he is taking to streamline the process because of the effect it is having on staffing resources in health settings especially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16804/23]
856. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is expected the baseline Funding Allocation Review of local authority funding will be completed; whether it is intended to make decisions on it in 2023 for implementation in full in 2024; whether from 2024 on, Department funding of local authorities will be based totally on open, transparent and published criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/23]
795. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether it is intended, under the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, scheme of funding housing associations to purchase or develop housing, to provide extra founding per unit and a higher specification for housing associations that exclusively provide housing for severely intellectually or physically disabled people in line with HIQA requirements of accommodation for such people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17297/23]
694. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a íocfar deontas (sonraí tugtha) le duine i nDáilcheantar Ghaillimh Thiar; údar na moille leis seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [18001/23]
620. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the funding that will be in place for the 2023/2024 academic year for bursaries for the education of trainee educational psychologists who have already commenced their training in the present academic year; if these bursaries are conditional on successful applicants working for NEPS for three years after qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18331/23]
599. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education what arrangements have been put in place in relation to applying late for school transport for pupils who have not been accepted into any school to date because of the enormous pressure on schools in the Galway city area, which her Department is aware of and working on, as the closing date for applications for school transport is at the end of this month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18147/23]
369. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance what support is available to new businesses that commenced business in the past 12 to 24 months under the business energy support scheme and that are facing very high energy bills; if there is no support, whether he intends amending the scheme to support these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16390/23]
226. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of naval ships that it is possible to put to sea at any one time at present due to staff shortages; whether it is intended to send a ship on duty abroad with either an EU mission or an UN mission; whether he is satisfied the remaining ships and available crew is adequate to secure Ireland's interest in our own territorial waters and economic zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17283/23]
171. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how it is possible for him to lay down, as a condition of providing broadband services, under the EU regulatory regime wherein telecommunication services are commercial, liberalised and competitive, that a uniform charge is charged for broadband services by each company across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16407/23]
84. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the progress made to date by him and his Department in considering the most recent report of the Independent Reporting Commission in relation to paramilitary activity, and the means by which it might be reduced and eliminated; when it is hoped to action the recommendations in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17284/23]
47. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the discussions he and his Department have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland on North-South justice issues since he became Minister; the progress made in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17285/23]
169. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he would consider increasing the specification of houses and the funding for houses being built by dedicated housing associations for permanent use by people with significant disabilities so that the houses can accommodate support staff as well as service users and are suitable for people with high dependency and needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15911/23]
145. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici deontais chaipitil a chur ar fáil do theaghlaigh a bhíonn ag coinneáil scoláirí faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge le huasghrádú a dhéanamh ar a dtithe, ag tógáil san áireamh an síor-ardú sna caighdeáin tithe a mbítear ag súil leo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [15910/23]
795. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made with Galway County Council in relation to the transfer of the land, on which the airstrip in Inishbofin is built, to her Department; the reason for the hold up with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15335/23]
729. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when the deliberative process assessing the findings of the review into telemedicine abortion will be completed and its conclusions announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15337/23]
728. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if possible links between coercion to have an abortion and telemedicine abortion has been examined by his Department or any agency on behalf of his Department; if not, if any relevant research has been commissioned on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15336/23]
425. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the basis on which special education needs teachers are allocated to mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15350/23]
424. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the ratio of the allocation of mainstream class teachers to pupils, in tabular form for each of the years 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24 broken down by the size of the school; the reason it is stated generally in the circular 06/2023 that the pupil teacher ratio is 23 pupils to one teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15349/23]
422. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of long waiting lists for admission to second level schools in Galway city for the 2023-2024 academic year; the steps that are being taken to ensure each student gets a place within a reasonable distance of where they live; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15325/23]
322. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Multi Annual Rural Water Programme for 2023 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15346/23]
155. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends on increasing the maximum period a person may receive jobseeker’s benefit from nine months to a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15134/23]
143. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends on changing the medical criteria for receipt of invalidity pension to align it with the medical criteria for disability allowance; the reason that these criteria are different at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15135/23]
385. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason in laying down the conditions to qualify for a local improvement scheme for non-county roads, there is a requirement that two herd owners have land on the road; the reason roads into clusters of houses without the required herd-owning land holders on the road are ineligible, particularly as fewer and fewer rural people are engaged in farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14450/23]
321. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if he has received submissions from the Probate Office for more resources to deal with the backlog of cases awaiting approval of probate there; the steps he intends taking to make those resources available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14382/23]
302. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the method by which the rates of payment are presently being calculated for those premises providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees; if there is a set rate; if not, if it varies from accommodation to accommodation; if so, the criteria used to assess this; if there is an appeal method against the rate set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14388/23]
269. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 217 and 220 of 24 November 2022, the training primary school teachers receive to diagnose if a student has dyslexia or not and decide on the appropriate supports that should be provided in the case that the teacher believes the student is dyslexic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14528/23]