226. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the criteria local authorities must apply when evaluating to purchase properties under the NTQ scheme or if it is based on criteria set locally. [14568/23]
210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the energy upgrade and efficiency grants available to sports clubs that incorporate a clubhouse facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/23]
209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the specific grants available for a sports club to install a lift and-or stairlift facility to allow members access an upstairs clubhouse facility. [14500/23]
161. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail current vacant positions across Enterprise Ireland and the IDA, that is, the position, location and period each has been vacant; and the measures in place to fill these positions. [14566/23]
108. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the introduction of the free schoolbooks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13924/23]
74. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on Project Nore, in particular in relation to schools (details supplied). [13923/23]
50. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there will be a new army headquarters in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14164/23]
7. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the independent review into a group (details supplied); when the report will be published; the actions he will be taking in respect of the report; and if all the recommendations be implemented. [14165/23]
289. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the possibility of funding a remote working hub at Moate, County Westmeath as part of the town centre first policy. [13991/23]
1398. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a transitional nursing home payment is extended for a person (details supplied). [13263/23]
1344. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the Covid bonus payment will be made to a person (details supplied). [13065/23]
1284. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the proposed primary care centre for Ballymahon, County Longford, will be operational and fully staffed; if he agrees that primary care service users who had been attendees at Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre, Athlone, should be reinstated at that facility until such time as the Ballymahon service is operational. [12743/23]
1283. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently reinstate primary care services at Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre, Athlone, for all service users who have recently had their service transferred to Longford Primary Care Centre; and if he is aware that the primary care centre in Longford has had a substantial increase in service users without any additional resources being put in place to this point. [12742/23]
1209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of a long wait for orthodontic surgery in CHO8 (details supplied). [12512/23]
1076. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the steps his Department is taking to ensure that shooting sports are not severely handicapped given the Firearms Expert Committee suggestion for stricter guidelines; and the measures that will allow law-abiding competition shooters to continue with their sport. [13174/23]
1037. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address persisting inequalities in the receipt of pensions across higher education institutions, namely for individuals in the technological university sector and certain research staff who are still ineligible to join the public sector pension scheme. [13865/23]
947. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 1 March 2023, if an assessment has been carried out to support the decision not to extend eligibility criteria for the accommodation recognition payment, given that at a time of a shortage in property, all offers should be considered. [13138/23]
835. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure all social welfare payment officers will refrain from advising and encouraging people to have their payment paid by EFT to a nominated bank account rather than through the post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13413/23]
703. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if he will consider introducing an annual schedule of grants and their pay-outs in order to provide schools with more clarity in an often-confusing process that is, the bus escort grant being paid in July, despite schools paying for buses for months in advance of this date. [13162/23]
702. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when each primary school will be advised of the amount they have been allocated under the new free book scheme; and when each school can expect to receive payment. [13159/23]
701. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if he will consider introducing a timebound appeals process for schools appealing to the NCSE, in order that they might have a prospective date by which they will receive a response. [13148/23]
632. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently expedite an emergency works application for a school (details supplied). [12590/23]
527. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [12659/23]
366. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the way his Department is handling rapidly increasing insurance premiums for individuals whose homes reside in the OPW's new fluvial tile, given many of these people are unable to obtain a quote from alternate insurance companies. [13171/23]
352. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a clear timeframe as to when the OPW will have all the flood defence measures completed in Athlone, given this work was to have been completed by the end of 2022 and has yet to happen; the reason for the delay; and when the work is now scheduled for completion. [12488/23]
187. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps his Department is taking to stop the decline of trout and other fish stock in the River Shannon, which has hurt by recreational fishing and slowed the fishing tourism business along the river. [13170/23]
102. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland is taking to protect people from persecution on account of their religious beliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13645/23]
93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the current situation in Myanmar; the action Ireland is taking at international level in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13646/23]
124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notice to quit properties that were bought since permission was given to local authorities to purchase these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11600/23]
107. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of modular homes constructed for local authorities in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11601/23]
109. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if any action can be taken for borrowers who previously experienced difficulties in making mortgage repayments to banks and had their loans sold to non-bank lenders companies and are now stuck paying very high variable mortgage repayments, with most credit servicing firms not offering new fixed rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/23]
80. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Westmeath that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11154/23]
283. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason proof of payment for procedures through the cross-border directive has to be provided to the cross-border office to secure reimbursement (details supplied). [10600/23]
218. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10554/23]
212. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/23]
210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a further update on the implementation of the recommendations from the food vision beef and sheep group; and if he has given consideration to concerns raised through the sector regarding the reduction of suckler cow numbers and the inclusion of the diversification and extensification schemes. [10405/23]
195. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/23]
154. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10552/23]
146. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection who arrived in Ireland to date in 2023 having come from another European country; and the number who were returned under the Dublin Convention. [10353/23]
140. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10549/23]
136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10545/23]
129. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend legislation to ensure properties held in trust can receive payment for accommodating Ukrainians. [10354/23]
110. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10547/23]
93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10546/23]
79. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/23]
68. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10556/23]
65. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/23]
54. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/23]