193. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 18 April 2023, his Department's plans to provide additional PSO funding for the provision of additional PSO services to increase morning rail services, particularly to ensure the provision of an earlier service from Dublin to Cork, following the demand for such a service as determined by the NTA public consultation held in September 2022, and the lack of relevant resources allocated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21578/23]
320. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legislation provides for sanctions where substandard artificial insemination, AI, straws are provided to farmers by bovine AI field service licence holders; if so, the possible sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/23]
265. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20214/23]
360. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the new-build community nursing home in Nenagh, County Tipperary, will include a dementia unit, or provide beds for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/23]
356. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the future plans of the HSE for the use of romosozumab in Ireland; if he will consider a meeting request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/23]
257. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education how the panel system for the appointment of primary teachers operates; how it differs from the supplementary panel; if she will detail how the various criteria for inclusion on both the panel and supplementary panel work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20047/23]
440. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the licensing requirements for companies supplying AI services to farmers; what sanctions apply if the licensing requirements are not adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19126/23]
437. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a compensation package for loss of income will be introduced for sufferers of ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19025/23]
436. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants and premiums will be available in the next forestry programme for sufferers of ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19024/23]
299. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next round of the Community Monuments Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18923/23]
232. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide details of all payments by all Government Departments and agencies to organisations that are members of the Environmental Pillar in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19610/23]
366. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available to those with limited mobility and wish to purchase a motorised scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18657/23]
153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent allocations in therapeutic roles for inpatient and outpatient services in Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel campus, broken down by discipline in tabular form; the number of those WTE posts that were vacant on 31 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18471/23]
1842. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the new round of Clár funding could be applied for by a school and a club (details supplied) jointly to develop a new car park and drop-off area that would take traffic off the local road and ensure better road safety in the local area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17126/23]
1347. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a Parkinson’s nurse specialist for Waterford and Tipperary University Hospitals, following a funding allocation under Budget 2023 for the provision of 22 neurologist speciality nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16351/23]
1344. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when an individual (details supplied) will be seen for an appointment with the Orthopaedics Section of UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16335/23]
1235. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of dietitian posts allocated to the 12 CDNTs covering the southeast; how many of those are vacant as of 31 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17029/23]
1234. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of dietitian posts allocated to the 2 CDNTs in South Tipperary; the numbers of those posts vacant; if there are any plans to fill those vacancies with agency staff until the posts have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/23]
1161. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of designated land that is afforested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16546/23]
1160. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of designated land that there is an entitlement attached to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/23]
1116. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer who recently took up suckling would be eligible for payment under the SCEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17303/23]
1081. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if a family that plans to travel to Ireland, following approval of their family reunification application, could travel to another country discreetly beforehand, for fear of persecution in their home country if they travelled directly to Ireland, and from there be issued their visas in a short timeframe in order to travel to Ireland and reunite with their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16783/23]
1080. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the options available to a prospective visa applicant, applying following family reunification application approval, who is unable to provide their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16782/23]
1028. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice when the family of a person (details supplied) will be in a position to apply for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18160/23]
958. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice what an individual may do if their travel document applications are not processed and issued in time to allow for a family to travel within the one-year timeframe given upon family reunification approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16785/23]
957. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for travel document applications for the family reunification of a person who has refugee status; if the grounds on which they are applying is taken into account in ensuring their timely processing, given the limited timeframe for permission to enter and reside with family reunification cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16784/23]
785. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the defective builds scheme is now available to be applied for by someone living in Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/23]
756. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of land in each county that is designated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16547/23]
755. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of revisions that have been made to designated land in Ireland; the number of new hectares that have been designated each time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16544/23]
754. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what percentage of Irish land is designated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/23]
738. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that was spent on the affordable rental scheme in the 2022 calendar year; if he would provide the locations where this scheme is active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16751/23]
414. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance when the classification for taxation purposes of loading shovels and silerators changed to the same taxation bracket as a commercial van, considering that this has resulted in the tax for these items increasing from €102 to €330 per year; the reason this decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17940/23]
410. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if capital gains tax is applied to the sales price of a pub licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17914/23]
336. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the inaccessibility of the Dublin Heuston to Cork Kent rail route to commuters working in Cork city, given that the earliest train on this line arrives at Kent station at 9.37 a.m.; the future plans to introduce an earlier service such as those offered on the Cork Kent to Dublin Heuston route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/23]
182. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of breaches of the new solid fuel regulations that have been identified since its commencement last year, per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/23]
181. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his Department’s plans to provide local authorities with additional and improved supports/facilities with regards their enforcement of the Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16600/23]
180. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the importation and distribution of coal that does not meet the State’s environmental standards, from Northern Ireland, is being monitored by his Department; if he is aware of the impact said importation and distribution is having on the business of legitimate fuel distributors in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16599/23]
179. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action being taken to curtail the importation and distribution of coal that does not meet the State’s environmental standards, from Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/23]
358. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and area of afforestation licences lodged with his Department that remain to be approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15988/23]
357. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the number and area of Ash dieback RUS approvals that were eligible for the interim reconstitution scheme for Ash dieback, as outlined in circular 4 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15987/23]
356. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and area of ash dieback RUS applications lodged with his Department that remain to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15986/23]
181. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his work to introduce free IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/23]
159. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice how a South African national who is living in Ireland for a third consecutive year on a stamp 4 residency permit, is married to an Irish citizen and has two children with Irish citizenship can apply for Irish citizenship in order to get an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15578/23]
61. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the grants available for an individual to install solar panels on farm buildings, in the case of the individual not being an active farmer and therefore not installing them for agricultural use but, rather, to sell the electricity back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15632/23]
741. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to medical card holders who require ArtAssist treatment in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15424/23]
566. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the reason a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) was deemed ineligible on certain grounds; the steps that can be taken to reopen this application and progress their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14911/23]
556. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science hen he expects the election of the NUI Senate to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15501/23]
555. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he expects the election of the University of Limerick Governing Authority to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15500/23]
384. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that as per Circular 4 2023, there are no new premiums available to owners impacted by ash dieback whose forests are out of the original afforestation premium payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14552/23]
383. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the Forest Licencing Plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14551/23]