182. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the first payments to be made to production companies from the proposed content-levy fund as currently set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25705/22]
181. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated timeline for the introduction of the European Union Audiovisual Media Services Directive content-levy in Ireland as currently set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25704/22]
28. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to put the Digital Services Act on a legislative footing in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22465/22]
184. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of paediatric occupational therapy staff in the HSE Boyne primary care centre, Patrick St. Drogheda, County Louth; the current waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25027/22]
126. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education the funding that was provided to the professional development service for teachers to teach internet safety to children in each of the years 2021, 2020 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25057/22]
125. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education the programmes that are available at primary and secondary-school level in relation to teaching internet safety to children; and the funding that was made available to each of these programmes in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [25056/22]
206. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice the number of senior investigating officers; the total full-time equivalent of each child protection unit 2017 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22468/22]
205. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice the number of senior investigating officers; the total full-time equivalent of each divisional protective service unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22467/22]
531. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of staff members who are working from home on both a part-time and full-time basis in each of the following hospitals Connolly Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda and Beaumont Hospital. [22240/22]
170. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to provide support and stimulus to the tourism industry in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22337/22]
85. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the mechanism by which full-time residents in mobile home parks who pay for electricity calculated by individual non-ESBN meters through their mobile home park operator will receive the electricity rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21885/22]
1142. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the person or body that assumes liability for damages to property with regard to International Protection Accommodation Services contracted properties and an organisation’s (details supplied) pledged own-door properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20385/22]
714. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an appointment with a psychologist in adult mental health services, Drogheda; if patients are awaiting an assessment or for specific psychological therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/22]
349. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice the expected timeline to publish the report of an independent review of the voluntary mess committees in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15647/22]
181. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport the 16 bus stations that were audited by the National Transport Authority in 2020 which have been allocated funding regarding works required to bring them into line with the requirements of building regulations concerning access for people with disabilities; if any stations were deemed to require works and not allocated funding to date by the authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15648/22]
163. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of driving test pass rates by test centre since March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13872/22]
350. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education the guidance that is given to secondary schools with regard to the charging of non-refundable enrolment and entrance exam fees to secure a student's place on acceptance of an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12956/22]
330. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount that went to An Post from television licence fee receipts in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [11323/22]
345. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of community psychologists who are currently available for ongoing treatment and support of adult patients under the care of the Crosslanes psychiatric unit and Singleton House, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10561/22]
39. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she plans to publish the Future of Media Commission Report. [10214/22]
13. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the establishment of the media commission; the expected timelines and other relevant details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10217/22]
7. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has had discussions with Tourism Ireland regarding the extension of Fáilte Ireland marketing brands including Ireland’s Ancient East, Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and the Wild Atlantic Way to include counties in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10218/22]
5. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address reports that she intends to make changes to the television licence fee collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10695/22]
768. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new fit for purpose ambulance station in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9428/22]
209. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital grants will be open for applications. [8961/22]
218. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre that were submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; his plans to remove the age restriction on FreeStyle Libre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8525/22]
217. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8524/22]
216. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding in the upcoming budget to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8523/22]
94. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that retired civil servants with qualifying pensions have not yet received the 1% pay increase granted in October 2021 which current civil servants have already received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8536/22]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to defamation, in order to allow judgements of defamation be made against the social media platform on which the defamatory utterances were made when the social media platform in question is unable to produce the identity of the person who made the utterances, and to provide for related matters.
505. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of workers in the film and television industry that are currently in receipt of the jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit, pandemic unemployment payment or the employment wage subsidy scheme in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8118/22]
332. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of persons currently employed in the film and television industry in the State. [8117/22]
44. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the current state of pay and conditions for workers in the tourism and hospitality sector; his plans to examine this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7020/22]
32. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the shortage of workers in the tourism and hospitality sector; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7021/22]
440. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the reason private healthcare workers contracted to State bodies do not qualify for the €1,000 bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5624/22]
144. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment services scheme in County Louth in 2020 and 2021. [5291/22]
35. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received an application for a strategic road grant for the Port Access Northern Cross route under the strategic grant scheme from Louth County Council; if so, the details of the application including the status of same; if the road is eligible for such a grant as was previously indicated at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts in November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3674/22]
107. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Future of Media Commission report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2607/22]
68. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide details on the expert group she intends to convene on the matter of an individual complaints mechanism for harmful online content under the online safety and media regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2802/22]
1654. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 7 December 2021, the status of negotiations between the National Ambulance Service and the local authorities in County Louth regarding fire service staff being utilised as emergency first responders to cardiac arrest calls across the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1223/22]
1482. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of residents in private nursing homes that are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63374/21]
1481. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to ensure that all future contracts with nursing homes contain provisions ensuring that residents who are medical card holders are not charged for items or services which are covered by the medical card; if consideration has been given to seeking to similarly resolve the matter with regard to existing contracts; if he has considered addressing the matter through legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63373/21]
439. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the final allocations for sports capital grants will be announced. [2285/22]
76. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport his plans to deliver the port access northern cross route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62107/21]
8. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to incentivise public transport use for commuters in the Laytown and Bettystown areas of County Meath in order to ensure increased use of public transport and a reduction in car journeys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62106/21]
202. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the reason that the east Meath primary care centre is not expected to be operational until quarter four of 2022 given that the HSE is hopeful that negotiations on the agreement of legal documents can be concluded before year end 2021 to allow works to commence in quarter one of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62187/21]
88. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the homelessness figures for counties Louth and Meath, respectively, in tabular form; the number of persons on each housing waiting list; and the numbers on HAP in each county. [62132/21]
554. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of antigen tests for the early childhood care and education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61176/21]
462. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the provision of antigen tests for the early childhood care and education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61177/21]
195. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 7 December 2021, the expected deliver date for the DART extension to Drogheda; and if he will provide an approximate timeline for the project. [61842/21]