Written answers
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Contracts
1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; and the details and costs of such engagements. [5537/20]
- Departmental Advertising
2. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department co-ordinated, organised, procured and financed the radio, television and newspaper advertisements relating to Covid-19. [5548/20]
- European Council Meetings
3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest EU Council meeting and the issues that were discussed. [5550/20]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Prime Minister Johnson recently; and if so, the issues that were discussed. [5552/20]
- Departmental Staff
6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of non-Civil Service staff recruited by his Department since 1 February 2020. [5553/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
7. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons from outside the house allowed to travel in one car. [6478/20]
- Departmental Advertising
9. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on online advertising or digital content including social media (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to 12 May 2020; and the breakdown of the spending....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
11. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who can attend a small wedding as provided for in phase 4 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; the number of persons who can attend...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements; and if he...
- Departmental Properties
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has ownership of the Napoleonic Artillery Battery at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Missions
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces serving in Lebanon who are due to return on 19 May 2020 will return on that date; if the required arrangements...
- Departmental Budgets
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the capital budget for Defence Forces built infrastructure, construction and maintenance...
- Defence Forces Data
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service in tabular form. [6246/20]
- Defence Forces Medical Services
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time clinical psychologist for the Defence Forces. [6788/20]
- Defence Forces Data
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members who have applied to re-enlist on the introduction of the recently amended emergency legislation; and the...
- Departmental Contracts
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps which have been taken to give effect to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; if legislation will be introduced...
- Departmental Contracts
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements; and if...
- Passport Applications
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date the passport office will recommence the processing of routine passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Middle East Issues
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the planned annexation of the Jordan Valley; if this issue has been raised at EU level; the actions that will be taken at...
- Human Rights Cases
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the human rights situation in Bahrain including the detention of political prisoners; if this situation has been...
- Passport Services
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a service (details supplied) will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6105/20]
- Passport Applications
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when postal applications for passports will be facilitated again in view of the fact the current situation by which only online applications...
- Diplomatic Representation
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new Irish Consulate General office in Doha, Qatar. [6379/20]
- Departmental Communications
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have recently contacted the US Ambassador to Ireland regarding the decision of the US Government to temporarily halt...
- Diplomatic Representation
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the embassies currently without an ambassador; the length of time each embassy has been without an ambassador; when each post will be filled;...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the UK Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the need for the UK...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific monetary or other supports that can be offered to Irish citizens destitute abroad due to Covid-19 and unable to pay the costs...
- EU Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in correspondence...
- Middle East Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of an EU wide ban on the importation of goods from occupied territories has been raised with his European counterparts in view...
- International Bodies
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will seek observer member status of the Arctic Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6990/20]
- Departmental Contracts
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place;...
- Department of Finance
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if childcare employees who are due to return to work following maternity leave are eligible for a subsidy under the temporary wage subsidy scheme [5560/20]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if homes built for a number of years but never lived in or finished can be included in the help to buy scheme for first-time buyers; and if not, the reason...
- VAT Rate Application
48. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans and proposals to assist businesses especially in the tourism sector in respect of re-examining the VAT rate for the tourism area; and if he will make...
- Pension Provisions
49. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to consider allowing certain pension scheme members access to additional voluntary contributions as a means of stimulating the economy; and if he...
- Vehicle Registration
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism relating to VRT payments on vehicles that were purchased before the closure of the NCT/VRT offices in order to be in a position to drive and...
- VAT Rate Application
53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amending and revising down the VAT rate applicable to the hotel and tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5885/20]
- Insurance Coverage
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if further engagement has been or is planned to be taken with the insurance industry regarding insurance cover for businesses required to close during the...
- Home Building Finance Ireland
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application will be reviewed and approved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6153/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers on the WSS whose earnings are below €205 and €350, respectively. [6156/20]
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is an appropriate time to re-evaluate the special arrangements that entities such as REITs enjoy (details supplied); and if he will...
- Tax Collection
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the temporary suspension of the collection of professional withholding tax from payments made to dentists contracted by the...
- Departmental Contracts
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the specific issues with the wage subsidy scheme and the attempts of a person (details supplied) to now reopen their...
- Ministerial Meetings
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns (details supplied) will be investigated; if there will be greater assistance in areas such as VAT and employer’s PRSI; and if he will meet...
- Financial Services Sector
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if zero interest loan schemes for SMEs are being considered to bridge liquidity difficulties for businesses following the confirmation that banks can now...
- Proposed Legislation
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each legislative change that will be needed for all items announced on 2 May 2020 (details supplied). [5676/20]
- Mortgage Applications Approvals
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks are refusing mortgages to customers that are still employed but on the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [5689/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a delay in approving the grant for vehicles for transport under the drivers and passengers scheme during the Covid-19 crisis; and the reason for...
- Departmental Correspondence
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reply will to issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5828/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some mortgage providers are blocking any mortgage payment moratorium necessitated by job losses due to...
- Revenue Commissioners
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if the J9 stamp being used by the Revenue Commissioners to process the wage subsidy scheme will be treated as paid contributions for employees under the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an adjustment to the Covid-19 wage subsidy payment to allow for more flexibility to include those workers that had just commenced...
- Vehicle Registration
76. To ask the Minister for Finance when certificates in respect of an imported vehicle (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5892/20]
- Insurance Coverage
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of insurance companies requesting engineers' certificates before offering quotes to potential customers; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a company (details supplied) will be investigated. [5909/20]
- Retail Sector
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to a matter raised by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/20]
- Commencement of Legislation
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the stages required in order to commence the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/20]
- Property Tax Collection
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to defer collection of the LPT from those affected by the Covid-19 crisis, that is, those on the pandemic...
- Departmental Contracts
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments or expenses are being paid to a person (details supplied) for services provided during the Covid-19 crisis to the Government and An Taoiseach. [5962/20]
- Pension Levy
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to removing or altering the levy applied to occupational pensions of those who worked in semi-State companies; and if he will...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) and a recent report by a company confirming that the former Anglo Irish Bank was insolvent in...
- Insurance Industry
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if all insurers and reinsurers based or operating here have signalled to the Central Bank that they will not pay discretionary dividends or implement share buy...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if an organisation (details supplied) has benefited from the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6116/20]
- Banking Sector
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the report by a company (details supplied) into the activities of the SCBI will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6130/20]
- VAT Rate Application
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the position relating to the VAT rate that applies to different types of activities in the commercial water sports sector including the provision of diving...
- Tax Collection
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in carbon tax in each of the years 2018 and 2019, respectively. [6161/20]
- Mortgage Interest Rates
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he has made to date with banks here with regard to a significant reduction of interest rates on residential mortgages in view of the fact that...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Data
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated by imposing a €500 per year tax on all second homes, a €850 per year tax on all third homes and a...
- Brexit Issues
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if the impact of a hard or no-deal Brexit on the economy here has been revised and updated by his Department taking into account the impact the Covid-19...
- Bank Charges
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the banking sector to temporarily remove the current fees charged to businesses for the use of contactless payment (details supplied)....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if residents of direct provision centres that were in taxable employment prior to the Covid-19 restrictions being put in place are eligible to participate in...
- VAT Rate Application
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners has scope under the EU Commission Decision C (2020) 2146 of 3 April 2020 to extend the zero rate of VAT on medical supplies to an...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is tax relief or grants or supports available to businesses that will need to incur costs to implement social distancing measures in the interest of...
- Exchequer Deficit
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated deficit the State will have accrued in public finances as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic; his views on whether Ireland will be...
- Tax Credits
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax credit given to the carers of incapacitated persons will be increased in view of the fact that carers are providing full-time care and attention...
- Tax Data
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated if the betting intermediary duty rate increased from 25% to 30%; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the dividend paid to the Exchequer by each commercial State company in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/20]
- Tax Collection
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if recipients of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment will be subjected to tax on the payments at a later date; if no decision has been made, when a...
- Insurance Costs
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain insurers are increasing the insurance premium of persons whose NCT certificate is out of date as a...
- Tax Collection
117. To ask the Minister for Finance if employees enrolled in the TWSS will have non-statutory deductions automatically reapplied after exiting the scheme while remaining in employment; and if he...
- Insurance Coverage
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if an issue (details supplied) regarding wedding insurance policies will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6636/20]
- Mortgage Lending
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if all mortgage holders and business customers of the banks availing of a payment break as a result of Covid-19 will have the option of having the term of...
- Tax Data
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the companies that qualify for the proposed tax warehousing scheme; if it is restricted to businesses unable to trade due to the Covid-19 related...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company which had some staff on the wage subsidy scheme who will be re-employed after 1 May 2020 will have their wage subsidy refunded; and if he will...
- Brexit Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost to the Exchequer in the event of a failure to agree a trade agreement between the European Union and the UK; and if he will make a...
- Universal Social Charge Application
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which USC charges are applied to apprentices; if he has considered waiving this charge for apprentices;; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector
127. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks should extend the approval in principle periods for those on the temporary wage subsidy scheme and other such Covid-19 measures; if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
128. To ask the Minister for Finance if the procedures of the wage subsidy scheme will be investigated (details supplied). [6822/20]
- Credit Unions
132. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the credit union network post Covid-19; and the steps he will take to empower it to help with the recovery post Covid-19. [6945/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the issue of late payroll submissions to the Revenue Commissioners by accountancy firms whose business was affected by Covid-19; if the...
- Cycle to Work Scheme
135. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cycle-to-work scheme will be amended to eliminate the five year limit in order that those who have had bikes stolen can get a new bike, even if they...
- Departmental Contracts
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Preparations
137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the necessary infrastructure is in place at each port and airport in the event the UK does not seek an extension to the Brexit...
- Flood Relief Schemes
138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to receive a report into the Glanmire flood relief scheme. [6574/20]
- Departmental Contracts
139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements;...
- Departmental Correspondence
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if correspondence will be published from the Secretary General to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment based...
- Departmental Staff
141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to relocate civil servants who commute long distances to work using the bus or train that run the risk of infecting vulnerable...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each of the Covid-19 measures per week since they were introduced in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Civil Service
143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 11 July 2019, if the latest information to date will be provided in tabular form; and if he...
- Flood Relief Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of progress of a flood relief scheme for Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6318/20]
- Drainage Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding a river that is blocked and eroding land in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Donegal Garda division that were refurbished by the OPW in 2019 and to date in 2020, in which the value of...
- Flood Relief Schemes
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6544/20]
- Departmental Contracts
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional mental health supports in place to support exam year students during the Covid-19 health emergency in each of the CHO areas [5801/20]
- School Transport Administration
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that private bus operators that undertake school runs will be provided the same 50% payment as those operating under Bus...
- Tourism Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being given to educational-based tourism groups and companies which are suffering a financial loss as a result of Covid-19; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish a return to work safely protocol for builders, plumbers and electricians who work in domestic homes; and if he will confirm...
- Departmental Contracts
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which his Department is monitoring the implementation of education plans for children with special educational needs in view of...
- School Equipment
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of ICT equipment to students following the announcement of a €10 million fund; the funds released to schools...
- State Examinations
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he sought or received advice on the integrity of a delayed leaving certificate exam; if so, if the advice will be published; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to consider an arrangement for children with extra needs, such as autism, to return to school between now and September 2020 as it...
- State Examinations
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will determine results for students repeating their leaving certificate examinations, studying from home and not attending...
- Third Level Admissions
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans to oversee the admissions process for further and higher education for the 2020-2021 academic year. [5627/20]
- State Examinations
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements for students unable to attend State examinations if in isolation as a result of Covid-19. [5628/20]
- Autism Support Services
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resources will be allocated to children with autism between now and the formal return to school in view of the fact there are many parents at...
- Special Educational Needs
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions made for leaving certificate students that have learning and behavioural difficulties that would have previously had access to...
- Technological Universities
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to technological university status for Dundalk IT as per an agreement signed and lodged with the Workplace Relations...
- School Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can keep its current teacher level due to the additional pressures of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Accommodation
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been in discussions with the University of Limerick in relation to its approach to refund students for the cost of their accommodation...
- Third Level Admissions
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of 2020 leaving certificate students that have applied for courses through the CAO system; the number of courses that are...
- School Accommodation Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to arrange a meeting or discussion on additional accommodation for a school (details supplied). [5705/20]
- Student Grant Scheme
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment made to students in 2020 will affect student grants in the academic year 2021/2022; and if he will...
- School Staff
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeal by a school (details supplied) in relation to the loss of a teacher due to student numbers is under review; and if a response will...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a secondary school (details supplied) has sufficient special education supports for the intake of pupils for the 2020/21...
- School Accommodation
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a planning application by a school (details supplied). [5722/20]
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is working to resolve issues in placement hours for social care students (details supplied). [5728/20]
- Schools Building Projects Status
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new secondary school for Ballincollig, County Cork; when the opportunity for a public consultations campaign will take place for...
- School Enrolments
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of addressing the shortage of second-level places for the 2020-2021 school year in Ballincollig, County Cork; if the pandemic will...
- Third Level Education
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an issue raised by some final year students (details supplied) in accessing their works on campus during...
- State Examinations
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a refund of junior certificate fees will be issued. [5755/20]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a secondary school (details supplied) has had its SNA allocation for 2019/2020 frozen; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the 2020 July provision in view of the fact parents have been left in limbo as a result of the correspondence to date. [5769/20]
- School Equipment
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which schools can apply for the ICT grant package as recently announced; and the way in which an individual student can access support...
- School Accommodation
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to an application for additional school accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with disabilities will be afforded one day per week in school before September 2020; the availability of additional supports for...
- Schools Building Projects
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if rebuilding works will start on a school (details supplied) on 18 May 2020 once phase one of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business is...
- Speech and Language Therapy
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend a circular regarding criteria for enrolment in special classes for pupils with speech and language difficulties; if the case...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which SNAs will be allocated for the coming September term; the timeline for this process; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Reform
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an analysis conducted by the European Commission of the options outlined in the Cassells report; if it will be completed in Q2 2020...
- DEIS Scheme
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ongoing review of the DEIS support scheme. [5857/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected long-term impact of school closures in the upcoming school years including new entrants to primary school, secondary school and to...
- Student Accommodation
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the return of prepaid rents to students that are no longer in on-campus prepaid student accommodation; and if he will make a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional measures taken to date to support apprentices that have lost an employer as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; if specific...
- Third Level Admissions
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be allowed accept exchange students from Europe in September 2020 for exchange and work placement programmes. [5866/20]
- Special Educational Needs
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision programme will take place in 2020 (details supplied). [5891/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5895/20]
- Teacher Training Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents and the public will be assured in relation to the full competence of the 2020 graduating classes from the colleges of education in...
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide ASD units in Ballincollig, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5925/20]
- State Examinations
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary legislation is required for the changes introduced to the leaving certificate in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Measures
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether legislation is required to maintain a minimum level of education to children in view of the ongoing closure of schools and...
- School Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of correspondence submitted recently in relation to a devolved grant for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- School Transport
209. 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...
- Home Tuition Scheme
212. 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. [5985/20]
- School Accommodation Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays being experienced in progressing a project to provide additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied); if...
- Schools Building Projects Status
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to find a suitable site to house new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [6000/20]
- Research and Development
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the serious disruption to research activity due to Covid-19; if his attention has further been drawn to the...
- Third Level Education
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by an association (details supplied) for the establishment of a transformation fund to support an...
- School Transport Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refunds will be issued to parents in respect of school bus fees for the Covid-19 closure period; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 measures in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6052/20]
- Ministerial Correspondence
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a copy of all correspondence between 1 April 2020 and 8 May 2020 relating to planning for the 2020 leaving certificate between any combination...
- Home Tuition Scheme
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken or procedures investigated to support the resumption of home tuition for students whose needs are best served in person rather...
- School Accommodation Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned completion date for a new extension at a school (details supplied) in the context of Covid-19 disruptions. [6107/20]
- State Examinations
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the predicted points system for those repeating the leaving certificate in a different school than their first sitting of the exams (details...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that wish to pursue a postgraduate course in the United Kingdom or in other EU countries but are permanently resident here are...
- State Examinations
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate. [6137/20]
- School Staff
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allocated more resources for the coming academic year in order to avoid split class arrangements within...
- Disability Support Services
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a project by a person (details supplied) in relation to outcomes in respect of the deaf community and a proposal on the measures to...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if amendments will be made to the requirement to submit payslips for work done by a student applying for a grant to SUSI in view of the...
- English Language Training Organisations
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding English language schools and their plans to reopen in line with public health guidance; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Examinations
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full marks for oral Irish and music still apply in view of the fact that predictive grades have been announced; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Communications
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his engagements to date with the British, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland education ministers since the Covid-19 crisis...
- SOLAS Administration
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Solas will commence training again for the security industry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that safe pass training is...
- State Examinations
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the system for calculating grades in the leaving certificate is anonymised in the interests of fairness for both...
- School Accommodation Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the extension of a school (details supplied); if it will be ready for the beginning of the academic school year in September...
- School Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [6249/20]
- Third Level Education
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of matters will be clarified regarding the situation in relation to third-level courses, such as social care studies which require...
- Schools Administration
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be designated as a school for children of 5 years of age and over with complex needs in view of the fact a...
- State Examinations
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate results will be issued on the same date as in August 2019; if students applying to colleges abroad will have their...
- Third Level Admissions
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which CAO reapplicants will be catered for in 2020 (details supplied); and if no student will be disadvantaged in these circumstances....
- Health Professions Admission Test
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the HPAT results will be available. [6332/20]
- National Council for Special Education
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report will be presented to the principal and board of management of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the leaving certificate 2020 results will be available. [6340/20]
- Third Level Admissions
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the CAO revised deadline for the leaving certificate 2020. [6341/20]
- Third Level Education
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the reopening of third-level institutions. [6342/20]
- National Training Fund
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure under the national training fund between funding allocated to those in employment and funding for those unemployed on an annual...
- Schools Building Projects Status
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the report of delays in the delivery of a school (details supplied) due to Covid-19; when works will resume; the new completion...
- Third Level Education
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are provisions in place for leaving certificate students that had been approved or would have expected approval for third-level...
- Third Level Admissions
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist students on post-leaving certificate courses that have exams coming up to get into third-level education; and if he will make...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist apprentices that have had exams cancelled and need to pass those exams to graduate to the next phase of their training; and...
- School Staff
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 520 to 700 to fill secretary vacancies providing they have fewer than two posts and...
- School Services Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 725 or more to fill caretaker vacancies providing they have fewer than three...
- State Examinations
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that will be used to decide whether or not to sit the leaving certificate in the coming months; the circumstances in which he will...
- Third Level Admissions
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is now taking to ensure that students that have received a conditional offer of a place at a university in Britain or Northern...
- State Examinations
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing persons that are seeking to become teachers and further to this have repeated subjects...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation that applies to students that are not classed as independent and whose parents are currently temporarily unemployed due to Covid-19...
- Third Level Admissions
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is taking steps to ameliorate the stress facing leaving certificate students by seeking to expand the number of places at third-level in...
- Third Level Institutions
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the paper produced by an association (details supplied) regarding the severe financial position facing...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that recent events have had on fifth year students; and the steps being taken to support them. [6410/20]
- Third Level Admissions
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand places on the HEAR and DARE schemes in view of the impact of recent events to ensure that the impact on students that...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand accessibility to SUSI and increase the amount and reduce income thresholds in view of the impact of recent events to...
- Education Policy
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support children that are finishing primary school during transition to secondary school at this time. [6413/20]
- Third Level Examinations
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had regarding end of year examination for those in third-level courses particularly those due to complete their courses in...
- Special Educational Needs
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the July provision in respect of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6453/20]
- Third Level Admissions
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding steps being taken to ensure students applying for third-level through the CAO with leaving certificate results from...
- Student Accommodation
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he discussed the situation of on-campus accommodation and the rental status of students in on-campus accommodation with college authorities...
- Third Level Admissions
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the consultation he and his Department have undertaken with the CAO since the announcement to cancel the leaving certificate. [6497/20]
- Youthreach Programme
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allow Youthreach students receive predictive grades for QQI Levels 3 and 4 in view of his recent announcements....
- Third Level Admissions
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Teaching Council is requiring the completion of a two week Gaeltacht placement for certain...
- School Staff
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the current level of teaching staff is maintained at a school (details supplied). [6502/20]
- Special Educational Needs
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision scheme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6513/20]
- Departmental Data
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from Singapore studying here; if he in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland is taking additional steps to attract more...
- DEIS Scheme
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the capitation paid to DEIS schools increased by 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6525/20]
- Student Universal Support Ireland
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of each 2.5% increase in grants under the SUSI scheme. [6537/20]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of each 250 new special needs assistants recruited. [6538/20]
- Special Educational Needs
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision scheme; and the arrangements in place for families and teachers that wish to avail of the scheme. [6567/20]
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the sick leave entitlements of teachers that existed prior to 2010 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of all school buildings will be carried out with a view to ascertaining the works needed to be completed to allow the safe return of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the school system is fit for purpose to facilitate social distancing norms in view of the fact Ireland has the largest class...
- Special Educational Needs
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to facilitate July provisions (details supplied); if it will go ahead; if so, when; the way in which it will run while keeping...
- Third Level Admissions
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CAO will allow flexibility for students that may have missed the 1 May 2020 deadline in view of the situation in which sixth year students...
- Asylum Seekers
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational supports available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6624/20]
- State Examinations
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Covid Query No. 3.538, if the application for invigilators of leaving certificate examinations will be opened to non-teachers when a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6648/20]
- School Accommodation Provision
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when long-standing proposals to provide additional permanent accommodation and upgrade existing accommodation at a school (details supplied) will...
- Student Support Schemes
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional financial supports will be provided for third-level students unable to work during the summer period; and if SUSI eligibility will...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a SUSI application change of circumstances assessment or reassessment (details supplied) due to Covid-19. [6666/20]
- School Accommodation Provision
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will issue at an early date in respect of a proposed building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Schools Facilities
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will issue in respect of the provision of new facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to have a July education programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6687/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers that live more than 5 km from their schools will be able to travel to those schools as a necessary journey to undertake preparatory...
- Third Level Education
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request QQI, CORU and other relevant bodies to review the requirement for 800 hours of unpaid placement to be completed by social care...
- Special Educational Needs
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided to parents with children suffering from autistic spectrum disorders and severe to profound learning disabilities with...
- SOLAS Administration
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SOLAS payments for apprentices have moved to fortnightly rather than weekly for all apprentices or only for on-site apprentices; if so, the...
- Special Educational Needs
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places that will be available for the new semester in the greater Dublin area for primary and secondary students; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available to schools and school boards to adapt premises or change hygiene protocols in order to deal with...
- State Examinations
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the new challenges the new leaving certificate results system will put on students hoping for a place in a...
- Ministerial Communications
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact he has had with his Northern Ireland counterpart during the Covid-19 pandemic; and the specific areas of cooperation they have...
- School Therapy Services
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to make therapy resources available using virtual or remote technology to support children with disabilities tying in with...
- Special Educational Needs
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional provisions being made for students with special educational needs who are missing out on school supports at this time; and if he...
- School Accommodation Provision
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied), the details of recent developments; and his plans to bring this project to...
- State Examinations
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a series of matters with regard to the calculated grades system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); the recent developments in this regard; and his plans to bring this project to...
- School Staff Appeals Mechanism
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied) to the primary staffing appeals board. [6842/20]
- Special Educational Needs
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the specific educational needs of children with a disability or learning difficulties, including a lack of...
- School Holidays
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adjusting the traditional dates of the summer holidays, subject to public health advice, to allow schools come back in August...
- Special Educational Needs
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when children with special needs will return to school subject to public health advice in view of the impact being out of school poses to such...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing the senior primary school classes return to their schools subject to public health advice prior to the summer...
- Schools Building Projects Status
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the completion of a school (details supplied); and when parents can expect the school to open. [6891/20]
- School Equipment
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for assisted technology grant in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the steps being taken to ensure there is no...
- School Accommodation Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension to a school (details supplied) in the context of requirements of a child with special needs that is due to join the...
- Schools Property
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building (details supplied) which has been empty since the opening of another school; his plans for the development of the...
- State Examinations
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that will be put in place to protect teachers, principals and schools from lobbying and canvassing by parents and students...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration he has given to the re-opening of schools in September 2020; if he has given consideration to the earlier opening of schools to...
- Special Educational Needs
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that will be put in place to accommodate families who would normally have access to the July provision for primary school students...
- State Examinations
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the entire 2020 cohort of leaving certificate students should be entitled to resit the exam at any stage in their lives at...
- Health Professions Admission Test
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the release of the health professions admission test, HPAT, results for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6924/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the need for the wearing of face coverings in schools and colleges by staff and or learners; the advice he has received; the...
- Cycle to Work Scheme
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the advice he received that lead to the cancellation of the cycle to work scheme for teachers; and if he will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the structures he is putting in place to protect children and providers to ensure that the July provision goes ahead this summer; and if he will...
- English Language Training Organisations
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some English language schools are refusing to refund students for cancelled courses and are...
- School Staff
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision not to provide an extra sixth class teacher to a school (details supplied) in view of existing overcrowding...
- Home Tuition Scheme
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition grant based preschools will reopen; if he will consider re-opening them as soon as possible in view of the small class size and...
- Special Educational Needs
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision will be going ahead in 2020; and if so, the timeframe and manner for same in order to provide clarity to students, parents...
- Departmental Contracts
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Maternity Leave
408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extended maternity leave will be granted to mothers due to go back to work during the Covid-19 lockdown; and if he will make...
- Disability Activation Projects
414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports or grants available to small business owners with disabilities whose specific needs dictate they need to employ...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken at EU level to protect migrants and asylum seekers from an outbreak of Covid-19, including those...
- Crime Prevention
420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fulfil the public commitment made on 17 January 2020 to establish a taskforce in Drogheda, County Louth in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nationalities which refused to give details of the locations they would quarantine for the 14 day period as reported...
- Departmental Contracts
427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of members of An Garda Síochána that are suspended from duty by Garda division; and if he will...
- Direct Provision System
431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a centre (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Status
432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that had their citizenship and or naturalisation revoked and the reasons for same in each year since...
- Court Orders
433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if guidance will be provided on the operation of a court order during the Covid-19 outbreak (details supplied); and if he will...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider holding postponed citizenship ceremonies online in view of the restrictions due to Covid-19; and if he will...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when INIS registration appointments which have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis will be rescheduled. [5633/20]
- Peace Commissioners
436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of peace commissioners appointed in County Tipperary in the past five years; the way in which this compares to the...
- Prisoner Releases
437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners released from prison to emergency homeless accommodation or no pre-arranged accommodation over the past...
- Direct Provision System
438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and causes of deaths in direct provision and emergency accommodation centres in 2019 and to date in 2020, in line...
- Animal Welfare
439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to establish a dedicated Garda unit to exclusively deal with animal abuse. [5953/20]
- Direct Provision System
440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positive Covid-19 cases and clusters in direct provision centres; and the number of these occurring in new...
- Departmental Funding
442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to an organisation (details supplied) regarding the refusal of a scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Inquiries
443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping inquiry relating to the death of a person (details supplied); when the process will be concluded; his...
- Deportation Orders
444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of persons (details supplied) who have been issued with a deportation order dated 26 June 2020. [6127/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to adequately deal with businesses that are closed due to Covid-19 and that are unable to keep the terms of their...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to grant asylum to unaccompanied minors currently located in migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and...
- Proposed Legislation
448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will be tabling a motion to extend sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act...
- Garda Equipment
450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if masks or other personal protective equipment are being made available to gardaí who are on the front line during the...
- Direct Provision System
451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of new arrangements put in place to protect those in direct provision during the Covid-19 crisis; if his attention...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason asylum seekers were moved to a location (details supplied) in County Kerry following a confirmed case of Covid-19 at...
- Liquor Licences
471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding licences for public houses to be extended that are due to expire in August 2020 in view of the fact that...
- Garda Transport
472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda vehicles allocated to each Garda district in the Longford-Westmeath Garda Division to date in...
- Court Accommodation Provision
473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the new District Court in Gorey, County Wexford will remain open. [6459/20]
- Garda Resources
474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the museum at the Garda College has been closed; the person or body that took this decision; the consultation that...
- Garda Recruitment
475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 5 March 2020, the date on which the broader review of entry to An Garda...
- Garda Stations
476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding providing a new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [6506/20]
- Garda Resources
477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asset profilers in the Tipperary Garda division in each of the past two years. [6507/20]
- Garda Transport
478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new contract to supply new marked Garda vans has recently been put out to tender; if so, when new Garda vans will come...
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda Youth Diversion Programme in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he...
- Dublin Airport Authority
480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he engaged in or received correspondence with the management team at Dublin Airport or the Dublin Airport board of directors...
- Asylum Applications
481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme proposals that were received in the second...
- Asylum Seekers
482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the lack of liaison support for persons in emergency accommodation being provided to asylum...
- Direct Provision System
483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to assist physical distancing in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a further extension on all emigration permissions will be issued from 20 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations
485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the works on Rush Garda station; the date the station is scheduled to be reopened; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Covid Query No. 5.709 (details supplied), the specific changes being proposed to the insolvency legislation as a...
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable men, women and children in need of immediate...
- European Court of Justice
488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the latest Report of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Undefined
489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the growth in drug intimidation in many working class communities but not exclusively so;...
- Court Orders
490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding fathers’ rights to equal access to their children; his views on fathers’ difficulties in...
- Prisoner Data
491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in the prison system; the number of these sharing cells; the reduction in the number of prisoners...
- Departmental Correspondence
493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) sent to him on 25 April 2020 in view of the urgent need for a...
- Deportation Orders
494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when revocation of a deportation order will take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Direct Provision System
496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken in direct provision centres to ensure that persons with suspected and confirmed cases of...
- Prison Staff
497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison nurses that were recruited for the Irish Prison Service in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of...
- Direct Provision System
499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of a reception centre (details supplied) are reporting that...
- National LGBTI+ Strategy
503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional funding that has been made available to LGBTI+ community services for 2020 in line with action 6.2 of...
- Child Abuse
505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of child sexual abuse referrals received by An Garda Síochána from Tusla in each of the years 2016 to...
- Naturalisation Applications
506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation being processed; the number that are over 24 months in process since the...
- Direct Provision System
507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when State owned direct provision centres will be converted to independent living centres; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts
508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Covid-19 Pandemic
509. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a dog grooming business from home can resume (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5565/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
515. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place for employees in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme in which an employer is not topping up pay and employees are...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
516. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will meet with representatives of cinema operators to ensure that reopening of cinemas occurs at the right time and with the...
- Future Growth Loan Scheme
517. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to roll out additional funds for the SBCI future growth loan scheme in view of the fact it is maxed out through the pillar...
- Workplace Safety
520. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guidance published to date in relation to workplace health and safety standards specifically in relation to Covid-19; if the...
- Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
521. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had contact with the tattoo industry in relation to when it can reopen under Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a...
- Health and Safety Inspections
522. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the HSA will carry out inspections of all meat plants here. [6188/20]
- Insurance Industry
523. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter regarding support for credit insurance companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Podiatry Services
524. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when podiatry and chiropody services will be fully resumed [6475/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
525. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if businesses in arrears for local authority rates for 2019 will be able to avail of the grant by way of the rebate of rates; the way...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
526. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason cinemas are scheduled to reopen in phase 5 which is later than cafés, restaurants, museums and galleries; if she has...
- Brexit Data
528. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projected cost to trade in the event of a failure to agree a trade agreement between the European Union and the UK; the projected...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
529. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when dog grooming can resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts
530. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
531. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered allowing phased opening of shopping centres with a small number of outlets opening gradually, beginning with the...
- Farmers Markets
532. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to the reopening farmers’ markets to be permitted by implementing specific measures outlined...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
533. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will reconsider the proposed opening date for cinemas on 14 August 2020 and implement a more gradual, controlled return to...
- Commercial Property
534. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to undertake an initiative to address the issues regarding commercial rents in the context of Covid-19; and if she will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
535. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will amend the Covid-19 retail online scheme to offer more support to those that do not have a pre-existing online presence; if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
536. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) is permitted to open on 18 May 2020. [5639/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
537. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5653/20]
- Work Permits
540. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the list of ineligible occupations for work permits will be reviewed in view of Covid-19 and the urgent need for more healthcare...
- Departmental Correspondence
541. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5667/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
542. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that have applied for each enterprise support measure and-or scheme since 1 March 2020 in response to Covid-19...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
543. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have applied to the SBCI Covid-19 working capital loan and future growth loan schemes; the number of...
- Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme
544. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Microfinance Ireland loan scheme since the 19 March 2020 Covid-19 announcement; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
545. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the application process and steps that micro and small businesses will have to take to access a restart grant of up to €10,000...
- Health and Safety Regulations
547. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new Health and Safety Authority workplace guidelines will be published for reopening businesses. [5677/20]
- Enterprise Support Services
548. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which small and micro firms will access the redesigned €200 million sustaining enterprise scheme under new EU state...
- Examinership Arrangements
549. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined the proposal by small business representatives to extend the examinership protection window for Covid-19 impacted...
- Health and Safety Regulations
550. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposed measures in correspondence (details supplied) to ensure the health and safety of staff and customers in order to...
- Consumer Rights
551. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse available to consumers to ensure they receive full refunds if they decide to cancel a package holiday in view of...
- Gift Vouchers
552. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse customers have if they have unused gift vouchers for a company that has now entered liquidation; and the consumer...
- Jobs Protection
553. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); if she has spoken with the management of the company regarding...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
554. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated costs to businesses for March and April 2020 with regard to Covid-19 closures and reductions in business activity; and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
557. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding possible grants and supports for employees in addition to cash flow finance for the tourism hotel sectors and...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
558. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications and loans approved for the credit guarantee scheme since 19 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
559. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has engaged with cinema operators in relation to concerns regarding the unphased reopening of their industry (details...
- Departmental Correspondence
560. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5784/20]
- Farmers Markets
561. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to reopening farmers’ markets to be permitted by implementing the specific measures outlined in...
- Consumer Rights
562. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse and rights a person has to cancel a package holiday and get a full refund for travel to the USA in June 2020 due to...
- Job Losses
563. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) has an obligation to attend the Labour Relations Commission and or Labour Court to discuss company...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
564. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses that have applied for working capital under the Covid-19 loan scheme which opened in March 2020; the...
- Future Growth Loan Scheme
565. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farmers and food businesses that have applied to the future growth loan scheme since the Covid-19 crisis measures were...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
566. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase reopening bridal stores falls into; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5843/20]
- Workplace Safety
568. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for ensuring compliance with the inevitable strict rules that will have to be put in place when persons return to work; her...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
569. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the instructions and guidelines being prepared for pub owners in preparation for an opening of the sector; if the number of customers...
- Health and Safety Inspections
570. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure the HSA can carry out on-site inspections of workplaces as a result of complaints from workers over unsafe...
- Labour Employer Economic Forum
573. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of discussions at the Labour Employer Economic Forum regarding the national protocol on Covid-19 issues; and the number of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
574. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each Covid-19 business support announced by her Department or State agency under her remit which will require primary...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
576. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a mechanism or unit in her Department to enable businesses in various sectors impacted by Covid-19 restrictions to submit...
- Health and Safety Authority
579. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional resources, that is, staff and funding will be needed for the Health and Safety Authority with respect to the reopening...
- National Standards Authority of Ireland
580. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional resources, that is, staff and funding will be needed for the NSAI with respect to the reopening of businesses as...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
581. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if specific supports will be provided to private bus operators to allow them to return to business as Covid-19 restrictions are eased;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
582. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will meet with representatives of cinema operators to ensure that reopening of cinemas occurs at the right time and with the...
- Employment Rights
587. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse an employee has if they are of the view that Covid-19 workplace guidance is not being adhered to by the employer or in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
588. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will meet with representatives of cinema operators to ensure that reopening of cinemas occurs at the right time and with the...
- Workplace Safety
591. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in both the HSA and HSE attributed to deal with businesses that fail to adhere to Covid-19 guidelines. [6133/20]
- Trade Strategy
592. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there is a need to bring forward new measures to underpin the trade credit scheme; if she has met with the trade...
- Examinership Arrangements
593. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made on amending the examinership legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6136/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
594. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on cases in which workers are told their company is accessing the WSS and in which this results in a payment significantly...
- Industrial Development
595. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if construction works on a new advanced technology unit at Knockaconny, County Monaghan has commenced; the expected duration of such...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
596. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when businesses such as gyms or personal training operations can resume; if open air exercise training for groups of four or less can...
- Health and Safety Regulations
597. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the public health workplace measures are guidelines and not mandatory (details supplied). [6279/20]
- Health and Safety Authority
598. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors the HSA has to inspect workplaces to ensure they are compliant with Covid-19 public health measures; the...
- Construction Regulations
599. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consideration given to and the measures put in place in order to prevent construction workers outside the family unit traveling by...
- Health and Safety Authority
600. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
601. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if small and medium companies supplying protective equipment to hospitals are deemed essential workers; and if she will make a...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
602. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
603. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses by county which have drawn down Covid-19 loans according to each loan type available in tabular form; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
605. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when chiropractors can reopen; and if they can reopen earlier if they implement precautions and use PPE and ensure the protection of...
- Health and Safety Authority
607. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the Health and Safety Authority will fulfil its role in enforcing worker safety for employments as per the return to...
- Work Permits
608. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is considering reviewing the current work permits regime in view of Covid-19. [6428/20]
- Employment Rights
609. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the EU regulation pertaining to the movement of seasonal workers to different countries from within the EU; if guidance has been...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
610. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department were contacted by any of the contractors involved in the construction of a new factory (details supplied)...
- Workplace Safety
613. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will specify in relation to page 2 of the Return to Work Protocol that the procedure for the selection and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
616. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if clarity will be provided on businesses and their reopening roadmap (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
617. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when further details will be provided on the restart fund of €250 million for micro and small businesses which was announced on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
618. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the measures highlighted in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the future viability of a business; if a...
- Health and Safety Authority
619. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of field inspector posts recruited in each of the past three years; and the number that left during the same period. [6508/20]
- Local Enterprise Offices
620. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year cost if the budget for local enterprise offices increased by 20%; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
621. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her discussions with the Ministers for Public Expenditure and Reform and Housing, Planning and Local Government with...
- Health and Safety Authority
624. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives; the number of inspections it carried out in each of the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
625. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review the current timeline envisaged by the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business for the reopening of shopping...
- Covid-19 Tests
626. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain employees in particular some Irish persons with jobs based abroad are...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
627. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of dog grooming businesses; the position or phase they come under with regard to reopening in view of the fact that many...
- Workplace Safety
629. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6642/20]
- Manufacturing Sector
630. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to State sponsored manufacturing of protective face masks; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
631. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the differences between the existing credit guarantee scheme and the new €2 billion credit guarantee scheme announced on 2 May...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when betting shops can re-open in view of the fact there is no guideline in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business relating to...
- Job Losses
636. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the 176 redundancies announced by a company in Dundalk, County Louth, on 8 May 2020; if her...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
637. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether boutique gyms, micro gyms and those that offer personal training and small group personal training would be more...
- Proposed Legislation
638. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation prepared by her Department will be required to implement the new measures announced recently to help businesses recover...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
640. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average interest rate charged by the banks on the loans handed out with regard the current credit guarantee scheme; if there is a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
643. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if guidance will be provided to those doing one on one consultations, such as personal trainers, on when they will be permitted to...
- Workplace Safety
644. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State agency responsible for enforcing public health guidelines in the workplace as set out in the Return to Work Safely Protocol;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
645. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for businesses that need to make structural changes to their business premises to adhere to Covid-19...
- Work Permits
646. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of permits for migrant workers issued to date for each of the months to May 2020; the figures for the same period for 2019;...
- Ministerial Meetings
647. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has engaged with a group (details supplied); if so, the time and date of these meetings; if she will publish the minutes; and...
- Health and Safety Authority
648. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional resources deployed to the Health and Safety Authority to ensure it can monitor compliance with Covid-19...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if supports will be provided for businesses having difficulties paying rent and facing rent arrears due to Covid-19; and if she will...
- Health and Safety Authority
652. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional staffing and resources that will be made available to the HSA to ensure that it can carry out widespread inspections of...
- Departmental Contracts
653. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on external consultants by her Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in...
- Department of Health
- Garda Vetting
654. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being considered to speed up the process of vetting special needs assistants for redeployment (details supplied). [5587/20]
- State Claims Agency Data
655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted to the State Claims Agency relating to Covid-19; the number of expected claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be allocated to ensure the continuation of services at an organisation (details supplied) and other bodies in the area of mental...
- Direct Provision System
657. To ask the Minister for Health if statistics on the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases among direct provision residents include reception centres such as Baleskin; if not, if such centres...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
658. To ask the Minister for Health if the cultivation of a crop (details supplied) falls under the remit of his Department; if so, the plans developed to date relating to the industry; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of construction workers who tested positive for the virus or who have died from Covid-19 to date [6282/20]
- Respite Care Services
660. To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and the...
- HSE Agency Staff
661. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out to compare the average hourly cost to the HSE in CHO1 of hours from the approved tender providers with the average hourly cost...
- National Public Health Emergency Team
662. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the members he approved for appointment to the National Public Health Emergency Team; if documentation on the way in which such persons were...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
663. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement arrangements and contracts signed throughout the Covid-19 crisis for PPE; the cost of this equipment; if consideration has been made on behalf...
- National Children's Hospital
664. To ask the Minister for Health the financial impact the delays related to Covid-19 will have on the building of the national children’s hospital; the current projected cost; and when...
- Disability Support Services
665. To ask the Minister for Health if children and adults with a disability will be included in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business setting out the way in which the Covid-19...
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
666. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-border directive application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5577/20]
- Dental Services
667. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made to provide dental surgeries with PPE; if consideration has been given to allowing dentists to buy PPE VAT free; and if he will make a...
- Disabilities Assessments
668. To ask the Minister for Health the last occasion a service has seen or assessed a person (details supplied) who was originally assessed when the person was four or five years of age; the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
669. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5739/20]
- Health Services Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff recruited through a company (details supplied) for the Be On Call for Ireland campaign are in receipt of the same benefits as a member of the...
- Dental Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions put in place to meet the needs of the public and private dental care sectors and the dental profession during the Covid-19 crisis and after the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
673. To ask the Minister for Health the medical basis on which the decision to include cinemas in phase five of the re-opening plan was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5758/20]
- Hospital Services
674. To ask the Minister for Health the status of outpatient healthcare appointments in particular colposcopies (details supplied). [5759/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracing episodes engaged in by relevant staff and organisations by date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Tests
676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positive test results which have been followed up with contact tracing; the number of persons requested to self-isolate as a result of this; and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have contacted their general practitioners or medical centre or primary care centre or a hospital expressing a concern that they may...
- Departmental Correspondence
679. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5771/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
680. To ask the Minister for Health when persons aged 70 years of age are allowed to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/20]
- Hospital Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for both Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel and St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (details supplied); when the previous residents will be...
- Hospitals Discharges
683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients discharged from hospitals to emergency homeless accommodation in the past two years by month in tabular form. [5795/20]
- Health Services Staff
685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants signed up for the Be on Call for Ireland initiative; and the number of applicants deployed in each CHO area to date in tabular form....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons tested for Covid-19 in each residential centre for persons with a disability in CHO9; the number of persons that tested positive for...
- Health Screening Programmes
689. To ask the Minister for Health when CervicalCheck and other screening services will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5805/20]
- Hospital Equipment
690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding consumable supplies (details supplied). [5806/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [5808/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that may be restricted from attending large social gatherings such as weddings as referenced in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
697. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for supports for children with special needs and or disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if support will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
698. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of shopping centres which are permitted to reopen on 8 June 2020. [5819/20]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
702. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment to the building of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will be reaffirmed; if so, the date on which a build contract will be...
- Hospital Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health when the subcontracted modular cath lab service provided by a company (details supplied) for diagnostic angiograms will recommence activity at University...
- Dental Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health the locations urgent dental services can be availed of in counties Laois and Offaly in view of the fact that private dentists are not working; the facilities...
- Covid-19 Tests
706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests carried out by county to date in tabular form. [5949/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
707. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business will receive a response; and...
- Hospital Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to private consultants being able to see their patients in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5955/20]
- Departmental Investigations
709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order an independent investigation into the reason for the death of 23 residents since 1 April 2020 in a nursing home (details supplied) in County...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
710. To ask the Minister for Health If consideration will be given to the request of a representative association in relation to the need to provide additional support for a sector (details...
- Covid-19 Tests
711. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in providing Covid-19 test results to frontline staff and residents of Cregg House, County Sligo will be addressed; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
713. To ask the Minister for Health the location and date of the first Covid-19 positive cases identified in residential nursing homes. [5967/20]
- Hospitals Data
716. To ask the Minister for Health the research carried out by his Department in relation to the number of hospital appointments that have been missed as a result of hospital avoidance or...
- Addiction Treatment Services
717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls made to the HSE drug and alcohol helpline between 1 February and 1 May 2020; the number made to the helpline between the same dates...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
718. To ask the Minister for Health if organ transplant patients are excluded from receiving medications under the long term illness scheme and the drugs payment scheme; and if so, if transplant...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
719. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that reopening of all sectors happen in tandem on an all-Ireland basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6046/20]
- Maternity Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women in the Saolta Hospital Group are being allegedly discriminated against in relation to being allowed a partner attend their c-section birth; if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
721. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacy students that are taking up full-time frontline roles within the health service during the Covid-19 pandemic will be paid; and if he will make a...
- Health Screening Programmes
722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 3 December 2019, the progress made in relation to securing a site (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
723. To ask the Minister for Health if a quarantine will be placed on all visitors from outside Ireland during the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business following on from Covid-19; if so, if...
- Departmental Funding
725. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6115/20]
- Health Screening Programmes
726. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of smear tests that have not been carried out due to Covid-19 restrictions; the date normal operating times are expected to commence; the...
- Disability Support Services
727. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a project by a person (details supplied) in relation to outcomes in respect of the deaf community and a proposal on the measures to help create a...
- Health Services Access
729. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered when osteopaths can resume work; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many patients have been referred by their general...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
730. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for capital works for St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick, County Laois. [6162/20]
- Home Care Packages
732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare packages in each county in tabular form. [6171/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
733. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the use of interpreters as part of contact tracing efforts for workers with different nationalities that are working in meat...
- Covid-19 Tests
734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests which have taken place to date at hospitals (details supplied); the average waiting time for test results from the hospitals; and...
- Health Services Access
738. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a respiratory task force and making rescue packs equivalent to the COPD rescue packs available on the NHS available to those...
- Hospital Services
739. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects private hospitals to reopen for standard medical procedures for patients with private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Support Services
740. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects disability services, particularly day services and respite care, will resume in care facilities, for example, a facility (details supplied) in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
741. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in the process of setting up a taskforce of scientists and industrial and health experts to deal specifically with planning for the 24-hour turnaround...
- Medicinal Products
742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
743. To ask the Minister for Health if employees of a company (details supplied) are being treated in a hospital for Covid-19. [6211/20]
- Prescriptions Charges
745. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 205 of 4 May 2017, 777 of 6 September 2019 and 501 of 5 November 2019, the consideration being given to the issue raised...
- Departmental Data
746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and staff in nursing homes nationwide; and the number of same that have been tested for Covid-19. [6218/20]
- Home Care Packages
747. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [6240/20]
- Health and Social Care Professionals
748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct CORU to provide clarity and a solution for those participating in placement hours as part of their accreditation process (details supplied);...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
750. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided in relation to the measures that need to be taken by restaurants, cafés, publicans and hotels in phase 4 of the Roadmap for...
- Health Screening Programmes
751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the full resumption of BreastCheck and cervical smear tests for those in need; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the...
- Hospital Staff
752. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imminent annual junior doctor rotation at hospitals is causing significant concerns for staff during the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
754. To ask the Minister for Health if an automatic 14-day quarantine for all visitors by air or port will be enforced; and if resources will be made available for the enforcement of same. [6386/20]
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
755. To ask the Minister for Health if progress been made on a mid-term review of the National Drug and Alcohol Strategy 2017-2025: Reducing Harm; Supporting Recovery - A health led response to...
- Covid-19 Tests
756. To ask the Minister for Health the domestic laboratory capacity available for Covid-19; the profile of capacity versus use since 20 April 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
757. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has put together a specific contract for Covid-19 medical and surgical waste; if so, the details of the contract or contracts; if such waste is...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
758. To ask the Minister for Health if a specific action plan is being worked on for family carers including those that are caring for children with disabilities (details supplied); if so, the...
- Voluntary Sector Remuneration
759. To ask the Minister for Health when section 39 pay alignment with HSE salary scales will be implemented as has been implemented in section 38 organisations; and if he will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Tests
760. To ask the Minister for Health the position and process for retrospective testing for persons that are of the view they may have had Covid-19 prior to when testing commenced here; if this is...
- Home Help Service
761. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home help workers should be entitled to PPE and adequate sanitisers; if they have such access; and the steps he plans to take to ensure...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in dialysis that have tested positive for Covid-19; if there have been deaths in dialysis units of patients that had tested positive for...
- Covid-19 Tests
763. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out antibody testing for persons that have recovered from Covid-19 with the aim of understanding if some of the population now have natural...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
764. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the NPHET carried out an assessment or is following a specific WHO advice on the potential of recirculated air in aircraft to spread the Covid-19...
- Hospital Services
765. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the agreement with private hospitals to incorporate their capacity into the public system in tabular form. [6471/20]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
766. To ask the Minister for Health when IVF services will be fully resumed. [6474/20]
- Respite Care Services
767. To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children; and his plans to safeguard such children. [6476/20]
- Medical Cards
768. To ask the Minister for Health when the increased income threshold limits announced in Budget 2020 will be implemented for persons over 70 years of age (details supplied); and if he will...
- Hospital Services
770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have an operation on their back carried out in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the reopening of an outdoor activity business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6529/20]
- Health Services Access
777. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the recommendations made to it by an association (details supplied) in relation to the restructuring of the public eye care...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
778. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned new endoscopy unit and day care unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
779. To ask the Minister for Health if additional guidance is available with regard to social distancing for those with low sight or who are visually impaired or blind; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Correspondence
780. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence between him and both of his advisers between 17 and 21 April 2020 will be provided. [6690/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
781. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence from 1 March to 1 May 2020 between the CMO and a person (details supplied) will be provided. [6691/20]
- HSE Investigations
782. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish an inquiry into the deaths of 23 persons from Covid-19 at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
783. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions required to be met in order for the RCSI Hospital Group to hand back operational control to the owners of a nursing home (details supplied) in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
784. To ask the Minister for Health the detailed guidance for open water swimming instructors after 18 May 2020; and the limit to the amount of persons within 5 km of the beach who can avail of...
- Hospital Services
785. To ask the Minister for Health when private consultants will be able to start to schedule appointments and resume scheduling of procedures, in particular those which were cancelled due to...
- Commissions of Investigation
786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a commission of investigation into the deaths of 23 residents of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will...
- Hospital Services
787. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Michael's Ward in Beaumont Hospital is planning to resume providing inpatient detoxification and stabilisation services in 2020; and the stage of the...
- HSE Reports
790. To ask the Minister for Health when the Valproate project response report will be published; if he will provide details of the recommendations in the report; if his attention has been drawn...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 deaths by county and age bracket up to 10 May 2020 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/20]
- Food Safety Authority of Ireland
792. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial challenge facing the local authority veterinary service on 30 June 2020 as a consequence of a cut in funding...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
794. To ask the Minister for Health if consultants are prohibited from caring for their private patients if they sign the new public consultants contract; his plans to ensure continuity of...
- Departmental Correspondence
795. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all correspondence between his Department and the HSE relating to a nursing home (details supplied) from 1 March to 12 May 2020; and if he...
- Childcare Costs
796. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statement by a union (details supplied) regarding subsidised childcare. [6830/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
797. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance regarding persons exercising in groups of four as on 18 May 2020, specifically whether this means personal trainers being able to conduct classes...
- Health Services Access
799. To ask the Minister for Health when podiatrists will be permitted to resume services to clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/20]
- Hospital Services
800. To ask the Minister for Health the bed and staff capacity of the Silverbirch Unit in Blanchardstown Hospital; if this unit is currently in use; if not, the locations where the staff are...
- Covid-19 Tests
801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of testing, retesting and tracing of all staff and residents in nursing homes and residential units to allow the eventual opening of these...
- Health Services Staff
802. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a temporary physiotherapist from a health centre (details supplied) was laid off in view of the backlog of work; and when the person will be...
- Respite Care Services
803. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he has made for families that would normally access respite for their young children with special needs during the summer holidays; and if he...
- Dental Services
804. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to allowing access to all adults in addition to the children and persons with special needs that already have access to emergency...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contacts traced to date in the test and trace strategy for Covid-19; the number of contacts traced on average each day; the number of staff...
- Mental Health Services
806. To ask the Minister for Health if guidelines have been issued to mental health facilities advising them not to take in new patients under Covid-19 restrictions; if his attention has been...
- Mental Health Guidelines
807. To ask the Minister for Health if the guidelines provided to mental health practitioners will be clarified; the guidelines available advising mental health practitioners of face-to-face...
- Speech and Language Therapy
808. To ask the Minister for Health if the measures for PPE for clinical speech and language therapists will be confirmed in view of the fact the lack of full recognition of elements of their...
- Health Services Staff
809. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deal with a company (details supplied) and other recruitment agencies to recruit healthcare workers to deal with the Covid-19 crisis; the...
- Health Services
810. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7024/20]
- Hospital Services
811. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deal with the private hospitals and plans for maintaining the capacity to deal with non-Covid-19 related issues over the coming months; his...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
813. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the guidance and provisions in place to assist family carers that have concerns regarding guidance on Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will...
- National Maternity Hospital
814. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the ownership of the proposed site for the new national maternity hospital; if the site will be brought into full public ownership in...
- Hospitals Data
815. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the use of private hospitals to date; the average bed occupancy of hospitals since beginning of the private hospital deal by total and...
- Protected Disclosures
816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the terms of reference for the investigation into the 35 page protected disclosure in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
817. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the voluntary disability organisations as part of the response to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
818. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the shortage of PPE in private and public nursing homes in counties Offaly and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Data
820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist in mental health services for persons that are homeless in Dublin; when he expects these posts to be filled; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
821. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 deaths are higher in areas of deprivation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/20]
- Departmental Strategies
822. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland; if the targets for 2019...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
824. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made as to when holiday homes and caravan parks will reopen. [7041/20]
- Hospital Services
825. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had an operation cancelled; the reason they cannot have a 45 minute outpatient procedure carried out that will...
- Covid-19 Tests
826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to Covid-19 testing for a person (details supplied). [7043/20]
- Addiction Treatment Services
827. To ask the Minister for Health the specific challenges facing community projects that the attention of his Department has been drawn to regarding places for residential addiction supports;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
828. To ask the Minister for Health when an activity working outdoors as a chainsaw sculptor in gardens, parks and open spaces can resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and...
- Health Insurance
829. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the holders of private health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7108/20]
- Departmental Contracts
830. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place to ensure that pets abused by owners are protected; and if he will conduct a review of the animal breeding...
- Greyhound Industry
832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when greyhound racing can resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Strategies
833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a regulatory impact analysis of the farm to fork strategy has been carried out; if so, if the analysis will be made available; and...
- Common Agricultural Policy
834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CAP funding allocation will be adversely affected by other agricultural support arrangements put in place by the EU; and if he...
- EU Directives
835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the establishment of an independent statutory body will be considered tasked with enforcing the provisions of the EU directive on...
- Departmental Contracts
836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements;...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of an overclaim assessed against them is under...
- Felling Licences
838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tree felling licence application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for a digitised area of conservation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the implementation of the EU farm to fork strategy is being suspended for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make...
- Fishing Industry
842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority will not sign health certificates for live crab to be shipped to China; and if this...
- Beef Industry
843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an immediate meeting of the beef task force. [5824/20]
- Brexit Negotiations
844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to protect Irish agricultural and fishing interests during Brexit negotiations; and the status of discussions...
- Common Agricultural Policy
845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent developments on reform of the CAP; the progress on agreeing a new programme at EU level; and the progress made in...
- Basic Payment Scheme
846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2020 basic payment scheme by county. [5834/20]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2020 ANC scheme by county. [5835/20]
- Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the BEEPS programme by the closing deadline by county in tabular form. [5836/20]
- Covid-19 Tests
849. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues and the HSE to ensure immediate priority testing in meat and...
- Fishing Industry
850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions with fishing representative bodies with regard to establishing a fishing cessation tie-up scheme for...
- European Council Meetings
851. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the 13 May 2020 EU Agriculture Council of Ministers meeting regarding Covid-19 supports to farmers and the agrifood...
- Horticulture Sector
853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his attention was first drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) was bringing workers into Ireland; the actions taken...
- Trade Agreements
854. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact analysis has been performed on the EU-Mexico trade deal signed on 28 April 2020, specifically with respect to the Irish...
- Beef Industry
855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the clause in the BEAM scheme instructing farmers to reduce their stock by 5% due to the difficulty in selling and...
- Felling Licences
856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be issued on a felling licence application submitted in May 2018 by a person (details supplied) in County...
- GLAS Issues
857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when repayments due under the GLAS scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Exports
859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure Irish fish and seafood product is able to reach continental EU markets despite reports (details...
- Seafood Sector
860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the 13 May 2020 EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting regarding Covid-19 supports to fishermen and the seafood...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
861. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a submission submitted by an organisation (details supplied) has been considered; if in particular, riding schools can reopen in...
- Agriculture Schemes
862. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions at EU level to bring forward earlier payment for direct payments to farmers due to Covid-19; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if work on new farms is considered essential during the Covid-19 lockdown, specifically work on buildings which have been disused for...
- Poultry Industry
864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of poultry farms affected by avian flu to date in 2020; his plans to provide compensation to those farmers affected; the...
- Farm Household Incomes
865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the findings of the analysis carried out by a person (details supplied) that shows that farm incomes could collectively...
- Beef Industry
866. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ease the requirements within the BEAM scheme in view of the challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will...
- Meat Processing Plants
867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of workers in meat plants that have been tested for Covid-19 by centre; the number within each plant that have tested...
- Beef Industry
868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of beef both in quantity of cattle, tonnes of meat and percentage of both that is produced by feed lot; and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies
869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates of forthcoming meetings of the beef taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6016/20]
- Sheepmeat Sector
870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commissioned an analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on sheep wool markets, the financial impact this will have on the...
- Animal Diseases
871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to respond to the European Commission decision to reduce funding for the tuberculosis eradication programme here by...
- Farms Data
872. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms by county that have been affected by botulism to date in 2020; the supports provided to the farms affected; and...
- GLAS Issues
873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding for those farmers with designated land in view of the important environmental protection work undertaken...
- Farmers Markets
874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce incentives towards the development of farmers markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6021/20]
- Organic Farming Scheme
875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an organic farming scheme inspection commenced in December 2019 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ANC payment for 2019 will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6082/20]
- Agriculture Schemes
877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if entitlement allocation rights in respect of farmers (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider widening the essential job list to include animal groomers to work by appointment only for cases in which the...
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines on farms here tested for tuberculosis using the skin test in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes
883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the overclaim assessed against a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the penalty imposed by scheme and scheme years; and if...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider further extending the completion deadline for TAMS projects. [6185/20]
- Meat Processing Plants
885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans will be put in place to test all workers in meat plants each day for Covid-19. [6186/20]
- Organic Farming Scheme
888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reopening the organic farming scheme. [6189/20]
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the availability of grants for farmers to provide a herd wide tuberculosis test following positive tests in recent years which would...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason donkeys cannot satisfy 100% of the stocking rate requirement for ANC grants; and if he will consider increasing the...
- Harbours and Piers Funding
891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available for the extension of Renard pier, Cahersiveen, County Kerry by at least 30 metres in order to allow...
- Afforestation Programme
892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have their appeal heard against the refusal of an afforestation application;...
- GLAS Issues
893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the GLAS scheme until a new scheme is established under the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Felling Licences
895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the estimated number of cubic metres or hectares in respect of felling licences in the forestry industry are...
- Greyhound Industry
896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funds will be reallocated from the Irish Greyhound Board to animal welfare charities; if not, if such charities will be supported...
- Fishing Industry
897. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include aquaculture vessels, for example, mussel dredgers under the terms of the voluntary fleet support scheme; and if...
- Live Exports
898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to avoid future cancellations of live cattle consignments following the recent cancellation of a consignment...
- Meat Processing Plants
899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to Covid-19 support at meat processing plants. [6554/20]
- Departmental Reports
900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown in respect of the figures printed in the Annual Report 2018 of his Department in relation to the item marked other on...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the requirement that donkeys can only make up a maximum of 50% of the stocking density requirement for payments under areas of...
- Agrifood Sector
902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that will be taken to ensure that the proposed An Bord Bia farm sustainability platform development will not impose further...
- Food Industry
903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the surplus of potatoes here which are only suitable for processing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare
904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure the enforcement of horse welfare regulations, in particular for horses in urban areas; and if he...
- Live Exports
905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department played in the events that resulted in the postponement and potential cancellation of a shipment of cattle...
- Livestock Issues
906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence from an association (details supplied) in view of the...
- Poultry Industry
907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a compensation scheme in respect of the culling of poultry flocks which has resulted in huge losses for a number...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific proposals he put forward at the recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in relation to the urgent need to provide...
- Food Safety Standards
909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the implications on food production of a dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and...
- Fishing Fleet Protection
910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include in the voluntary fleet support scheme boats licensed for the fishing sector namely mussels (details supplied)....
- Animal Welfare
911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines for pet groomers reopening (details supplied). [6821/20]
- Beef Industry
913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a proposal raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the BEAM scheme. [6904/20]
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 in tabular form; the number of approved...
- Departmental Contracts
915. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Correspondence
916. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Roadmap for Reopening...
- Departmental Strategies
917. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a commitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6066/20]
- Departmental Contracts
918. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of...
- National Broadband Plan
919. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of the National Broadband Plan in view of ongoing restrictions; and if he will make a...
- Just Transition Commissioner
920. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports in place to support the Just Transition Commissioner; his views on whether they are appropriate; and if he...
- Broadcasting Sector
921. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding released to date from the sound and vision fund for broadcasters experiencing difficulties related to...
- Print Media
922. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met representatives of the print sector to discuss issues related to the impact of Covid-19; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
923. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if matters raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...
- Broadband Service Provision
924. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the broadband and connectivity issues outlined by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if they will be...
- National Broadband Plan
927. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the roll out of the National Broadband Plan will commence in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Broadband Service Provision
928. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of fibre broadband to a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
931. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on the national broadband plan over the past five years (details supplied); and the total internal...
- Broadband Service Provision
932. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request an update from a company (details supplied) regarding roll-out times; and if he will make a...
- Energy Production
933. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy on the development of hydrogen power here; if he has had engagements, discussions or paper exchanges with...
- Electricity Generation
934. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new wind farm located here that feeds its electricity into the Northern Ireland grid will be able to qualify for...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
935. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is legislation addressing emissions from the domestic burning of wood in open fires or in stoves; if not, his...
- Broadband Service Provision
936. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person close to the area covered by Eir fibre broadband network...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
938. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if hedgerows on agricultural land should be included and counted towards the total reduction targets in climate...
- Ministerial Meetings
939. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met formally with the director general of RTÉ in the past three months. [6505/20]
- Broadcasting Sector
940. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital expenditure allocations to TG4 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [6536/20]
- Electric Vehicles
942. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding available to local authorities to install public e-car charging points in each of the past two years; the...
- Postal Services
943. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the turnaround times for new eircodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6731/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
944. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with utility companies in an effort to reduce consumer utility bills during the Covid-19...
- Electricity Generation
945. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of coal imported from a mine (details supplied) in 2019 for use in the Moneypoint power station; if his...
- Print Media
946. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to further support local newspapers that are being forced to enter into liquidation as a result of loss of...
- Telecommunications Services
947. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken by the mobile telephone service providers and landline service providers to ease access to complaints,...
- Departmental Programmes
949. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for the getting citizens online grant scheme has been cancelled; if so, the impact on providers that were...
- Energy Efficiency
950. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to ensure better home energy savings from investment in home energy efficiency schemes; the...
- Departmental Contracts
951. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Travel Trade Sector
952. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that persons do not lose out financially if a no travel advisory is issued in cases in which airlines do...
- Company Closures
953. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assist the creditors of a company (details supplied) in particular those who applied for their J1 programme through the...
- Motor Tax
954. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider refunding a portion of the motor tax to vehicle owners who have had limited or no need to use their vehicles over the...
- Airlines Regulations
955. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recourse available to consumers to ensure the right to full refunds when airlines cancel flights in view of Covid-19; the consumer...
- Student Visas
956. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recourse students have to refunds with regard to J1 visa packages booked further to a provider (details supplied) going into...
- Sport and Recreational Development
957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage at which persons working in water sports can recommence work; if consideration has been given to persons that teach water...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity will be provided in relation to the measures that need to be taken by restaurants, cafés, publicans and hotels in phase 4...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding streams available to local authorities for bridge repairs. [6578/20]
- Airport Passenger Data
961. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that arrived in airports in April 2020. [6926/20]
- Ports Traffic
962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that arrived in seaports in April 2020. [6927/20]
- Departmental Contracts
963. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements; and...
- Driver Test
964. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is planned that driving instructors will resume work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5547/20]
- Road Projects Status
965. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N5 national primary route between Ballaghaderreen and Scramoge road project, and if the project will proceed as...
- Air Services Provision
967. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Shannon to Heathrow service will be resumed; the timeline for resumption; if an airline (details supplied) has signalled to his...
- Vehicle Testing
968. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when NCTs, DOEs and CVRTs will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
969. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take in response to the concerns and proposals of a trade union (details supplied) for protecting maritime workers...
- Tourism Funding
970. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to implement to support struggling small businesses in the tourism sector that are likely facing into a summer in...
- Driver Test
971. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors can return to work (details supplied). [5651/20]
- Bus Services
972. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with a union (details supplied) regarding the cash collection regime on bus services; and if consideration has been...
- Road Network
973. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with local authorities regarding the extension of footpaths and the creation of temporary cycle lanes in towns and...
- Driver Test
975. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place to provide persons with provisional dates for when they can take their driver test (details supplied); and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
976. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business the NCT, CVRT, driver tests and licences fall under. [5727/20]
- Rail Network
977. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Waterford to Limerick rail line which closed temporarily due to the measures taken to tackle Covid-19; when it is...
- Vehicle Testing
978. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schedule for the reopening of the NCT test centres nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5777/20]
- Motor Tax
979. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if motor tax will be temporarily suspended or reduced for persons aged 70 years of age and over (details supplied). [5779/20]
- Travel Trade Sector
980. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions and negotiations being held with regard to persons that have booked foreign holidays during the summer (details supplied)....
- Tourism Policy
981. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity will be provided for tourism providers on whether overseas visitors can be expected by the end of the year (details supplied)....
- State Airports
982. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provisions are being made to support Shannon Airport post-Covid-19 (details supplied). [5788/20]
- Driver Test
983. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving lessons and driver tests are likely to resume, particularly for persons in circumstances in which a car is necessary for...
- Sports Events
984. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine correspondence from a person (details supplied); the position regarding the planned American football match for the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
985. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions that have taken place with hotel representatives on the facilitation of weddings in hotels in view of Covid-19...
- Vehicle Testing
986. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the re-opening of NCT centres. [5825/20]
- Public Transport Fares
987. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a partial refund will be issued to persons who purchased annual Leap card tickets at the start of the year but have not been in a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
988. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he received the proposals sent to him by an association (details supplied); and if he will consider adopting the proposals listed in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
989. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that persons who arrive here by airplane or boat are obliged to give the necessary Covid-19 public...
- Vehicle Testing
990. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which NCT and CVRT testing will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5882/20]
- Tourism Industry
991. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the re-opening of hotels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5901/20]
- Sports Events
992. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the phase of the exit from the restrictions under which pigeon racing can be resumed with appropriate guidance issued; and if he will...
- Sport and Recreational Development
993. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a submission submitted by an organisation (details supplied) has been considered; if in particular, riding schools can re-open in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
994. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider State support to a company (details supplied) due to the Covid-19 crisis and in the context of the almost complete...
- Motor Tax
995. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the motor tax rates for private goods vehicles, such as vans, to be assessed based on CO2 emissions rather than engine...
- Vehicle Testing
996. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision will be made for emergency vehicle tests by the NCTS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6048/20]
- Emergency Services
998. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the position regarding the use of blue lights and sirens by organisations, aside from emergency services, transporting blood such as a...
- Regional Airports
999. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce supports for regional airports in view of the potential financial impact Covid-19 will have on their ability to...
- Vehicle Testing
1000. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers who have an out-of-date NCT but cannot get a test date due to Covid-19 restrictions, can continue driving; and if he will...
- Motor Insurance
1001. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications for drivers with their insurance company in cases in which they have an out-of-date NCT due to temporary closures of...
- Departmental Expenditure
1003. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 December 2019 under tshe heading B8.1 Smarter Travel/Sustainable Urban...
- Driver Test
1004. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver tests conducted in respect of category B driving licences in each month in 2019, in tabular form. [6122/20]
- Taxi Regulations
1007. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an extension of 12 months can be applied to the rule that all taxis which operate under the remit of the Taxi Regulator must not be...
- Driver Test
1008. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects driver tests and driving lessons to recommence. [6190/20]
- Vehicle Testing
1009. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding persons who may have failed to renew their NCT certification when it expired in 2019 and now cannot renew the...
- Proposed Legislation
1010. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend the Roads Act 1993 to facilitate the laying of underground cables along a public road corridor; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Subsidies
1011. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public transport will be sufficiently funded to provide an efficient, frequent train and bus service and to meet the requests of...
- Bus Services
1012. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available to the NTA to upgrade bus stops to have real-time passenger information displays on roads which are not subject...
- Aviation Industry Regulations
1013. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position and that of the Irish Aviation Authority with regard to the circumstances in which a company (details supplied) failed to...
- Taxi Regulations
1014. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with the National Transport Agency to assist taxi drivers who are not operating reduce insurance cover without having to...
- Public Transport Data
1015. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing public transport capacity by 25% and the national public transport total with specific figures for Bus...
- Driver Test
1016. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the driver test service will re-open; the protections which will be in place for drivers and testers; and the arrangements in place...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1017. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocol for tourism operators in caravan parks, holiday parks and so on (details supplied) once they are permitted to re-open. [6417/20]
- EU Directives
1021. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of requests made by the European Commission on compliance with the fourth railway package; the response provided to such...
- Tourism Promotion
1022. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being undertaken to ensure the re-establishment of tourism markets for the cottage industry bed and breakfast sector...
- Taxi Regulations
1023. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers of limousines with PSV licences will be permitted to use bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/20]
- Vehicle Registration
1026. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when VRT offices will re-open to the public in order to allow persons to finalise the sale of vehicles; and if he will make a statement...
- Vehicle Testing
1027. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for re-opening of NCT and CRVT centres across the country; the measures that have been put in place to assist...
- Tourism Ireland Funding
1028. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the regional co-operative market access scheme of Tourism Ireland was doubled; and if he...
- Dublin Airport Authority
1029. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he engaged in or received correspondence with the management team at Dublin Airport or the Dublin Airport board of directors on...
- Dublin Bus Fleet
1030. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that has been made to the Dublin Bus fleet over the past 18 months to deal with the continuing increase in bus...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1031. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish guidelines for taxi drivers on the way in which they can implement changes to protect drivers and customers regarding...
- Driver Licences
1033. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when NDLS centres will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6560/20]
- Driver Test
1034. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time persons will have to wait to do their driver test due to Covid-19; if extra driving lessons will be required; and if...
- Public Bike Schemes
1035. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the public bike scheme in Cork, Limerick, Galway and introduce one in Waterford. [6575/20]
- Sports Capital Programme
1036. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital allocations will be opened. [6576/20]
- Vehicle Testing
1037. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCT tests due between 1 and 28 March 2020 but were unable to take place due to no available dates for testing before 28...
- National Vehicle and Driver File Access
1039. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the information made available to insurance companies from the national vehicle and driver file; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Test
1040. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a timeframe for the resumption of driver tests will be confirmed; and the stage the re-opening phases test will resume (details...
- Vehicle Testing
1041. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when CVRT centres will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6644/20]
- Sports Funding
1042. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support local sporting organisations and clubs with funding or grants as a result of Covid-19. [6646/20]
- Driver Licence Applications
1043. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timelines for the introduction of an online facility to apply for a first-time learner driver permit which currently cannot be...
- Tourism Funding
1047. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the banking sector in relation to the need to support the tourism and hospitality sector through the...
- Departmental Budgets
1048. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocated to his Department for 2020; the breakdown of this budget for the transport, tourism and sport sections; if this has...
- Road Projects Data
1050. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of constructing 1 km of cycle path; the estimated cost of constructing one kilometre of footpath; and if he will make...
- Light Rail Projects Status
1051. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed light rail system for Cork; the estimated cost of this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
1053. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of transport infrastructure projects funded by his Department expected to be completed within the next five years; the...
- Road Toll Operators
1054. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subsidies paid to the operators of tolled roads or tunnels as part of the so-called traffic guaranteed clause for each specific road...
- Project Ireland 2040
1057. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be publishing a report on roads infrastructure as part of Project Ireland 2040; if so, when this will be made available; and...
- Air Services Provision
1058. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Irish airline carriers to explore the possibility of maximising their role in Government and private cargo export...
- Vehicle Testing
1059. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date or phase in which CVRT and NCT centres will re-open; the way in which drivers can pay their road tax in the meantime; and if he...
- Driver Licences
1060. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date or phase in which driver licensing centres will reopen; the arrangements he has made with insurance providers in the meantime;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1061. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the return to work protocols for public transport workers and providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Programmes
1062. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the active travel projects funded by his Department in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 by project name, project details, county...
- Public Transport Data
1063. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of purchasing and running one double decker bus for one year. [6753/20]
- Driver Test
1066. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath has to sit a driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6756/20]
- Tourism Promotion
1067. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans a staycation voucher scheme to stimulate local tourism here; if so, his plans in this regard; and if he will make a...
- Sports Funding
1068. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports available to local sports clubs during the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact many have considerable financial...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1069. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce mandatory wearing of face masks for all users of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Capital Programme Data
1071. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for the sports capital programme in each of the years 2016 to 2020 in tabular form; the value of applications...
- Motor Tax
1072. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount collected by vehicle category. [6789/20]
- Vehicle Testing
1073. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which cars with out of date NCTs that are unable to acquire a new NCT due to restrictions will impact on drivers and their...
- Driver Test
1074. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding learner drivers; and when driver tests will resume. [6823/20]
- Vehicle Registration
1075. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding persons that wish to register commercial work vehicles for tax and cannot do so without a DOE and are unable to...
- Vehicle Testing
1076. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is envisaged that NCT centres will reopen for testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6839/20]
- Sports Organisations
1077. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with representatives of organisations (details supplied) to specifically discuss the protection of clubs and the league...
- Vehicle Testing
1079. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NCT test centres, driver test centres and DOE test centres will re-pen. [6896/20]
- Rail Services
1080. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost Iarnród Éireann if it increased spending on security measures by a further 30%. [6899/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1081. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to funding support for grassroots sports groups which fall outside the eligibility criteria of the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1082. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the definition of a large wedding, that is, numbers of guests, size of venue and so on; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
1083. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for additional cleaning and disinfecting of commuter trains on the northern commuter line to specifically address Covid-19...
- Road Toll Data
1089. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of toll payments made on a daily and weekly basis at toll bridges during the months of February, March, April and the first...
- Electric Vehicles
1090. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the consultation on powered personal transporters will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6987/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1093. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide supports for the live entertainment industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Taxi Licences
1094. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support taxi drivers in an industry that has been devastated by the collapse in tourism, air travel, pubs and restaurants,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1096. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a scheme will be established to financially support taxi drivers to install partitions in their taxis to protect their health and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1097. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers and passengers with Bus Éireann will be kept safe as the restrictions are relaxed over the next weeks; if protective...
- Departmental Contracts
1098. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services
1099. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify, following the publication of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, guidelines on Covid-19 for registered...
- Departmental Contracts
1104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements; and...
- Childcare Services
1105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the guidelines on childminders re-opening following this period of closure will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
1107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is considering further supports for the childcare sector after the expected end date of the wage subsidy scheme; and if...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
1108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is considering changes to the ECCE capitation payments to childcare providers in view of the potential impact of social...
- Departmental Correspondence
1109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5568/20]
- Childcare Services
1110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public health advice available on the phased reopening of crèches as outlined in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business,...
- Childcare Costs
1111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to instances in which crèches and childcare facilities are requiring parents to pay part of their...
- National Childcare Scheme
1112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of parents and guardians who are not in employment, training or studying and that now cannot qualify for the national childcare...
- Foster Care
1113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies working under its aegis plan on updating guidelines to foster carers and residential settings further to the...
- Children in Care
1115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the circumstances under which it will remain appropriate to defer birth parents access to children in foster and residential care...
- Childcare Services
1116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the insurance arrangements that will be put in place in respect of childcare workers providing childcare to health workers; and if these...
- Domestic Violence Services
1118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she has taken to ensure that additional refuge supports are in place for victims of domestic and gender-based violence from...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans being developed by her Department or Tusla on separated parents having access to their children while the country reopens over...
- Childcare Services
1120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the State will be providing insurance cover and indemnity to those who sign up to the scheme to provide childcare in the homes of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if guidelines will issue as to whether or not sports and activity summer camps should be run in 2020 in view of the Covid-19 emergency; if...
- Childcare Services
1123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if pharmacists will be included in the proposed childcare scheme for front-line essential healthcare workers in view of the fact the HSE...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers will be allocated PPE or grant support towards same in advance of the re-opening of services. [6032/20]
- Health and Safety Inspections
1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which future inspections by Pobal and Tusla will be conducted following the reopening of childcare services; if unannounced...
- Childcare Services
1130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has contacted the insurance industry to request that childcare providers be given refunds for the period during which they were not...
- Insurance Coverage
1131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers providing childcare to healthcare workers are covered by State indemnity; and if not, the reason for their...
- Childcare Costs
1132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has conducted an analysis of possible price increases that will result from crèches operating at a lower capacity...
- Childcare Services
1133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if re-registrations and inspections for crèches that were expected to take place before June 2020 will be rescheduled; and the...
- Children in Care
1135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the number of...
- Early Years Sector
1136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and names of persons taking part in the advisory group analysing the reopening of early years services; the name of the six...
- Childcare Services
1137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a strategy is being developed to facilitate childminders restarting their service; if public health advice has been sought on this...
- Early Years Sector
1138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected capacity percentage rate allowable in centre-based early years services as they begin to open to all workers; the way in...
- Children in Care
1140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have remained in State care after the end date of their voluntary care arrangement over the past number of...
- Childcare Services
1143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public health advice offered regarding grandparents having to mind their grandchildren when parents return to work in circumstances in...
- Domestic Violence Services
1144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost if the budget for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services increased by 9%; and if she will make a...
- Childcare Services
1145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the proposed childcare for essential workers scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
1146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications received for capital works for playgrounds; the local authorities that applied; and the projects applied for in...
- Child Protection
1147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional support and protection is available for children at risk of neglect, violence or exploitation during the public health...
- Childcare Services
1148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when au-pairs and childminders that work alone minding children in another home can return to work;; and if she will make a statement on...
- Children in Care
1150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State who have tested positive for Covid-19. [6845/20]
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
1151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to backdate supports to crèches that were delayed in submitting their application to the employers subsidy scheme. [6846/20]
- Child Detention Centres
1152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to publish the report into the operation of the Oberstown children’s detention centre in the coming months; and if she...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
1153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and the projected date for the publication of its report. [6848/20]
- Domestic Violence Services
1154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of her Department's €25.3 million budgetary allocation for 2020 for victims of domestic, sexual and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional budgetary allocation related to Covid-19 for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence related services her...
- Childcare Services
1157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance that will be provided to small crèches to assist them in reopening safely at the appropriate time. [6855/20]
- Adoption Data
1158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if calls by adoptees to have an automatic right to access their own information, including their own birth name and automatic access to...
- Online Safety
1159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts taken to date to monitor the presence of in-app purchases targeting children using applications on various devices; the...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
1160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of childcare providers that have signed up for the WSCS to date; the reasons given by childcare providers to her Department...
- Childcare Services
1161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers registered with the new outreach childcare scheme for the children of front-line healthcare workers; the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
1163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will be making funding available for July and August 2020 on a once-off basis to the ECCE-only sector and to other sessional and...
- Child and Family Agency
1164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Tusla does not have a record of the number of child sex abuse cases that were referred to An Garda Síochána for 2016...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
1165. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the town and village renewal scheme in 2018 and 2019; the amount paid to each...
- LEADER Programmes
1166. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each LAG under the 2014-2020 LEADER programme; the amount expended annually under the 2014-2020 LEADER...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
1168. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated amount of funding to be allocated to the rural regeneration and development fund over the lifetime of National...
- Departmental Contracts
1169. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such engagements;...
- Community Development Projects
1170. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is considering ways to fund many rural and community organisations whose programmes and funding have been cut due to the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1171. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the Covid-19 supports and funds announced by his Department or State agency under his remit; the application process involved for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1172. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the package of supports for community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises, including the Covid-19 stability...
- Community Development Initiatives
1173. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when it is expected community centres will open; the position with regard to a centre (details supplied); if funding supports will be...
- Community Development Projects
1174. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing many in the community sector with the Covid-19 pandemic; and the specific...
- Departmental Contracts
1175. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Company Closures
1176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she met with the staff of a company (details supplied) to discuss the recent announcement regarding the closing of its...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those childcare workers who are in receipt of one-parent family payment or working family payment, and who have also been...
- Domestic Violence
1179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person with lead responsibility for the co-ordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons whose pandemic unemployment payment claims were not paid will receive their backdated arrears; and if she will...
- Legislative Measures
1187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a new Bill must be passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas to facilitate the continued payment of social welfare...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 payment will be prolonged beyond the current timeframe for artists and freelance technicians involved in the...
- Departmental Contracts
1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons over 66 years of age laid off from work due to Covid-19 are not considered as worthy or not deemed...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the refusal of an invalidity allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a scenario (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5585/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will backdate the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment for staff (details supplied) who were due to be paid through...
- Student Support Schemes
1198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put some supports in place for students in summer 2020 that under normal circumstances would take up employment...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will change the Covid-19 contact number to a freephone 1800 number (details supplied). [5640/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a reply will issue to the feedback by a person (details supplied) regarding those who have seriously reduced income as a...
- Fuel Allowance Payments
1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance further in view of the extension of the lockdown. [5654/20]
- Departmental Expenditure
1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of expenditure (details supplied) by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5657/20]
- Redundancy Payments
1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps to be taken to ensure workers at a company (details supplied) will be entitled to their full statutory redundancy...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement claims made; the number of claims awarded from 18 April 2020 until 6 May 2020; the number of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeals decision will be finalised for a person (details supplied) which was first submitted on 24 October 2019....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the monthly costs for March and April 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown; and the...
- Departmental Correspondence
1208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to or if the issue of a letter was authorised from the office of her Department in Buncrana,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can appeal the decision to refuse their application for the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment...
- Invalidity Pension
1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [5791/20]
- Company Closures
1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received notification from a company (details supplied) of a proposal of collective redundancy as is required...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
1215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those on jobseeker's payments are being afforded leeway in terms of applying for work in view of employment restrictions;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
1216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to a grant towards a hearing aids update; and if this will be...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
1217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the circumstances referenced in correspondence from a person (details supplied); if carer's benefit can...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
1218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the issue of welfare payments being made every two weeks (details supplied). [5906/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment payment will be backdated for a person (details supplied). [5916/20]
- Revised Estimates Publication
1225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when approval by Dáil Éireann for a new estimate for Vote 37 will be required; the process for approving same; and...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
1226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes are envisaged in June 2020 to illness benefit for Covid-19 related absences in terms of rate or eligibility...
- Departmental Staff
1227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will implement initiatives to allow employees to carry forward annual leave that they have accrued during...
- Redundancy Payments
1228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been laid off as a result of the appointment of a liquidator to a business can take up alternative...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
1230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
1231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to a position by which claimants in receipt of a primary social welfare benefit and who are...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
1234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
1235. 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); and if she will make a statement...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reintroduction of the mortgage interest supplement scheme will be considered particularly in view of the large number...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the additional and complex requirements that have been added to...
- Working Family Payment
1241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused the working family payment; and if she will make a...
- Disability Support Services
1242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a project by a person (details supplied) with regard to outcomes in respect of the deaf community and a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State could pay maintenance payments that are not being made on the basis that the State could recoup these costs...
- Widow's Pension Eligibility
1246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a widow's pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6265/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if seasonal workers will be included in the newly extended pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact they have been...
- Living Wage
1249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on the living wage in view of the considerable departure from the previous position in the recent Fine Gael and...
- Carer's Support Grant
1250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the carer’s support grant; and if the grant will remain place for 2020 and going forward. [6312/20]
- Jobseeker's Allowance
1252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in the processing of a jobseeker's application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [6317/20]
- Working Family Payment Eligibility
1253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the requirement to work for 38 hours or more per fortnight to be eligible for the working family payment...
- Widow's Pension
1256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made for widows on becoming eligible for a widow's pension to retain the State pension paid to their...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
1258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be granted. [6466/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment. [6477/20]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
1263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of flexibility regarding the Covid-19 payment of €350; if small business owners and or sole traders in...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
1265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the terms of the wage subsidy scheme are such that in circumstances in which a PRSI credit has been...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
1266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of jobseeker's payments being made while applicants are unable to apply in person for employment due to Covid-19...
- Social Welfare Rates
1267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to develop a programme to index social welfare rates to the minimum essential standard of living; and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
1268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place during Covid-19 to make it safer and easier for pensioners to receive payment; if she will consider...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement...
- Jobseeker's Payments
1270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance, respectively, that have been placed on a penalty...
- Social Welfare Code
1271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the occasions on which section 202 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 has been utilised since it came into effect;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance is available for employers endeavouring to keep their business afloat but that cannot afford the redundancy...
- Maternity Benefit
1280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the benefits a person (details supplied) who is due to go on maternity leave in July 2020 and is at present on jobseeker's...
- Community Employment Schemes
1284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to allowing those who have reached the State pension age to stay involved in a community...
- Illness Benefit Data
1285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the technical issues will be resolved to enable manual updating of contributions for illness benefit claims. [6860/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a review has taken place regarding the decision not to award a Covid-19 related payment in the case of a...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
1288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Invalidity Pension
1290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the payment of an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Payments
1291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the payment of illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pandemic unemployment payment scheme; the number of persons availing of the scheme; the cost for each of...
- Jobseeker's Payments
1293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider deferring jobseeker’s benefit means tests for those transitioning from jobseeker’s...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
1294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers who have been in receipt of the PUP will be entitled to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [6892/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided regarding the eligibility for the pandemic unemployment payment of Irish citizens who have...
- Dental Services
1296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered providing dentists with an advance in payments provided under the State schemes, that is, the medical...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
1298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average percentage of applications for domiciliary care allowance which are refused; the percentage of refusals...
- Pension Provisions
1299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the home carer's scheme will be extended to those born before 1 September 1946; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended to persons over 66 and under 18 years of age who were working prior to...
- Departmental Contracts
1302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultants by her Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Charges
1303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and proposals to assist businesses, especially in the tourism sector, in respect of reducing or waiving water rates...
- Commercial Rates
1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of commercial rates for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [5876/20]
- Planning Issues
1305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the harvesting of peat for the garden and mushroom growing industry will be permitted for 2020; and if he will make a...
- Registration of Title
1306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements in place in the Land Registry to process existing applications including those that were submitted prior to...
- Building Control Management System
1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/20]
- Departmental Contracts
1310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a family (details supplied) is deemed ineligible to be included on the housing waiting list with Galway County...
- Rent Pressure Zones
1312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the list of designated rent pressure zones to include Edenderry and Portlaoise will be updated; and if he will make a...
- Rent Controls
1313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will continue to implement a rent freeze for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to further amend the deadlines and timelines regarding planning application processes. [5663/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance or supports his Department can provide to students who have paid for student accommodation and cannot get a...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
1318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contact details in his Department for the section taking inquiries from accommodation providers who wish to provide...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the fourth quarter social housing pipeline report will be published. [5706/20]
- Housing Provision
1321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the St. Michael’s Estate cost rental project in Inchicore, Dublin 8. [5709/20]
- Planning Issues
1322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow for the relaxation of rules by local authorities for the provision of street furniture by cafés and...
- Commercial Rates
1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the chief executives of local authorities he has engaged with regarding the issue of rates and reimbursements of rates freeze...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units delivered via SHCEP in 2019; the number of units by type of lease involved (details...
- Traveller Accommodation
1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation and drawdown by each local authority of their Traveller accommodation budget in tabular form. [5732/20]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
1328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the increased payment for private domestic wells will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5757/20]
- Vacant Properties
1329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of an independent research proposal on property vacancies by the Housing Agency as outlined in...
- Local Authority Housing
1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses acquired under the Housing Agency vacant housing fund in each year since the fund was introduced;...
- House Purchase Schemes
1335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications, approvals and drawdowns and the average amount approved and drawn down from the Rebuilding...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes to rent and buy in the Poolbeg SDZ and the Clonburris SDZ; the details of the...
- Proposed Legislation
1337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the drafting of the marine planning and development management Bill is complete; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the public sector benchmark used for the first bundle of social housing public private partnerships will be published; and...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
1339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
1340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital expenditure on the LIHAF from 1 January to 31 December 2019 by his Department; the amount by each subhead; and if...
- Defective Building Materials
1341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a latent defects redress scheme in view of the meeting his Department had with a group (details...
- Private Rented Accommodation
1342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the RTB should hear cases from tenants who have had their deposits retained by landlords or other disputes, but that are...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
1343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units for emergency accommodation currently being used in hotel settings. [5965/20]
- Defective Building Materials
1344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the pyrite-MICA scheme for affected residents in County Mayo; if he has reconsidered the scheme in view of...
- Fire Service
1346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for a new fire station at Ballybay, County Monaghan; when he expects this development to be...
- Planning Issues
1347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider reintroducing planning permission processes in certain limited circumstances; if he has...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
1348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the pyrite remediation applications for residents in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if amendments to planning regulations will be introduced to facilitate small businesses that are no longer able to work out...
- Septic Tanks
1352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the multi-annual rural water programme due to run from 2019 to 2021 will be implemented to allow for grants for septic...
- Private Rented Accommodation
1353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to institutional landlords availing of mortgage holidays from banks; and if so, if mortgage...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1354. 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 who had originally purchased this...
- Planning Issues
1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost if the budget for the Office of the Planning Regulator increased by 12%. [6533/20]
- Arts Centres
1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details suppled). [6570/20]
- Local Authority Funding
1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures which will be taken to alleviate funding deficits in local authorities due to the Covid-19 restrictions; and if...
- Planning Issues
1365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of and the likely delays to decisions being made in the context of local authority delays to planning permission...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidance will be issued to local authorities on the need for streets and public areas in towns and villages to be...
- Planning Issues
1367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a further order will be issued to extend time periods on all planning matters; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
1369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will be provided with the affordable housing regulations regarding eligibility and other matters in...
- Local Authority Housing
1370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Cavan County Council in respect of the housing voids programme in 2019; if an increased level of...
- Land Development Agency
1372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency; the number of staff employed by the agency; the grade of each; the annual cost of...
- Housing Data
1373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of NARPS residential properties funded by his Department; the length of the leases on these properties; the annual...
- Private Rented Accommodation
1374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce tougher sanctions for landlords who breach the legislation governing the private rented residential...
- Home Loan Scheme
1375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a Rebuilding Ireland home loan will issue for a person (details provided) in County Dublin; if he will provide details...
- Housing Estates
1376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of applications from Kildare County Council for funding to complete housing estates (details supplied) with...
- Local Authority Housing
1381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital funding provided to each local authority to build social and affordable housing on public land in each of the...
- Housing Assistance Payment
1383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources or leeway being given to private renters who are in receipt of HAP but who temporally do not meet...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
1384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to Westmeath and Longford county councils for the housing adaptation grant and grant for older...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
1385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is compulsory for rent supplement recipients to transfer to the housing assistance payment. [6963/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the co-living policy has been reviewed in view of the new Covid-19 public health guidelines on social distancing and...
- Rental Sector
1389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to regulate online platforms that provide short-term lets; the goal of the proposed regulations; and if he will...
- Approved Housing Bodies
1392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to assist the reclassification of approved housing bodies as off-balance sheet; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector
1393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a national affordable rental scheme to facilitate the roll-out of cost rental housing; and if he will...
- Land Development Agency
1394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to ensure transparency in the actions of the Land Development Agency;; and if he will make a statement...
- House Prices
1395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an analysis of the differences in housing construction costs between homes delivered under a fixed price development...
- Departmental Contracts
1398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
1399. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Famine Commemoration Day will be brought into the remit of her Department in addition to the other national days...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
1400. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to assist the parents of children in a school (details supplied) to recover the deposit and fees they...
- Departmental Contracts
1401. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
1402. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) will be paid the cessation payment for their bog in County Roscommon; and if she will make a...
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta
1403. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta ar a gcuirfear sonraí ar fáil maidir leis na scéimeanna tacaíochta a d’fhógair...
- Wildlife Protection
1405. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if there is a dedicated investigation unit for the poisoning of...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
1406. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process followed in the sale of a building (details supplied) which was owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta; the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1407. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business for the practice of classical ballet as proposed by an...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1408. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Covid-19 supports announced by her Department or State agencies under her remit; the application process involved and...
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge
1410. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht de réir an ráiteas go bhfuil sé fógartha ag a Roinn nach reáchtálfar aon chúrsa foghlama...
- Departmental Expenditure
1411. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spend by her Department to date in 2020, including the capital carry over from 2019, by subhead. [6260/20]
- Wildlife Protection
1412. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the terms of reference or rules of procedure of the wildlife crime committee in her Department; the members of the committee; and...
- National Library
1419. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent to date on the upgrading of the east and west wings of the National Library; and the duration of such works....
- Arts Council
1421. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met formally with the new director of the Arts Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6518/20]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
1422. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for Údarás Na Gaeltachta in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Waterways Ireland
1423. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spending of her Department in 2019; the capital funding allocated to Waterways Ireland; the projects undertaken by...
- Departmental Funding
1425. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of funding for programmes that do not require physical presence to complete, for example, writer in residences. [6577/20]
- Departmental Data
1426. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of visitor numbers to each of the national culture institutions in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [6903/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
1429. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a detailed set of guidelines will be presented on the way in which artistic spaces and venues, be they large or small, should...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1430. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if capital costs will be offered to artistic and cultural spaces to support the re-opening of these amenities. [7002/20]
- Departmental Contracts
1436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on external consultants by her Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending...