148. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will remove fisheries bye-laws 806 and 809 that protect invasive species on SAC designated inland lakes, which is repugnant to the Habitats Directive and the Water Framework Directive and should be in compliance with the primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3766/24]
1738. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when funding will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that they can live independently in a council house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1626/24]
1625. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if discretionary funding will be provided for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57385/23]
1588. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when payment will issue from the HSE to a person's former employer (details supplied) considering that they were fully eligible to receive the pandemic social recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57080/23]
1526. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if a matter in relation to veterinarians (details supplied) will be addressed considering the impact this will have on approved slaughterhouse establishments under local authority supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56663/23]
1424. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be provided for support staff to enable an adult with special needs to live independently (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1625/24]
1118. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice if there any plans to review the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990, in particular in relation to legislation surrounding knives; if any changes are being proposed to this legislation; if any discussion has taken place in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1578/24]
1105. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1502/24]
1065. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the number of foreign nationals who successfully applied for and received Irish citizenship, who are now permanently living outside the State, and if, by so doing, they relinquish their Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57334/23]
857. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56345/23]
854. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on an application for the one-parent family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the inordinate amount of time it is taking to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56287/23]
756. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the framework for the new multi-annual rural water programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56790/23]
684. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when a new bus route will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1933/24]
593. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will be approved incremental credits in respect of relevant non-teaching experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1049/24]
549. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that were approved for the STEM grant, by county; to provide details of all the successful applicants in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57244/23]
548. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the number of schools, by county, that applied for the STEM grant; the number of applications received by the closing date and after the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57243/23]
479. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm that she received correspondence from a person (details supplied); the actions she has taken arising from this disclosure; the financial implications of not taking any action on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56469/23]
442. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a parliamentary question (details supplied), to issue a letter on the relevant Department headed notepaper to a person in County Mayo, confirming payment under a scheme, as this person requires this letter urgently for the bank. [1505/24]
401. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department will sanction an increase for GP's who are in receipt of district medical officer salaries in view of the immense service that they provide in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1579/24]
382. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the exact reason for the delay in resolving the issue regarding post-1995 retired Garda members having to apply for jobseeker’s benefit to access their pension entitlements, given it is affecting a large number of Garda members at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56834/23]
328. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax accrued for 2023; to provide a full and comprehensive breakdown of what these monies will be used for, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56879/23]
441. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any plans to amend the TAMS scheme in light of recent changes to the flat rate VAT scheme for unregistered farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56075/23]
299. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if schemes (details supplied) will be in place prior to the referendum scheduled for 8 March 2024 and prior to the local and European elections in June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55909/23]
224. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a statutory instrument to ensure that fixtures which are an integral part of a farming structure as eligible for a refund under the flat rate VAT scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56076/23]
223. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the number of VAT reclaims (details supplied) for unregistered farmers that have been refused in each of the past twelve months; to confirm the number of claims that have been allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56074/23]
222. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance if he will review recent changes to the flat rate VAT scheme, which allowed unregistered farmers to reclaim VAT on certain expenditure on farm investments, in view of the impact this is having on TAMS applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56073/23]
179. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to farmers in the agri-climate rural environment scheme for the cooperation project stream considering that participants believed they would be paid in late November; the reason for the delay in payments issuing; how many participants are impacted by his Department's delay and provide figures for same, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55496/23]
98. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) can get recognition for her qualifications considering that she is not a new entrant teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55778/23]
768. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the average payment to nursing homes under the fair deal scheme in the Dublin area; if he will compare this rate to the average rate paid to nursing homes in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54574/23]
767. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if there is a unified payment to all nursing homes paid under the fair deal scheme; if this scheme has a varied rate of payment to set out the criteria for such variations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54560/23]
765. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the rate of payment, under the fair deal scheme, to nursing homes when this scheme was first introduced in 2009; to outline the increases that were approved and paid since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54556/23]
119. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans to upgrade the national grid infrastructure to accommodate greater levels of renewable generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54626/23]
118. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current position in relation to the national grid infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54624/23]
117. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the incentives for communities to progress solar energy or wind energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54621/23]
266. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the criteria used by her Department to assess applications from foreign nationals who have become naturalised citizens, who wish to have dependent children, spouses, and other relatives join them in this country; if there are limits on the number granted entry; the number of such persons granted entry to join their naturalised citizen from 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54258/23]
634. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); if the formal review has been completed as part of the CLÁR programme appeals procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53198/23]
533. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health to outline the possibility of getting an addition to a facility (details supplied), considering that it is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53386/23]
456. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS can make urgent contact with a person in County Mayo (details supplied) in view of the sensitivity of the situation. [53266/23]
244. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if IT grants will be allocated to primary schools this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53428/23]
204. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to the recently published "Supplementary Estimates for the Public Service" if he will explain why an estimated €3.4 billion extra is required for the public service; if he will provide a breakdown of the areas that this money is required for; if he will acknowledge that spending controls within the relevant services were not adhered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53392/23]
202. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of the full cost involved in connecting newly built modular homes (details supplied) to services such as electricity, lighting, sewage and water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53687/23]
406. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52923/23]
249. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has opened a new passport office in the North or the South of Ireland in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52998/23]
435. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for overpayments which have arisen against herd owners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51916/23]
431. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice to detail in tabular form the amount of funding that has been given out since the closure of the immigrant investment programme, and the successful organisations that have received same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52576/23]
424. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the number of foreign nationals who have successfully applied for Irish citizenship in each of the past ten years. [52448/23]
392. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims for overpayments being made by her Department against the estates of deceased clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52454/23]
391. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases within her Department where overpayments are being repaid by the client, broken down into groups of over €100,000, €50,000 to €99,000 and €20,000 to €49,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52453/23]
390. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances by which a family can avail of means-tested welfare payments and, on subsequently being discovered to have huge cash assets, the measures taken to recoup the obvious overpayments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52450/23]
230. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update in relation to a scheme (details supplied); when a decision will issue regarding the confirmation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52541/23]