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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to increase the category A tax free threshold parent and child from €335,000 to €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31089/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the favourite nephew or niece relief to favourite successor to reflect changing demographics and family structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning will continue to be granted to farmer family members if they are not the intended farmer, as many people can now work from home in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the inequalities for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31519/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the problem of large classes in primary schools, especially in view of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31543/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licences (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the law changed to allow licensed publicans to serve beer and tobacco outside (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 707. To ask the Minister for Health when a respite service (details supplied) will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which increased funding for the BEEP scheme will be provided in view of the fact that the scheme in oversubscribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31039/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay with payments of the farming TAMS scheme payments; when the funds needed for these payments will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant will be made available to farmers for solar panels to slated farm buildings; if these farmers will be paid for contributing to the national grid in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a national food ombudsman as per the commitment in the programme for Government (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided for low emission slurry spreaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the introduction of a farm safety scheme with increased funding for health and safety equipment under TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31030/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the call for €30 per ewe for the sheep welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new GLAS (details supplied) in view of the fact that many farmers that were not already in the scheme cannot now get access to new REPS for at least a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are all on the one hymn sheet this evening. I am disappointed that no Minister is here to listen to us nor anyone from the Department. I state that because this is an important topic. When we talk to farmers about forestry, they only shake their heads now. For too long and under successive Governments, we have been asking for some kind of grant assistance or to be allowed to plant on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: All right.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: Testing and tracing are the cause of the trouble we are in and why we must go back to level 5 again. Many sick people with other illnesses are suffering because they will have to wait longer. Doctors are out of flu injections. The Government is throwing loads of money at the HSE and there is loads of testing but no tracing. I will ask one serious question. I have asked it twice before...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: There has not been adequate tracing all year. That is why we are where we are.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach promised the buses would continue as they were until we had the capability of operating at 50%. He did not fulfil that promise.