652. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further an to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 24 February 2022, if he will seek an update on the recommendations by the National Clinical Programme for Neurology for an additional 16 neurological clinical nurse specialists and advanced nurse practitioners in 2022; if these posts have been filled; if there are other plans for further provision in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26287/22]
628. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised by a local health worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26099/22]
588. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of its views on access to the pandemic bonus payment for Covid-19 front-line staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25722/22]
329. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the most recent engagement he has had with European Union officials and directly with UK officials regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26423/22]
209. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the new fire station for Dunleer, County Louth since €1.6 million was awarded for the design and site purchase; the details of the proposed site for the station; the expected timeline for commencement of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25673/22]
119. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he expects the use of CCTV to be authorised to combat illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/22]
84. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request a concise update from the IDA and his Department in regard to when the new 39-acre land bank in north Drogheda will be serviced and ready to house prospective businesses considering the significant lack of alternate sites in the Drogheda area and the ongoing need to create local large-scale employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26455/22]
48. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice the expected timeline to introduce a new offence of stalking and non-fatal strangulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25992/22]
18. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice her plans to provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána to tackle all forms of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25993/22]
386. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the overall funding that is provided and the planned investment for the provision of services for eating disorders in each CHO in each of the years 2018 to 2027, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/22]
227. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the absence of electronic payment at some OPW sites nationwide; the number of such locations; when electronic payment will be installed; the income received from each OPW location per-annum for the past three years; if he will consider free admissions in the future to encourage more visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25534/22]
205. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has reviewed the treatment of full-time residents in mobile homes who have been unable to access the €200 electricity rebate payment, without consideration for the income and vulnerability of much of this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25419/22]
124. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to locate an apprenticeship centre of excellence in Drogheda, County Louth that would serve a satellite hub to DKIT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24929/22]
115. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he and his Department have identified gaps that would alleviate financial pressure on students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24928/22]
50. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA offices worldwide; if the number and location are reviewed in order as to identify and fill gaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25227/22]
39. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the operation of the Right to Disconnect code of practice since its introduction in April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/22]
148. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25256/22]
795. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of applications approved for Louth County Council through the town and village renewal scheme by year, project title, location, total amount approved since its introduction in 2016, in tabular form; the monies that were subsequently returned by the council to her Department; the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24827/22]
729. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the investigation into allegations made by a whistleblower in April 2020 as a protected disclosure, regarding the care of patients during Covid-19 at St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin; the date this report was completed; when it will be published; the cost of the investigation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24756/22]
560. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will respond to concerns and proposals raised in correspondence by a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/22]
330. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff allocated in each local authority to ensure compliance with solid fuel regulations in each local authority since 2018; the number of inspections carried out by each local authority in each of the years since 2018; the nature of the enforcement taken; the number of fuel samples collected and analysed for each local authority in each such year; if they complied with the regulations; if each local authority has reported annually to the Environmental Protection Authority as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/22]
262. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24641/22]
246. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised (details supplied) in relation to the process for payment of the Covid-19 recognition bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/22]
195. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of staff allocated in each local authority to ensure compliance with solid fuel regulations in each local authority since 2018; the number of inspections carried out by each local authority in each of the years since 2018; the nature of the enforcement taken; the number of fuel samples collected and analysed for each local authority in each such year; if they complied with the regulations; if each local authority has reported annually to the Environmental Protection Authority as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24877/22]
146. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection the achievements she expects to emerge from the Government’s Future Building Initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24442/22]
74. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the live register figures to fall below the pre-pandemic level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24441/22]
327. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some older people may not be able to attend vital hospital appointments due prohibitive transport costs (details supplied); his plans to ensure that older people will be supported to attend hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23928/22]
283. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) who wishes to remain anonymous in respect of the process by which their adoption information was sent to their house without prior notification and the subsequent issues it has caused; if a policy of pre-notification can be put in place for such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23909/22]
737. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of long Covid clinics and models of care for patients; the locations in which they will open; the overall budget that has been set aside for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22834/22]
626. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice her plans to retrospectively register the hundreds of Ukrainians that have been housed throughout the country independent to the Irish Red Cross, International Protection Accommodation Services and International Protection Procurement Services processes to that ensure appropriate supports are put in place and an accurate reflection of figures are accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22867/22]
618. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a response will issue to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their employment contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23488/22]
593. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their current employment contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22782/22]
578. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to retrospectively register the hundreds of Ukrainians that have been housed throughout the country independent to the Irish Red Cross, International Protection Accommodation Services and International Protection Procurement Services processes to that ensure appropriate supports are put in place and an accurate reflection of figures are accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22868/22]
162. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 (details supplied), if he will provide details on meetings with Louth County Council and or the Department that have taken place over recent weeks in order to progress the Narrow Water Bridge project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22423/22]
437. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the total number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently submitted awaiting assessment; the expected length of time to clear the backlog; the length of time applicants can expect to wait for a decision on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21789/22]
173. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that the applications for the collapsing graveyard wall at Darver and for ongoing conservation work on Drogheda’s town wall at Featherbed Lane were unsuccessful through the Community Monuments Funds 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21672/22]
172. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are currently any Memos of Understanding in respect of housing agreed between local authorities and An Garda Síochána that allows both agencies to work collaboratively to collate information on anti-social housing issues in order for local authorities to manage their stock appropriately to ensure anti-social behaviour within estates is targeted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/22]
165. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total number of applications received in respect of the live performance support scheme strand I and II by county; the total number of applications refused by county; the total number of appeals that were subsequently submitted by county; the total number of appeals that were successful by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22057/22]
151. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases and type of enforcement carried out by the Revenue Commissioners in enforcing compliance with solid fuel carbon tax for each year since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22291/22]
142. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance the total number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently submitted awaiting assessment; the expected length of time to clear the backlog; the length of time applicants can expect to wait for a decision on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21788/22]
115. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the current failure rates in each of the operational driver test centres nationally; the standardised training and reassessment procedure that the driver testers undertake to ensure regularisation of testing across all areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21797/22]
99. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the final report of the urban transport related air pollution group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22292/22]
98. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fixed penalty notices issued by local authorities for alleged offences relating to the marketing, sale and distribution of prohibited fuels in low smoke zones for each year since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22289/22]
259. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if she will respond to concerns raised by local publicans and vintners' representatives in respect of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/22]
87. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a Tenant Incremental Purchase Scheme application can be considered a joint application under a discretionary process considering the practicalities in such a circumstance further to the recent changes announced to the Tenant Incremental Purchase Scheme in which the applicants are married since 2008 but only one of the applicants is on the tenancy agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/22]
62. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment; Climate and Communications if a response will issue to the concerns raised by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21343/22]
1838. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of existing mental health supports for children in the Louth and east Meath area; if he will identify those supports; if his attention has been drawn to the significant waiting lists for these essential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21197/22]
1829. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue in relation to urgent concerns raised in correspondence by a number of persons (details supplied) in respect of orthopaedic services in the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/22]
1636. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will raise concerns (details supplied) in respect of paediatric occupational therapist provision in County Louth; the HSE's plans to address such a disparity in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20419/22]
1574. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the status of the services currently available for persons suffering from eating disorders; the future provision plans for health services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20174/22]