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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vacant Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I apologise for being late in arriving. We know there is a problem with land hoarding which contributes to the high cost of housing and the lack of adequate supply. The vacant site levy was designed to address this problem but we would all accept that it is simply not working. I am asking the Minister if he will consider redesigning the scheme to give Revenue responsibility for collecting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vacant Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I note the Minister did not express confidence in the scheme as it is operating at the moment. Thanks to work being done by the Business Post, it has been reported that last year €21.5 million was owed on vacant sites. In that same year, €21,000 was collected. By any standards, the system is not working. The local authorities simply do not have the resources or personnel to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vacant Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am happy to send the Minister details of the proposal. It proposes to put the onus on landowners to get themselves put on the register, for them to self-assess and to face a charge on their land when they sell it if they do not self-assess. Minimal change to legislation, whereby the levy is turned into a charge on the land, would be needed to achieve that. Such a system has a lot to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 354. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to eliminate dual pricing in the insurance industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure physical distancing and the wearing of face coverings on public transport, buses, trams and trains given there are many reports of lack of enforcement on public transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if measures will be taken to address the issue of cyclists who continue to use footpaths in locations in which segregated cycle lanes have been provided in view of the danger such activity poses for pedestrians and those with mobility impairments. [30782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role he envisages rapid antigen testing playing in respect of Ireland's implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 314. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of the Revenue Commissioners taking responsibility for collecting data on vacant homes in respect of the length of vacancy and the level of a potential levy; when he expects to be able to implement such a levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32076/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Climate Action Plan (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 357. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Climate Action Plan contains no proposal to allow disabled drivers who avail of the drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme to claim back the costs of running an electric car when fossil fuel costs are refundable under the same scheme; if he will undertake to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 390. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 446. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 532. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the permissibility of live music at weddings; the steps she is taking to ensure that live music can resume in a safe manner as soon as possible; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31477/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 545. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 677. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 697. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31873/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Two reports published today highlight that the State continues to heap disadvantage on disadvantage in the treatment of vulnerable children. The Ombudsman for Children has published a hugely concerning report about the impact of the pandemic on children in general. In the report, the ombudsman describes 2020 as a devastating year for children, which it was. Schools and sports facilities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We already have an unacceptably high number of children who are disadvantaged. Those children have been doubly disadvantaged over the past year and we need a comprehensive response to their particular circumstances. I am asking the Taoiseach to take the lead on this because it involves a number of different Departments. These issues touch on education, child welfare and health. All of the...