938. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected timeline and milestones for the development of the deep-water quay at Ros a Mhíl; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18107/22]
833. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting list in County Galway for dental care; the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18106/22]
569. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of training companies that have been engaged by the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as a result of the new round of tendering for the delivery of training packages; the names of the successful companies; the number that have the competency to deliver training in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18105/22]
194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm the transportation of kerosene to or from Shannon via airplane (details supplied) on dates 21 or 22 March 2022. [17615/22]
193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the number of operators which applied to his Department for multiple flight operation authorisations to operate in 2021. [17614/22]
92. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the plans her Department has to address problems with the sandblocks at Céibh an Chóra, Inis Meáin, which are known to interfere with the freight service, especially during summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18036/22]
76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the full foreshore application for Inis Oírr pier has not been lodged and may be delayed further for another 12 months, given that Galway County Council must undertake updates to the original environment study in order to comply with European Union legislation before the application can be lodged; her views on whether the funding set aside for the pier will cover the necessary work given the increase in building costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18035/22]
66. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the estimated or projected final cost of the national children's hospital given ongoing legal challenges and remarks in the media (details supplied) before Christmas 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/22]
34. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the work that is being undertaken to assess the expenditure impact from taking in up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees; if certain Departments will require a supplementary estimate, and if he will provide any forecasting, modelling, risk analysis or otherwise, which has been done to date. [16754/22]
611. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there was a separate business case or analysis to justify the public expenditure on an enhanced pharmacy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15781/22]
610. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if at the time the enabling works were commissioned in relation to the national maternity hospital, the final business case for the national maternity hospital had been completed and approved in relation to works (details supplied); and if it covered this new and replacement pharmacy works. [15780/22]
609. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3224 of 27 July 2021, if the State had any security, either legal or equitable, over the property at the Elm Park campus upon which public monies have been expended on enabling works to do with the new maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/22]
608. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the rapidly escalating cost of the enabling works for the National Maternity Hospital mirrors that of the hospital itself and notwithstanding concerns around ownership and control risks becoming like the National Children’s Hospital given that the original 2018 estimate for the cost of these works was €18 million which has now increased by more than 183%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15778/22]
607. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the list of completed works and work in progress in relation to the €51.2 million spent on the enabling works for the National Maternity Hospital to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15777/22]
295. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the development being constructed, the planning permission authorising the works, the purpose of the construction being undertaken by building contractors (details supplied) at the Údarás na Gaeltachta industrial estate at Tullagh, Baile na hAbhann, Indreabhán, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16040/22]
279. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the amounts paid into the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund by credit unions; the amount paid out of the fund to support credit unions in each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/22]
278. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total number of staff who are employed in the Central Bank; the number who are specifically employed in the Registry of Credit Unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/22]
227. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the body responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads (details supplied) as Galway County Council has advised that these three roads are not in its charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15793/22]
176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there have been additional resources allocated to the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS,, to help deal with the sharp increase in referrals to the service in Galway, especially in children being referred for ADHD; if there are plans for additional resources for complementary treatments for ADHD other than medicinal treatment to be allocated to CAMHS such as psychotherapy and behavioural therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15131/22]
1027. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the pandemic special recognition payment will be limited to payment of staff that worked between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14753/22]
825. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the pro-rata payment in relation to the €1,000 Covid bonus to healthcare workers will mean less favourable treatment for those relief staff who worked more hours than their full-time co-workers during lockdown; if section 39 organisations will be instructed to treat their relief staff, who have worked the same hours as full-time staff, equally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13976/22]
782. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications from and visas awarded to Chinese investors applying through the Immigrant Investor Programme, disaggregated by IIP investment option Enterprise Investment, Investment Fund, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Endowment with the amounts invested in each option in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14998/22]
781. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications from and visas awarded to Russian investors applying through the Immigrant Investor Programme, disaggregated by IIP investment option Enterprise Investment, Investment Fund, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Endowment with the amounts invested in each option in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14997/22]
465. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if the recently brokered deal in the Workplace Relations Commission for school secretaries and caretakers pay and conditions is accepted, if these terms will apply equally to staff in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13847/22]
357. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new affordable housing schemes will be rolled out in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15005/22]
204. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é suim an deontais reáchtála a ceadaíodh do gach comharchumann agus gach comhlacht pobalbhunaithe Gaeltachta sna blianta 2021 agus 2022; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [13695/22]
194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of reference for the external review panel he is establishing to examine the processes and procedures in relation to the recruitment and remuneration of senior public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/22]
71. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all Departmental reviews, reports and studies that that were published in 2021; if he will provide a list of those that are currently ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/22]
70. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of external reports commissioned in 2021; the cost of each; the external reports that were received by his Department in 2021; when such reports were or are expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13166/22]
69. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that Ireland’s Register of Beneficial Ownership permits the use of legal trustees and nominee shareholders which adds a layer of opacity and disguises the ultimate beneficial owner in view of the risk of possible attempts to circumvent financial sanctions; if he will be taking steps to ensure that the register records the ultimate beneficial owner of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13523/22]
68. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he will be taking to ensure that banks (details supplied) don’t raise funds again whilst they are under sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13522/22]
163. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for the ongoing delaying in the disbursement of the energy credit; the date that the credit will be paid to households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13102/22]
296. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the military flights transferring 7,000 US troops to Germany at the beginning of March 2022 will be refuelling in Shannon airport. [12234/22]
15. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the action that will be taken to combat flooding on the Kylemore Road, County Galway given the serious issue of flooding on the road making it regularly impassable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11386/22]
88. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance when he will be making the regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market and honour the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking further to an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/22]
744. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the depleting stocks of hormone replacement therapy in chemists that many women depend on; and the actions that he is taking to replenish them. [11452/22]
635. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff who were employed in the community for the Echo Programme; and whether it is the case that the same staff that do this work in the hospitals also do this in the community. [10915/22]
558. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprentice registrations by construction apprenticeships in bricklaying, carpentry, joinery, construction plant fitting, electrical, painting and decorating, plastering, stonecutting, stonemasonry, wood machinists and wood manufacturing in each of the years 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [10917/22]
474. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if schools can continue to operate staggered breaktimes if a board of management agrees that such a decision is in the best interests of the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11325/22]
246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the size of the State's current shareholdings in each of the banks; and the current market value of these shareholdings in tabular form. [10916/22]
201. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport his advice for residents in Connemara that are applying for or renewing driver licences and do not have any legal obligation to obtain a Public Services Card following the result of the Data Protection Commissioner’s report given that the NDLS centre in Clifden, County Galway remains closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10985/22]
200. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if the NDLS centre in Clifden, County Galway will reopen following lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10984/22]
120. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his review of the Ethics Framework; the date he plans to reintroduce the public sector standards Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11385/22]
88. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the capital projects outlined in the national development plan which are currently behind schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/22]
56. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the forthcoming regulation of lobbying (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11798/22]
54. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the issue of value for money in large capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11731/22]
228. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down from the European Investment Bank; the date of commencement; the repayment schedule; the interest rate and purposes of each loan in tabular form; and his plans to allocate additional funding for the provision of social housing from the EIB. [10522/22]
162. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the excessive use of different legal entities and vehicles which has increased legal, accounting and other costs in relation to the funding, ownership, control and corporate structure of National Broadband Ireland (details supplied); and his views on whether restrictions should be applied on the number of layers that can be used in such a corporate structure. [2515/22]
221. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason persons that lodge a complaint in relation to a clinical judgement with the community healthcare west mental health services are not provided with any avenue of internal appeal; if this is in line with HSE policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10203/22]
114. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress being made towards the resolution of the European Court of Justice ruling in case C-261/18 relating to Derrybrien Windfarm; the next steps that must be taken to ensure compliance with the ruling in that case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10248/22]