191. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider an independent body to deal with complaints to the DAA in regard to noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8038/24]
324. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/24]
27. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the recently announced Fáilte Ireland business support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6999/24]
239. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the most recent figure on the number of carers receiving a half-rate carer’s allowance; the number of carers who receive a reduced rate of the half-rate carer’s allowance due to means, categorised by recipients aged under 66 caring for one person, aged under 66 caring for two or more people, aged over 66 caring for one person and aged over 66 caring for two or more people; and a breakdown of these rates by the number of person’s receiving a carer’s allowance payment under €100, between €100 – €120, €121 – €141, €142 – €162, €163 – €183, €184 – €196 and €197 - €215, in tabular form. [6992/24]
238. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection for the most recent figure on the number of carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, excluding those on a half-rate carer’s allowance; the number of carers who receive a reduced rate of carer’s allowance due to means, categorised by recipients aged under 66 caring for one person, aged under 66 caring for two or more people, aged over 66 caring for one person and aged over 66 caring for two or more people; and a breakdown of these rates by the number of person’s receiving a reduced rate carer’s allowance payment under €100, between €100 - €150, €151 - €200, €201 - €251, €252 - €302, €303 - €353, €354 - €392 and €393 - €443, in tabular form. [6991/24]
170. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application for incremental credits submitted in June and July 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6990/24]
138. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education what works are accepted under the emergency works scheme in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6746/24]
137. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the date for applications for the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6745/24]
110. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance to provide statistics in tabular form (details supplied) relating to the Revenue Commissioners' seize and release’ VRT enforcement procedure for January to December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7060/24]
109. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance to provide statistics in tabular form (details supplied) for the years 2015-2023 relating to vehicle registration tax transfer or residence applications received by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7059/24]
91. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education on the provision of a new school building for a school in County Leitrim (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2699/24]
405. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the application of PGI status for boxty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5505/24]
55. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport to outline Government policy on the Sligo Mayo Greenway; to give an update on progress of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4533/24]
168. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the payment of the pension increase for ESB pensioners, and the rationale for the decision that all pension increases to members of semi-State pension schemes will need consent from both relevant Government Departments, in the case of the ESB, his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4191/24]
78. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the 2023 community centre investment fund, particularly in relation to the application from the Ballymote community centre and regional hub. [1666/24]
149. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will amend its policy to include first degree relatives on the list of evacuees that is being used to ensure their safe passage out of Gaza. [2578/24]
70. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will amend its policy to include first degree relatives on the list of evacuees that is being used to ensure their safe passage out of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/24]
68. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the progress of getting family members of Irish citizens out of Gaza. [1667/24]
607. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health who the notified body is for medical devices in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/24]
508. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a minor (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2536/24]
264. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider including the counties Sligo and Leitrim in the pilot voluntary redeployment scheme, given that this scheme has not been deployed in either county since 2014 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2826/24]
118. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the new low-cost home energy upgrade loan scheme that was announced in October 2023; when homeowners will be able to access this scheme; a timeline for announcing an open call inviting lenders to participate in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2384/24]
78. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the long-outstanding issue of regularising the terms and conditions of adult education tutors employed by education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2048/24]
64. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health in response to the recent ESRI report on the provision of long-term residential care, what plans are being put in place to secure sufficient long-term care capacity in the north west region, in particular, and in other more rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2085/24]
61. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his views on the poor performance by the Government on the delivery of commitments and progress for family carers as outlined in the family carer scorecard 2023 published by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1701/24]
45. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in all of County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1700/24]
43. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe for the construction of the new renal dialysis unit in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/24]
28. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress on the new 42-bed medical block at Sligo University Hospital, which was due to start construction before the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1599/24]
1497. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56510/23]
1386. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the number of international protection applicants, by area in each local electoral area in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57179/23]
1377. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57107/23]
1191. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what progress has been made with dealing with the ash dieback issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56512/23]
878. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid under the heading adult dependant allowance in each of the years 2015 to 2023, inclusive of those who reside outside the State, by the country of destination of these payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56684/23]
877. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid as children’s allowance to persons who live outside the State in each of the years 2005 to 2023, by country of destination, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56683/23]
876. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if children’s allowance being paid for the children of Ukrainian refugees is continued when those children leave the State and the number of checks that have been carried out to assess that those children are resident in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56682/23]
875. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amounts of money paid as children’s allowance to Ukrainian refugees living in Ireland in 2022 and 2023 to date. [56681/23]
723. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the recently announced Failte Ireland business support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1616/24]
368. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if, following the recent amendment brought forward to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 to rectify the issues caused by changes to tax laws for the treatment of GP income, and where the changes still impact a number of GPs who are in, or hoping to be taken over by management companies to facilitate the business side of general practice, if he can advise if this matter is being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1739/24]
84. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a property (details supplied) is excluded from the NBI scheme even though the properties either side are included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57001/23]
69. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance for an update on a decision of the Tax Appeal Commission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55663/23]
820. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55198/23]
605. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what precautions the Government is taking to reduce the risk of importing further disease through the importation of trees, saplings, shrubs and soil; if there is a plan in place to increase the production of native Irish stock for the home market, so Ireland can decrease or stop its reliance on importation and protect our native plants/trees from further disease or loss of 100% Irish strain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54631/23]
533. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of the 17 current serving country registrars attached to each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54737/23]
389. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the inclusion of Sligo in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54497/23]
177. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for a connection to the NBI scheme for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55261/23]
111. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use his best efforts to evacuate persons from Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/23]
237. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection for a timeframe to finalise the pay parity claim of RSS and Tús supervisors. [54378/23]
94. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection to give an update on the progress regarding the pay parity claim by supervisors of RSS and Tús. [54377/23]
454. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to an issue raised (details supplied), if he can provide an update on any progress made on the re-opening of the hydrotherapy pool at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53202/23]
377. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants who have arrived in Ireland for each of the past five years, in tabular form, including the number per year; the numbers who were refused entry at the border; the number per year whose applications have been approved/refused; the number per year who have received deportation orders, and of those, the number deported by year, all in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53203/23]