Written answers
Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Crime Prevention
8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) calling for a fresh approach to policing, crime prevention and...
- Stardust Fire
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated breakdown of costs within the €8 million allocated to the Stardust inquest; and if she will make a...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health supports that are being provided to members of An Garda Síochána to support them through the...
- Garda Information and Communications Technology
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs of the €70 million in the Garda ICT budget for 2020 and 2021; the total projected cost of...
- Child Protection
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the issue of parent alienation; if her attention has been drawn to the issue; her plans to address same; and...
- Prison Building Programme
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide a women's open centre along the lines of Shelton Abbey or Loughan House for female prisoners on the grounds...
- Garda Strength
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if community Gardaí will be increased in view of the additional budgetary allocation for her Department; the methodology...
- Departmental Budgets
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the capital expenditure projects under the justice heading of budget 2021. [30962/20]
- Residency Permits
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to recognise the residency of non-EEA nationals under 16 years of age; if she is satisfied that the current situation...
- Garda Stations
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that do not have at least full-time Garda allocated to them; the number of Garda stations that do...
- Personal Injury Claims
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recently published report on capping damages in personal injury actions by the Law Reform Commission; the...
- Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
26. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when he expects the level 3 restart grant of 30% top-up to be operational in County Louth to help local businesses following the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
27. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will respond to the concerns of office workers by indicating the best safety precautions that they and their employers can put...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
28. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will introduce supports for businesses that have been impacted by Covid-19 disruptions but are not rate payers; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electric Vehicles
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a plan as part of the Government's plans to reduce carbon emissions to help management companies of...
- Mobile Telephony Services
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address concerns in respect of mobile phone coverage in Border areas (details supplied); if changes being...
- National Broadband Plan
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to address the situation faced by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Climate Change Policy
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32210/20]
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in County Tipperary that have been awarded funding as part of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in 2020....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Test
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32082/20]
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the deadline provisions for the re-tendering of air sea rescue services in Ireland; if he has had engagement with the Department of...
- Road Improvement Schemes
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the follow-ups completed by his Department and road authorities in respect of works carried out on roads, such as road opening, in cases...
- Parking Regulations
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the fines for cars parked obstructively in order to block bus, cycle lanes and footpaths from their planned uses due...
- Driver Licences
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS can refuse legal tender such as cash or postal orders and insist that transactions can only be made by card; and if he will...
- Driver Test
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if frontline and essential workers will be prioritised for driver tests in view of possible further restrictions; and if he will make a...
- Driver Licences
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver licences will be extended for those drivers due to turn 70 years of age in the coming months that have been requested to attend...
- Driver Test
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the waiting times for a theory test in County Tipperary will be reduced in view that young drivers are travelling to other counties...
- Cycling Facilities
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bike station at King John's Castle and Limerick Institute of Technology which was committed to in 2017 by the National...
- Department of Finance
- Living City Initiative
47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the Living City Initiative to further large towns such as Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32113/20]
- Primary Medical Certificates
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the current situation of primary medical certificates; if procedures are in place to allow for consolations via video or telephone to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme can be extended to enable companies involved in the business-to-business event industry to avail of its provisions....
- Banking Sector
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the representatives of the financial services union regarding a bank (details supplied) [32208/20]
- Tax Code
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the tax burden for persons over 66 years of age who are still making tax contributions (details supplied). [32249/20]
- Mortgage Lending
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is requesting information from mortgage applicants to confirm whether or not their...
- Tax Rebates
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a tax and USC refund. [32129/20]
- Value Added Tax
56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to tax back for shoppers from overseas; if he will categorically rule out raising the threshold to help protect struggling retailers,...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the full VRT reduction applicable on the disabled driver scheme is not available to an person who purchases an electric vehicle; if he plans to...
- Tax Code
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on a pensions-related issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32195/20]
- Banking Sector
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have engaged with and or corresponded with a bank (details supplied) and or a service in relation to the possibility of the bank...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
64. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the list of companies that availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; if this list will detail the amount of funds claimed in each...
- Value Added Tax
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the requests of the beauty sector to have the VAT rate reduced in view of the ongoing difficulties encountered by this...
- EU Issues
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fines the State is paying weekly since 1 January 2020 to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of EU law in tabular form;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Stations
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of and a completion date for construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Land Issues
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has ownership of an asset (details supplied) following the dissolution of a community based company; and the details of...
- Commissioner for Environmental Information
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Commissioner for Environmental Information sought an order for costs in respect of cases (details supplied) in cases in which it...
- Flood Relief Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the current cost-benefit analysis criteria for flood relief works; his plans to provide a separate CBA for turlough...
- Flood Prevention Measures
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures which the OPW plan to take to address the flooding of homes and farmland at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon; and if he...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Covid-19 Pandemic
73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if gyms can remain open for individual training under level 4 restrictions as per the Living With Covid-19 Roadmap; and if she will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32213/20]
- Sports Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the funding announced mid-year for swimming pools will be open by an organisation (details supplied) for applications; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if theatres such as the Abbey Theatre can continue with rehearsals for their planned online monologues on 21 November 2020 to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Assistance Payment
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies awaiting standards compliance inspections by local authority in tabular form [32232/20]
- Local Authority Management
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the frequency with which local authorities manager reports should be published and distributed. [32132/20]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service (1 comment)
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Services provides information on the dangers of lyme disease to staff (details supplied);...
- Vacant Properties
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the allocation for vacant house funding will cover the cost of refurbishment of the 180 planned houses or will Cork City...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32273/20]
- Homeless Persons Supports
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to significant delays meeting with homelessness officers; the reasons for such delays; and if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Irish Aid
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the severe flooding in Northern Sudan in early October 2020 which led to substantial loss of life and damage to property,...
- Human Rights Cases
85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the arrest of a human rights defender (details supplied) who has been detained under trumped up charges in India; his plans to...
- Irish Aid
86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in northern Sudan which is a consequence of recent flooding; if the...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps
87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered the possibility of the Air Corps providing helicopter air sea rescue services as part of a national tender soon to be...
- Defence Forces Investigations
88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 1 October 2020, if a response will issue to the number of redress of wrongs for which a decision is...
- Departmental Staff
89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 8 October 2020, if an organisation of his Department will be provided in view that the website...
- Defence Forces Personnel
90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the complex legal, operational and management concerns in relation to an organisation affiliation to a representative body (details supplied); if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Site Acquisitions
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in acquiring a site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [32086/20]
- State Examinations
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the results of the 2020 leaving certificate written exam results will be made available to exam candidates; if her attention has...
- School Transport
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be contacted by the school transport section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/20]
- State Examinations
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32150/20]
- Schools Building Projects
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if moneys for a project (details supplied) have been ringfenced within the capital budget. [32164/20]
- School Staff
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the commitment will be reaffirmed not to reduce teacher numbers in schools for the lifetime of schools (details supplied); the number of...
- Schools Building Projects
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous requests from this Deputy, if she will include the much-needed new primary school for Waterville, County Kerry in the new...
- State Examinations
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the repeat leaving certificate exams will take place; the contingency plans that will come into force if Covid-19 restrictions come into...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in acquiring a site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [32211/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures followed by schools in relation to tracing close contacts of a confirmed case of Covid-19 in the school when a member of staff or...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32241/20]
- DEIS Scheme
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vertical DEIS 1 schools will benefit from a reduction in the pupil teacher ratio announced in Budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to individual schools that have had to make the decision to close after outbreaks of Covid-19 following no...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a pathway for teacher pupil ratios to reach the EU average of 20:1 in classrooms here; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to carry out an audit in all primary and post-primary schools here in responses to growing concerns over lack of adequate...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for a disability pension; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarity regarding the pandemic unemployment payment amendments announced in Budget 2021; if a person in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is not receiving credited contributions; if their record will be...
- Parental Leave
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward the implementation and the date of eligibility for the recently promised additional three weeks of...
- Enterprise Support Services
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria that has changed in relation to the enterprise support grant of up to €1,000 for the self-employed...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed using their 2019 returns. [32118/20]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed [32187/20]
- Rural Social Scheme
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rural social scheme participants provided for in the original 2020 and the 2021 estimate; the expected out-turn...
- Social Welfare Inspections
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the powers of social welfare inspectors are being used disproportionately when investigating claims....
- Social Welfare Benefits
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are currently in receipt of all their social welfare entitlements; and if she will make a...
- Fuel Allowance
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment is entitled to the fuel allowance...
- Social Welfare Inspections
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of notified and unnotified home visits by social welfare inspectors over the past 18 months for the Dublin central...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if ECCE payments made to a person (details supplied) are correct. [32139/20]
- Parent's Benefit
131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider bringing forward the date upon which families can avail of the additional three weeks parents’ benefit announced...
- Child and Family Agency
132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the funding allocated to Tusla in Budget 2021 which will go towards the delivery of the expansion of the in-house model of...
- National Childcare Scheme
133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to assist in the provision of afterschool childcare in which there are families with particular...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who received a new offer through CAO as a result of the upgraded marks from the 18 students following the leaving...
- Research Funding
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous Parliamentary Questions, when funding will be released for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that fees for Irish students studying elsewhere in the EU are not paid by SUSI, as a maintenance grant alone is payable;...
- English Language Training Organisations
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has provided guidance or instruction to language schools teaching English to overseas students that prevents them from...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Prison Deaths
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 6 October 2020, the number of deaths in custody covered that took place while a...
- Statute of Limitations
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if changes will be made to the time period that a case of clinical negligence can be brought; and if she will make a statement...
- Court Accommodation
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Old Courthouse, Boghall Road, Bray, County Wicklow, which has been vacant since 2006; if consideration will...
- Residency Permits
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Court Sittings
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current process by which court proceedings can take place in a manner that is open to the public during the Covid-19...
- Prisoner Data
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of criminal gangs currently serving prison sentences; the number due to be released in the next three...
- Crime Data
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which An Garda Síochána have successfully prosecuted drug gangs; the number of unsuccessful...
- Crime Prevention
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which improved legislation has impacted on recidivism; the number of repeated offenders in each crime category in...
- Garda Deployment
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it is expected to deploy extra gardaí to all stations nationally in line with the increase in the...
- Garda Data
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí that have retired or resigned in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which this...
- Crime Data
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which each category of the crimes reported in each Garda division has fluctuated in each of the past five years...
- Missing Persons
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons listed and included in the description of missing persons as of 31 December 2019 in each of the...
- Prisoner Data
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners currently incarcerated in each of the prisons nationally to date; the number on early release;...
- Crime Data
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of attacks on gardaí in each of the past five years to date; the extent to which successful prosecutions...
- Garda Equipment
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which operational equipment, including vehicles and telecommunications, is scheduled for An Garda...
- Garda Data
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to gender balance within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Promotions
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda promotional posts awaiting to be filled at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32228/20]
- Garda Operations
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which membership of organised criminal gangs continues to be monitored; if the levels of membership has...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which the Criminal Assets Bureau has successfully taken action against organised criminal gangs in each of the...
- Garda Stations
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station, Dublin 1; when the timeline for...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
162. To ask the Minister for Health if such legislation in relation to further legislative proposals to limit the general movements of the population owing to the current Covid-19 pandemic takes...
- Hospital Facilities
164. To ask the Minister for Health when the modular unit in Mayo University Hospital will be open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32096/20]
- Hospital Inspections
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HIQA on-site inspections in hospitals in County Mayo; the number of site inspections that were carried out in September 2020 in Mayo University...
- Hospital Facilities
167. To ask the Minister for Health when the ongoing maintenance work in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/20]
- Hospital Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo in use or available for use, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32100/20]
- Hospital Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if patients will be referred directly from general practitioners to Belmullet Hospital, County Mayo without having to be sent first to an acute hospital...
- Disability Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health if a space is available for a person (details supplied) in a service shortly or in the next term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
171. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence-based scientific study he and the HSE are currently using to justify denying women their internationally recognised human right to a birth partner...
- Residential Institutions
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s implementation of the health and well-being package of supports for former residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related...
- Proposed Legislation
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation for the regulation of the removal, retention, storage, use and disposal of human tissue from deceased persons; and if he will make a...
- Home Care Packages
177. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per hour for an individual HSE staff member providing homecare assistance; the hourly fee charged by agencies for an individual employee providing...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Health when the reduction in the drugs payment scheme to €114, as announced in budget 2020, will be applied in view that it was to be applied from 01 September...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
180. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 safe process is being formulated in which partners of expectant mothers can attend ante-natal appointments and births in maternity hospitals; and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting in excess of one year for a neurosurgery appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Health when further stocks of the flu vaccine will be received to ensure as many persons can be vaccinated as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential place will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the recommendation received from Tusla [32160/20]
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
185. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation in Budget 2021 for local drug and alcohol taskforces to support local projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32166/20]
- Medicinal Products
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a drug (details supplied) is not eligible for a refund under the drug refund scheme is not available free to those with a medical card or is...
- Medical Records
188. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by patients accessing their medical records from private consultants in which a patient requires...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
189. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE Covid-19 advertising on social media platforms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32185/20]
- Hospital Facilities
190. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of construction and the entrance into full operation of the new second cath lab at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care and ICU nurses employed across the health system prior to Covid-19; the number of new nurses trained with the specific skills...
- Home Help Service
194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding extra home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32197/20]
- Maternity Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given by him and or the HSE that a national clinical practice guideline for the management of multiple pregnancy will be put out for...
- Primary Care Centres
197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of planned primary health centres in County Clare. [32247/20]
- Hospital Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health if a business case regarding the resourcing for colorectal stoma clinical nurse specialists has been submitted by the CHI at Crumlin; the level of...
- Medical Alert Dogs
199. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a service available here that provides medical alert dogs to sufferers of epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32259/20]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lower the age for cervical screening to 20 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32266/20]
- Medicinal Products
202. To ask the Minister for Health when duodopa which was approved for reimbursement in February 2020 will be sanctioned for use by patients that urgently need the medication; and if he will...
- Substance Misuse
203. To ask the Minister for Health if drug and alcohol support groups and treatment programmes are permitted to operate under potential level 5 restrictions; if so, if he will provide guidance...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Felling Licences
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a felling licence will be granted to a person (details supplied). [32158/20]
- Basic Payment Scheme
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2019 BPS application for a person will be expedited (details supplied) [32209/20]
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 8 October 2020, the efforts made by his Department to develop and validate new and...
- Agriculture Schemes
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open up the flooded farmyard relocation scheme for applications following the severe flooding of 2015/2016; and if he...
- Basic Payment Scheme
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will withdraw correspondence (details supplied), particularly in view of the fact that an engineering report has just been...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be further approvals under the town and village accelerated measure round 3 scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the schemes announced by her Department seeking applications for funding in which no announcements have yet been made in relation to...
- Departmental Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total capital and current allocation to her Department in 2020; the amount spent to date by both; and if she will make a statement...
- Sport and Recreational Development
214. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are grants that a limited company with charitable status can apply for in order to improve a recreational area (details...
