510. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated timeline and milestones for buildings being delivered in bundle I of the National Development Finance Agency higher education public private partnership programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25751/22]
509. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated timeline and milestones for buildings to be delivered in bundle II of the National Development Finance Agency higher education public private partnership programme; the approach to dealing with construction price inflation; the expected completion and handover dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25750/22]
231. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will identify all capital, safety supports and any other grant or support funding given over the past ten years under each funding head to each individual airport, in tabular form; if the report issuing captures all Government or departmental subventions over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24429/22]
116. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planning requirements that are in place in terms of solar farm development with respect to environmental impact studies and environmental impact assessments; if such studies are required for the granting of planning permission for solar or wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23712/22]
855. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) recommends increasing afforestation rates to 16,000 hectares annually; if so, the reason for these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/22]
854. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials have conformed to the consultation principles and guidance as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in November 2016 in regard to the consultation on the CAP Strategic Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22790/22]
225. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will respond to an issue raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22843/22]
483. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the county of origin of heart attack patients highlighted in the Irish Heart Attack Audit National Report 2017-2020 (details supplied); the PCI lab that patients in the cohort were transferred to if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21954/22]
482. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the county of origin that the heart attack patient numbers derive from in the Irish heart attack audit national report 2017-2020; the total number of patients concerned; the actual transfer times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21953/22]
131. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will respond to an issue (details supplied) with regard to a large number of sold electric vehicle cars arriving very close into dealerships but close to the expiry of the SEAI grant validity period which is due to the semiconductor shortage which has caused major delays in production (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22122/22]
118. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport the steps that his Department is taking to review the current regulations regarding Ukrainian HGV licences which are not currently recognised by the RSA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21848/22]
239. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for the delay in carrying out of a cost-benefit analysis in relation to the expansion of the footprint of Waterford Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/22]
1827. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from University Hospital Waterford to Cork University Hospital will be provided detailing the time of the ambulance service request raised at University Hospital Waterford; the time of clinical hand over to ambulance team in University Hospital Waterford; the time of clinical hand over at Cork University Hospital for each request made distinguishing between echo and delta responses in each of the years since 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21133/22]
1826. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from Wexford General Hospital to St. James's Hospital Dublin will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at Wexford General Hospital; the time of clinical handover to the ambulance team in Wexford General Hospital; the time of clinical handover at St. James's Hospital for each request made distinguishing between echo and delta responses in each of the years since 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21132/22]
1825. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at St. Luke's Hospital; the time of clinical handover to the ambulance team in the hospital; the time of clinical handover at St. James's Hospital for each request made distinguishing between echo and delta responses in each of the years from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/22]
1782. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the FreeStyle Libre or offer a different process to enable this to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/22]
1781. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for the FreeStyle Libre with immediate effect following a survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20906/22]
1242. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice if Ireland will be offering any addition forensic support through the National Forensic Laboratory for the investigation into the extrajudicial killings in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19356/22]
1212. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for the delay in approving funding to purchase a landholding (details supplied) in County Waterford to expand the Waterford institute of Technology and South East Technological University footprint on which sale negotiations with WIT began in March 2021 with a sale agreement in principle reached in September 2021; the reason for any disparity in the evaluation treatment or process of acquiring this land-holding in Waterford versus the capacity to purchase lands at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20628/22]
1211. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of capital public expenditure at the National University of Galway campus and all capital public expenditures at Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology over the past 10 years; the individual projects supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20627/22]
1210. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position of land (details supplied) on a mean average price per acre applicable to capital acquisitions in the university and IT sector over the past three years; if he will be extending approvals to other new technological universities to pay up to such a rate for new land acquisitions; if he plans to make transparent reimbursement to such universities in circumstances in which they acquire development land for less than this per acre sum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/22]
1209. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the terms of a leaseback (details supplied); the monetary agreement that exists for extending use to the club; the period under agreement for which the club continues to enjoy access to the landholding; the capital plan available or published by Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology that outlines an estimated start date for new construction on this site; the details of the construction plan; the build tender dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20625/22]
1208. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the oversight or review bodies that were involved in ascertaining the value of land (details supplied) prior to purchase; the individual activities undertaken by these bodies in terms of cost-benefit analysis, independent land price review and adherence to college strategic funding plans; the degree of variance that existed between these bodies or agents reports recommendations and the final price paid; the way that these processes intersect with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Higher Education Authority oversight; the length of time this process takes from its inception date; the way that the process concluded ultimately closing out the acquisition at this price range; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20624/22]
975. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to extend the living alone allowance to persons who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment. [19334/22]
809. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Defence his Department’s latest resource plans across the Irish Defence Forces given the crisis in Ukraine and Ireland’s well stated military deficiencies in terms of home Island defence; the actions that have been agreed to in the interim and prior to any delays in awaiting recommendations from pending Defence Forces Commission recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/22]
234. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he expects that pylons will be erected and wind energy generated in a maritime area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19379/22]
236. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a road accident casualty in an area (details supplied) a week ago waited over three hours for the arrival of an ambulance before being transported to UHW accident and emergency by the Waterford fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18694/22]
924. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his understanding of the present activities being undertaken at Waterford Institute of Technology farm research into multi-seed pastureland development; if his attention has been drawn to the five years of pilot schemes ongoing at Waterford Institute of Technology and the results; if he has plans in seeing multi-seed pastureland developed in a bid to reduce nitrogen supplementation for the dairy industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/22]
923. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers now signed to the new organics scheme; the amount of funding on average that is receivable by participating farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17787/22]
922. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes that are being proposed to solar panel application grants for farm building roofs; if his attention has been drawn to the problems of securing feedback tariffs from the ESB to ensure a viable regeneration proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17786/22]
921. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are being considered for fertiliser supply over the summer season considering the finite quantities that are available in the country at present and the present lack of international manufacture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17784/22]
920. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent forecasts by an organisation (details supplied) made for the private sector for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/22]
919. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Coillte felling licences issued out of the total number felling licences issued since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17747/22]
918. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average length of time it took to process the private felling licences issued by his Department since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17746/22]
917. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average length of time it took to process the Coillte felling licences issued by his Department since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17745/22]
334. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the derogations that are proposed to farmers that have habitually used heather and gorse mountain burning as a means of regenerating new growth for sheep grazing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17785/22]
178. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a developing pastureland project incorporating multi-seed sward analysis research being undertaken at Waterford Institute of Technology; if he has considered allocating specific funding from his Department to this greenhouse gas reduction initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10483/22]
1067. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the average weekly trolley count within the nine model 4 hospitals nationally for the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14948/22]
1066. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health when the emergency department task force last met given the present difficulties with hospital overcrowding; if an organisation (details supplied) has called for such a meeting; the latest initiatives to be considered by the next emergency task force meeting; the measures that are being introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14947/22]
934. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the reason he failed to respond or accede to a request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/22]
933. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for the elective outpatients department and the 12-bed day ward at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the status of the final health planner report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/22]
932. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the reason that University Hospital Waterford continues to remain the most significantly underfunded model four hospital in the country versus its peers; the reason for the significant disparity in whole-time equivalent positions compared to bed ratios at the hospital versus peer model four hospitals has not been addressed; the reason capital budgets to deliver additional clinical space to deal with these lists has not been approved at the hospital unlike other peer model four hospitals given that the outpatients elective lists of the hospital exceed 50,000 persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14369/22]
214. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the real-life example of inequity in the proposed policy system regarding bus transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14925/22]
213. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that commercial bus operators are currently operating in a direct award contract with the National Transport Authority and that the Authority is provided with monthly reports detailing revenue and passenger numbers which is overseen by a company (details supplied) in which submissions to the scheme are self-certified thus placing full responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided on to the operators and yet the authority claims that it does not have the capacity to include commercial operators from the outset of the youth scheme; if, given the aforementioned, the reason and the grounds on which commercial operators have been excluded from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14924/22]
212. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he has decided that the youth card travel scheme, which will offer a 50% fare reduction to 18 to 23-year olds, will not be available to commercial bus operators until a time into the future to be determined by the National Transport Authority; if he has considered the way the exclusion of the commercial bus operators from this scheme will distort competition within the market place rendering many commercial services commercially unviable resulting in route terminations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14923/22]
211. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the way the proposal to grant 20% fare reduction to persons availing of PSO services is grossly unfair to private operators and will impact dramatically on the viability of services, the way that it will result in much needed transport services terminating due to the inability of operators to provide services commercially as approximately half of the travelling public will not be able to avail of this scheme; the reason private service operators are excluded from this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14922/22]
210. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport his Department's understanding that passenger numbers for private bus operators has not recovered to anything near pre-pandemic levels with many operating at 60% or less of pre-pandemic levels and with the prospect of the current direct award contract scheme ceasing at the end of March 2022, which will severely impact on the viability of certain services; the plans his Department has to deal with the suspension of vital services for rural communities due to the lack of Departmental support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14921/22]
209. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport his Department's policy with regard to uncertainty with fuel prices leading to very difficult trading conditions for private operators in which volatility in prices cannot be offset by operators increasing fares at this time due to competition from State service providers which may lead to a reduction of private operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14920/22]
420. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the selection process for the Technological University Dublin, Munster Technological University and the Technological University of the Shannon consisted of a shortlisting of candidates undertaken by a company (details supplied) followed by two further selection interviews; if this is the process that will be followed for the selection of a new president to the South East Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13020/22]
419. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his nominees to the board of South East Technological University will participate and play an active role in the ongoing process to deliver a short list of candidate names suitable for interview for the new position of president (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/22]