610. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place within his Department to facilitate the timely movement of legitimate imports through ports and airports; whether consideration has been given to establishing a dedicated trade facilitation service for importers encountering administrative difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53046/26]
611. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements in place between his Department, the Revenue Commissioners and airport authorities to resolve issues affecting consignments awaiting sanitary and phytosanitary clearance; and if he is satisfied that current procedures minimise unnecessary delays for compliant traders. [53047/26]
612. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if procedures exist to address minor administrative or clerical errors in phytosanitary documentation where there is no identified biosecurity risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53048/26]
613. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints received from importers relating to delays in sanitary and phytosanitary clearance at airports and ports in each of the past three years; and the principal issues raised in those complaints. [53049/26]
614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time taken to process sanitary and phytosanitary checks on imported plant products arriving through Dublin Airport during each of the past three years; and if service-level targets are in place. [53050/26]
947. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the mechanisms his Department is utilising to develop robust rural intelligence that will be made available to other Departments to help tailor national policies to rural realities. [52687/26]
35. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been paid out to date to farmers, fishermen, farm contractors and small businesses under the cost of fuel income support scheme. [40349/26]
89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have presented to accident and emergency departments with injuries arising from incidents involving e-scooters, whether as riders or pedestrians; and whether these incidents occurred on public roads, footpaths, or other locations, where such data is available. [52614/26]
242. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the measures in place or planned to support businesses in rural communities to remain viable. [50884/26]
298. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of IDA sites, by county; the number of sites that are vacant; and the average vacancy rate of sites in the last five years, in tabular form. [50866/26]
299. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work his Department has carried out to investigate the reason many rural pubs are closing their doors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/26]
332. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the next steps she will take for the schools cluster programme; the implications for class sizes especially in rural schools; and if her Department is seeking additional funding to sustain these rural schools. [50881/26]
333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of small rural schools in each county over each of the past twenty years; the annual enrolment in each school in the same time period; and the total maximum allocation for enrolment of each, in tabular form. [50882/26]
428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria for a settlement to attain village status; and the number of such applications that have been made, by county, in the past ten years, both successful and unsuccessful. [50865/26]
429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way spatial planning policy is assisting or seeking to assist in the preservation and proliferation of public services in rural communities. [50868/26]
430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has modelled or investigated the impact of planning regulations on the availability of shops in small rural villages. [50871/26]
451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct his Department to publish the 2017 review into Donegal County Council planning matters by a person (details supplied) with all personal identifying data completely redacted; if not, the specific legal provision that prevents an anonymised version from being made public; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
452. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact date his Department last sought legal advice from the Attorney General regarding the release of a report (details supplied); the specific conditions or legal benchmarks that must be met before this document can be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51181/26]
453. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has exercised his Ministerial discretion to weigh the public interest in transparency against the privacy rights of individuals named in a report (details supplied); his Department's definitive timeline for resolving this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51182/26]
786. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a hip replacement; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, surgical staffing, theatre use, prosthetics, pre-operative and post-operative care. [51255/26]
787. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a cardiac ablation procedure; if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, cardiac mapping, surgical staffing, theatre usage, equipment, and pre- and post-procedure care. [51256/26]
788. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a cataract removal procedure; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, intraocular lenses, surgical staffing, theatre use, and pre-operative and post-operative care. [51257/26]
789. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a knee replacement; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, surgical staffing, theatre use, prosthetics, and pre-operative and post-operative care. [51258/26]
790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a bariatric gastric sleeve procedure; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, surgical staffing, theatre usage, equipment, and pre-operative and post-operative care. [51259/26]
905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available and the supports provided by his Department to ensure that rural villages and communities retain their social hubs such as shops and pubs; if any supports are available for rural villages and communities who have lost their shop and pubs to have those social hubs restored; and if he will make a sta…