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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 754. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are being considered to make eye tests outside of school testing at high street opticians free for children under 12 years of age who are on medical cards; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many children experience sight deterioration outside of school tests and the cost of the test can be an impediment to low income families...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 755. To ask the Minister for Health if carers employed by the HSE who are required to travel on official business will be paid the travel and subsistence rates approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28789/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Enterprise Offices (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the criteria for the local enterprise office trading online voucher will be broadened to include social media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29613/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the provision of electricity connection for a business (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns raised by employers that the delay of up to six weeks to receive subsidy payments under the employment wage subsidy scheme could cause cashflow problems; if he will adjust the employment wage subsidy scheme to enable access for lower paid and seasonal workers who primarily work within the hospitality sector; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Grant Payments (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if the threshold for voucher bonuses from employer to employer will be increased from €500 to €1,000; if it will be made available across at least two payments over 12 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to price increases on new developments being imposed on first-time buyers availing of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria for the white van grant (details supplied) will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29612/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (13 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the possibility of reducing the minimum threshold a person must be in receipt of social welfare in order to gain access to a community employment scheme in the context of the pandemic (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if protection is being put in place for schools that integrate children into mainstream classes to indemnify them against litigation in the event of a Covid-19 case causing the death or long-term injury to a pupil resulting from that integration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30159/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will access a doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the book grant by €4 per pupil at primary level and by €7.50 per pupil at post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence sector in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31810/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists recruited by the HSE for CHO area 5 in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; if there are plans to roll out enhanced eyesight testing for children between 8 and 12 years of age in schools to assist in early diagnosis of any degeneration which may be missed in the absence of such a programme for free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the additional theatre capacity that was provided in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form [31813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the backlog in BreastCheck screenings as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter [33569/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider including deer management as an essential service under the updated Covid-19 guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the review of the legislative and administrative arrangements in relation to deer licensing with a view to securing improvements for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the initiatives she is taking to support town and village renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34096/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Charges (5 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding engagement with internet providers in respect of the cessation of the application of excess usage charges during periods of enhanced restrictions in view of the increase in the number of persons working and studying from home; his plans to request a further cessation of the application of excess...