276. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Defence the number of charging points for electric vehicles that are located at the offices of his Department in Newbridge, County Kildare and at all Defence Forces barracks; the plans that are in place to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/22]
233. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements that have been made or are planned to install charging points for electric vehicles in Garda stations nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/22]
223. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if there is a process by which a person or employer can apply to have an electric car charging point installed in a public area or a workplace car park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5649/22]
72. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the free travel pass; the way that this has increased in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5282/22]
41. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding planned for the household benefits scheme in 2022; the number of households which will be in receipt of this scheme in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5281/22]
72. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times the online passport service has gone down in each of the past 12 months; the number of complaints that have been received as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5373/22]
663. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if funding or grants are available to help persons who need a permanent oxygen machine with the electricity costs of running oxygen machines required as part of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4394/22]
542. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are options available to a person (details supplied) to be able to claim fuel allowance here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4395/22]
526. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if primary schools are permitted to hold extra-curricular activities following the recent lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5141/22]
499. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of additional special education classes that have opened in the country in each of the years since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4875/22]
473. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if there is grant funding available to aid completion of design of educational publications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4480/22]
309. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is grant funding available for authors to help cover the cost of graphic design for an instructional book prior to publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4490/22]
271. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the distribution of funding under the active travel scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4863/22]
270. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if there will be additional funding for active travel announced for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4800/22]
376. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant funding available for afterschool clubs or activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/22]
374. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) requires a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/22]
373. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the challenges faced by the pig industry particularly the gap between the cost of production and the amount that farmers are paid; if he is considering the ideas put forward arising from the emergency meeting held by representatives of the pig sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/22]
282. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if the five-day rule for payment of student teachers has been lifted in order to accommodate student teachers in receiving full pay if they are covering absences in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4159/22]
267. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the grant funding available for afterschool clubs or activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4002/22]
161. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that is available for domestic solar panels; when funding will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4147/22]
158. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time and clear the backlog of applications pending under the warmer home schemes; if expediting of applications on medical need can be considered at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/22]
71. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the application for affordable housing by Wexford County Council cannot be progressed (details supplied); if there is an alternative scheme that can be put in place in this area under the new Housing for All programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/22]
677. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase the afforestation grant in line with the recent increase in the TAMS grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2903/22]
676. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the real inflation adjusted increase or decrease in the afforestation grant for all global product classification categories for each year from 2000 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2902/22]
675. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ensured the full integration and compatibility of afforestation and the afforestation scheme into the next Common Agriculture Policy which is a programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2901/22]
674. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected number of ecologists required to deliver an 8,000-hectare afforestation based on output of licences per ecologist in 2021 when considering the existing conversion rates from approval to planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2900/22]
398. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when schools will be informed whether they have been included in the expanded DEIS programme; when they will see the programme commence in their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3556/22]
249. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the options available for a child (details supplied) who cannot find a second level school place having moved to a new area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2789/22]
235. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if grant funding is available to assist in covering the cost of volunteering abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2790/22]
1975. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the hundreds of acres of land that were flooded in County Wexford in December 2021; if he will consider putting in place a grant scheme to assist in replacing winter cereal crops that have been destroyed by the flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/22]
1967. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Christmas tree farmers must apply for a felling licence in order to cut their crop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63553/21]
1713. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to a private patient to help them to register with a general practitioner in their area in cases in which they are unable to access a general practitioner service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1403/22]
1679. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to rectify the matter in relation to healthcare workers who have been unable to take their full entitlement of annual leave due to short-staffing issues or requested leave not being sanctioned by managers and who have had remaining leave at year end annulled with no permission to carry over leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/22]
909. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if the income from a person (details supplied) can be disregarded when reviewing the non-contributory pension award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1074/22]
880. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans there are to provide access to illness benefit for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63100/21]
857. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2522/22]
748. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63589/21]
747. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of the proposed expansion of the DEIS scheme; the criteria for inclusion on the expanded scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63583/21]
726. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the funding allocations to combat bullying in schools; the details of future funding for cyberbullying programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63253/21]
725. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to roll out the FUSE anti-bullying programme developed by the Dublin City University anti-bullying centre to primary and secondary schools as a model of best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63252/21]
724. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when an online cyberbullying and internet safety training programme will be introduced; if it will be mandatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63251/21]
723. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of school inspectors that will also be asked to carry out specific anti-bullying inspections in schools; if these inspections will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63250/21]
722. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of cases of bullying that have been reported to her Department by students in schools nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63249/21]
721. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a national system for the reporting of data on individual bullying cases and the outcomes of these interventions that are currently being collected by schools and reported to their boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63248/21]
720. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when the Action Plan on Bullying and related Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools will be updated in line with current policies on child protection, well-being, and relationships and sexuality education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63247/21]
425. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the awards for the sports capital scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1178/22]
327. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the options that are available to an applicant to the help-to-buy scheme who disputes the valuation provided by the lender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1260/22]
566. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that can be put in place to facilitate a person travelling to Ireland on a long-haul journey who will not be in a position to get a PCR test within 72 hours of arriving in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61215/21]
361. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the real inflation adjusted increase or decrease in the afforestation grant for all GPC categories in each year since 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61031/21]
360. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the transparent procedures required by his Department to increase the appropriate assessment screening distance from 3km to 15km; the person or persons authorised to introduce this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61028/21]