107. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to ensure floating offshore wind energy projects off the west coast are treated as a priority under phase 2 of the High Level Policy Statement, thereby enabling such projects to move forward in the same time anticipated for fixed bottom offshore wind projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9957/23]
625. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a surgery procedure for a person (details supplied) will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/23]
384. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education the individual total capital expenditure on new primary and post-primary school accommodation projects in County Clare from 2011 to 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8186/23]
88. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the extension of the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8569/23]
303. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when a working family payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7929/23]
302. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when a child benefit payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7928/23]
243. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resources that will be allocated to An Coimisiún Pleanála to be constituted under the Planning and Development Bill 2022; whether additional resources will be allocated to address the backlog of cases currently before An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7980/23]
242. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legislative timeline for the draft Planning and Development Bill 2022, to complete pre-legislative scrutiny, to be introduced and passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, and to enter into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7979/23]
198. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance the pressures he is putting on banks and other financial institutions to raise the interest rates on moneys that are held on deposit in view of the fact that interest rates on mortgages continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7773/23]
171. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the health technology assessment which is underway since the 21 December 2022 on the drug kaftrio for the cohort of 35 children aged 6 to 11 years with certain mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7271/23]
117. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will lend his support to locating the proposed surgical hub for the mid-west region at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7270/23]
137. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 8 September 2022, if he will provide an update on the enactment process in relation to the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 regarding the use of CCTV by local authorities; when he expects this process to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/23]
133. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to the circular economy Act the reason, in considering levies, his Department only cites Irish business against litter information collected by volunteers instead of the more robust and scientifically conducted national litter pollution monitoring system data which was commissioned by his Department; if the contrasting results of the NLPMS data have ever been taken into consideration; if he will commit to taking this more robust data into account when making future decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7152/23]
132. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason he is giving preference to the lower standard of UNEP meta study rather than a more robust life cycle analysis in accordance with EU Waste Directive 2008/98 and International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14040 and 14044 standards in relation to the circular economy Act; if he will commit to using a life cycle analysis study to determine whether reusables have a greater environmental impact than single-use paper-based packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7151/23]
121. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the Old Head Coast Guard station project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6382/23]
120. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on Castlefreke Coast Guard station project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/23]
470. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to introduce in order to ensure that additional TB testing in cattle as a result of new EU animal health laws will not lead to additional costs being incurred by farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/23]
164. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the number of successful applicants under the shared equity scheme in each county since the scheme commenced in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6076/23]
163. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the criteria involved for the setting of price thresholds for the shared equity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6075/23]
57. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in order to broaden the criteria on houses that can qualify for grant aid to fit heat pumps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/23]
409. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to locating the proposed surgical hub proposed for the mid-west region at Ennis General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5438/23]
709. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to two-day surgery theatres at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4532/23]
532. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to renew the contract with a hotel (details supplied) which currently provides accommodation for Ukrainian refugees when it expires this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4528/23]
163. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress he has made to date on progressing the pilot scheme for unsewered villages; the up-to-date position on progress made for these projects; the timetable for the completion of these projects in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3613/23]
134. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the level of engagement his Department has had with Clare County Council to manage additional heritage sites; the amount of additional expenditure involved for his Department; when he expects this process to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3612/23]
57. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the preparatory work her Department and its agencies are engaged with in promoting the women’s Irish open golf tournament in Dromoland Castle later in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3610/23]
51. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital grants programme will be reopened for applications; the proposed timetable for the processing of these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3611/23]
588. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the amount of moneys that have been paid to GP practices for the services rendered under the general medical services scheme agreement of 2019 - payments in respect of delivery of opportunistic case finding and chronic disease prevention programme (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3026/23]
513. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on his plans to fully resource all existing community neuro-rehabilitation teams; when it is expected that community neuro-rehabilitation teams will be established in each community healthcare organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2818/23]
301. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing Covid recognition payments; when he expects outstanding payments to be made to agency healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2470/23]
274. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the necessary resources to a community childcare facility (details supplied) in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, in order to provide additional space to cater for a dramatic increase in demand for childcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2524/23]
168. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if a solution has been found to facilitate the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to the responsibility of Clare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59143/22]
162. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of funding that was allocated for flood relief schemes by local authorities in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/23]
147. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all current and proposed flood relief schemes in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1920/23]
16. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the provision of a bus service for Ennis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1918/23]
6. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who are awaiting a driving test appointment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1919/23]
1818. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Coillte with a view to increasing the pension payments for retired workers, given that their pensions have not been increased for many years, and that for some, pensions have not increased since they retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63989/22]
1478. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the frequency with which the adult diabetes clinic in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group is run; the number of speciality diabetes clinics that are run, for example, a young adult clinic, type 1 adult clinic, type 2 clinic, a diabetes podiatry clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/23]
1477. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the adult diabetes service in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group; and the number who attended more than once in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [1400/23]
1412. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the hyperemesis gravidarum drug, cariban, for pregnant women in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1151/23]
1403. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction the development of an elective-only hospital for the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1128/23]
1390. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the pilot project involving Mallow General Hospital whereby some ambulance patients are treated in Mallow General Hospital instead of at an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1085/23]
1389. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of the framework for smaller hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1084/23]
1382. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the health technology assessment dossier covering kaftrio in combination with ivacaftor for the cohort of 35 children aged 6 to 11 years with certain mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene which was submitted to the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics on 21 December 2022 moves as expeditiously as possible, with appropriate input from the patient community thereby giving access to this life changing drug for these vulnerable children at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1024/23]
1322. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to a query raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to supports for visually impaired people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63818/22]
1037. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans in place to dramatically increase the number of third level courses for marine planners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63991/22]
1036. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans, if any, to increase the number of third level courses for urban and rural planners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63990/22]