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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans widening the scope of the Covid restrictions support scheme to cover more businesses and to increase the payment to ensure as many businesses as possible survive the Covid-19 crisis in view of the continuing lock down and the effect of same on businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the wage subsidy scheme to the end of 2021 in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the effect it is having particularly on the tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt vehicles used for mountain rescue financed by voluntary donations and small grants from VRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the overall cost of insurance particularly liability insurance both employers and public; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, for example, the quotes for insurance of jarveys of tourist horse and traps has gone up by over 200% in the past two years making it prohibitively expensive for persons in this line of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Treaties (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the procedures and inspections in place with regard to the double taxation treaty of 1995 between Ireland and Israel since 1967 to ensure that companies established in illegal settlements, persons residing in illegal settlements occupied by Israel since 1967, all economic activities being carried out there and persons living elsewhere but...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the issue of banks refusing to allow the drawdown of approved mortgage home loans of persons who have an approved contract with a developer because some of their income is coming from the employment wage subsidy scheme with either the banks or the Central Bank ; the result of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the moratorium on rates for businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning and development and nature conservation (heritage) functions Bill will be published; if it will contain provisions dealing with substitute consent rising from a recent Supreme Court case that urgently needs addressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the city council boundaries to include part or all the area at present in the County Council functional area covered by the Galway Metropolitan Strategic Plan in view of the rejection by the Houses of the Oireachtas of the plan to initiate a plan to eventually amalgamate Galway City Council and Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that all cladding materials used in the building industry for insulation and so no, do not pose a fire risk particularly in the context of the retrofit programmes being pursued here in view of the Grenfell disaster in the UK; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to provide an interim solution to the long delay in granting exempted status to the installation of solar photovoltaic rooftop panels on schools and community buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to amend the regulations pertaining to the installation of solar photovoltaic rooftop panels on houses and businesses; if so, when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are not being stopped from drawing down approved loans due to the fact they are temporarily on the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4966/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for citizenship currently being processed by his Department; the number of applications that have been finalised in 2020; the reason for the long delays in processing citizenship applications; his plans to speed up this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a War of Independence medal was issued in relation to a person (details supplied); if so, the person to whom was it issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeilge (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair atá i gceist aici Beartas Náisiúnta um Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge a fhoilsiú mar atá geallta i gClár an Rialtais; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [4821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is planned to introduce the increase in parental leave from two to five weeks promised in Budget 2021; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the terms of reference and the structure of a cross-agency taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those in prison following on from the Council of Europe committee on the prevention of torture report, will be finalised and the task force will be set up; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the proposed cross-agency taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those in prison will be engaging in a public consultation as part of their work; the proposed nature of the consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change of policy since 2019 in relation to the prison regime in the Dóchas Centre in Dublin; if there is a policy to align the regime there with the regime in men’s prisons; if so, the reason for this given Ireland voted along with 192 other nations to unanimously pass the Bangkok Rules at the...