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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation for the family resource centre programme in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form [41429/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when section 36 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 will come into effect [41437/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available in 2021 to update the boats within the Garda water unit. [41438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons successfully prosecuted for possession of fireworks without a valid licence in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and the monetary value of fireworks seized by An Garda Síochána in the years in question. [41439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked cars, jeeps and vans attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 30 November 2020, in tabular form. [41440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 628. To ask the Minister for Health when section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 comes into effect [41432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts by specialist that are currently vacant in the Mater Hospital; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the time frame for filling each of the posts. [41433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of a full-time registrar in ophthalmology in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [41434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 648. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Onpattro will be discussed by the HSE drugs group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41511/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: The carbon tax is all stick. It is turning people against the environmental agenda, environmentalism and the effort to address climate change. It has no appreciation of the challenges in people's lives. Approximately 400,000 people in this State live in fuel and energy poverty. There are commitments in the budget and the Finance Bill concerning mitigation measures. They are only partial...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which he plans to support the early years sector in County Meath, particularly in relation to staff, pay and capitation grants in view of the population growth in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person attending a scheduled driver test in a vehicle with a valid NCT by virtue of the fact of the NCT extension will be failed or considered ineligible, that is, their NCT disc is marginally out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the contact tracing and follow-up situation for a person who is normally resident in Ireland, but flies into Belfast airport and travels across the Border; if this person will be followed-up by contact tracing teams based either in the north or the south of the island; if he is satisfied that the level of follow-up checks on those required to restrict their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the contact tracing and follow-up situation for a person who is normally resident in Northern Ireland, but flies into Dublin airport and travels across the Border; if this person will be followed-up by contact tracing teams based either in the north or in the south of the island; if he is satisfied the level of follow-up checks on those required to restrict...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage rate of passengers who received a follow-up phone call having previously completed the passenger locater form in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to date who have refused to complete the passenger locator form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40880/20]

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: In my contribution, I will raise the issue of vaccines and the recent positive news in that regard. I will also refer to Ireland's role on the European stage, and Europe's role on the global stage, in ensuring that, as a point of principle, nobody is denied free access to a vaccine based on location, financial means or any other discriminatory criterion. There have unfortunately been 1.4...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (2 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some employees of a company (details supplied) are still awaiting arrears to be paid for social welfare payments that they were prevented from accessing earlier in the year while on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; when these arrears will be paid; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish Mr. Grant and Ms O'Donnell well. I have some questions for Ms O'Donnell. I welcome the push to recruit 80 additional driving testers but is it not the case that we have fewer driving testers employed today than we had on 31 December last year? The figures I have show that we had 145 testers at this time last year and that we now have 139. I heard the Minister of State say that 18...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: In fairness, these are essential workers. They are not mammies and daddies. Workers are entitled to some degree of dignity when they go to work.