Written answers
Thursday, 14 January 2021
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the set criteria for the continuation of large construction projects in the exporting and FDI sector. [1985/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that has been drawn down by banks (details supplied) under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme established in 2020 to...
- Health and Safety Inspections
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority on-site inspections carried out in 2020, in tabular form by month and sector. [1936/21]
- Illness Benefit
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company operating a State contract is refusing its employees access to the company...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for staff who are not essential workers but are not permitted to work remotely during level 5 restrictions; and...
- Action Plan for Jobs
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a current action plan for jobs; if there is data to target and measure new jobs by county rather than regions; if same is...
- Regional Development
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional details will be provided on the capital projects outlined in a strategy (details supplied) in County Mayo; the likely...
- Departmental Strategies
8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2082/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which retailers of electrical goods are considered to be essential services under level 5 of Covid-19; his response to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities have a legal basis to use CCTV under the waste management and-or litter pollution Acts as a tool in...
- National Broadband Plan
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a house (details supplied) will be connected to fibre broadband given the infrastructure is there and that it is...
- Environmental Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cessation of turf cutting; and if he will make a statement...
- National Broadband Plan
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be available at a property (details supplied); the steps the person can take to accelerate the...
- Flood Risk Management
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 10 November 2020, if, in view of the fact that the turlough is now 1.75 m...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2083/21]
- Question Heading for question(s) 18
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ESB will be suspending in-home visits that are not urgent for the duration of level 5 restrictions; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Industry
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department will make available for the ailing aviation maintenance, repair and operations industry. [43821/20]
- Ports Development
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to make Cork Port a free port as part of the response to Brexit; if engagement is taking place to have a...
- Brexit Supports
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ask the Minister for Transport the extra preparations he plans to make to facilitate persons and materials travelling through Cork...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 10 November 2020, the number of US troops and the quantity of weapons and munitions that...
- Driver Licences
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to reintroduce temporary changes to the driver licence renewal system to facilitate over 70s, such as a person (details...
- Driver Test
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the dispute between Iarnród Éireann and the residents of an area (details supplied) and request...
- Motor Tax
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a delay in the administering of tax books for cars; and if this has affected tax renewals. [2018/21]
- National Car Test
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the need to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection, he will immediately instruct the RSA to close the NCT test...
- Electric Vehicles
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make legal the use of electric scooters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2070/21]
- Departmental Strategies
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2095/21]
- Airport Passenger Data
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving into Ireland on a weekly basis since 7 December 2020, by country of departure including seaports and...
- Transport Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to monitor progress towards decarbonisation of the transport sector; the extent to which the progress...
- Aviation Industry
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which the air passenger and cargo transport sectors can be facilitated notwithstanding the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
- Public Transport
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects progress to take place in the public transport sector in the next four years with particular reference to...
- Rail Network
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to encourage increased capacity on the commuter rail sector in north County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Railway Stations
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects parking facilities to be provided in conjunction with upgrading the Maynooth and Sallins rail services with...
- Road Network
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when noise reduction improvements will be completed on the M4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/21]
- Transport Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he recognises the need to ensure that improvements in the road and rail traffic sector are likely to entail benefits...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a forecast of the lockdown levels that will apply from January to June 2021 given that businesses have to forecast whether or not they will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of early years education services in Ireland currently availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Medical Certificates
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the backlog in processing applications for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of including outdoor activity businesses in the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will...
- Tax Code
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence in respect of benefit-in-kind concerns will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the way new companies can determine their eligibility of wage subsidy scheme if they were not in operation one year ago; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector
54. To ask the Minister for Finance his engagement with the banks on business loans which many closed businesses will find difficult to repay at present; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Motor Industry
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the situation for retailers who import used vehicles from the UK subjected to a new 10% tariff (details supplied); if he has considered the...
- Mortgage Lending
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken by his Department in conjunction with the Central Bank to ensure that those who are currently in receipt of an employment wage subsidy...
- Departmental Strategies
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2084/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pandemic unemployment payment is taxable; if so, the taxes that apply; the way in which it is planned to levy any taxes due for 2020; and if he will...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if the construction of a 1,700 sq. ft extension and the complete renovation of a derelict 1,000 sq. ft house constitutes a new build or self-build for the...
- Banking Sector
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of talks he has held with a group (details supplied) on the future of a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2140/21]
- Electronic Commerce
63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate to ban digital-only payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2141/21]
- Tax Rebates
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the €3.20 non-taxable rate to a more sustainable and fairer rate given that Ireland is returning to level 5 restrictions...
- Brexit Issues
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that the steps taken to date to offset the impact of Brexit remains sufficiently robust to ensure Ireland’s...
- Economic Competitiveness
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding Ireland’s economic performance notwithstanding the impact of Brexit and or Covid-19; and if he will...
- Economic Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the particular issues that have arisen in recent times with specific impact on Ireland’s economy; the adequacy of the steps taken to respond; and if he...
- Banking Sector
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied that lending institutions remain sympathetic to difficulties faced by borrowers with particular reference to their ability to meet...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of action pending or likely to bring mortgage interest in Ireland into line with the rates applicable throughout the Eurozone and the European Union...
- House Prices
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that will be taken to ensure that lending policy does not contribute to house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2163/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects Covid-19-related payments to continue into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2165/21]
- Consultancy Contracts
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the details relating to his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specific Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Question Heading for question(s) 79,87,88,90,91
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process by which a new salary point was agreed for a five-year period for the next Secretary General of the Department of Health; his...
- Flood Prevention Measures
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reopen the voluntary homeowners relocation scheme for those with primary residential properties which have been flooded due to...
- Departmental Strategies
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2090/21]
- Civil Service
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants on the Secretary General grade; the number on the grade that are in receipt of additional emoluments from...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the live events scheme will open for applications; if festivals that have been rescheduled will be eligible to apply for the...
- Sport Ireland
93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will appoint a golf representative to the board of Sport Ireland (details supplied). [2059/21]
- Departmental Strategies
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main policy initiatives undertaken by her Department since 27 June 2020; and her main priorities for 2021. [2094/21]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Parking Charges
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that street parking will be free for healthcare workers for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual expenditure and the number of properties remediated annually under the pyrite resolution scheme in each of the years...
- Building Regulations
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to the State arising from the issue of defects and remediation at a location (details supplied); the breakdown of the...
- Special Areas of Conservation
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the designation of Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon as a SAC in view of the fact that the former turlough...
- Local Authority Housing
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action taken with respect to the 20 local authority housing estates that were the subject of the IFHS collective complaint...
- Departmental Strategies
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2088/21]
- Property Registration Authority
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a dealing application by a person (details supplied); if the matter can be expedited as it is delaying...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Preparations
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the individual cost of each Get Brexit Ready communication campaign since they were introduced in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Human Rights Cases
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1968/21]
- Human Trafficking
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report entitled Trafficking from the Fringes of Europe to the Middle East published by human rights...
- Rockall Island Ownership
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response to the actions of Scottish fishery protection vessels intercepting Irish vessels going to fish at Rockall; and if he will make...
- Foreign Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts that the Organisation of American States submitted a false report on the recent election in Bolivia and that the report has...
- Departmental Strategies
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2085/21]
- UN Security Council
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional staff that will be deployed to the Irish Permanent Mission to the UN by grade during Ireland's term on the Security Council;...
- Consular Services
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in Dubrovnik, Croatia; if he is considering opening Irish Consulate General offices...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Strategies
114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2080/21]
- Air Corps
115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment drive for aircraft maintenance technicians for the Air Corps will be launched in quarter 1 of 2021; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken in the future to improve school bus transport given the current costs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- DEIS Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing free postage to DEIS schools to allow the schools to send educational materials out to their pupils during this...
- Special Educational Needs
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to support special needs students during level 5 lockdown. [1957/21]
- Minor Works Scheme
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in minor grant scheme funding allocated to each county; and the number of primary, secondary and special schools that benefited from...
- Special Educational Needs
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if negotiations will be continued with teachers and parents to provide education services, for example the July provision for children who attend...
- State Examinations
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the oral examinations are expected to proceed as normal for leaving certificate language subject students for the 2020-2021 academic year; if...
- Special Educational Needs
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports that will be provided to children of special education schools to ensure they do not regress for the duration of level 5...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital projects her Department will fund in County Louth over the years 2021 to 2025. [2016/21]
- Special Educational Needs
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports mainstream schools are obliged to provide for students with additional learning needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans now in place to allow for the leaving certificate examinations to proceed safely in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Site Acquisitions
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of the adjacent field at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2033/21]
- Special Educational Needs
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will have a virtual meeting in January 2021 with the management and parents representatives of a special school (details supplied) that...
- Departmental Strategies
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy initiatives undertaken by her Department since 27 June 2020; and her main priorities for 2021. [2081/21]
- Schools Building Projects
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); if the contract will be awarded as planned and construction commenced in Q1...
- Special Educational Needs
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the reopening of special education classes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Admissions
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a section 29 appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Childcare Services
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to support parents who are classified as essential workers following the announcement of the closure of schools in...
- School Admissions
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a section 29 appeals by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be provided for children with special education needs as requested in correspondence from parents (details supplied);...
- State Examinations
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a deadline will be committed to by which a decision and communication will be made regarding the method by which the leaving certificate...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether sufficient measures are in place to ensure that workers in the private sector working in essential...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered reinstating fortnightly payment of some social welfare payments in view of the reintroduction of level...
- Invalidity Pension
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of their application for an invalidity benefit; and when...
- Community Employment Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any employees on community employment schemes are considered essential workers; if so, the relevant schemes; and if she...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a PPS number will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pandemic unemployment payment. [2013/21]
- Departmental Strategies
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main policy initiatives undertaken by her Department since 27 June 2020; and her main priorities for 2021. [2092/21]
- Personal Public Service Numbers
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number. [2152/21]
- Labour Activation Programmes
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review of the gateway scheme has been completed and published; and if the link to the publication will be provided....
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the households and persons permitted to avail of childcare in crèches; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategies
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021....
- Early Childhood Care and Education
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to compensate the time lost for children in the ECCE scheme due to the Covid-19 pandemic;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a centre (details supplied) will continue to operate under the current restrictions of the Plan for Living with Covid-19. [2015/21]
- Institutes of Technology
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference approved by the HEA and a company (details supplied) for the mid-term review report at GMIT County Mayo campus; the...
- Departmental Strategies
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2086/21]
- Erasmus+ Programme
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information and clarity regarding the prospects of third-level students of studying abroad in the 2021-2022 academic year...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Reports
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans and views regarding each of the recommendations of the expert group report to review the law of torts and the current...
- Child Protection
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protections in place to prevent a parent leaving the country with a young child born here who has dual citizenship without...
- Seized Property
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an increase in cars being seized by An Garda Síochána due to lack of tax renewals. [2019/21]
- Departmental Strategies
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the main policy initiatives undertaken by her Department since 27 June 2020; and her main priorities for 2021. [2089/21]
- Immigration Policy
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to create new pathways for long-term undocumented persons here as agreed in the programme for...
- Proposed Legislation
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Irish nationality and citizenship (amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2121/21]
- Garda Transport Provision
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of the Garda fleet within the Limerick division that are aged less than one year old, between one to...
- Domestic Violence Policy
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider legislation to ensure that all semi-State companies working with the trade union movement adopt a...
- Department of Health
- Student Support Schemes
170. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place or being considered to support radiography students through their placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1979/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passenger locator forms completed by inbound air and sea port travellers from 11 December 2020 to date in 2021; the number of follow-up checks...
- Vaccination Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Health when the intellectual disability sector will be scheduled for vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2146/21]
- Health Services Staff
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and hospital staff currently not working due to illness or the fact that they are a close contact of a person who has tested positive for...
- Health Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the psychological supports available to heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1929/21]
- Home Care Packages
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the statutory home care scheme; when it will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1930/21]
- Vaccination Programme
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents; and the most up-to-date number that have received the Covid-19 vaccine. [1931/21]
- Hospital Appointments Status
184. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [1947/21]
- Medical Internships
187. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will work with the HSE to approve a medical internship for a sixth-year medical student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Vaccination Programme
188. To ask the Minister for Health if residents and staff in a nursing home convent (details supplied) will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccination programme roll-out given that they have not...
- Primary Care Centres
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operational primary care centres by county; the year each came into operation since 2011; and the number of primary care centres in development...
- Covid-19 Tests
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied to become a community swabber; the number who have been selected to community swab; the number who have been employed...
- Hospital Appointments Status
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1973/21]
- Departmental Reports
193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and views regarding each of the recommendations of the expert group report to review the law of torts and the current systems for the management of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
195. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mandatory face mask use in banks and other financial institutions; and if the mandatory wearing of facemasks has been considered in...
- Hospital Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore gastroenterologist services at Ennis General Hospital following the resignation of the previous gastroenterologist in October 2020 given...
- Health Services Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate treatment and attention will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1994/21]
- Vaccination Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Health if residents and staff of a facility (details supplied) can be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine given the recent outbreak of Covid-19 in the facility; and...
- Medical Cards
200. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large volume of dental practices are no longer treating persons under the medical card scheme; if funding...
- Hospital Appointments Status
201. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the waiting list for a spinal operation; when they will receive a date for an operation; and if he will...
- Dental Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health if the dental department, St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny was fully operational providing both routine and emergency dental treatment in-house in 2020; and...
- Vaccination Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine by the groups identified in the vaccine implementation plan in tabular form; the steps he is...
- Medicinal Products
213. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being given to making a therapy (details supplied) available to those for whom this therapy is the best hope of their retaining vision; the...
- Suicide Prevention
214. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) aimed at suicide prevention; the supports that can be provided to it to aid in its work; and if...
- Emergency Departments
215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no self-harm protocol in St. James's Hospital, Dublin, for patients presenting with self-harm injuries at the emergency department; his...
- Ambulance Service
216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 17 December 2020, if he will furnish a reply and outline the resources to be made available for the development of...
- Commissions of Investigation
218. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Farrelly commission will report; his plans to publicise the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2057/21]
- Vaccination Programme
221. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the interest of public health fairness and transparency, strict protocols and booking plans are being applied to the administration of the Covid-19...
- Departmental Strategies
223. To ask the Minister for Health the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2087/21]
- Home Care Packages
224. To ask the Minister for Health the impact Covid-19 has had on the planned statutory home care scheme; the revised estimated timeline for roll out of the scheme; the steps he will take to...
- Health Services
226. To ask the Minister for Health the expected completion date for the transfer of shares from a group (details supplied) to a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2108/21]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
227. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of Brexit on the cross-border healthcare directive for patients seeking treatment in Northern Ireland or the UK; the changes to the scheme if...
- Departmental Offices
228. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has responsibility for the payment of rent for its building at Miesian Plaza, Dublin 2; the steps he is taking to recoup the rent overpayment...
- Primary Care Centres
229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the feasibility studies for the proposed site for a new primary care centre in Finglas, Dublin 11; if the HSE has tendered for the services of a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
230. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator forms on a weekly basis from 7 December 2020; the number of forms which were correctly and...
- Addiction Treatment Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential addiction-related stabilisation, step down recovery beds in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2119/21]
- Hospital Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant orthopaedic surgeon for Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products
234. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 16 December 2020, the status of the proposed reimbursement of Dupilumab for the treatment of atopic eczema; if the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures that will be implemented to restrict travel into this State during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Secretaries General
238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the six month delay in commencing the recruitment process for a Secretary General in his Department particularly in the middle of a pandemic;...
- Vaccination Programme
239. To ask the Minister for Health if essential workers (details supplied) will be prioritised along with other front-line workers in the vaccine roll-out programme; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Environmental Policy
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/21]
- GLAS Issues
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding GLAS payments will be made to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; if the delay in payments is as a result...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will permit local gardeners to provide commercial gardening services during the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions; and if...
- Hare Coursing
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason coursing events which had been allowed take place during the run-up to Christmas 2020 due to its inclusion on an approved...
- Animal Welfare
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2031/21]
- Departmental Schemes
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 332 of 8 October 2020 and 438 of 16 April 2019, when he plans to introduce a voluntary farm...
- Flood Relief Schemes
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the concerns of farmers with land within the catchment of Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon; and...
- Departmental Strategies
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the main policy initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020; and his main priorities for 2021. [2078/21]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Island Communities
248. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new policy on the islands will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2061/21]
- Rural Development Programme
249. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new policy on rural development will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2062/21]
- Local Improvement Scheme
251. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the local improvement scheme for 2021 requires that one of the applicants is a farmer at a time when a smaller proportion...
- Departmental Strategies
252. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the main policy initiatives undertaken by her Department since 27 June 2020; and her main priorities for 2021. [2091/21]
