Written answers

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Protected Disclosures
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; and the number of protected disclosures examined to conclusion by...
  • Department of Defence
    • EU Funding
      2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding received from the EU towards capital projects in the Defence Forces in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of...
    • Departmental Data
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware provided...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to reverse the retention issues in the Defence Forces and the issue of skilled and experienced officers leaving the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) holds an entitlement to a FCA pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address specific non-pensionable issues such as age extension across the rank spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Army Barracks
      9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he plans to carry out refurbishment of 12 houses which have been vacant for over 15 years at Collins Barracks, County Cork; when the houses...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of increasing the Defence Forces strength to 9,500 in line with existing commitments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he met the Governor of Georgia, Mr. Brian Kemp during his recent visit to the USA. [5109/20]
    • Ministerial Travel
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he visited any military facility during his recent visit to the USA; and if so, the military facilities he attended. [5110/20]
    • Naval Service
      14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the replacement of the LÉ Ciara, LÉ Orla and LÉ Eithne during 2020. [5111/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel serving at Custume Barracks, Athlone. [5318/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes will be made to the regulations which would allow retiring Defence Forces personnel to take up roles within other State organisations...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 31 March 2020, by gender across all ranks of the three services in tabular form; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces Reserve as of 31 March 2020 with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2020 Defence Forces cadetship competition recently advertised will have the age limit extended beyond 26 years of age. [5483/20]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Expenditure
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown...
    • Departmental Data
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the schemes and supports in place to assist returning emigrants that wish to establish new businesses here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Communications
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have been lobbied or received a representation from the Chinese Embassy in relation to the use of the Convention...
    • Human Rights
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment by Iran of Bahá'í citizens and members of other minorities; the steps he is taking on the issue at a...
    • Military Aircraft
      28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 5 March 2020, if such permission would be granted if a similar request was received from the...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on administration and staffing for the election observation roster; the administrative and staffing budget for 2020; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost to the vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a recent report in the media (details supplied) in relation to Russian interest in Ireland; if concerns have been raised in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether in the context of the threat posed by the spread of Covid-19, US soldiers transiting through Shannon Airport should be...
    • Consular Services
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a certificate by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4876/20]
    • UN Conventions
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to implement the recommendation by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its concluding observations...
    • Consular Services
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements he is making to repatriate Irish citizens that are presently unable to get scheduled flights out of Peru to Ireland, as in...
    • Protected Disclosures
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures...
    • Brexit Preparations
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of contingency planning for all Brexit scenarios, including the possibility of a no-deal Brexit if the transition period is not...
    • Human Rights
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent developments in Hungary and the fact that the Prime Minister can now rule by decree for an indefinite period of time; the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Revenue Commissioners to law firms in 2018 and 2019. [3945/20]
    • NAMA Legal Fees
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by NAMA to law firms in 2018 and 2019. [3946/20]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Central Bank to accountancy firms in 2018 and 2019. [3947/20]
    • Departmental Projects
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the pro bono work undertaken by accountancy firms for his Department from 2015; and the details of the projects they worked on. [3948/20]
    • Life Insurance Policies
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the lifesaver plan sold by certain life assurance companies by which the quarterly premium is regularly reviewed and increases very significantly...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and...
    • Departmental Data
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware provided to them by...
    • VAT Rate Application
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the introduction of a 0% VAT rate for biomass fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4111/20]
    • Banking Sector
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) repaid its €150 million facility in 2018; the legal ancillary costs incurred by the Strategic Banking Corporation of...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was awarded a €120,000 contract in May 2019 to carry out an external review of the SBCI operation in view of the...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons that had previously a history of having purchased a home but that have since relinquished a holding in the property with no financial gain will be...
    • Tax Credits
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of persons that would be impacted by the removal of tax credits from individual incomes above €140,000 tapered at a rate of 2.5%...
    • Electric Vehicles
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding benefit-in-kind for electric vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4282/20]
    • Land Issues
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding land leasing exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4283/20]
    • VAT Payments
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to implement a temporary suspension of VAT in which payments can be temporarily deferred in view of the Covid-19 outbreak; if so, the...
    • Fuel Prices
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential positive and negative impact of the decision by Saudi Arabia to increase oil supply and as a result reduce oil prices on the economy; and if he...
    • State Banking Sector
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the risks facing the economy as a result of the recent falls in stock prices on the Stock Exchange here and globally; the potential impacts on banks here...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to alleged breaches of procurement law by a Department, body or agency in respect of public contracts in 2019; and if so, the...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is relief for medical expenses incurred by persons which would normally qualify under a Med1 claim in circumstances in which the person did not have a...
    • Tax Code
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of an 80% windfall tax on land rezoned from industrial to residential use; the estimated impact of such a tax on land value...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules and regulations surrounding mortgage and loan repayments in the event a lender gives leeway or a holiday for workers impacted by the Covid-19...
    • Insurance Coverage
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to prevent the closure of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [4524/20]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider overturning the decision made by the Revenue Commissioners to introduce VAT increases on food supplements, particularly those which are...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance when a reply will issue to correspondence sent to the Revenue Commissioners on 11 of December 2019 (details supplied); the reason for the delay in replying to...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of tax foregone that would arise if mortgage interest relief was to be introduced on house purchases and renovations for new mortgages and...
    • Tax Credits
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost involved in providing all existing and new tenancies a month's rent back through a refundable tax credit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making all income below €30,000 exempt from USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/20]
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of not allowing banks to write-off their past losses against future profits to reduce their corporation tax bill to zero; and if he will...
    • VAT Rate Application
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the rate of VAT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4763/20]
    • Banking Sector
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if SSM rules will be reviewed as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak; the liquidity measures being considered by the ECB, EBA and the Central Bank; if the...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if the current Irish Strategic Investment Fund mandate would allow for it to invest in projects with regard to the regeneration of town centres; and if he will...
    • Carbon Tax
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated to date through the increase in carbon tax in Budget 2020 for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bank Charges
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider banning all card transaction charges on contactless and chip-and-pin payments in order to encourage non-cash payments as a measure to...
    • Exchequer Returns
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected impact on the public finances as a result of a loss of trade and economic activity due to the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020 and 2021 including impact...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the sources of revenue and or funding which will be utilised in the event of an economic shock to implement expenditure commitments as outlined in the Revised...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance when each section of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 will be commenced; when it will be commenced in its entirety; and if he will make a statement on...
    • NAMA Operations
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the expected surplus to be transferred from NAMA to the Exchequer will be utilised in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes in the tax treatment of benefit-in-kind regarding company cars in view of the fact that under the benefit-in-kind tax bracket a...
    • Banking Sector
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the SSM rules regarding non-performing loans; the definition of a non-performing loan or exposure; the amount of capital that a bank must set aside for loans...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to altering the tax relief on third-level fees to enable teachers who undertake a third-level course to receive tax relief on...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the Social Finance Foundation that licensed high interest money lenders are aggressively targeting...
    • Pension Levy
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding levies on ESB pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the duration that this levy is applied to recipients and a surviving spouse;...
    • Financial Services Sector
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the correspondence he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the application of additional interest on mortgage loans by banks and non-banks...
    • Banking Sector
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the correspondence he has had with a bank (details supplied) regarding its refusal to offer full three month mortgage breaks for mortgage holders who are in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has or will take to ensure that those who had net weekly pay of less than €500 before the introduction of the temporary wage subsidy...
    • Protected Disclosures
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures examined to...
    • Tax Code
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason paramedics and EMTs are unable to claim flat rate expenses towards uniforms and other expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as is the case...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if the SBCI will be requested to publish a report by a company (details supplied) which it commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5431/20]
    • Carbon Tax
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance if the carbon tax which was due to increase in May 2020 will be postponed in order to alleviate the financial burden on persons in view of current...
    • Departmental Offices
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5485/20]
    • Tax Code
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax heads which will apply in respect of the announcement regarding the possible warehousing of certain liabilities; when the measure will come into...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role the OPW plays in ensuring specific village infrastructure such as sewage infrastructure that is under threat from the damaging...
    • Garda Stations
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works on the development of property and evidence management stores in the Kildare Garda division will commence. [5113/20]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a decision on pension abatement for those in the Defence Forces to allow those that have been offered roles elsewhere to...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salaries of Ministers and Ministers of State who are not elected Deputies; the staff supports such Ministers and Ministers of...
    • Coastal Erosion
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State and EU funding available through the OPW to enable studies, investigations and other coastal protection works to be conducted...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement has considered meeting media companies and newspapers in respect of securing access to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Departmental Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined the possibility of creating a pay commission for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Ministers of State that collectively lobbied him for an improvement in their terms and conditions; and when this approach took...
    • Coastal Erosion
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the necessary financial assistance will be provided to Fingal County Council to tackle the alarming rate of coastal erosion that is...
    • Standards in Public Office Commission
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 5 March 2020, the timeline for the review of recommendation 12 by the Standards in Public...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the fiscal capabilities in place to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak; the possible need for a supplementary estimate for the health...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if immediate financial contingencies or assistance packages have been explored to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak, specifically cash...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is in ownership of Carndonagh courthouse, County Donegal; and if so, the plans of the OPW to provide the necessary funding to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the change in the general government balance for 2020 as a result of the extra spending announced to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak; if...
    • Public Sector Staff
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost if public service jobs were granted an additional 15 days annual leave over the 2020-21 period; and if he will make a...
    • Coastal Erosion
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will finish consideration of an application from Galway County Council for funding to appoint a...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to eliminate the reduced starting pay scales for civil and public servants introduced as an emergency measure in 2011 and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions that have taken place on ensuring that Garda pensioners receive increases in their pensions in line with Garda pay...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) who was a public sector worker is entitled to a supplementary pension at 63 years of age; and if he will...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided to implement a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 5 March 2020, if the OPW, on foot of a draft strategic plan, is proposing to develop...
    • Coastal Erosion
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for costal erosion works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if remedial measures will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is being flooded regularly; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding the OPW plans to make available to Sligo County Council in 2020 toward the cost of drainage works on the Owenmore River,...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if moneys due back in the second quarter of 2020 to retired civil servants will be paid out now such as in the case of a person (details...
    • Garda Stations
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of conciliation under way in respect of the new Kevin Street Garda station and Galway Garda station; the costs...
    • National Monuments
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who visited Maynooth Castle and Castletown in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in tabular form. [5114/20]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding provided in 2019 and 2020 to date to a project (details supplied); the expected amount to be made available and provided in...
    • Gender Balance
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the impact longer working hours and the restricting of flexible working patterns under the Haddington...
    • Protected Disclosures
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications for funding and the amounts approved and paid, respectively in respect of a project (details supplied); and...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the National Children’s Science Museum, National Concert Hall project; if tenders have been issued for the project;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient school services have now been put in place for a person (details supplied) [5104/20]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targeted apprentice registrations forecasted for all craft-based apprenticeships and registrations planned under new consortia-led...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied); the precise developmental stage the project is at; if...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a multiannual summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Transport Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue in relation to a school transport issue (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of...
    • Departmental Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware...
    • Home Schooling
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in primary and secondary level that are receiving home school tuition as opposed to school-based tuition in counties...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children awaiting NEPS assessments by county; the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of pupils rural schools need to have to retain or gain additional teachers will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the educational disadvantage committee which was set up under the Education Act 1998 will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Facilities
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency repair work will be carried out at a school (details supplied) to an adequate standard to ensure safety for pupils and staff; and if...
    • School Furniture Provision
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for school furniture for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4061/20]
    • Schools Extra Curricular Activities
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Ministerial order may be made banning school trips to Italy (details supplied). [4072/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for major extension works for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4073/20]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4082/20]
    • Student Support Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an allowance will be reinstated for students studying primary school teaching that must complete Irish language training in An Gaeltacht; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding changes to the employment structure for SNAs; the grounds which will result in a child being provided with SNA assistance;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of additional special needs units in primary schools in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Technological Universities
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a technological university for the south-east; the position regarding the creation of a campus in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) will be given consideration; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SNA will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4167/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be granted the July provision in 2020; and if not, the reason for not being granted the provision which will...
    • Home School Community Liaison Scheme
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extension will be granted to the term of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4199/20]
    • Third Level Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of contact and-or class hours each lecturer is obliged to undertake in each university and institute of technology; if he is...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application for a school (details supplied) for new windows and outside wall reconstruction; and if he will make...
    • School Transport Expenditure
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent, including expenditure from the Bus Éireann surplus on services (details supplied) with a value of over €25,000 for...
    • Commemorative Events
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider submitting a request for a day of remembrance or commemoration to acknowledge the experience of persons abused in residential...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [4264/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of new ASD units at both primary and secondary schools in south County Kildare; the locations of the new units; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned opening date for the new secondary school for the Blanchardstown village and Blanchardstown west school planning areas (details...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the land acquisition for a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his long-term plans to invest in extra capacity for second-level students in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the land acquisition for a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4335/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the provision of the new school building;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4391/20]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pay discrimination imposed on teachers in 2011 (details supplied) will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4407/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for same; the site on which the extension will be...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the undeveloped site beside a school (details supplied) is in the ownership of his Department; and if not, the person or body that owns the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be ensured for the provision of temporary prefab accommodation for a school (details supplied) for September 2020; if so, the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the delay in the registration of teachers with the Teaching Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of special needs places once the new school building is constructed for a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4457/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork with additional needs receives an appropriate second-level school...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of replacing the existing prefabs in a school (details supplied) with a permanent two-storey building; the stage the plans are at;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress in establishing an autism-specific school at a school (details supplied). [4522/20]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing arrangements for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed as a matter of urgency in respect of the publication of staffing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the evidence that special schools and units are not compatible with the views of the UN of inclusion under the Convention of the Rights of...
    • Third Level Admissions
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4605/20]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council requires a handbook from the time applicants undertook their studies to complete their applications; his views on...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of home tuition hours to a child (details supplied) that is due to sit their junior certificate in 2020 will be increased. [4615/20]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will be reviewed to refuse an application for funding under the emergency works grant for roof works at a school (details...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a bheidh athbhreithniú déanta ar an iarratas ó scoil ar dheontas faoi Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh...
    • Summer Works Scheme Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools approved for works under the summer works scheme 2020; the number of applications received in each year since 2016; and if...
    • Stádas Scoile
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil stádas Scoileanna Beaga ag na meánscoileanna ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; agus an...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will make to the scheme for higher education grants to ensure that pharmacy students have access to the full undergraduate rate of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over...
    • School Costs
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing free schoolbooks to children at primary and post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capitation Grants
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing capitation funding to schools to offset the reliance on voluntary contributions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Fees
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing third-level student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4725/20]
    • Private Schools
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a five year period of a school exiting the fee-paying system and becoming fully public; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing an additional guidance counsellor position for schools with over 500 pupils. [4727/20]
    • School Transport Fees
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing free travel for children availing of the school transport scheme. [4729/20]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the payment of wages for apprentices in ETB centres has been changed to fortnightly rather than weekly. [4767/20]
    • State Examinations
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students from a school (details supplied) that was not selected as a pilot school for the computer science course will not be able to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of funding for the planned extension of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in non-pilot schools of the computer science course will be allowed to sit the exam for computer science in 2021 (details supplied);...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works will commence on the planned new national school at Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Institutions
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request was made by Waterford Institute of Technology to purchase the former Waterford Crystal site on the Cork Road in Waterford city to...
    • DEIS Scheme
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current process in designating a school as a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4791/20]
    • Schools Facilities
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to significant problems with the roof, ongoing leaks and difficulties with the heating system at a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4805/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied) has been received; the supports available to island schools...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a planning application for temporary accommodation has been submitted for a school (details supplied); if not, when such a planning...
    • Student Visas Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the issues that arise if a student from another EU member state currently studying in fifth year at second-level here under an exchange programme...
    • Special Educational Needs
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for a student attending third level that has a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome; and the financial and in-class supports...
    • Third Level Fees
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is conducting a review of the university fees policy for persons returning home abroad to study and that are no longer deemed to be Irish...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4854/20]
    • Legal Costs
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State is directly or indirectly funding legal costs, including senior counsel, in the recent past, or on an ongoing basis, associated with...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on home tuition for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which appropriate and sufficient assistance of the request nature has been made available and continues to be made available in the...
    • School Transport
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial measures that will be taken to support bus sub-contractors that are contracted by Bus Éireann to provide school transport...
    • DEIS Scheme
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for the DEIS scheme by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/20]
    • Private Schools
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of financial subsidies paid to private schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4907/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a brief formulation report and service level agreement will be completed in respect of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Student Support Schemes
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for the Gaeltacht costs for trainee teachers to allow for an additional week of training; and if he will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the retention figures for two teacher schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4943/20]
    • School Transport Provision
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport provisions in existence up to September 2019 will be restored to children in Rathcoffey and Donadea, County Kildare, in...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a primary school teacher who is on a fixed term contract for eight hours a week and is also is employed in a Gaeltacht school as a language...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress for a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/20]
    • State Examinations
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the contingency planning for second-level schools and students specifically in relation to practical and oral examinations; when...
    • School Services Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ongoing issues in relation to school secretaries in their actions to have their pay and conditions put on par with...
    • School Placement
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and proposals to address the lack of primary school places in the greater Rosslare area in view of the announcement of a direct...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5031/20]
    • School Transport Fees
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the cost involved for students that have been allocated a concessionary school transport place and that hold a...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an emergency grant funding application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5066/20]
    • Psychological Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when behaviour analysts will be able to register with his Department or CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5074/20]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a period of employment in the UK will be accepted in respect of a supplementary teaching panel rights application by a person (details...
    • National Training Fund
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated revenue that would be generated in a full year if the National Training Fund increased by 0.1%. [5107/20]
    • Capitation Grants
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost if the capitation funding for both primary and post-primary schools increased by 5% from the start of the 2020-21 school year....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works to be carried out at a school (details supplied). [5142/20]
    • DEIS Scheme
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the DEIS programme in order to avail of the schools meal programme; if not, if it can avail of...
    • Schools Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of progression from junior to senior cycle in a school (details supplied); and the way in which this compares to rates nationally. [5147/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an SNA by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5149/20]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Appeals
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works grant appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for additional classrooms, staffing and funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5185/20]
    • School Admissions
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of notices served under section 37A of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 since it was commenced; the number of classrooms...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of funding to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5193/20]
    • School Patronage
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-denominational schools in Dublin 5; the number of students applying and accepted to non-denominational schools in Dublin 5; his...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional Gaelscoileanna in the bay area of north County Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the demand for a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to its 19 years in temporary...
    • Special Educational Needs
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision programme will be extended to include children with Down's syndrome even if they do not meet the full general learning...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to create additional classes to meet the needs of the 150 applications that have...
    • State Examinations
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to students in need of extra time accommodations during exams that do not have a reader or scribe assigned to...
    • School Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the absence of substitute cover for teachers availing of the provisions for breastfeeding breaks as outlined...
    • Special Educational Needs
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce additional ASD facilities at preschool level in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5235/20]
    • Disabilities Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with a disability awaiting a school place in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5236/20]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for renovation and building works; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the existing level of supports for children with an autism diagnosis at primary and secondary level; and if he will make a...
    • Capitation Grants
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a tiered capitation grant can be provided to primary schools in view of the fact that the smaller schools under the current regime receive...
    • Protected Disclosures
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures...
    • School Curriculum
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to proceed with the review of relationships and sex education in schools undertaken by the National Council for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a practice in place by which a special needs asssistant is not granted after 4th class in primary school as they are generally timed...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a replacement school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5442/20]
    • Education and Training Boards
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an outstanding payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5453/20]
    • Technological Universities (1 comment)
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by the Munster technological university consortium on behalf of Cork IT and Tralee IT to become a technological...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a school building to be put in place for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the process and timeline in this regard; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable school place will be secured for a child (details supplied) in County Cork with additional needs; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Offices
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5484/20]
    • School Staff
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5498/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the entitlement for the July provision to children with Down syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5501/20]
    • School Placement
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 5 March 2020, the steps being taken to ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork has an...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5511/20]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Residency Permits
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied). [3914/20]
    • Asylum Applications
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for asylum by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for a Garda vetting application. [3931/20]
    • Departmental Communications
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply will issue to a request submitted to his Department (details supplied) by the Galway West county coroner; and if...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) will be progressed in view of the fact the...
    • Garda Transport Data
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of the north Dublin Garda fleet aged over ten years as of 24 February 2020. [3955/20]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations within the north Dublin Garda division that are due for refurbishment in the first half of 2020; and the...
    • Garda Data
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the north Dublin Garda drugs unit as of 24 February 2020. [3957/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020;...
    • Departmental Data
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020...
    • Legislative Measures
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to protect vulnerable persons here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise harassment legislation here taking into consideration the impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of a...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address female genital mutilation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4112/20]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Prisoner Gratuity Payments
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if gratuity payments made to persons remanded in prisons here are reviewed in the context of the cost of living in the prison...
    • Garda Transport Data
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Louth Garda division as of 31 December 2018 and 26 February 2020, in tabular...
    • Garda Data
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each crime task force within the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, as of 26...
    • Garda Equipment
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available for the purchase of state-of-the art drones for use by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he met the United States Secretary of Homeland Security during 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4175/20]
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked cars and vans attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 31 December 2018 and 26 February...
    • Visa Applications
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the documents that are uniquely required for the category of short-stay spousal visa in circumstances in which an Irish citizen...
    • Residency Permits
      348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Firearms Licences
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if members of the PSNI who are citizens of this State and reside primarily here are permitted to carry their PSNI-issued...
    • Garda Accommodation
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when work will commence on the refurbishment of the Garda immigration facility at Rosslare Harbour; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Reviews
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will be undertaking a review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 in 2020; if so, the terms of...
    • Adoptive Leave
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending the legislation regarding adoptive leave to make provision for one of the fathers of an adopted...
    • Direct Provision System
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports which exist for members of the LGBTIQ community that are within the direct provision system; the supports...
    • Commission on the Future of Policing Reports
      356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland; and if he will...
    • UN Conventions
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Ireland signing up to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Reviews
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 with a view to...
    • Departmental Meetings
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a meeting has taken place with groups involved in advancing the bundle of new Garda stations including Macroom, County Cork...
    • Garda Stations
      360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the reopening of the Garda station in Rush, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/20]
    • Citizenship Applications
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Law Cases
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recognition of foreign divorces as was contained in the referendum held on 24 May 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Status
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter (details supplied) in relation to citizenship will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the permitted absences under the residency criterion for an application for a certificate of...
    • Domestic Violence
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic victims that have presented to State services in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by county in tabular...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by the INIS in view of the decision by the European Court of Justice in relation to a case (details...
    • Refugee Data
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons assisted under the community sponsorship Ireland scheme for refugees; the number of applications on hand;...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to introduce legislation to amend the personal insolvency legislation in line with recommendations arising from...
    • Garda Strength
      370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing Garda strength to 16,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4665/20]
    • Criminal Justice Inspectorate
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a criminal justice inspectorate here based on the model in Northern Ireland. [4672/20]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of each additional Garda youth diversion project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of...
    • Garda Deployment
      375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in the emergency response unit and the unit’s response to the concerns raised by the Garda...
    • Deportation Orders
      376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order will be lifted against a person (details supplied). [4764/20]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be appropriately relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied); if a long-term plan is in place for funding to be...
    • Leave to Remain
      379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain will be granted to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4853/20]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to correspondence in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [4860/20]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal meets on a regular basis; the number of cases before the Tribunal that were...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4877/20]
    • Residency Permits
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for long-stay residency naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination for eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Status
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be permitted to return here under a spousal rejoin process; and if he will make a...
    • Leave to Remain
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when permission to remain will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of spousal entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Leave to Remain
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which progress has been made to date in the context of a review of leave to remain in the case of a person...
    • Deportation Orders
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which progress has taken place in the context of a review of the possibility of setting aside a deportation order...
    • Travel Documents
      393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update of travel documents due to expire on the 9 August 2020 can be facilitated in the case of a person (documents...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Vetting
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated over the past four years to the Garda vetting unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4926/20]
    • International Protection
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 5 March 2020, the reason information is being restricted to only the applicants or...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the grant for community closed circuit television systems; the way in which local groups can apply; and if he...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in respect of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prison Service
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the payments made to a company (details supplied) historically in respect of the Prison Service; and the breakdown of the...
    • Prison Facilities
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the refurbishment works at the Mountjoy Prison training unit in 2019 and to date in 2020; if the contract was...
    • Deportation Orders
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order issued against persons (details supplied) will be lifted. [5088/20]
    • Probate Applications
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when probate will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5091/20]
    • Family Reunification Applications
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for family reunification will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if emergency social welfare payments paid due to Covid-19 will affect future citizenship applications; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be included in the naturalisation ceremony. [5097/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that have been put in place to protect persons staying in direct provision centres in the context of Covid-19;...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to delays in the establishment of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority advisory committee on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that have been tested for Covid-19 by prison in tabular form. [5133/20]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) who left An Garda Síochána in 2008 can be granted pension rights; and if he will make...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Remit
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service has investigated or is investigating third party appropriation of residency...
    • Legislative Measures
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce hate crime and hate speech legislation; the steps he is taking to protect the LGBTI+ community from hate...
    • Prison Staff
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to introducing some flexibility on the retirement age of prison officers for individuals in...
    • Protected Disclosures
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 91 of 13 December 2018 and 466 and 549 of 8 May 2019, when the assessment in respect of...
    • Work Permits
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 3 for the families of non-EU immigrant workers will be abolished; and if the stamp thatgives such persons the right to...
    • Departmental Reports
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the sexual violence reform recommendations that a person (details supplied) was due to report on in December...
    • Civil Service
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason annual leave is reduced for a category of employees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when An Garda Síochána will be recruiting again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5334/20]
    • Direct Provision System
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding a direct provision centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to commence all sections of the Parole Act 2019; if the terms of the legislation in relation to the 12-year...
    • Departmental Offices
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of projects approved under the third call of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund; the number of projects that were not...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      430. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Work Permits
      431. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the provision of additional horticultural permit workers in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      432. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the quality of jobs and the need for further investment in the south-east; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Work Permits
      433. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the reintroduction of horticultural work permits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4190/20]
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if immediate financial contingencies or assistance packages have been explored to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak specifically cash...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      435. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial provisions made for claims pending in the courts in addition to subsequent claims in respect of failures by Departments,...
    • Departmental Data
      438. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to a Department, body, agency or publicly funded organisation which has not fully discharged a valid...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact on businesses especially SMEs in view of Covid-19; and the supports which will be put in place for small businesses to deal...
    • State Aid
      442. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is considering making a request to the Directorate General for Competition for relaxation of state aid rules following...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      443. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to extend the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland loan scheme in order that applicants can access the scheme. [4405/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      444. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • National Economic and Social Council
      445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recent report number 19 by the NESC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5474/20]
    • Departmental Strategies
      446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to produce and implement a unified SME and entrepreneurship policy document with stated strategic objectives, budgets,...
    • Departmental Offices
      447. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are vacancies in the offices of her Department at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Supports
      448. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of all Brexit related supports under the remit of her Department in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Air Ambulance Service Funding
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5294/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if the €60,000 cut in funding for an association (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3913/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for funding to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3916/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for Sláintecare for 2020; the priority areas to which the funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3924/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      455. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add Crohn's disease as a qualifying illness for the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting four years for an appointment with a consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken by the HSE to provide a comprehensive care plan for a person (details supplied) involving the relevant disability and educational organisations...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3953/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding CAMHS (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3954/20]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times in CHO9 for suprapubic catheter surgery. [3958/20]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioner posts filled at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and his plans for 2020 in this regard...
    • Midwifery Services Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two extra drug liaison midwives in community addiction services in CHO9. [3960/20]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Health when St. Brendan’s community nursing unit, Loughrea, County Galway will be open to new respite admissions; if the legionella issue at the unit has been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [3989/20]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment with the audiology service will be provided to a person (details supplied). [3990/20]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who has received treatment under the cross-border directive scheme will be investigated; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard...
    • Departmental Data
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware provided to them by...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to remove cover for liraglutide, marketed as Victoza, under the drugs payment scheme which came into effect on 1 December 2019 will be reversed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an outpatient appointment in Naas General Hospital as of 3 March 2020; the length of time waiting for an appointment by each...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) came into the possession of another person; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Audiology Services Waiting Lists
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting audiology services in counties Laois and Offaly; and the number waiting more than six and 12 months and in excess of two years,...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the number of cranial facial specialists for adolescents here; his plans to recruit additional specialists; and his views on whether...
    • Disability Support Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of day services for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4067/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if the €60,000 cut in funding for an association (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4071/20]
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants not on the specialist register; the specialist area of each; the number working in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      480. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide better access to drugs for MS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4105/20]
    • Medical Card Administration
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the medical card client registration unit treats medical card applications when queued for the attention of the deciding officer; if his...
    • Health Services Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the referral and treatment pathway for persons who, during their annual diabetes retina screen, are identified as having an eyesight abnormality other than...
    • Hospital Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of a canopy at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4120/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4123/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be released to the HSE disability section for a person (details supplied) to avail of residential services. [4124/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [4129/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if asthma will be included under the long-term illness scheme in the near future. [4141/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be transferred from the ASD services in Mervue, County Galway to the ASD services in Briarhill, County Galway; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when the new CAMHS building (details supplied) will open in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4157/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment for admission. [4160/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if a payment under the fair deal scheme can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4162/20]
    • Ambulance Service
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an ambulance base proposed for Maam Cross, County Galway, which was agreed by the National Ambulance Service and is awaiting HSE approval; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment at the orthopaedics outpatient clinic at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [4170/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been rejected by the hardship scheme without explanation or notice; and if he will request a review of their case...
    • HSE Properties
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the site of the former HSE health centre in Cloyne, County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the desire of a group (details supplied) to...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for two CT scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4194/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide a drug (details supplied) for the treatment of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4195/20]
    • Home Help Service
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4196/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      506. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise a life-threatening allergy as a long-term illness; if so, if it will be included on the long-term illness scheme; if such a condition...
    • Medical Records
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive medical records from a hospital which they requested in early January 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4205/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that can be put in place to assist persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4206/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of support under the long-term illness scheme by county; the conditions for which the scheme has been granted (details...
    • Dietetic Services Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the dietician service in Ballincollig, County Cork, was withdrawn from the chronic disease management programme; when the service will be restored;...
    • Hospital Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the acute medical assessment unit in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      514. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork with ASD will be offered services such as speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the closure of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork which offered services to children with special needs; and if he will make a statement...
    • Patient Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health protection surveillance centre website section on notifiable diseases outlining the circumstances under which the disclosure of patient...
    • Disability Services Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the provision of home support for a family of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4225/20]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who aged out of and off the waiting lists for early intervention team assessments by HSE area in 2018 and 2019. [4229/20]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and the timeline to which he is working. [4232/20]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for the early intervention team for Dublin 9; when a child (details supplied) will be given an appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Waste Disposal
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if local authorities have powers under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 1919 to take action in cases in which the build-up of an accumulation of rubbish and...
    • HSE Staff Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the Health Service Executive pest control service for north Dublin city and county; if there are vacancies awaiting to be filled; if...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories and companies that will conduct the new HPV testing for cervical cancer screening; if more than one company is involved; the expected...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4240/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health facilities under the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4244/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an angiogram for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4247/20]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      531. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a drugs repayment fund request for persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4258/20]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an evaluation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4263/20]
    • Hospital Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of new hospital beds and hospital accommodation at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy, County Kildare. [4277/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the services which were being provided through Rochfortbridge health centre as of 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2019; and the services now available at the...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the panel system regarding the recruitment of therapy staff such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists in view of the fact there...
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the internal processes and safeguards in place when HSE employed medical professionals are asked to provide supporting medical commentary and evidence in...
    • Prompt Payments
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not publish quarterly reports on prompt payment of accounts on its website as required by the Department of Business, Enterprise and...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds in the system by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4321/20]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) experienced a delay between providing a cervical screening sample on 22 November 2018 and receiving a positive cancer...
    • Medical Card Applications
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a medical card without delay due to extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to deficiencies in the CAMHS helpline services made available to those in north County Dublin on CAMHS waiting lists; the...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address STIs as a public health issue and ensure the provision of contraceptives for persons under 21 years of age; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      546. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 478 and 480 of 5 March 2020, the reason the HSE has not published its quarterly payment performance reports on its...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if osimertinib will be reimbursed for patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4382/20]
    • Health Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if public patients that have the EGFR mutation have been tested for the T790M mutation. [4384/20]
    • Medical Card Applications
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4387/20]
    • Healthcare Policy
      552. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 5 March 2020, the details of the major EU programme of work related to the code of practice for food and beverage...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment with CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4400/20]
    • Hospital Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new central sterilisation units at both Sligo University Hospital and Roscommon hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a MRI scan for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4404/20]
    • Emergency Departments
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that are 16 years of age are required to register in the adult accident and emergency unit in Tallaght Hospital while still being required...
    • Disability Services Funding
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4417/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to create a rheumatology service in County Wexford will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4420/20]
    • Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance will be reversed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4422/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements will be put in place for an adult insulin pump clinic to be provided at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if a binding unconditional contract between a health group (details supplied) and the State for the purchase of land was in existence prior to the advancement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators the HSE has in each hospital in tabular form; if additional ventilators have been ordered; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding shortfall in an agency (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4438/20]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      567. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease and inflammatory bowel disease on the list of long-term illness scheme illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to implement in respect of the difficulties in the recruitment and retention of general practitioners with particular reference to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with an appointment for an assessment with the ASD services in counties Galway and Roscommon; the reason for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if appointments for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4487/20]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be treated for orthodontic care in St. Finbarr’s Hospital, Douglas Road, Cork in view of the circumstances [4489/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) receiving a hospital appointment; the length of time they will be on the waiting list; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/20]
    • National Children's Hospital
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement strategy used for the national children's hospital; the nature of the public procurement contract used; the financing arrangements for the...
    • Mental Health Act Review
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the children’s part of the review of the operation of the Mental Health Act 2001 will be released; the reason it has been delayed; and...
    • Mental Health Policy
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in advancement of the Youth Mental Health Pathfinder project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in UHK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4512/20]
    • HSE Records
      583. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 12 December 2019, if he will further investigate the query (details supplied). [4516/20]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      584. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to clear the waiting list for ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4528/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if a target for eye care patients based on the urgency of the condition will be introduced alongside referral to treatment targets to prevent avoidable...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will work with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure the eye clinic liaison officers are in the right place at the right time across...
    • Disability Support Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be supported in extending the personal assistant service to include persons that are blind and vision impaired; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services Funding
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding allocation to an organisation (details supplied) will be restored by at least 16%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4546/20]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if the financial resources will be provided to introduce a subsidised taxi transport scheme for persons with sight loss; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the provision made for drive-in testing for Covid-19; and if medical professionals are checking passengers from affected areas to assess risk in ports and...
    • Disability Services Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if one single national budget will be considered for an organisation (details supplied) to facilitate equal access to services nationwide; and if he will make...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lowering the 100% taper rate of the blind welfare allowance in view of the fact it is regarded as too steep and creates an income plateau...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Data
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will digitalise its records in order that it can easily retrieve statistics on the number of blind and vision impaired persons that have...
    • Audiology Services Waiting Lists
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for children to access child audiology services by county in tabular form [4576/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in University Hospital Kerry for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4577/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will resource local authorities in order that they can subsequently ensure that the accessibility needs of persons that are blind and vision...
    • Disability Services Funding
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will ring-fence adequate funding to facilitate a project (details supplied) and its associated costs in continuing to better support the...
    • Disability Support Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will seek to officially recognise and support an organisation (details supplied) as a complementary service provider to support and...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug will be released to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4596/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4597/20]
    • HSE Staff Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are agency staff employed as clerical officers within the HSE filling posts since 2014; and the steps...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4601/20]
    • HSE Reports
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of occupational therapy reports furnished by the HSE to local authorities for housing adaptation grants; if the HSE...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4603/20]
    • Hospital Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if an updated risk assessment has been carried out in relation to the protocols and procedures in place at the laundry service of University Hospital Galway,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      628. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 5 March 2020, if all recommendations of the Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy...
    • Air Quality
      630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 20 November 2019, when the HSE and the EPA collaborative report to examine the relationship between short-term...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4625/20]
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if, between 2019 and 2020, 153 posts will be supressed in CHO2 the primary care unit that has responsibility for primary care in counties Galway, Mayo and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      633. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure adequate care for persons with an intellectual disability that may be impacted by Covid-19 either directly or indirectly in view of their...
    • Foireann Seirbhíse Sláinte
      634. To ask the Minister for Health cén fáth nach bhfuil ach conradh bliana á thairiscint maidir le post an dochtúra ar Inis Oírr; cé na socruithe atá i...
    • Healthcare Policy
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in implementing the special island health policy published in the past year; the health services that have or are proposed to be...
    • Disability Services Funding
      636. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the cuts of €20 million announced for the intellectual disability sector in January 2020; his further plans to provide extra...
    • Water Fluoridation
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the reviews carried out over the past nine years into the use of fluoride in water to ascertain the advantages and possible risk from same; the discussions...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      638. To ask the Minister for Health when a person offered a job (details supplied) with the HSE in January 2019 will receive their work contract to commence work; the reason the person has not...
    • Health Services Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring that all primary care teams have at least one mental health post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4663/20]
    • Home Help Service
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home help provision for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4689/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over €100,000; and if...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a new transport support scheme to replace the removal of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant in 2013. [4713/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 12 December 2019, the status of the issues to be addressed; if the funding has been approved for the additional...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting 2,500 additional nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4730/20]
    • General Practitioner Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering free general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4735/20]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 1,000 additional practice, community care and public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4737/20]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges and rolling out free prescription medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4738/20]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/20]
    • Home Help Service
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 12 million home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/20]
    • Health Services Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of nursing home beds by 1,250 over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4741/20]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of hospital beds by 1,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4742/20]
    • Health Services Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing for free contraception, including emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4743/20]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing, equipping and staffing 50 additional new ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4744/20]
    • Dental Services Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free dental care for all children and young persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4745/20]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting a minimum 2,000 additional full-time mental health staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4747/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing child and adolescent mental health teams to 100; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4748/20]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing community mental health teams to 50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/20]
    • Health Services Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a crisis house in each HSE catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4750/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines that are the subject of purchase orders [4759/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4761/20]
    • Home Help Service
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4765/20]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the diabetes nurse for Loughlinstown health centre has not been replaced; if the post will be filled as soon as possible in order that those in need...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4776/20]
    • Psychological Assessments
      677. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed by a psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4778/20]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has a medical card on the basis of having kidney failure will have that medical card withdrawn if the person undergoes a successful kidney...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      679. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the medical certificate required for the over 80s to renew their driver licences can be obtained free of charge; if his attention has been...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs can be undertaken in respect of a child (details supplied); if services and therapies can be obtained by the early intervention team;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding being made available to University Hospital Waterford to deal with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4784/20]
    • Respite Care Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the current use and capacity of a respite care house for persons with an intellectual disability at a location (details supplied); the cost of running the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      688. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to get an appointment with the Eye and Ear Hospital. [4814/20]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement breastfeeding nurse has been provided at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway. [4824/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/20]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the participant payment for a service (details supplied). [4826/20]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies filled or unfilled on a temporary basis in Cavan General Hospital; and the details of each by categories (details supplied). [4852/20]
    • Medical Qualifications
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the checks made into the qualifications of doctors coming to work here from other countries; and if an English language exam is required before they take up a...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if medicinal cannabis can be provided here without the necessity of patients having to travel abroad to acquire the product; if so, the location it can be...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if a fair deal application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4865/20]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism and criteria to reimburse families that have had to travel abroad to obtain medicinal cannabis; the length of time it takes for families to be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4871/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate supports and services will be provided for a person (details supplied) at the Prader-Willi syndrome specific house located in Enniscorthy,...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      702. To ask the Minister for Health when additional medical treatment will be provided under the treatment purchase fund for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which appropriate and sufficient assistance of the request nature has been made available and continues to be made available in the case of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      704. To ask the Minister for Health when medical treatment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4896/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the weekly nursing home care cost in respect of a person (details supplied) who was recently admitted to a nursing home from a recent...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring 1,500 additional new staff for primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4902/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment of needs in south-west areas of Dublin; the waiting times for follow-up supports following an assessment; and if...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      708. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4918/20]
    • Maternity Leave
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which maternity cover can be made available to speech and language therapists to ensure uninterrupted treatment for children with special needs;...
    • Health Services Provision
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the residential services provided in the case of a person (details supplied) continue to meet the person's diagnostic requirements; and if...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 890 of 5 March 2020, the status of an application for respite services in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 879 of 5 March 2020, in the case of a person (details supplied), with particular reference to the statement that patients...
    • Hospital Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on a new endoscopy unit for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4959/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the next steps in the delivery of a new stand-alone mental health unit to replace an existing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works proposed for St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4961/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4976/20]
    • Hospital Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if there is agreement on funding being provided to facilitate a new 72-inpatient care wing at Tallaght University Hospital in 2020. [4981/20]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if reassurance will be provided to the staff at a facility (details supplied) that once the current health emergency has alleviated they will be permitted to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4996/20]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the status of occupational therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5007/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for an approved placement in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5023/20]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to take to address the lack of access to general practitioner services in rural locations and in particular the greater Rosslare area in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5030/20]
    • National Office for Suicide Prevention
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2019 and 2020, respectively in tabular form. [5044/20]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be released for a home care package for a person (details supplied) in order that the person can leave the Mater Hospital. [5049/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if staff of home care providers will be issued with personal protective equipment to deal with possible cases of Covid-19. [5051/20]
    • Home Help Service
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which continuity of home help services will be maintained. [5053/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the timeline for the scheduling of the surgery; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for additional staff will be committed for the opening of the new residential unit at a nursing home (details supplied); if his attention has been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5058/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the status of fair deal applications by persons (details supplied); the position of each on the waiting list; when the scheme will commence for them; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5082/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      757. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech therapy and autism support. [5087/20]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to re-registering nursing staff that have allowed their registration to expire in view of the Covid-19 outbreak; and if the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [5090/20]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for an increase in pensions for retired nursing staff in view of the fact this group has not seen an increase in pension rates in over 10...
    • Home Help Service
      761. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable home help hours will be put in place as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [5098/20]
    • Primary Care Centres
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works to complete a primary care health centre at Church Street, Moate, County Westmeath; and if this work will be completed within the coming...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the physiotherapy plans the HSE foresee putting in place for a person (details supplied). [5105/20]
    • Home Help Service
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5117/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      765. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5118/20]
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine changes which have recently been made by which pharmacy assistants can no longer cover for the senior pharmacist for a short period of...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if an extra week respite can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5139/20]
    • Primary Care Centres Administration
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resolution of parking issues at the primary care centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [5140/20]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation governing minimum unit pricing for the sale of alcohol; and the efforts being made to ensure that this legislation is not further...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Statutory Instrument No. 541/2019 will affect families that began their IVF donor-sperm procedures prior to 4 May 2020 in relation to the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for inclusion on the fair deal scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5148/20]
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      773. To ask the Minister for Health when an issue that has been referred to the Consumers Affairs Office in accordance with the Your Service Your Say: the Management of Service User Feedback for...
    • Home Help Service
      775. To ask the Minister for Health when home help which was granted will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5172/20]
    • Disability Support Services
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the social worker availability for persons with a disability over 55 but not yet 65 years of age in Portlaoise, County Laois (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Dravet syndrome that have severe intractable epileptic seizures can obtain CBD oil on the medical card system or at least at a price they can...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      778. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the 20-bed cystic fibrosis unit at Beaumont Hospital will commence; when it is due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      780. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence legislation on minimum unit pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for those with epidermolysis bullosa; the efforts being made to support nursing care and care packages for persons living with the...
    • Dental Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the Dentists Act 1985; the steps he is taking to allow dental hygienists and clinical dental technicians to work directly with the public...
    • Disease Management
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consideration of the scientific advisory committee of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the report of the lyme borreliosis...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make kuvan available through Temple Street Children’s University Hospital and the Mater Hospital for phenylketonuria patients;...
    • Hospitals Policy
      786. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore funding to the baby friendly hospital initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5217/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      787. To ask the Minister for Health when funding and a care package approved but not delivered will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the conditions of the person;...
    • Healthcare Policy
      788. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national children’s eye care programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/20]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      789. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the number of persons waiting to receive appointments in relation to eye care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/20]
    • Care Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a register to ensure consistency in terms of a qualification and care in respect of care assistants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Children's Hospital
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since it made its decision to pursue legal action against a company (details...
    • State Bodies
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has no representative from a society (details supplied); the...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried out with respect to revising the model of care applied to terminations of pregnancy; the person or body he has assigned to revise the...
    • Health Services Funding
      795. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be provided for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5285/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures examined to...
    • Health Services Provision
      798. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a specialist to deal with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Groups
      801. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 13 November 2019, if an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of Midland...
    • Home Help Service Data
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 17 April 2020 or the latest date available; the way in which it compares to target in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 17 April 2020 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of March 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Disability Services Data
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area at the end of March 2020 or latest date available; the number of...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      876. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of March 2020 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by...
    • Disability Services Provision
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5419/20]
    • Health Services Funding
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the ten-year timeframe projections of his Department and the Health Service Executive on nursing home and residential care including expected...
    • Healthcare Policy
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the cost basis for the agreement with the private hospital sector; and the way in which the figure of €115 million per month was arrived at. [5432/20]
    • Hospital Services
      889. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5455/20]
    • Infectious Diseases Data
      890. To ask the Minister for Health if statistical data on the incidence of bronchitis in April 2020 is or may become available; and if so, the details of same. [5458/20]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      891. To ask the Minister for Health if financial support can be provided to a person (details supplied) in a case in which due to alopecia, expensive wigs are required for more than one member of...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Arden House, County Wexford, is not opened; the opening date; if the staffing numbers will meet the standards as set down by the WHO; and if he will...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ban on menthol cigarettes; when the measure will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5473/20]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for public relations advice since January 2020 in each hospital group; and the services paid for each month in tabular form. [5479/20]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding payments to nurses. [5480/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5490/20]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      897. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/20]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the potential closure of the Longford greyhound race track by the Irish Greyhound Board, if his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Departmental Data
      900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via...
    • Felling Licences
      901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to date to resolve the ongoing issue relating to delays in the processing of felling licences; and if he will make...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be received under the organic farming scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Fisheries Protection
      903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, inspections on the fishing fleet will be examined in view of the SFPA report, which...
    • Greyhound Industry
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the decision by the Irish Greyhound Board to close the Enniscorthy track; and if an analysis was carried out of the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the TAMS application process in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the protocol and regulations a ship must pass to be permitted to carry livestock for live export will be clarified; the number of...
    • Nitrates Usage
      908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a director’s review of a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the large number of reviews of land eligibility in respect of agriculture schemes on the Aran Islands, County Galway, will be...
    • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
      910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a BIM application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4137/20]
    • GLAS Issues
      911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4139/20]
    • Forestry Management
      912. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the eradication of a diseased product (details supplied) in view of the fact felling licence applications are...
    • Public Parks
      913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the newly developed public park on the site of the former Irish Steel plant at Haulbowline, County Cork will open to the general...
    • Departmental Staff
      914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a certificate of service will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4228/20]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      915. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4246/20]
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4285/20]
    • Animal Diseases
      917. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date from which Ireland can apply to have the BSE status changed from controlled to negligible; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      918. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a replacement payment will be provided for an agricultural payment made some time ago to a person (details supplied) which was...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      919. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a funding application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4662/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      920. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      921. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a basic payment scheme payment for 2019 will be issued to a person (details supplied). [4768/20]
    • Animal Diseases
      923. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to assist farms in counties Cavan and Monaghan impacted by avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Issues
      925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4875/20]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      926. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding amendments to a townland (details supplied) in circumstances in which its status is being considered for...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme
      927. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing the payment under the suckler cow scheme to €200 per cow for the first 15 cows in the herd;...
    • Forestry Grants
      928. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of extending the forestry scheme payment period from 15 to 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Harbour Fees
      929. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment plan will be accepted in respect of outstanding harbour charges from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Beef Industry
      930. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which it is expected to stabilise beef processing for producers in such a way as to ensure adequate supply to the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      931. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times to date in 2020 he has met formally with the CEO and or chairperson of Horse Racing Ireland; and when he will...
    • Teagasc Activities
      932. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Teagasc could be instructed by his Department to play a greater role in the promotion of the live cattle export...
    • Forestry Sector
      933. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual deductions that occurred on a forestry contract (details supplied); if the deductions are repayable to the landowner; and...
    • Felling Licences
      934. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the circumstances in which a tree felling licence was awarded to a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will...
    • Veterinary Medicines
      935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine regulations that would prohibit merchants from selling and administering animal preventative remedies without a...
    • Felling Licences
      936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences granted to farmers since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5130/20]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) with a view to ensuring that financial and supply arrangements with Irish farmers...
    • Beef Industry
      938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if emergency intervention measures for beef farmers will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5132/20]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [5181/20]
    • Animal Welfare
      940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen the laws on animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5194/20]
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the dredging of Howth harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5219/20]
    • Dairy Sector
      942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the European Commission on the need to introduce a private storage aid scheme for the dairy sector; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed adopted by the European Council on 26 November 2018 and due to come...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to disburse or use the approximately €25 million underspend from the BEAM scheme; if a further BEAM...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had engagements with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 1 March 2020 to date; and if he...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made under the young farmer scheme since it was introduced by county in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Consultations
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of internal and external consultancy reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2019 and to date...
    • Trade Agreements
      948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been developments in concluding a beef trading deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran; and if he will make a statement...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if force majeure will be considered for the temporary reduction of the stocking rate for a 2019 area of natural constraints...
    • Protected Disclosures
      950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to a TAMS grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5329/20]
    • Inshore Fisheries
      952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding set aside to support inshore fishermen in view of the fact the funding for storage does not suit this sector. [5452/20]
    • Forestry Management
      953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in regard to the spraying of forestry plantations with cypermethrin at different times of the year (details...
    • Beef Industry
      954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the beef plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5463/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Industry
      956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef taskforce has met remotely or otherwise since 9 January 2020; when it will publish its report into the matters set out in...
    • Food Labelling
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to recent incidents in which imported food has turned up on supermarket shelves carrying Bord Bia...
    • Beef Industry
      959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the date by which farmers must reduce their herd size to comply with the conditions of the BEAM scheme in view of...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      960. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider including the blind pension and disability allowance as qualifying payments for entitlement to the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      961. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to implement the Climate Action Plan 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the considerable...
    • Emergency Services
      962. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the availability and current operational status of the 112 SMS service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Air Pollution
      963. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the research undertaken by his Department regarding outdoor air pollution; the main causes affecting Ireland in order...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      965. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date...
    • Departmental Data
      966. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Litter Pollution
      967. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on polystyrene packaging that is littered and subsequently eaten by birds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      968. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding is available for community-led projects engaging in climate action and protecting biodiversity at a local...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      969. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding fibre broadband provision at a location (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      970. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the need of an area (details supplied) to be promoted from the amber level of the national...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      971. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the renewable energy support scheme will exclude farm scale projects; if the decision will be re-examined;...
    • Climate Action Plan
      973. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of progress and a projected timeline for implementation of action No. 31 of the Climate Action Plan in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      974. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if 6% of hedgerows will be included in calculations relating to carbon sequestration figures; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      977. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter regarding broadband provision in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Waste Management
      978. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has ceased the policy of introducing waste waivers for families with incontinence and disability issues. [4269/20]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      979. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken on the estimated cost of net carbon reduction in circumstances in which...
    • National Broadband Plan
      980. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of broadband under the national broadband scheme in respect of Garristown and the...
    • Fishing Licences
      985. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fishing licences; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sporting Rights
      986. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Six Nations Championship will be designated as being of major importance to society that must be screened live...
    • EU Directives
      987. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured that all public bodies prepare for the implementation of the EU web accessibility directive; and...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      989. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider urging the BAI to set homegrown production targets for home produced programmes to be broadcast...
    • National Broadband Plan
      991. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when connections will be made to houses and businesses under the national broadband plan; the number of houses and...
    • Energy Efficiency
      992. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, to ensure that its grants for houses...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      993. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries...
    • National Broadband Plan
      994. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an address (details supplied) was not included by commercial operators in regard to the roll-out of the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      996. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an area (details supplied) will receive broadband. [4831/20]
    • National Broadband Plan
      997. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; and when the roll out will commence in County Donegal. [4857/20]
    • Just Transition Commissioner
      998. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the resourcing of the office of the Just Transition Commissioner and team in terms of finance,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      999. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of trebling funding for the trading online vouchers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Online Safety
      1000. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full year cost of the online safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4929/20]
    • Energy Efficiency
      1001. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of family homes likely to be retrofitted on foot of a budget of €160 million fund; and if...
    • Waste Management Expenditure
      1003. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of introducing a deposit and return scheme for plastics; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Disposal
      1004. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of putting waste collection back under the direct control of local authorities; and if he will make...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1005. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of three broadband connection points in County Kildare; when they will be available for...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1006. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new electric vehicle charging points installed since the announcement of extra funding in 2019 to...
    • Energy Efficiency
      1007. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be urgently allocated to the SEAI for the better energy community scheme in order to ensure that...
    • Just Transition Commissioner
      1008. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with the Just Transition Commissioner; the funding provided to the Commissioner; if he is satisfied...
    • Just Transition Fund
      1010. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the application to the platform for coal region in transition; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1011. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1012. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of...
    • Communications Masts
      1013. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedure for appealing against a decision by the Commission for Communications Regulation endorsed by the local...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1014. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of CO2 emitted from Shannonbridge, Lanesborough and Moneypoint power plants. [5451/20]
    • Climate Action Plan
      1015. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter regarding the Climate Action Plan 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Illegal Dumping
      1016. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures put in place to tackle illegal dumping in view of increased reports in recent weeks. [5468/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      1018. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      1020. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the community involvement scheme funding will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3910/20]
    • Bus Services
      1021. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the installation of a bus shelter on the N1 northbound at Mosney, Julianstown, County Meath; when the bus shelter will be...
    • National Transport Authority
      1024. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue received by the NTA in respect of a coach park (details supplied) in 2019; the costs and expenses relating to same...
    • Bus Services
      1025. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline by route for the roll out of 24-hour bus services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1026. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Departmental Data
      1027. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via...
    • Railway Stations
      1028. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of arrivals and departures, including time schedules and destinations, for trains at stations (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Reports
      1029. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a report (details supplied) will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4094/20]
    • Rural Transport Services
      1030. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been expressions of interest for the rural hackney scheme project serving Martinstown, County Limerick; and the date by...
    • Driver Test Centres
      1032. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of and reason for delays at driver test centres nationally by length of time waiting, age of applicants and centre in tabular...
    • Rail Services
      1033. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received briefings on rail use on the Mallow to Cork line for the past 12 months, including the need to introduce Leap card...
    • Bus Éireann
      1035. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the figures of surplus or deficit separately for school transport, Expressway and other commercial Bus Éireann activities auditors...
    • Greenways Funding
      1036. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a role in the funding of the Broadmeadow Way linking Malahide and the Donabate Peninsula, County Dublin; and if he...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      1037. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed MetroLink project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4340/20]
    • Bus Services
      1039. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop will be placed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/20]
    • Road Network
      1040. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding access to a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4406/20]
    • Driver Licences
      1041. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding a driver licence in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Airports
      1042. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops and the quantities of weapons and munitions that have passed through Shannon Airport between 27 February 2002...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      1043. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a tourism project (details supplied) in County Mayo first announced in 2015 has not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1044. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with organisations (details supplied) concerning whether matches and training sessions should be cancelled nationwide....
    • Disability Services Provision
      1045. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider consulting persons that are blind and vision impaired at each stage in a project or large-scale service change in...
    • State Properties
      1051. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the sites and buildings Irish Rail has disposed of to the private market and to the State in the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1053. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to the Vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1054. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure all transport workers are provided with hand sanitisers (details supplied). [4866/20]
    • Rail Services Data
      1055. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of introducing an hourly train between Belfast and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/20]
    • Rural Transport Programme
      1056. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the rural transport scheme to allow increased utilisation for students living outside the terms of the scheme (details...
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      1057. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the Bus Éireann fleet at present; the estimated cost of the purchase of an electric bus; the cost of its maintenance on...
    • Public Transport Fares
      1058. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of introducing free public transport for persons under 18 years of age across the PSO services, taking account of the...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      1059. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a proposal (details supplied); if the criteria of the scheme is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1060. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on a sports capital grant appeal by a club (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      1061. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered offering temporary extensions to elderly drivers that need medical or optical certificates of fitness to renew...
    • Driver Licences
      1062. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide driver licences to asylum seekers residing here. [5120/20]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1063. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned improvement works on the N4 route between Mullingar and Longford. [5141/20]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1064. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an appeal of a decision will be provided in respect of a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      1065. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available to local authorities in respect of community involvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      1066. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding deferred pensions affected by the State Airports Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5198/20]
    • Road Projects
      1067. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a roads project at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5230/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      1068. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • Rail Services
      1069. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the release of the latest rail review report on the western rail corridor commissioned in 2019, in view of the fact the...
    • Departmental Offices
      1070. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      1071. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of capital funding provided to crèches in the past five years by funding stream; and the number of additional places...
    • Education Costs
      1072. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated capital cost of creating an additional early years place. [3967/20]
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      1074. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered exempting early years providers from commercial rates; and if an assessment has been conducted as to the cost of the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1075. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the ECCE programme by one, two, three or four weeks, respectively accounting for potential increases in...
    • School Completion Programme
      1076. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Programmes
      1077. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review into the ABC programme. [3972/20]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1079. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring family resource centre funding to peak levels on a per centre basis, that is, taking into account the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1080. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers Tusla is seeking to recruit in the next 12 months; and the overall target of Tusla for...
    • Living Wage
      1082. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of ensuring that staff employed by her Department and agencies under her aegis receive the living wage of €12.30...
    • Departmental Staff
      1083. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional social worker. [3978/20]
    • National Childcare Scheme
      1084. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beneficiary children at each level of subsidy of the national childcare scheme in tabular form. [3979/20]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1085. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to bring the ECCE scheme under the remit of the national childcare scheme. [3980/20]
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      1086. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of grant funding recouped from community childcare services in respect of children attending fewer hours of childcare than was...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1088. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to allow for the number of ECCE hours that a child is eligible to receive to be contingent upon the attendance of the...
    • Childcare Services
      1089. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if community childcare services are advised by her Department or an agency acting on its behalf to send their staff home in circumstances...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1090. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is fair for early years services that sign a contract with her Department for the provision of childcare schemes...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1092. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Departmental Data
      1093. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware...
    • Child Abuse
      1094. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations of child sexual abuse that were determined as unfounded in 2018 and 2019; her plans to ensure that Tusla creates...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1095. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if out-of-term time for early childcare education and school age schemes will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1096. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an exception will be made for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo to allow them to avail of their entitlement of two years ECCE;...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      1097. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application for the childcare subsidy by a person (details supplied); if the application will be backdated from when it...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1098. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4187/20]
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      1099. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge spaces available for victims of domestic violence and families affected by domestic violence; the location of each;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if statistical information will be provided regarding preschools (details supplied). [4267/20]
    • National Childcare Scheme
      1101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date paper based applications for the national childcare scheme will be introduced; if paper based application payments will be...
    • Public Services Card
      1102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering removing the public services card as a requisite for applying to the national childcare scheme in view of the views...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      1103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children that accessed Tusla funded domestic violence refuge accommodation in 2019; the average length of time...
    • Children in Care
      1104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors in the care of Tusla; if these children are placed in direct provision once they turn 18 years of age;...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      1105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason payments to a person (details supplied) under the national childcare scheme are not backdated to the date the person was...
    • Child Abuse
      1106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports (details supplied) in respect of the treatment of child abuse victims; if changes in respect of the process will take...
    • Departmental Funding
      1107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of grants or funding for a holistic psychotherapist to provide children focused services; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to the Vote of her Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over...
    • School Completion Programme
      1109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing investment in the school completion programme by one third. [4728/20]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if changes will be made to the system in place by which staff in preschools must complete a large amount of administrative work in order...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 5 March 2020, the factors which determine the allocation of educational welfare officers...
    • Child Abuse
      1113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of child sexual abuse allegations that were deemed founded or unfounded in 2018. [4847/20]
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation for the Office of the Ombudsman for Children in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [4850/20]
    • Childcare Qualifications
      1115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a learner's fund of €9.6 million would enable the achievement of a 60% degree led ECCE workforce; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      1116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the six childminding development officer positions with a dedicated officer employed by each city and...
    • Foster Care Expenditure
      1118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to review the rates paid to foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4968/20]
    • Childcare Services
      1119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a childcare centre (details supplied) received an email from her Department regarding extending its contracts until August 2020...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there was budgetary underspending by her Department specifically on early years in the four years prior to 2016; and if so, the amount...
    • Childcare Services
      1121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place for HSE staff who cannot find alternative childcare arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports that will be available for childcare and crèche workers as a result of the decision to close crèches and childcare...
    • Child Abuse
      1123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the management of the allegations outlined in an article (details supplied). [5102/20]
    • Childcare Services
      1124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the poor level of pay and conditions being experienced by graduate workers in the childcare sector; and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the draft childminding action plan (details supplied). [5124/20]
    • Childcare Services
      1126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the employment of staff under the AIM scheme will be clarified; and if staff employed under the scheme are required to have a FETAC...
    • Child Abuse
      1127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child sexual abuse reports received in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the number referred to An Garda Síochána;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the access inclusion model for pre-school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5270/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      1129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures...
    • Departmental Offices
      1130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are vacancies in the offices of her Department at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1131. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding will be made available to local authorities in respect of the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      1132. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the broadband officers in each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5454/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1133. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
    • Departmental Data
      1134. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via...
    • Community Development Projects
      1135. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding The Big Hello! community event; when announcements will be made regarding events for 2020; and if he will make...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      1136. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received and the amount of funding sought in respect of each application under the rural regeneration and...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1138. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1139. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available to a school under LEADER to assist in safety measures incorporating a public footpath at a school (details...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Local Employment Service
      1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to privatise local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3911/20]
    • Respite Care Grant Appeals
      1142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a respite care grant by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Departmental Data
      1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020...
    • JobPath Programme
      1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to discontinue the JobPath scheme at the end of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4045/20]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4068/20]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      1149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding commercial employers’ treatment of the mandatory pensionable age as 65 years of age in view of...
    • Carer's Benefit Payments
      1150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status on the review for a carer's benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she will...
    • Social Insurance
      1152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated impact on the public pay bill by the introduction of a 15.75% rate of employer's PRSI on portion of salaries...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4182/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections or measures in place or to be put in place in scenarios related to the Covid-19 outbreak (details supplied);...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      1156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was turned down for a widow's pension in view of the fact the necessary contributions...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4421/20]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is on the full rate of invalidity pension; the amount of arrears due to the person; and the...
    • Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant
      1162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workplace adaption grant to those on community employment schemes will be extended; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the basic social welfare rate will be increased for the blind pension and disability allowance by at least €20 per...
    • Disability Support Services
      1164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) and blind and vision impaired persons will be consulted as part of the research...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      1165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria for access to the free travel scheme to include those with a...
    • Blind Person's Pension Payments
      1166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income trough caused in cases in which the income of a blind or vision impaired person exceeds eligibility for the...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      1167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change will be made to the blind welfare allowance in order that it is not counted when assessing means for disability...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      1173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Intreo offices are actively distributing forms to change social protection...
    • School Meals Programme
      1174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the hot school meals programme is being operationalised currently; the number of schools and school...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
      1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce mortgage interest supplement to assist those that may become redundant or be absent from work due...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending child benefit to persons of 18 years of age in secondary schools; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment rate to €245; and...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      1179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the age limit for the one-parent family payment to 14 years of age and the earnings...
    • Disability Allowance
      1180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance payment rate to €265; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer's allowance and benefit rate from €219 to €255. [4682/20]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      1182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension (non-contributory) submitted in 2015 by a person (details supplied). [4693/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Vote of her Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be approved and expedited for a person (details supplied). [4721/20]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      1185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can claim arrears for the household benefits package in view of the fact they forgot to apply...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      1186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in place for self-employed persons to receive illness benefit. [4811/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions which will be made for persons with fixed low incomes reliant on prepay power services that run out of...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      1188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in regard to eligibility for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Social Insurance
      1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to cases regarding pre-entry contributions in circumstances in which contributions under the...
    • Parental Leave Expenditure
      1192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing parental leave by an additional 26 weeks and increasing the rate of benefit paid by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a further review of entitlements in respect of carer's and jobseeker's allowances can be undertaken in the case of a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions have been made to financially support lone parents unable to work due to lack of childcare during mandatory...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if regular social welfare payments will be advanced in order to reduce the need for persons to attend post and social...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the fuel allowance period to the end of April 2020 to help persons with...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment will continue to be paid to families even if there is a reduction in their working hours. [4992/20]
    • Gas and Electricity Disconnections
      1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to pausing all energy disconnections and social welfare sanctions. [4994/20]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [5006/20]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make more resources available to charities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding retired post office workers whose only income is their post office pension; if they have an...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability payment review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the period a person spends on homekeeping duties will be taken into consideration to reach the 520 contributions that are...
    • Employment Rights
      1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to protect workers' right to disconnect outside paid working hours; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5272/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the issue of a pro-rata pension for persons that do not have the required number of PRSI...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      1209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a non-contributory pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • National Economic and Social Council
      1210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent report No. 19 by the NESC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5475/20]
    • Departmental Offices
      1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are vacancies in the offices of her Department at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      1213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will recognise an organisation (details supplied) as a key stakeholder and will involve it in the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that homeless persons and families will be able to self-isolate if and when they are...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF; the amount of funding awarded to date; and the amount...
    • Property Registration
      1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that will be taken to expedite an application for the registration of properties (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      1217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are funding or grant schemes available to a private company that has secured partial but significant private funding...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Departmental Data
      1220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020...
    • Fire Stations
      1221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to upgrade Cappamore fire station, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4033/20]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schedule of the funding allocated to local authorities that was to be used specifically for Traveller accommodation in...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units purchased by local authorities in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by county in Leinster; the...
    • Rental Sector
      1225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a rent freeze will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4048/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the introduction of the affordable housing schemes will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Issues
      1227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that permanent secondary school teachers are unable to afford housing rents or mortgages; and if he...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      1228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the revised valuations have been changed by county; if the approach will be reviewed in order to benefit revalued...
    • Local Authority Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lighting on Inis Oírr pier, Aran Islands, County Galway has not...
    • Mica Redress Scheme
      1231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the application process for the Mica redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4146/20]
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the drawdown by each local authority from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      1233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for repayment of proceeds following the sale of an affordable home by a person that had originally purchased the...
    • Planning Investigations
      1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1975 of 6 September 2019, if a full report (details supplied) will be published...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      1235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mortgage to rent scheme will be addressed; and if he...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      1236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the revision of rates will be suspended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4257/20]
    • General Elections
      1237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of votes cast in the General Election on 8 February 2020 that were deemed invalid due to the fact that ballot...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if essential funding will be awarded for works to a group water scheme (details supplied). [4373/20]
    • Fire Service
      1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to plans by Sligo County Council to downgrade the Sligo fire service to a retained only...
    • Legislative Measures
      1243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be in place to enable local communities such as Enniscrone, County Sligo to hold local plebiscites to...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1225 of 5 March 2020, the average amount of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan drawn down...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend by each local authority of its Traveller accommodation budget in 2019. [4475/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of social housing delivered via each delivery stream, such as, build, acquisition and leasing by each local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes on the Poolbeg strategic development zone, Dublin. [4479/20]
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      1251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable cost-rental homes on St. Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8. [4480/20]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities and approved housing bodies will be permitted to access the 40-year financing and the serviced sites...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of serviced site funding drawn down to date by each local authority; and the projects in this regard in tabular...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when affordable purchase guidelines will be issued to each local authority in terms of the affordable housing scheme. [4483/20]
    • Housing Data
      1255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of developments that have sought planning under the strategic housing development guidelines in 2019 and to date...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families approved for housing but not yet tenants in each local authority area to date; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      1258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, recipients by county to date; the annualised average payment by household by...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Minister for Health regarding the reform of the fair deal scheme. [4496/20]
    • Electoral Process
      1260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing those with impaired vision to cast their ballots either by telephone or electronically in view...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      1261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will encourage local authorities to use their discretion and remove business rates from the premises in...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      1262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average rent paid by local authority tenants for each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Property Registration Authority
      1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a large number of issues arising with folios due to errors that...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      1264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a time limit in place as to when seaweed harvesters can lodge claims for title to cut seaweed in certain areas...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Potential
      1265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in developing proposals to amend the Foreshore Acts as they relate to seaweed harvesting to protect...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to address the funding shortfall in funding for Galway County Council and Galway City Council as...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restoring funding for Traveller-specific accommodation to 2008 levels; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      1269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of doubling funding for housing adaption grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4668/20]
    • Housing Provision
      1270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of doubling the provision of housing under Housing First; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Government Fund
      1271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the local government fund by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4671/20]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the vote of his Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of...
    • Marine Plan Implementation
      1274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the consultation process arising from the process on the national marine planning framework; the status of the...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      1280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department issued a directive to Galway City Council to only purchase one-bedroom houses and apartments for social...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on available funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of delivering 20,000 public homes annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4906/20]
    • Housing Data
      1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of family homes to be retrofitted on foot of a budget of €160 million fund; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the production of local authority housing in line with demand by county nationwide; and if he will make a...
    • Traveller Community
      1286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions made for members of the Mincéirí in overcrowded accommodation with little access to water during the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs
      1287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the COVID-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      1291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist persons in the private rented sector during the Covid-19 crisis; and his further plans to assist persons...
    • Housing Issues
      1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that tenants and prospective tenants who are diagnosed with the right to the therapeutic...
    • Commercial Rates
      1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a deferral period or a prescribed period of time in which commercial rates are lifted for SMEs and...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact guidelines as amended that he refers to in SPPR 4 of the urban development and building height guidelines; if the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken regarding new HAP contracts when landlords are waiting on payment but local authorities are not processing...
    • Local Authority Contracts
      1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action at Departmental level to enable Sligo County Council to extend the current contract of works currently...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      1297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the tenant purchase scheme to include a category of tenants (details supplied) that have been excluded;...
    • Housing Issues
      1298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to establish a redress scheme to assist homeowners with latent defects for those affected as...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • Housing Estates
      1300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision been made on a developer provided infrastructure application for an estate (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Water Services
      1301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the preparations made for drought in view of the lack of rainfall in the last period. [5436/20]
    • Local Authority Housing
      1302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spending on retrofitting of the current social housing stock. [5450/20]
    • Departmental Reports
      1303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress of the working group established to review sustainable rural housing guidelines following the...
    • Departmental Offices
      1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are vacancies in the offices of his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Museum Projects (1 comment)
      1305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for Mariner's Hall on the West Pier, Howth, Dublin 13; if her attention has been drawn to local interest in...
    • Commemorative Events
      1306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a location for the An Gorta Mór Ulster NFMD Commemoration 2020 has been selected; her plans and or vision for the...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      1307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le forbairt na Cé in Inis Oírr; cén uair atá súil...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020;...
    • Departmental Data
      1310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via...
    • Grant Payments
      1311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available for community choir groups (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4125/20]
    • Wildlife Conservation
      1312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a payment under the KerryLIFE project will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      1313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available to aid rethatching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4138/20]
    • Turf Cutting
      1314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the protection of the turf cutting tradition will be ensured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4219/20]
    • Historic Structures Fund
      1315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) to the historic structures fund; and if she will make a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will introduce measures to promote the use of moss in city architecture and landscaping in order to tackle climate change...
    • Wildlife Control
      1317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Waterways Ireland Remit
      1318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Waterways Ireland is issuing commercial operating licences to businesses operating on the Shannon navigation in view...
    • Waterways Issues
      1320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of lock passages, that is, boat traffic on the Shannon navigation in each of the years 1992 to 2019 and to date in...
    • Waterways Ireland Funding
      1321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the Waterways Ireland budget by year and category, that is, capital, salaries, maintenance and so on in each of...
    • Waterways Ireland Data
      1322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees working in Waterways Ireland; the number working on or responsible for the Shannon navigation; the way in...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the request by a society (details supplied) for reform of legislation in terms of the hobby of metal detecting...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      1324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nach n-íoctar ach ar feadh seachtaine na mná tí a choinníonn scoláirí faoin...
    • Forbairt na nOileán
      1325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ag a Roinn chun polasaí nua a réiteach do na hoileáin; cén uair...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost to the vote of her Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an up-to-date map of the special areas of conservation in the Strandhill area, County Sligo will be provided; and if she will...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Management
      1329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to ensure that special areas of conservation which are being damaged by costal erosion are protected and...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount provided under the capital investment plan, Building on Recovery, Infrastructure and Capital Investment...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      1331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of restoring Foras na Gaeilge funding to pre-2007 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4939/20]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of restoring Údarás na Gaeltachta funding to pre-2007 levels; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the independent film and television sector does not fall within the remit of the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected...
    • National Monuments
      1335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Monuments Service will take into State care the Napoleonic battery fortress on Carrig Island, Ballylongford,...
    • Arts Funding
      1336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it will be ensured that artists, arts workers and organisations can plan for next year by guaranteeing that at least the same...
    • Gorse Burning
      1338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider establishing a multi-agency taskforce to examine the cause of repeated occurrences of illegal gorse burning;...
    • Museum Projects
      1339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund the National Children’s Science Museum upon completion, either through her Department or through bodies...

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