447. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation’s auditors (details supplied) are a named firm, tasked with preparing the financial report of the organisation; if his Department is aware that the organisation has requested another firm to assist it in preparing its report; and if his Department has asked the organisation why the second opinion is needed of a major accountancy firm. [49762/23]
446. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 November 2023, how much Exchequer funding has been given to an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [49761/23]
273. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any application has been received by his Department in respect of an estate in terms of retrofitting opportunities (details supplied). [49849/23]
83. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is mandatory for personnel deploying overseas with UNIFIL to be Covid-19-vaccinated (details supplied). [49346/23]
2. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of properties acquired by local authorities under our rural future in 2022 and to date in 2023 by each local authority; the type of property acquired (house, former retail or commercial building etc); and the amount spent by each local authority, in tabular form. [50001/23]
335. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same that she has received. [49104/23]
1116. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a budget within his Department or the NTA to assist vulnerable patients attend hospital appointments where public transport may not be an option for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47390/23]
1115. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a transport budget within the HSE to assist vulnerable patients attend hospital appointments where public transport may not be an option for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47389/23]
1085. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment will be allowed to ensure a child (details supplied) can be accepted into schools in their area. [48813/23]
1074. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward from November 2024 to January 2024, the proposed rise in foster carer allowance announced in Budget 2024. [46387/23]
1026. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget line provisionally allocated to each risk category outlined in the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People, in tabular form. [48029/23]
1025. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if mitigation one, to the first risk outlined in the report under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People, implements actions to improve staff retention through development opportunities, includes a change in pay under terms and conditions across all CDNTs. [48028/23]
1024. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date from which data collection will commence under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People on the matter of CDNT metrics on page 21; and the proposed date of first publication. [48027/23]
1023. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated increase in the number of children in CDNTs, under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People when the CDNT Information Management System is rolled out; and if the roadmap caters for that rise. [48026/23]
1022. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what is intended under the student sponsorship programmes proposed, under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People; what role these programmes will play; and what engagement has taken place with third-level institutions on such a programme. [48025/23]
978. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need within each CH0 awaiting an appointment; the breakdown by each CHO; his plans to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47393/23]
794. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position with the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; when the Bill will progress through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47394/23]
669. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) that relate to his Department and an agency. [48431/23]
602. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental tenant in situ homes completed to date for each local authority; the number in progress, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/23]
601. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position with a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47391/23]
250. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding ringfenced and drawn down for a project list in an area (details supplied); and if a timeline has been established for same, in tabular form. [48088/23]
213. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure double-decker services for a route at peak times (details supplied). [47417/23]
212. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will approve the establishment of bus shelters in an estate (details supplied). [47416/23]
155. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been undertaken by local authorities in terms of CCTV monitoring of illegal dumping, including dog fouling and anti-social behaviour, since the enactment of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, in tabular form. [47849/23]
84. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had regard to the OCO report on Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48536/23]
82. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the lack of engagement with stakeholders such as an organisation (details supplied) on the Roadmap for Service Improvement: Disability Services for Children and Young People 2023-2026. [48535/23]
63. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department maintains ongoing contact with an organisation (details supplied); if his Department continues to provide funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/23]
60. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement he has had on the issue of artificial intelligence in the areas of child protection; and if he will provide the research papers, if any, undertaken by his Department on the matter. [48534/23]
44. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons the rise in the allowance for foster carers, as outlined in budget 2024, has been delayed to November 2024, after the next scheduled budget announcement, and if he will work to bring that rise forward to earlier in the year. [48533/23]
258. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address an issue with therapists in a school (details supplied). [47078/23]
184. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding a national register for the location of AEDs throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/23]
91. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to the correspondence from a parent in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46820/23]
375. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a query in relation to entitlement to the State pension will be expedited (details supplied). [46574/23]
370. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of fuel allowance for 2023; and if she intends to expand the qualifying criteria. [32064/23]
362. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is having a weekly deduction from their social welfare payment; the amount that may still be owed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46328/23]
340. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position on the review of the housing adaption, housing aid and mobility grants as administered by each local authority; when the review will be announced; if additional funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46623/23]
311. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding allocated per year through the Sport Capital Fund, over the past ten years; the amount allocated this year; the value and number of applications, per county this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46622/23]
280. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) in County Laois will receive promised ASD units; when the temporary buildings will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46329/23]
180. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport when the new rail fares for the proposed Dublin community zone will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46624/23]
112. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the Budget 2024 input document for the State pension process in October, given that Ireland is the only Eurozone country that does not index its State pension to earnings or inflation; and the current status of benchmarking the rate of the State pension against 34% of average earnings. [46389/23]
98. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional needs payments made, where a family requested such a payment to cover the costs of a therapy or service required as an urgent need, by county, from 1 January 2023, in tabular form. [46386/23]
93. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she agrees with the principle of restoring the State pension to its 2020 spending power; and if she will commit to doing this within the lifetime of this Government. [46388/23]
69. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection when the ‘best of both’ calculation was undertaken for the period 2020 to 2023; how many State pension recipients were better off under the total contributions approach than under the old system; how many people were worse off under the total contributions approach; and if she will undertake to preserve the ‘best of both’ option for those categories of persons who will be worse off under a total contributions approach calculation. [46390/23]
185. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that social housing tenants will not be subject to higher rents because of social welfare rate increases in Budget 2024. [45510/23]
622. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment to a person (details supplied) will be investigated and resolved.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45303/23]
607. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the issue of the non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied). [45231/23]
606. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to address the issue of non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45230/23]