96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a response will issue to a communication from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal relating to a grant aid for major capital works and a Department of Education inspector visit; when the inspector will visit the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39234/24]
465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health her plans to reform section 14 of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if there are planned changes to Garda training and policy related to same. [38692/24]
436. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38518/24]
389. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason temporary letters of practice for a childcare setting have an expiry date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38721/24]
375. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of days respite that are available per week at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38524/24]
374. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists in each of the four CDNTs in Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38514/24]
296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider cardiac patients in County Donegal with Non-STEMI being given the option of treatment in Altnagelvin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38317/24]
177. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that Ireland was subject to an EU infringement procedure regarding the failure to progress a sewerage scheme for the agglomeration of Gweedore, if he can provide an update regarding the EU Commission’s view now of the failure to fully progress the scheme on time; if Ireland is currently subject to any infringement procedures as a result of this; if he is aware of any plans for the Commission to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/24]
174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the defective block scheme ancillary grant payment will be raised above €15,000, which is insufficient given the time it is taking to rebuild houses and is causing serious financial difficulties to homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38248/24]
28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education for an update on a proposed additional ASD room in a national school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her attention was drawn to the impact on the children waiting for a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37994/24]
507. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37757/24]
472. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it there are plans to offer a HSE-owned property (details supplied) to State stakeholders, for sale to the community or for private sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37478/24]
406. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of new stoma patients referred to the community intervention team from Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of visits that have been provided to these patients, including home or clinic visits; the number of these patients who were referred to another service; the number who needed to involve the stoma nurse earlier than planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37223/24]
384. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding announced in June 2024 will be released for services supporting children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37805/24]
380. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown, including the number of payments, by county, for each month since September 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/24]
379. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown of these payments, by county; to provide a breakdown of those payments, by accommodation, where the recipient is living in the property and where the property is exclusively occupied by recipients of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/24]
369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when approved home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal deemed clinically fit for discharge to their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37536/24]
127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the standard fund threshold by €100,000, €500,000 and €1 million respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/24]
56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a response to correspondence (details supplied) from this Deputy concerning difficulties securing documents will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37806/24]
260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason funds allocated to successful applicants of the children’s disability service grant fund have not yet been provided to them; when the money will be provided to them; the reason it has taken so long to provide what was described as emergency funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37131/24]
681. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for chemotherapy since their first chemotherapy consultation in increments of one week, that is, the number waiting one week, two weeks, three weeks and so on, by CHO, in tabular form; to provide the corresponding data, specifically for Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36230/24]
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason a teacher (details supplied) with 20 contract of indefinite duration hours and five substitute hours, has not been paid during the summer for the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36042/24]
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide a complete breakdown of expenditure on contesting the European Court of Justice view in relation to a state aid case (details supplied), from 2014 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37020/24]
1861. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a paediatric appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital will be given for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35434/24]
1799. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35072/24]
1716. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the percentage of blood tests for Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) that are outsourced; the date blood tests have been outsourced from; the cost of outsourcing blood tests; the cost in comparison to equivalent in-house testing; the cost-benefit analysis the HSE undertook before deciding to outsource blood testing; if the HSE considered doing it in-house instead; the concerns there are that test results come back from the third party lab in a different format to those tested at LUH; the impact this is having on GPs and surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34419/24]
1479. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child’s referral to the children’s disability network team in County Donegal can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35225/24]
1343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 20 September 2023, when a full response will issue. [34210/24]
1074. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if she can provide an update on the new guidelines in relation to the requirements for Irish association applications for citizenship based on Irish descent or associations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34215/24]
792. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of defective block and deleterious material in a house that is allowed for a house to be considered for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34195/24]
770. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a semi-detached property owner in County Donegal (details supplied) was offered option 1 of the enhanced defective block scheme, while the owner of the attached property received full demolition approval; if damages to their property during the demolition of the attached property are covered by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33780/24]
769. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the enhanced defective concrete block scheme covers the cost if a property is damaged during the demolition of a neighbouring semi-detached or terraced property offered a different option of remediation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33775/24]
514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the total number of school transport applications received for schools (details supplied) per area in County Donegal, for a particular route in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34000/24]
467. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the increased cost of business scheme, or any other such temporary business support scheme, is provided in the expenditure base in any of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 under the Summer Economic Statement, and the value of any such allocations in each of those years, in tabular from. [34437/24]
336. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, through the fiscal multiplier of a €1 billion increase in current expenditure in 2025, which remains in the capital expenditure ceiling in 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34400/24]
335. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, through the fiscal multiplier of a €1 billion increase in capital expenditure in 2025, which remains in the capital expenditure ceiling in 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34399/24]
334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €990 million increase in gross voted capital expenditure in 2026 compared to 2025, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34398/24]
333. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2025, 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €1,390 million increase in gross voted capital expenditure in 2025 compared to 2024, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34397/24]
332. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €600 million increase in gross voted capital expenditure in 2024 compared to 2023, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34396/24]
331. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €4,310 million increase in gross voted current expenditure in 2026 compared to 2025, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34395/24]
330. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2025, 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €3,020 million increase in gross voted current expenditure in 2025 compared to 2024, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34394/24]
329. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €1.76 billion increase in gross voted current expenditure in 2024 compared to 2023, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34393/24]
328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue in 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 provided in the tax revenue projections in table 10 of the stability programme update 2024 that was generated through the fiscal multiplier as a result of the €1.76 billion increase in gross voted current expenditure in 2024 compared to 2023, disaggregated by tax head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34392/24]
2659. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the money allocated and disbursed under the local improvement scheme, in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and to clarify if money allocated/disbursed under the local improvement scheme is considered as capital allocations or clarified as current expenditure. [30922/24]
2284. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a HSE report on the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/24]
2107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if mental health services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31599/24]
2008. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be discharged from Letterkenny University Hospital to a long-term care facility in County Donegal; the reason for the delayed discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31044/24]
1222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when an IT problem will be resolved that is preventing new applications to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme from applicants who withdrew from the defective concrete block scheme being accepted in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/24]
1074. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the serious financial impact the changes made to the enhanced home energy upgrade grant recently announced by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications has on approved applicants with defective blocks; if he will discuss making necessary changes with the Minster for Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure the grant works for those applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31797/24]
1008. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of enhanced defective block scheme applications received from owners who purchased properties after the deadline set out in section 9(4) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; the total number of which were accepted under exceptional circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30876/24]