242. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 24 May 2022, the alternative arrangements in place for the off-site treatment of waste from Údarás na Gaeltachta Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Contae na Gaillimhe; the location of the alternative Údarás na Gaeltachta-owned treatment plant to which she refers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34271/22]
241. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the recent works ongoing at Údarás na Gaeltachta industrial estate at Ruisín na Meanach, Carna, County Galway in tabular form; the cost of the works; the reference number of the planning permission authorising the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34236/22]
234. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of the Chief Justice and Presidents of the Courts, High Court, Court of Appeal, Circuit and District Court, by 2%, 5%, 10% and 15%, in tabular form. [34466/22]
233. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of senior civil servants, secretary general 1, 2 and 3 and deputy secretary generals, by 2%, 5%, 10% and 15%, in tabular form. [34465/22]
225. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home care tax credit from €1,600 to €1,800; the full-year cost of the current tax credit for households that avail of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34197/22]
219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are supports available for vacant home-owners who wish to bring their property up to a liveable standard to add to the housing stock; if he will provide an update on the Croí Cónaithe (towns) fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33354/22]
73. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage her plans to fasttrack the deliver of affordable purchase homes in the Merlin area of County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32197/22]
23. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there are enough safeguards in place to prevent mass eviction of tenants from private rental accommodation; if the Tyrrellstown Amendment which provides that a landlord may not sell more than ten properties in a single development except with the tenants remaining in situ, other than in exceptional circumstances, is sufficient and being adequately enforced to ensure that such mass evictions do not take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31899/22]
26. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has plans to amend the guidance that comes from his Department in relation to PeoplePoint (NSSO) for those working in State agencies and have medical disabilities whose absences due to medical appointments are reported as sick leave, which may impact on their career progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32995/22]
15. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if the bus network in Galway city will be expanded to service the upper Ballymoneen Road or the Letteragh Road, given the development in those two areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/22]
14. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if the 20/X20 Bus Éireann service will be reinstated; if not, if a similar service connecting the eastern part of County Galway will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33039/22]
592. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work her Department is doing to introduce legislation to enable those under 18 years of age to obtain a gender recognition certificate with parental approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32034/22]
591. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of her Department providing the option to include non-binary as a gender option under the Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32033/22]
198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the work her Department is undertaking to develop and implement further actions to support the positive portrayal and representation of LGBTI+ identities in broadcast media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32036/22]
188. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the size of each allocation and any corresponding capital carryover in relation to the capital allocation for flood defences in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/22]
23. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the failings highlighted in the most recent report from an Coimisinéir Teanga; the way that her Department will be addressing these failings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32451/22]
14. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [32450/22]
555. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider organising a public awareness campaign around the dangers of using rodenticides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31515/22]
243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the RAPTOR protocol is being fully implemented in terms of testing for secondary poisoning from rodenticides; the number of raptors that have been tested for poison in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 as part of this protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/22]
87. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s guidance for public service employers during Covid-19 in relation to special leave with pay for Covid-19; if there are further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/22]
86. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his negotiations for a new public service stability agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31505/22]
246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the measures that her Department has taken to ensure that existing community infrastructure is inclusive and welcoming to LGBTI+ persons; if she will provide a list of pop-up LGBTI+ services that have been created in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31196/22]
183. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the work that her Department has undertaken to address and minimise violence against members of the LGBT+ community and trans persons in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31197/22]
1901. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the categories of carers that will receive the pandemic special payment; the date they are scheduled to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30688/22]
1821. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the way that those who worked for private healthcare agencies during the Covid-19 pandemic and have since changed employers can apply for the Covid 19 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/22]
1547. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual first-year and full year cost of implementing the Workplace Relations Commission agreement for all section 39 workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29693/22]
1244. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of modern methods of construction apprentices hired in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29694/22]
1120. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their disability allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29745/22]
507. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will increase the income threshold for social housing support given the increasing cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/22]
425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the additional non-Oireachtas salaries (details supplied) of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ministers and Ministers of State by 50% in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29692/22]
424. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated annual first year and full-year cost of regrading Seanad secretarial assistants to parliamentary assistant grades, for regrading Dáil secretarial assistants as administrative assistants and having Dáil parliamentary assistants pay brought in line with the Building Momentum Public Service Stability Agreement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29690/22]
230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the next stages in the process of bringing the new National Maternity Hospital to completion along with the key dates; when a business case will be brought before the relevant Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas; when it is expected to go to tender; the proposed date for construction to commence; the deadline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28441/22]
837. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a consultant has been appointed for the deep-water quay at Ros a Mhíl; if the timeline and key milestones for the development have been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28097/22]
766. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of community physiotherapists in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/22]
258. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 May 2022, the nomination date of all members and the nomination forms for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27853/22]
230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the policy of joint tenancy in local authority housing with the view to include the full-time carers of tenants who also qualify for housing support in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27361/22]
219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the review his Department is undertaking with regard to facilitating inter-county social housing transfers; if this review will be progressed in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27286/22]
43. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on stage 3 of the development of An Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; if he will provide a schedule of works for An Caladh Mór; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27323/22]
102. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the estimated updated final cost for the National Maternity Hospital and National Children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21484/22]
64. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues of persons suffering from long-Covid; the expanded care planned for those with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25421/22]
249. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the next steps that are in the delivery of phase 3 of the Pier at An Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe. [26859/22]
294. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will recruit more staff to deal with the influx of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/22]
246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the death of a journalist (details supplied); the measures that he will take at the levels of the European Union and United Nations to highlight the ongoing abuse of human rights in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/22]
210. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the way that case files are allocated to board members of an Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/22]
193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 May 2022, the name of the granting authority for the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the specific reference number of the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the name of the previous occupant of the light industrial unit to which she referred; if she will clarify if the An Tulaigh Treatment Plant at the site of Údarás na Gaeltachta Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Contae na Gaillimhe which receives the discharge on site from a laboratory (details supplied) is currently dysfunctional or fully functional in accordance with the specific previously permitted permit to which she referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26516/22]
249. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of processing the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry; when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/22]
238. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all members of An Bord Pleanála and the name of each prescribed body they were nominated by in tabular form. [25524/22]
216. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has been engaging in the dispute between Galway coach station and private coach operators that use the station; the work that has been undertaken by his Department to resolve the dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25611/22]
162. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1185 of 26 April 2022, if he has updated information in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25250/22]
80. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the programme of compulsory purchase orders to bring vacant units to the market for sale, which is provided for in Housing For All; the number properties in Galway city and county that will be brought into residential use through this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25109/22]