Written answers

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in tabular form; and the name of each...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if future overseas missions for members of the Defence Forces delayed due to the UN suspension will serve their full period of duties once...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a decision will be made regarding permitting the affiliating of the Defence Forces to a union (details supplied); the reason this decision...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the strength each branch should be at; the recruitment planned in this regard; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Resources
      6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be allocated for the upgrade and extension of the mission preparation centre at the cadet school at the Defence Forces training...
    • Air Corps
      7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be allocated for a new control tower at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; when this capital works project will commence; the duration...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the facilities at Kilworth Camp are being used at present to accommodate personnel other than military personnel; and if so, the purpose of...
    • Defence Forces Data
      10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females who were recruited for the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of females currently...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the age limit for the Defence Forces cadetship competition will be increased as recommended by the Public Service Pay Commission and also...
    • Army Barracks
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the provisions he will put in place to ensure the ongoing preservation of protected structures in Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in tabular...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the welfare assistance available for Irish citizens living abroad both inside and outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will reopen and services resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8311/20]
    • Human Rights Cases
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the case of a person (details supplied) whose case has been highlighted by an organisation. [8401/20]
    • European Defence Action Plan
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in providing personal security clearance and facility security clearance for companies here dealing with projects...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons appointed to the 2018 Irish Aid election observation roster. [8573/20]
    • Passport Applications
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will reopen and begin processing passport applications again; when an application will be processed for a person...
    • Passport Services
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all passports will be extended for the duration of 12 months due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8748/20]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Senate Majority Leader, Mr. Mitch McConnell to date in 2020. [9011/20]
    • Consular Services
      30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will assist an Irish couple seeking to return home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9082/20]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts he has made with the EU and or UK Government officials regarding the ongoing post-Brexit trade talks; and if he will make a...
    • Company Closures
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts he or his officials had with or in respect of a company (details supplied) prior to or since the announced closure of the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the EU and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the establishment of an EU office in...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in addressing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in relation to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9530/20]
    • Departmental Advertising
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of women that have been unable to access the temporary wage subsidy scheme due to being on maternity leave in the months preceding the application...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      41. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bakery (details supplied) in Dublin 8 can access supports and grants and so on to cover wages and costs. [8857/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the temporary wage subsidy scheme to the taxi, bus and coach sector (details supplied). [8892/20]
    • Insurance Industry
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurers are increasing premiums to customers despite no claims by the customer during the Covid-19 crisis and...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the reach of the bike-to-work scheme to include students, jobseekers, those on disability allowance or doing unpaid work; and his...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place for employees in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme in which an employer is not topping up pay and employees are working...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter regarding insurance during Covid-19 for a business (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the matter which is being faced by many businesses will...
    • Tax Credits
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has evaluated the merit and costed an enhanced tax credits package for frontline blue light and medical workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Value Added Tax
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason recycled plastic materials which have been subject to 23% VAT in their first lives are subject to VAT once again when it comes to recycling only to...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance when vehicle registration tax offices will reopen. [8375/20]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance when a fuel grant in respect of a motor vehicle under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Mortgage Lending
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance if provisions will be made for mortgage applicants who were mortgage approved prior to Covid-19 and have subsequently become unemployed and are now not...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance if an issue (details supplied) regarding car dealerships will be investigated with the Revenue Commissioners; if a successful resolution will be expedited; and...
    • Bank Charges
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing issue which businesses are facing with regard to banking charges for direct debits that are failing due to...
    • Mortgage Lending
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues that some customers are facing with non-bank mortgage providers in which the provider has refused requests for a...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the exclusion of persons and businesses (details supplied) from the temporary wage subsidy scheme due to administrative errors caused by...
    • Business Regulation
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure for a business (details supplied) to obtain a licence to sell directly to the public and not through an intermediary; if he is considering...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if a similar mechanism could be found to assist businesses which are seasonal by nature such as a company (details supplied) and that were not in operation on...
    • Mortgage Lending
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks are allowed to withdraw mortgage offers due to applicants being put on the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [8654/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the requests of an association (details supplied) regarding the urgent need to provide support to a sector due to the severe...
    • Mortgage Lending
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to cases in which the Central Bank is advising retail banks and mortgage brokers that pending mortgage applications cannot be...
    • Electric Vehicles
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if a grant scheme to purchase e-bikes will be introduced. [8693/20]
    • Tax Yield
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax receipts for each month of 2020 to date in view of the fact that it does not seem to be set out in the Fiscal Monitor April 2020; the tax profile for...
    • Value Added Tax
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the reclassification of VAT status to harmonise the VAT system on the island of Ireland specifically with respect to the coach and bus...
    • Tax Code
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance when a double taxation agreement (details supplied) will be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8744/20]
    • Gambling Sector
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance when betting shops can reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8809/20]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow persons that are registered blind to avail of tax relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending panels for Departmental jobs which are valid for a two-year period in view of the fact that the hiring process is at a halt at...
    • Company Law
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider putting in place an investigation into the disposal of the business platform of companies (details supplied) at nominal consideration. [8882/20]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Strategic Banking Corporation Ireland funding provided to a company (details supplied) was used to replace an existing €30 million three-year...
    • Banking Sector
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request an explanation from a bank (details supplied) the reason a branch of the bank in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo has remained closed during the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Central Bank measure the impact its decisions are having on housing rights, equality and women; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted research on the impact of moving to a four-day work week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8973/20]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if financial supports will be made available to SMEs in the range of financial supports provided to the banking sector during the financial crash of 2008; and...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners determined that an employer did not qualify for the temporary wage subsidy scheme after the subsidy was provided, if the liability...
    • Tax Collection
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT and other tax liabilities collected on behalf of the Revenue Commissioners by NCT centres since a company (details supplied) was appointed to...
    • Credit Unions
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the remaining policy, legislative or regulatory obstacles that are preventing credit unions from being able to provide funding for social housing through...
    • Tax Code
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will instruct businesses to base the benefit-in-kind company vehicle calculation on the previous year's mileage, that is 2019, as opposed to...
    • Value Added Tax
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in the VAT rate to 21% on goods to help small and medium enterprise businesses compete against online shopping outlets. [9115/20]
    • Insurance Industry
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the period for which a quotation from an insurance company should stand prior to being withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9192/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance will be provided to a business in relation to an operational matter relating to the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will encourage banks to extend the moratorium on farmers repayments into the autumn in view of the ongoing impact of Covid-19. [9388/20]
    • Motor Insurance
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether, with regard to car insurance industry, it is reasonable for an insurance car provided to demand an additional €1,138 when the...
    • Job Losses
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to encourage a bank (details supplied) to intervene with a consortium, of which it is a part of, to ensure fair treatment of its workers in view of...
    • Value Added Tax
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of discussions at EU level on the action plan on the future of VAT; the opportunities which have been taken to continue to recommend that member...
    • Tax Code
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extend the scope of the SSD tax to milk products with added sugar; if information collection processes on products that are...
    • Tax Yield
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield for the SSD tax since its inception; the projected yield for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/20]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of illegal trade in tobacco; the additional measures planned to counteract such illicit trade; and if...
    • Customs and Excise
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal monitor for excise duty receipts for May 2020 or the most recent date for 2020, by category in tabular form; the increase or decrease of each...
    • Departmental Advertising
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in tabular form; and the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of and the expected completion date for construction works at the new Garda station in Bailieborough, County Cavan; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if measures have been considered to allow employees to defer taking annual leave entitlements to later dates and or into 2021 if...
    • National Children's Hospital
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has communicated with National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 March 2020 on the cost projections for the national...
    • National Lottery
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are delays with persons being paid their national lottery winnings in cases in which they have won a prize; if so, when the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8402/20]
    • Coastal Erosion
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the necessary financial assistance will be provided to Fingal County Council to tackle the alarming rate of coastal erosion that is...
    • Rights of Way
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8638/20]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding flood relief (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station; if costs are in dispute or conciliation; and when the...
    • Data Centres
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if construction works have commenced on a new State data centre in Backweston, County Kildare; if so, the duration of those works; and...
    • Tourism Industry
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding the closure of Skellig Michael (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traffic Management
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a public consultation and review of the overall traffic through the Phoenix Park will be implemented by the OPW. [9310/20]
    • Tourism Industry
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for his decision to close Skellig Michael to visitors this season; the reason the decision was taken so early prior to the...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to review the current public sector motor travel rates; and if they include appropriate compensation for those...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood defence works in Athlone, County Westmeath; and the timeline for the completion of flood defences. [9557/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of the temporary wage subsidy scheme falls under the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Vote; and if he...
    • Public Expenditure Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the maximum amount that can be spent in each Vote under the four-fifths rule; the amount actually spent to date for each Vote; when each...
    • Departmental Advertising
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Provision
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the resumption of Safe Pass courses will be facilitated now that construction has reopened in view of the fact the inability to facilitate new...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to include teacher-led representation and the full involvement of teachers, students and unions in the Covid-19 working...
    • Special Educational Needs
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision programme will be extended to six weeks or 60 hours of tuition (details supplied). [9080/20]
    • School Transport
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safety measures regarding social distancing, hand hygiene and face covering being planned for school buses with schools reopening in...
    • Online Safety
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if data...
    • Special Educational Needs
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision will be provided in 2020. [8306/20]
    • State Examinations
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the use of the mock leaving certificate examination results as part of the proposed predictive grading process in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the building of a new school (details supplied) will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8352/20]
    • School Curriculum
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied an exemption from a subject on the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns outlined in correspondence from a person (details supplied) on requirements for master of education completion will receive a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the campaign by parents in Crumlin, Dublin 12, for the re-opening of a school (details supplied) as an ASD specific school; and if...
    • School Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied); when the application will progress to the next stage; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the application to extend a college (details supplied) has been at stage 2B for five years and...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills #the status of applications for school buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8372/20]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); his views on the eligibility of the school for the scheme;...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of recruiting ten additional psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had or is likely to have on the funding and timescale for completing the extension to a school (details...
    • School Funding
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided to allow for further temporary prefab accommodation for a school (details supplied) to be implemented in...
    • School Admissions
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a section 29 appeal by a person (details supplied). [8393/20]
    • School Accommodation
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate provision is being made in primary and second-level schools throughout County Kildare to accommodate the needs of children who are...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be directed to accept a small number of pupils before phase 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in order to test...
    • DEIS Scheme
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS review has been completed for schools (details supplied); if so, the outcome; if the review will benefit schools in east County Meath...
    • School Accommodation
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on possible delays to a school (details supplied) to transfer to its new premises which is occupied by another school; if the matter...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of CPD completion by teachers on the recent changes at junior cycle; and when he plans to formally dissolve the junior cycle for...
    • Physical Education
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the NCCA designed senior cycle physical education application will be made available to schools, teachers and students to commence teaching...
    • Education and Training Boards
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed LMETB headquarters in Drogheda, County Louth; the reason for the unacceptable delays to the commencement of this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planning position in regard to the new post-primary school for south Drogheda, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant updates on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the July provision will operate in 2020; the way in which parents should apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the rendering process for a cluster of primary school building projects including a school (details supplied); the timeline for...
    • State Examinations
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding calculated grades (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8498/20]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a summer works scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8513/20]
    • English Language Training Organisations
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider including teachers and representatives on the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adjustments will be made to the traditional July provision scheme for children on the autism spectrum; and if so, the adjustments being...
    • School Staff
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance school principals can expect on processes and procedures to deal with anticipated increased need for substitute teachers due to...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers and students will be included as stakeholders in the active Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector (details...
    • Third Level Admissions
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain leaving certificate students missed the deadline to apply for the CAO; if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the July provision programme in view of Covid-19; if contingencies are being examined to ensure it goes ahead; the...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include teacher-led representation in addition to full involvement in the Covid-19 working group for the English language education...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [8633/20]
    • State Examinations
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate. [8656/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will be awarded a SNA support. [8666/20]
    • English Language Training Organisations
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to including English language teachers in the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector;...
    • DEIS Scheme
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce DEIS status for schools; and if he will confirm the inclusion of a school (details supplied). [8671/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consult with parents and children on decisions to be taken in respect of the reopening of schools; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a disparity between private school bus operators who have received no payments after the Covid-19 restrictions were...
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building project for a school (details supplied) which is due to be completed by 2021; if the school is being...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that representatives of teachers in English language teaching colleges are represented and heard at the Covid-19 working...
    • School Transport
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that will be introduced in the school transport scheme. [8734/20]
    • Schools Building Projects
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building works for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [8735/20]
    • School Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position regarding teacher numbers for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8756/20]
    • School Admissions
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the commencement order for new laws under the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 signed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a secondary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8788/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision will be provided in a school-based setting for children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the new primary school in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the new ASD unit approved for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher will be retained in a school (details supplied) in County Mayo due to the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. [8815/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to financially support schools and education centres to put in place social distancing facilities and sanitation units...
    • School Accommodation
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the need of a school (details supplied) for the provision of temporary prefabricated accommodation; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a request by a person (details supplied) on third-level education. [8851/20]
    • School Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for teacher allocation in primary and secondary schools for the 2020/2021 school term; and his plans to increase the allocation of...
    • School Transport
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase school transport capacity for an area (details supplied) in view of the issue of students left without transport options...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers and students will be included as stakeholders in the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appointment of at least one additional SNA will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of teacher insurance for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8886/20]
    • Departmental Schemes
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Attorney General and his Department have completed the review of the State ex gratia scheme which Dáil Éireann was informed was...
    • European Court of Human Rights
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department made its latest report to the Council of Europe on the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in a...
    • State Examinations
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who choose to sit the leaving certificate examination later in 2020 will have an opportunity to make up the time they have lost with...
    • School Staff
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of a fifth teacher in a school (details supplied) will be supported for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if English language teachers have been included in the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector; the consideration given...
    • Special Educational Needs
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a roadmap to get children with special needs to return to school exists; his plans for the July provision to continue in summer 2020; and if...
    • Education and Training Boards
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the issue of some educational training boards seeking recoupment of overpaid food and travel allowances during...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions he has put in place for primary and post-primary students to return to school; if he has considered reducing the number of...
    • Site Acquisitions
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site has been identified for the new secondary school for the Greystones and Kilcoole planning area, County Wicklow, (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a supplementary pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/20]
    • School Admissions
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application process (details supplied) allowing only one school to be named on the application form will be extended to allow more school...
    • Student Accommodation
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with third-level colleges and universities that have to date failed to refund some students for their prepaid student...
    • Special Educational Needs
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering the re-opening of small schools that offer tailored programmes for autistic children and children with other special needs...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €10 million information technology equipment fund announced by his Department will be available to special schools; and if he will...
    • Schools Data
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of an order employed in schools (details supplied). [8999/20]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants will be sanctioned to carry out the July provision in 2020 to assist teachers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to ensure engagement between school owners and teachers in the English language sector prior to the them reopening; and the...
    • State Examinations
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being made for pupils who are finishing fifth year of secondary school and will sit the leaving certificate in 2021 but have lost...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has assessed the need for two new mainstream classrooms, one special education teaching room, large-scale refurbishment of...
    • School Enrolments
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students seeking a place in a secondary school in Kilkenny city for commencement in September 2020; if these students will be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available in special units of schools in Kilkenny city for the education and support of children with Down syndrome; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a wage subsidy payment from his Department in view of the fact their income as a secondary school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new Citywest and Saggart post-primary school; the details of objections made; when the school will be built; the status of the...
    • DEIS Scheme
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to confer DEIS band 1 status on schools on the northside of Drogheda that are currently in DEIS band 2; and if he will make a statement...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support will be provided to students who attend Gaelscoileanna particularly in cases in which Irish is not spoken in the home...
    • Special Educational Needs
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support will be provided to address the specific needs of children with learning disabilities; if the funding will be allocated to...
    • DEIS Scheme
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the criteria used for allocation of teaching posts in DEIS schools (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the junior certificate school programme; if it will include resources for school libraries and allocation of librarians,...
    • School Completion Programme
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support and resources will be provided to school staff due to changes in the school completion programme in view of the increased...
    • Special Educational Needs
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when full details of the way in which the July provision of services for children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities will operate...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with the outdoor adventure and activity centre sector (details supplied) in view of the cancellation of most activities...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will implement particularly in rural schools to reduce class sizes; if extra teachers will be provided to allow for one class one...
    • School Staff
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will not lose a teacher for the 2020/2021 school year in view of the fact increased health and safety requirements due to Covid-19...
    • School Accommodation
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase capacity at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9275/20]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when apprentice mechanics who had their studies interrupted due to Covid-19 will be able to return to study; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • State Examinations
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact statistical methods which will be used for the standardisation of results submitted by schools in the context of the calculation of...
    • Third Level Admissions
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that post-leaving certificate students from 2020 will be in a position to attend third-level in 2020. [9300/20]
    • State Examinations
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department and the SEC are undertaking with regard to the leaving certificate of 2021 in view of the fact that the 2020 fifth year...
    • Special Educational Needs
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest details regarding the July provision scheme. [9304/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the current draft of plans for school buildings re-opening; his plans for schools or units to be open for teaching before...
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the SIM model for SNA and special needs allocations does not allow for significant shifts within a class cohort within a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an indicative roadmap will be provided on when and the way in which primary and secondary schools will be returning. [9382/20]
    • Youth Services
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer...
    • School Staff
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to retain its current teaching complement in view of the impact of the Covid-19...
    • Third Level Education
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing social care students who would typically carry out 800 hours of placement under QQI and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further clarity on the status of the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9438/20]
    • State Examinations
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a short timeframe for leaving certificate students to register online; the efforts his Department is making to ensure that those...
    • Student Accommodation
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the ongoing issue of student accommodation in which students who left their accommodation due to Covid-19...
    • Special Educational Needs
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation regarding special needs provision for the 2020/2021 school year; when schools will be notified; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Accommodation
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will contact an accommodation provider (details supplied) with regard to its refusal to issue refunds to students. [9493/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fully continue the July provision in summer 2020; and the details of same. [9494/20]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the book grant scheme for 2020/2021 will allow schools to secure information technology tools and e-books in view of the recent learnings from...
    • Third Level Admissions
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will recommend to higher level institutions to increase dedicated places for students progressing on from post-leaving certificate courses...
    • State Examinations
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are dedicated advocates for DEIS schools, students with disabilities and experts in inclusive assessment and education in the advisory...
    • Special Educational Needs
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provisions for those with special educational needs and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9520/20]
    • School Accommodation
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans and proposals for when the prefabs in a school (details supplied) will be replaced. [9524/20]
    • Special Educational Needs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress and decisions made on facilitation of the July provision programme before the re-opening of schools of which he is in favour. [9551/20]
    • State Examinations Commission
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no contact has been made to date with the service officers in the State Examinations Commission regarding their employment in 2020....
    • English Language Training Organisations
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all stakeholders, including students and teachers, will be given a place on the Covid-19 working group for the English language education...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 20 May 2020, his plans for apprentices who have to complete assessments which are of a practical...
    • Departmental Advertising
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in tabular...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Carer's Leave
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of carer’s leave will be considered for the parents and guardians of children with disabilities who will...
    • Maternity Leave
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending maternity leave and benefit for those women moving onto the unpaid entitlement phase of their...
    • Parental Leave
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending adoptive leave to fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/20]
    • Departmental Staff
      331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there were no supervised tests in the internal higher executive competition 2020 held in his Department; and the way...
    • Student Visas
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the period of working entitlement will be extended for non-EEA and Swiss nationals with a student visa on the third level...
    • Crime Prevention
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has raised the establishment of a north side crime task force with the Garda Commissioner, which was previously committed...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a funding application from Louth County Council to fund CCTV in Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth, has been received; if so,...
    • Crime Prevention
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a task force for Drogheda, County Louth, similar to that of the north inner city Mulvey report. [8442/20]
    • Garda Stations
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans that have been discussed with him or his officials regarding the redevelopment of the east Meath Garda...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 269 and 270 of 19 November 2019, if there has been further progress made in putting in...
    • Legislative Reviews
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of reference of the review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 which is required under section 27 of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the lack of social distancing by large groups in the Moore Street area of Dublin. [8487/20]
    • Garda Reports
      345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report from the Garda Commissioner on a case (details supplied); the reason for such a long delay in...
    • Visa Applications
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay with same. [8537/20]
    • Residency Permits
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when decisions will be processed and issued on applications submitted in November 2019 for a right of residency accompanied by...
    • Citizenship Applications
      348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the long delay in a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied...
    • Execution of Wills
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protection available for the family of a person whose will was changed when their decision-making capacity was diminishing;...
    • Garda Stations
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has raised the progress on the development of the new Garda station at Northern Cross, Dublin 17 previously committed to...
    • Business Regulation
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a business (details supplied) to obtain a licence to sell directly to the public and not through an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Chinese citizen and Irish visa holder that cannot return from China to get their visa stamped in July...
    • Direct Provision System
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is in talks to provide a direct provision centre at a location (details supplied). [8639/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place between the HSE, operators of direct provision centres and his Department in relation to notification of...
    • Bench Warrants
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Kildare Garda division as of 22 May 2020; and the number of those warrants...
    • Immigration Status
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the documentation that can be supplied to progress an application by a person (details supplied) apart from documents already...
    • Court Accommodation
      360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the alternative temporary location for Roscommon District Court; when it is envisaged that the relocation will take place; when...
    • Garda Operations
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drugs seizures and value of drugs seized by An Garda Síochána in County Tipperary by month to date....
    • Direct Provision System
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Covid-19 cases in direct provision centres in Portarlington, County Laois and Monasterevin and Newbridge, County...
    • Garda College
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify with the Garda Commissioner, the plans for the reopening of the Garda Training College, Templemore; and if...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda vehicles that were added to the roads policing unit in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of recruiting two additional full-time accountants for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau....
    • Firearms Seizures
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms seized by gardaí in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [9032/20]
    • Garda Equipment
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available in 2020 to replace the aircraft or helicopters within the Garda air support unit; and if so, if the...
    • Visa Applications
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for an extension of a stamp 2 visa by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will recommend the reallocation of probationer gardaí attached to districts as part of the Covid-19 response back to...
    • Community Policing
      371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the new community policing framework; if online public consultation will be carried out on the draft...
    • Garda Deployment
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to establishing a dedicated Garda Síochána transport police section to deal with public...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received from potential community sponsors in the county and city of Galway respectively, under the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate for haulage companies to charge for the release of vehicles that have been impounded...
    • International Protection
      375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to private operators in respect of the housing of persons seeking international protection in each of the years...
    • Asylum Seekers
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the capacity of emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in County Monaghan; the details of new...
    • International Protection
      378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking international accommodation in direct provision or emergency accommodation settings that are...
    • Garda Strength
      380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based at each station in County Monaghan; the number at each rank; the corresponding figures at 1 May...
    • International Protection
      381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of persons subject to the Dublin III Regulation during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Direct Provision System
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body responsible for undertaking inspections in the context of Covid-19 in direct provision centres; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of installing a minimum of two defibrillators in each Garda station that is opened on a 24/7 basis; and if...
    • Garda Data
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer; the length of time each division has been without same; when...
    • Garda Resources
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for each of the Garda specialist units in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to introduce the motion for the annual renewal of sections two to four, six to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences...
    • Direct Provision System
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all direct provision accommodation centres. [9343/20]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to DMR northern division in each of the years 2009 to 2019 and to date in 2020,...
    • Garda Stations
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of Howth Garda station. [9401/20]
    • Garda Data
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers attached to the Coolock district in each of the years 2009 to 2019 and to date in 2020,...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the DMR northern region in each of the years 2009 to 2019 and to date in 2020;...
    • Garda Strength
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the DMR northern region in each of the years 2009 to...
    • Garda Deployment
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the DMR northern division in each of the years...
    • Garda Training
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the DMR northern division in...
    • Garda Deployment
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the specialist units in the DMR northern division. [9409/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 961 and 962 of 20 May 2020, the number of passengers who arrived here since the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Business Regulation
      409. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on public country by country reporting for corporation tax purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8356/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      411. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if guidance on the use of physical barriers in lieu of physical distancing will be published on appropriate public health measures to...
    • Legislative Programme
      412. 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...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      413. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the details of the restart fund for micro and small business of €250 million will be available; the reason the scheme was...
    • Farm Safety
      415. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she has introduced to promote and increase safety on farms in view of the Covid-19 situation; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      416. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will place a cap on the amount of funding provided to local authorities to administer the SME restart grant; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      417. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guidelines given to supermarkets in cases in which members of their staff have been diagnosed with Covid-19 but have recently been...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      418. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the prohibition on refinancing existing loans under the new €2 billion credit guarantee scheme particularly...
    • Departmental Schemes
      421. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rules for the current working capital scheme; the reason loans under the scheme are to be up to only three years; if she is...
    • Health and Safety Authority
      423. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to extend the powers of the Health and Safety Authority to facilitate it to immediately shut down businesses or work sites...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for businesses which set up in 2020 and did not receive a commercial rates invoice from the local authority in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      426. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss measures to maintain public health compliance; her plans to reopen...
    • Commercial Property
      427. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of proposed solutions to address the matter of commercial rents for businesses affected by Covid-19 closures; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      428. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received and read correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) dated 7 May 2020; her views on the proposals...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      429. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business that removal companies fit into in view of the fact they are not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      430. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant will be made available to a business (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      431. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission can play in circumstances in which an airline is refusing to provide...
    • Company Liquidations
      432. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to help persons (details supplied) secure redundancy packages; the efforts made to determine ownership of the...
    • Business Regulation
      433. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce measures to restrict private companies from providing access to official documents such as birth and death...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      434. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the definition of small retail outlets in relation to the retail outlets listed as being allowed to open in phase 2 as per page 11 of...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant funding available for start-up online e-commerce business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8624/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      437. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if financial supports are being made available to small business impacted by Covid-19 which are unable to avail of the restart grant...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      438. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors employed at the Workplace Relations Commission. [8695/20]
    • Employment Rights
      444. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the WRC or other body will take action or investigate employers that are implementing unilateral pay cuts often while availing of...
    • Work Permits
      445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the horticultural work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/20]
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional full-time senior analyst investigators at the higher executive officer...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to lift the policy ban on enterprise support for the hemp industry in view of a European Court of Justice ruling (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      449. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding a hair salon solution; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      450. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant to sole traders and businesses without premises will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will issue instructions to the owners and operators of mobile home parks to suspend charges to users for the period while the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      453. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits a business which is approved for the business continuity voucher receives for €2,500; the costs that the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      454. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when homeware shops such as furniture stores and carpet stores will be allowed to reopen; and the phase under the Roadmap for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      455. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will publish the report of her Department which has been referred to in the media which includes information regarding the...
    • Departmental Reports
      456. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has conducted research on the impact of moving to a four-day work week; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      457. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support supply chain businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8983/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      458. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a licensed public house that has a main business activity as food can reopen under phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      461. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a business in receipt of the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme is obliged to pay a full wage to an employee should the employee be...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      462. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for persons who have been discharged from bankruptcy, were running profitable companies for over two years...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      463. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a derogation to SMEs from the de minimis rule in the wake of Covid-19 in view of the fact that indigenous...
    • Health and Safety Authority
      464. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will instruct the HSA to engage in supportive dialogue with business owners in the first instance if it deems a business needs...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      465. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if new businesses that have not yet paid rates will be eligible for the grants to support small businesses during the Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      466. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1454 of 20 May 2020, if all businesses including cinemas are instructed to self-identify which...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      469. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reopen the business continuity voucher scheme to enable further companies and businesses to reopen after the Covid-19...
    • Workplace Safety
      470. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a contact facility at which consumers can raise their concerns regarding inadequate Covid-19 measures employed by some...
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      471. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of all HSA inspections that have taken place in direct provision centres; the findings of same; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to the detailed submission by an organisation (details supplied) relating to the reopening of a...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to maximise the potential and usage of enterprise centres in attracting employment opportunities to rural areas and also...
    • Construction Regulations
      475. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of construction workers who have been refused return to work due to the fact their Safe Pass expired before 1 March 2020;...
    • Job Losses
      476. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she has taken to help reduce the number of job losses at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      477. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when beauticians can return to work; the sector specific guidance being provided to them; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers in the meat processing industry who are stamp 1 or stamp 2 from January 2016 to April 2020, in absolute and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      481. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions dog groomers fall under; if dog groomers will be restricted to the distance of 10 km...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      483. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the assistance given to facilitate small shop owners to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic, with particular reference to those that...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      484. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional funding can be made available to Kildare Local Enterprise Office for the online trading voucher scheme, which is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      485. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the conditions under which it will be possible to allow the reopening of hairdressers under regulations compliant with Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      487. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there will be a similar grant to the restart grant available through local councils for SMEs that is not conditional on being...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the enterprise boards will facilitate initiatives and training programmes for traders and businesses to upskill and improve during...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      489. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses in County Westmeath eligible for the restart grant. [9553/20]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if sector specific supports will be made available to secure the viability of bus and coach operators going forward in view of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      495. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being considered for supporting sole traders reopening following Covid-19 restrictions but that do not qualify for the...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      496. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that film production companies have refused to attend the WRC in an industrial relations...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      497. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if guidance will be provided regarding the reopening of businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      498. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposals brought forward by her Department to deal with Covid-19; the number that have availed of each since the start of March...
    • Departmental Advertising
      499. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied)...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if he has communicated with the national procurement board since 1 March 2020 about the increased cost projections of the National Forensic Mental Health...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) for the transportation of personal protective equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic. [8925/20]
    • Dental Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the school dental screening programme and Covid-19 (details supplied). [9515/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that mental health services and voluntary NGOs receive sufficient funding to ensure that their services can continue during the pandemic;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the issues raised in correspondence by associations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation has been undertaken into the continuing high incidence of Covid-19 in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if so, if there is an identified...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      511. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8296/20]
    • Medical Cards
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is over 70 years of age was refused a full medical card and was awarded a general practitioner only card [8297/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if queries raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and property industry protocols...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed building of the Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; if the contract has been awarded; when building will commence; and...
    • Hospital Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the events which took place at the Rock Hospital, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, in which all patients were relocated; the status of the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HSE waiting times for assessment of need for children with disabilities; the number of children waiting at present; the length of time they have...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 3 March 2020, if the issue at a health centre (details supplied) has been rectified; his plans to reopen the...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason free travel passes are not being accepted under an agreement between the HSE and LocalLink to facilitate bringing persons to day services will be...
    • Hospitals Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at the minor injury unit in Monaghan Hospital between 2010 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8315/20]
    • Fire Service
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the reason members of the fire service who are trained emergency first responders are not called to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrests in...
    • Home Help Service
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deal with the provision of home help hours during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8324/20]
    • Counselling Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when full counselling services will resume in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business (details supplied). [8337/20]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the IVF scheme in maternity hospitals; the criteria for same; the way in which eligibility for the scheme is determined; the waiting list for...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if primary care counselling services will be made available free of charge for general practitioner visit card holders here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if construction work on a new radiation oncology unit at University Hospital Galway has commenced; when the project is set to be completed; the estimated cost...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will launch a public awareness campaign in 2020 on the dangers of casual drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the reason epidiolex that is a cannabis-based medicine for the treatment of epilepsy and been approved by the EMA and FDA, has not be approved for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if pubs that serve food can open as part of phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8391/20]
    • Mental Health Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made to facilitate the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8397/20]
    • Dental Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the school dental screening programme in view of Covid-19 (details supplied). [8228/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and locations available for hospital step-down patients that are positive for Covid-19; the number occupied in each location; his plans and...
    • Health Services Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of PPE for home help and carers. [8408/20]
    • Medical Cards
      534. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all carers are provided with a medical card; the reason for this not being the case at present; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      535. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for delivery drivers to enter or pass through isolation wards in order to deliver materials to hospitals during the...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      536. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation of the €10 cap on hospital car park charges will be introduced to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital car parks in Drogheda, County...
    • Primary Care Centres
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed Dundalk primary care centre; if a site has been secured; if so, the full list of services that will be provided on-site; the reason...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee and other relevant details; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a new national medicine pricing agreement in 2020 and in place before the expiry of the existing agreement later in summer 2020; the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed 100 bed unit at the St. Mary’s Hospital site, Dublin Road, Drogheda, County Louth; the most recent specification brief on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the detailed financial support provided to the private nursing home sector to deal with Covid-19; the amount of payments that have been paid in support of this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8455/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place between the HSE and section 38 and 39 organisations in respect of an organisation and its staff that are pregnant; the special...
    • Special Educational Needs
      544. To ask the Minister for Health when ASD early intervention services and services for children with other neurodevelopmental conditions will recommence in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a person can acquire cannabis-based products (details supplied); the details of the clinical guidance required; the Department...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns and worries amongst affected families, staff and the wider public regarding Covid-19 procedures at Mayo...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investments that have been sought by the Saolta group for Mayo University Hospital; the status of each application; the status of the planned...
    • Mental Health Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the free mental health supports in place for young persons in counties Longford and Westmeath during the Covid-19 pandemic; if an organisation (details...
    • Hospital Procedures
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if partners of women having an elective caesarean section at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny are not allowed to attend the birth; and the reason for same...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing religious services to resume in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8480/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the referral for an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE complies with its...
    • Alcohol Sales
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering a delay in the implementation of the enforcement of structural separation within off-licences as part of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act...
    • Home Care Packages
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8494/20]
    • Health Services Staff
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if there are still plans to recruit 1,000 new community healthcare workers by the end of 2020 as was pledged in budget 2020; if so, the number of positions...
    • General Practitioner Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the reopening of a service (details supplied) in County Cork. [8508/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the advice or instruction available for a retailer aged over 70 years of age who is the only employee in the business as to whether he or she should reopen if...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for an assessment of needs to be carried out by CAMHS. [8519/20]
    • Health Insurance
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain private patients who have paid health insurance are not able to have essential surgery carried out by...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is not possible to be referred for a Covid-19 test by the Covid-19 HSE information line which would save time and money; the reason only a...
    • Health Services Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to carry out the necessary upgrade to keep a health centre (details supplied) open in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the phase in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business which applies to the return to work of speech and language and occupational therapists; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health workers in the public, private and community sectors returning to work are being prioritised for Covid-19 testing; and if not, the reason...
    • Medicinal Products
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign by families of persons with amyloidosis here to be provided with the drug patisiran as is the case in...
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons made the subject of an order for detention and isolation to date pursuant to section 38A of the Health Act 1947, as amended, in which...
    • Medicinal Products
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has received an application for acarizax to be added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8581/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if summer camps will be allowed to take place during the summer in view of the fact they are integral part of summer for children; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment date in the ENT clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      571. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8586/20]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8599/20]
    • Dental Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of PPE for dentists (details supplied) who have HSE contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8606/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if the service of a qualified practice nurse (details supplied) who responded to the Be on Call for Ireland initiative is required; if the nurse will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the opening of caravan parks in summer in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8614/20]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      576. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive services such as speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health when services for older persons in Drogheda will be reopened (details supplied); if the status and operation of the service and centre is under review; if the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a query raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for healthcare of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the practice of the same staff, that is, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and others working between Covid-19 positive, negative and queried...
    • Mental Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the provision of funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Staff
      588. To ask the Minister for Health when the location allowance will be paid to nurses in University Hospital Limerick that are employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for cross border directive funding through the HSE. [8667/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Health when full services will be restored for a person (details supplied). [8673/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cases by which a shoe and clothing repair store which as outlined in the Roadmap on Reopening Society and Business is...
    • Hospital Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve a 24/7 catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; the position regarding the recruitment of a consultant interventional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of a disease similar to Kawasaki disease combined with toxic shock and similar to Covid-19 which have been identified here (details...
    • General Practitioner Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health when out of hours doctors service will resume in Youghal, County Cork [8753/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the measures and funding in place to assist the farming community deal with the mental health consequences of Covid-19; if funding allocations can or have been...
    • National Children's Hospital
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the latest costings of the development of the national children’s hospital since the outbreak of Covid-19; the date those costings relate to; and if he...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on capital projects at Naas General Hospital in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the status of each project [8777/20]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct that the fair deal scheme will apply to a person (details supplied). [8784/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the current public health nurse sponsorship programme by 200 nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if injections and procedures will continue for a person (details supplied). [8795/20]
    • Disabilities Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have a severe or profound disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8797/20]
    • Disability Services Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in a submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8814/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be expedited for the accommodation and care of a person (details supplied). [8830/20]
    • Pension Provisions
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if the full details of the person's pension and benefits will be released. [8832/20]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      609. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will be carried out for a child (details supplied); if the child can be provided with speech and language therapy in addition to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider using a statutory instrument to lift visiting restrictions on condition of adherence to HSE guidelines for social distancing and use of...
    • Hospital Staff
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if some radiologists or radiographers have resigned recently in the radiology department at University Hospital Kerry; and if so, the way in which this will...
    • Hospital Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which private hospital capacity is being used in County Limerick to relieve pressure on University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if reflexology and similar complementary therapies can be identified in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and the guidelines on appropriate...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if a scheduled operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8852/20]
    • Dental Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentists treating patients on behalf of the HSE are without the necessary PPE to carry out their work in view of the fact the receipt of same was...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the provision being made for the return to work of speech and language therapists (details supplied); and the point at which speech and language therapists...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      617. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 20 May 2020, if the work location of a person diagnosed with Covid-19, that is, a small retail, large retail,...
    • Substance Abuse Prevention Education
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried out by his Department to educate young persons on the dangers of nitrous oxide abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the difference in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business which allows, dentists, chiropodists and so on to operate (details supplied) compared to the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when cervical cancer screening and BreastCheck screening will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8894/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance can be given to paediatric occupational therapists and speech and language therapists as to which phase under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and...
    • Disability Support Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for implementation and expansion of ASD and disability services for persons over 18 years of age; the subsidised transport options that can be made...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the extra steps and measures put in place to deal with mental health needs of prisoners in view of the extra restrictions in place to protect the prison...
    • Mental Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the latest costings of the development of the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane, County Dublin, since the outbreak of Covid-19; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      628. To ask the Minister for Health when amusement arcades can reopen under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8901/20]
    • Nursing Staff
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in Wexford General Hospital; the number of vacancies for nurses; when the posts will be filled; the number of full-time...
    • Medical Cards
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if pain relief medication will be put on the medical card of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/20]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8932/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to enable restaurants co-located in public houses and operating under public house...
    • Home Care Packages
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to introduce a statutory home care scheme to support the elderly at home (details supplied); if he has had discussions with the Minister for...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      637. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to open the new rehabilitation hospital in Dún Laoghaire in view of the long waiting list of patients waiting to access the facility as...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      638. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include cannabis oil on the medical card or as part of the drugs payment scheme for those affected with Dravet syndrome; and if he will make a...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each regional drugs and alcohol task force in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [9013/20]
    • Health Services Provision
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will permit the resumption of acupuncture services in view of the fact that some persons are of the view such services are critical to their health; and...
    • Hospital Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the date he expects private hospitals to be released back to the private sector to ensure those who pay for private health insurance can get their medical...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      642. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have an operation which has been cancelled; if the procedure can take place in one of the State controlled...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if there is need for more Covid-19 contact tracing officers; if those in the private sector or without work can apply for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services Provision
      644. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 8 May 2019, if he will provide an up-to-date report on the services required by a person (details supplied); the...
    • Disability Services Funding
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding required to restore the level of services that were in place prior to the cuts being applied over the past ten years at a service (details...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in discharging a person (details supplied) to the person's home; if the requirements for the person to be cared for at home have to be...
    • Hospital Closures
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent closure of a hospital (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the length of time the centre will remain closed; when hospital...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) will be addressed with regard to weddings in the context of the gradual unwinding of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he...
    • Dental Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the provision of PPE to dentists that treat patients with sufficient PRSI payments under the treatment benefit scheme; if additional...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse available to families when a member of the family has symptoms of Covid-19 or has tested positive for Covid-19 but refuses to self-isolate; and if...
    • Dental Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in outfitting private practice dentists with appropriate PPE gear; the steps being taken to outfit them with correct PPE in a timely...
    • Patient Transport
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if the taxi transfer contract attached to University Hospital Kerry and awarded to a company (details supplied) has been terminated; if the hospital management...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      657. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [9120/20]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €9 million allocation for paediatric orthopaedic services was spent in 2018; and the budget allocations for same for 2019 and 2020,...
    • Hospital Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the dermatology services available at University Hospital Kerry. [9122/20]
    • Gambling Sector
      660. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet with major bookmaker firms and ensure that they have sufficient safeguards and public health measures in place to safeguard staff and members...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      661. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1366 of 20 May 2020 to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, if his Department and the National Public...
    • Health Information and Quality Authority
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions HIQA raised concerns regarding the lack of clinical oversight in nursing homes with his Department over the past three years; if the...
    • Hospital Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the services that have been removed from Monaghan Hospital since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9195/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the group home for persons with disabilities constructed at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross; if the HSE will be instructed to make the centre...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the dates from which each Covid-19 testing centre has been open; the number of patients tested on each date; the number of positive results resulting from each...
    • Hospital Staff
      670. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether staff in Beaumont Hospital should be in a position to apply for transfers to HSE hospitals while all hospitals are under the control of...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      671. To ask the Minister for Health when cancer screening treatments will resume to prevent cancer fatalities increasing during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the breach of patient confidentiality regarding the HSE decision that an employer will be informed of Covid-19 tests before the person that was...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 notices in some hospitals request a social distance of one metre while all other public signs are two metres; if one metre is acceptable in...
    • Health Services Reports
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if the nine community healthcare organisations have now completed their assessments of all centres in which persons are living in congregated settings...
    • Hospital Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters relating to the agreement with private hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9239/20]
    • Disability Services Provision
      677. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention and disability services will be resumed; his plans to deal with the huge backlogs that will have built up during the period of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      678. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will commence on a project (details supplied); the timescale for the construction and completion of this facility; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      679. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a mental health task force to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the provision of adequate supports in a timely manner to persons with...
    • Hospital Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make greater use of capacity in both public and private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if mandatory quarantining is envisaged for overseas visitors as international travel begins to resume; the length of time the quarantining period will be; if...
    • Hospital Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the agreement with private hospitals is providing value for money; his plans for the agreement; his plans to extend or cancel the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      684. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [9288/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will support the Costa Rica and World Health Organisation proposal to create a global pooling mechanism for rights in the data, knowledge and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the commitment to introduce a statutory home care scheme. [9312/20]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the 2020 budgetary allocation of his Department for the implementation of the national dementia strategy. [9313/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      689. To ask the Minister for Health when consultants will be able to schedule public appointments for patients they had been treating in a private capacity prior to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he...
    • National Public Health Emergency Team
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the NPHET committee from its first meetings on Covid-19 in January 2020 to date; the persons added to the committee and when in each case;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      693. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure nursing homes, especially those in which there were clusters of Covid-19 cases and deaths, will meet HIQA standards, for example, in...
    • Medicinal Products
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions in place to prevent minors from purchasing paracetamol tablets in supermarkets and other retail units at self-service tills and other such...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if direction and guidance will be given to restaurants on procedures and protocols to be followed on reopening; if consideration will be given to reducing the...
    • Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of nursing homes disaggregated by the number or percentage of residents in private and voluntary nursing homes and in public nursing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of nursing homes who died from Covid-19 related illnesses disaggregated by the number or percentage of those residents in private and...
    • Disability Services Funding
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the underfunding of supports for persons with disabilities as a result of the cuts to funding for not-for-profit disability...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 in relation to a list of...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to reduce the unacceptable waiting times in relation to assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he...
    • Health Services Reports
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for publishing the Health Services Capacity Review as it relates to intellectual disability services. [9399/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if guidelines have been given to carers that call to person's homes in regard to Covid-19 infections at the home. [9415/20]
    • Patient Transport
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the current primary care transport service schedule for County Wicklow residents travelling to Dublin city hospitals, that is, transport services provided by...
    • Childcare Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for medical staff working in private hospital facilities in circumstances in which they cannot commence work due to the lack of...
    • National Public Health Emergency Team
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made to date to include a representative on NPHET with expertise in child psychology and child development to enable a child-centred approach to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free flu vaccine was not extended to all children between 6 months and two years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9435/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place with regard to PPE in relation to mental health practitioners working with children; the way in which toys are handled and sterilised;...
    • Health Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health when arrangements will be made to facilitate medical treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      713. To ask the Minister for Health when patients of private hospitals will be able to attend appointments and undergo procedures postponed due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      716. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 13 May 2020, the proposals he plans to implement to lower the 59 month waiting list for school age team and 30...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the refusal by the insurance industry to renew cover Covid-19 liability for small family owned nursing homes; his views on...
    • Hospitals Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments that have been cancelled by month in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork since February 2020. [9482/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for outpatient and inpatient appointments in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork. [9483/20]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in May 2018, 2019 and 2020 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if all CHO areas are providing the same advice to home helps in terms of provision of PPE and sanitiser; if all areas have the same access; and his plans to...
    • Hospital Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 10 October 2019, the progress made with the review; when the review will conclude; if the findings of the review...
    • General Practitioner Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to general practitioner practices local in primary care centres; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if the fast tracking process of opioid substitution therapy implemented as part of the NPHET response to protect vulnerable groups deemed to have an increased...
    • Organ Transplant Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants carried out in each of the past five years; if over 450 organ donations have been declined due to the fact the next of kin were...
    • National Children's Hospital
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to works being carried out or when work will resume on the new National Children’s Hospital. [9527/20]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient appointments that were cancelled in the primary care centres in County Westmeath due to Covid-19; and the current revised waiting list numbers...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for urgent and non-urgent patients that are waiting on an appointment with the child and adolescent mental health services in County...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a MRI for a person (details supplied). [9565/20]
    • Obesity Strategy
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group Reformulation sub-group in its priority of setting of targets for food and drink...
    • Hospital Facilities
      736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 805 of 5 March 2020, if the timeframes for the installation of first device scheduled for November 2020 with second room...
    • Hospital Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the progress within the Saolta group to progress the development of the acute stroke unit in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health when essential elective surgery that had been planned to take place but was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis will resume throughout the health service; and...
    • Eating Disorders
      740. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the implementation of eating disorder teams in CHOs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9585/20]
    • Mental Health Policy
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a task force on mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9586/20]
    • National Public Health Emergency Team
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all the minutes of the expert advisory group, the advices and position papers provided to NPHET and the minutes of the vulnerable and...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      743. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expanding testing into all healthcare settings including regularity with which healthcare workers will be tested and the way in which this will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the investigation by the HSPC and HSE of a beef plant in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan after reports of a possible outbreak at the plant; and if...
    • Health Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report on the research and trials taking place here into vaccines, therapies and antibody testing and specifically in the area of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 deaths in hospitals; the number of these patients that were transferred to an intensive care unit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Procedures
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if changes have been made to the private hospital agreement to allow for private consultants to treat existing patients; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the process of hiring a pain management team and consultant full-time post at Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin (details supplied). [9609/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a pathway for persons who are at risk due to underlying healthcare conditions to see a specialist and receive a letter to present to their...
    • Health Services Provision
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason haemochromatosis patients are having their treatment deferred indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9611/20]
    • Hospitals Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds which have been opened in the public hospital system since the onset of Covid-19; and the current number of hospital beds in the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for capital health projects which have been made and which have not been precommitted under existing capital plans but have been applied...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which local authorities can reopen their tennis courts and cemeteries to the public; and if he...
    • Health Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to establish a new easily accessible, dedicated telephone line and-or email for relatives of residents and staff in nursing homes...
    • Departmental Advertising
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in tabular form; and the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason greyhound racing is not resuming at the same time as horse racing in view of the fact that the greyhound racing could be...
    • Pesticide Use
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place regarding the spraying of MCPA; if there is a minimum distance requirement for spraying near domestic...
    • Fishing Industry
      759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the exclusion of boats licensed for aquaculture from the voluntary fleet support scheme for the fishery sector; and if...
    • Animal Culls
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter (details supplied) relating to the culling of animals will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a felling licence will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fur Farming
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to ban fur farming. [8546/20]
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is a condition of the voluntary fleet support scheme that vessel owners surrender their fishing licence to him; and if...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding a cut to an ANC payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Future Growth Loan Scheme
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer who has been accepted for the future growth loans scheme and has the relevant code that expires on 6 June 2020 can draw...
    • EU Regulations
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if derogation from a regulation (details supplied) can be obtained due to the cost of implementing this on both farmers and...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees as of 1 May 2020 employed by Horse Racing Ireland; the breakdown of roles; and the funding the body has...
    • Greyhound Industry
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees as of 1 May 2020 employed by the Irish Greyhound Board; the breakdown of roles; and the funding the body has...
    • Fishing Licences
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding licences for fishermen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/20]
    • Forestry Sector
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a forestry licence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending panels for departmental jobs which are valid for a two-year period in view of the fact that the hiring...
    • State Aid
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) has been in receipt of funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development or another...
    • GLAS Issues
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if force majeure will be accepted in a GLAS 2 contract in respect a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Management
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land utilised for forestry here; the amount in public ownership and private ownership, respectively; the estimated...
    • Poultry Industry
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his considerations in respect of a compensation scheme for poultry farmers affected by avian influenza; and if he will...
    • Climate Change Policy
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined the way in which farmers can be paid for their role in capturing carbon on the farms; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency measures he has put in place to support farmers in the event of a failure to reach agreement in the Brexit trade deal...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received basic payments by county in 2019; the number who had penalties applied by county; the breakdown of...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent Teagasc report on farm incomes; the measures he will introduce to support beef, dairy and sheep farmers in...
    • Fishing Industry
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reviewing the tie-up scheme and the fact that the current start date of 1 June 2020 fails to recognise the previous six...
    • Greyhound Industry
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the deaths and injuries of greyhounds at tracks here from 1 January to 31 December 2019. [9376/20]
    • Harbours and Piers
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which funding for piers and other marine infrastructure projects is prioritised; and the consideration that...
    • Hare Coursing
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on legislation that would ban hare coursing. [9380/20]
    • Forestry Management
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on encouraging Coillte to designate as many forests as possible across the country to be for recreational and biodiversity...
    • Pesticide Use
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of EU countries to which his attention has been drawn as having applied for an emergency exemption to allow for the...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which provisions are being made to ensure social distancing in meat processing plants nationwide; the extent to which...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest EU level discussions regarding fisheries in upcoming Brexit negotiations and the latest reports (details...
    • Agrifood Sector
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the main elements of the EU Commission farm to fork and biodiversity strategies; if his Department will undertake an...
    • Fishing Industry
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the opinion of four fish producer organisations (details supplied) that the Covid-19 voluntary fleet tie-up scheme...
    • Departmental Advertising
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied)...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Funding
      797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided to Louth County Council for diesel sludge removal and treatment in 2018 and 2019, respectively;...
    • Environmental Investigations
      798. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports that have been offered in respect of a case (details supplied) in view of recent developments; the status...
    • Electric Vehicles
      799. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of electric vehicle fast charging points in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; if...
    • Illegal Dumping
      800. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to help county councils deal with an increase in incidents of illegal dumping and fly-tipping...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      801. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the warmer home scheme is taking up to 18 months to have applications processed; the waiting time for the...
    • Licence Applications
      802. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a licence application (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to concerns of the local...
    • Postal Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an application for an Eircode by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      804. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) can expect good quality broadband. [8394/20]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      805. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the carbon sequestration potential of forests and the forestry sector will be included in the revised model of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      806. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if contractors, installers, suppliers and service providers undertaking activities within SEAI funded works and funded...
    • Climate Action Plan
      807. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he remains committed to introducing a ban on the sale of fossil-fuelled internal combustion engine cars and to have...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      808. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next tranche of funding will be made available under a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      809. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the appropriate action will be taken to ensure that future policies setting out the limitations of so-called...
    • Energy Efficiency
      810. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason SEAI grants and similar grants for energy efficient systems in sports facilities, clubhouses and club...
    • Waste Management
      811. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress being made with regard to the planned €75 annual support for waste collection to those with...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      812. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements in place to introduce a scheme to compensate persons that have been historically cutting turf on Bord...
    • National Broadband Plan
      813. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Generation
      815. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions in place for consumers to sell excess solar generated electricity back to the national grid; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      816. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a grant (details supplied) available from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      817. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if supplementary plans to ramp up the construction and delivery of offshore wind farms are being discussed or...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      818. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the decision to exclude accommodation and food service providers from availing of the trading online...
    • National Broadband Plan
      819. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll- out of the national broadband plan in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the timeline for its...
    • Communications Market Regulation
      823. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the volume of complaints about the customer service of a company (details supplied)...
    • Electricity Grid
      824. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of megawatts of solar power that have been put onto the national grid in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and...
    • National Broadband Plan
      825. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a provider (details supplied) is refusing to provide broadband at an address, when this area is eligible for...
    • Fishing Licences
      826. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider returning fees paid in respect of salmon fishing licences for the 2020 season due to the fact that...
    • North-South Interconnector
      827. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the north-south interconnector; if he will meet with representatives of the campaign groups that wish to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      830. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number or estimated number of homes and businesses in County Monaghan that do not have access to adequate broadband...
    • Departmental Programmes
      836. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 949 of 20 May 2020, the status of progress to continue digital skills training to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      837. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the key reasons for older persons accessing the national...
    • Illegal Dumping
      838. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be extra funding for local authorities to deal with a significant surge in dumping; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      839. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an overview of the EU and national level regulation pertaining to eel fishing; and if his Department...
    • National Broadband Plan
      840. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of the broadband connection points nationally and in County Kildare specifically; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      842. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with Fingal County Council in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Air Pollution
      843. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the working group on urban transport-related air pollution will report with recommendations to address pollution...
    • Departmental Advertising
      844. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Aer Lingus
      845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had direct engagement with the management of a company (details supplied) concerning the restructuring of the company which was...
    • Tourism Policy
      846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the recently announced scheme to back a new refund credit note scheme for tour operators and travel agents; if this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if golf clubs and courses are permitted to operate on a pay and play basis during the phase 1 restrictions of the Roadmap for Reopening...
    • Tourism Industry
      849. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a representative of an organisation (details supplied) will be appointed to the tourism recovery taskforce; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services Provision
      850. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagements he has had with the airline industry to ensure refunds of cancelled flight fees to customers will be made as quickly as...
    • Road Projects
      851. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request an update from Transport Infrastructure Ireland on a route (details supplied); if all material has been examined in...
    • Driver Test
      852. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place for the return of the driver theory test, the resumption of the mandatory driving lessons and subsequent driver test;...
    • Road Projects
      853. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place within his Department on providing funding for the east-west link road and rural roads in general; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      855. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a successful funding application by a local authority (details supplied); if funding has been drawn down; the next phase in...
    • Driver Test
      856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or an agency operating under his aegis has devised a roadmap for the way in which companies providing CPC training to...
    • Driver Licences
      863. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to plan for the reopening of the National Driver Licence Service; when the centres will reopen for customers who...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines for taxis returning to work post Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8363/20]
    • Cycling Facilities
      865. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide cycle lanes on the N7 to and from Rathcoole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8368/20]
    • Road Safety
      866. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a location (details supplied) will be reviewed for safety for both cyclists and motorists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of a 15% budget increase for LocalLink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8381/20]
    • Taxi Regulations
      869. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that will be provided to person (details supplied) regarding a previously booked suitability test for a new car bought due...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      870. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a business (details supplied) will receive assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8403/20]
    • Transport Policy
      872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the bus and coach sector will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Policy
      873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the membership of the tourism recovery task force was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8428/20]
    • Road Projects
      875. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if progress has been made in respect of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass; and if he will make...
    • Aviation Industry
      876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that airlines are refusing to provide compensation or vouchers to passengers who cannot catch...
    • Taxi Regulations
      877. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8470/20]
    • Driver Test
      878. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a guidance document is being prepared for the resumption of driving lessons and driver licence tests; if a date for the resumption of...
    • Rail Network
      880. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has not yet released the rail report by a company (details supplied) assessing the economic viability of reopening the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      881. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a company (details supplied) is managing and monitoring physical distancing on Luas trams. [8486/20]
    • Tourism Policy
      882. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meaningful measures which are being or have been put in place for the hotel and tourism sector to help a reboot of the sector in the...
    • Driver Test
      883. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding driver tests; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      884. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the Cootehall and Croghan junction upgrade on the N4 between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      885. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider offering an amnesty to those that applied pre-Covid-19 for a category B/BE driver licence authorising persons to tow...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      886. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a grant is being considered for sports clubs struggling with finances and repayments in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will...
    • Taxi Regulations
      887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1007 of 20 May 2020, if the NTA will consider extending the limit to March 2021 instead of December...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      888. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the impact of Covid-19 on Irish hauliers such as data on a decline in their activity; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tourism Ireland
      893. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase resources and funding of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland in 2020 and 2021; if these bodies will require...
    • Tourism Policy
      895. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no representative from the coach hire or chauffeur drive tourism industry was included in the recently announced Tourism...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      896. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to the requests of an association (details supplied) regarding the urgent need to provide support to a...
    • Driver Test
      897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver test centres are due to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8688/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      901. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures which will be put in place to ensure the survival of the bus and coach sector in view of the important roles it plays in...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      903. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity will be provided on queries from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/20]
    • Driver Licences
      905. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if full driver licences will be extended for 12 months due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/20]
    • Motor Tax
      906. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement measures to ensure elderly persons cocooning are reimbursed for vehicles that are off the road (details supplied);...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      907. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the phase that NDLS centres will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8758/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      908. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide financial supports to private bus companies that will lose out during the tourist season as a result of the Covid-19...
    • Sports Funding
      909. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding which was announced for the provision of the national surf centre in Strandhill, County Sligo and the Sligo civic plaza in...
    • Driver Test
      910. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 emergency; the number of these persons based in an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      913. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if support will be provided to scheduled services for the bus and coach sector in circumstances in which vehicles may need adapting and...
    • Transport Policy
      915. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the initiation of a new public transport recovery taskforce with an independent chair and budget. [8794/20]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      916. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of National Lottery funding for an association (details supplied) to construct a new workshop; and if he will make a statement...
    • Haulage Industry
      919. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures introduced to resolve a matter (details supplied) in order to ensure there is no disruption to the supply chain. [8849/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      920. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the input he had when the Department of Health introduced a 14 day quarantine when arriving by air here; the reference made to the...
    • Road Projects
      921. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the second bridge and southern relief route for Newbridge, County Kildare; the recent progress; his plans to bring...
    • Driver Test
      923. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for theory test appointments in each administrative area and by age in tabular form (details supplied)....
    • Tourism Funding
      926. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a package of support will be announced for the hospitality and tourism sector; the elements that will be included in this package;...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      927. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the CIÉ group of companies have consulted with him in relation to the plan by CIÉ tours to cut the number of tours for 2021...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed by DAA; if job losses are expected; if a guarantee will be given that as a matter of policy the staff will...
    • Tourism Policy
      930. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a public transport recovery task force will be established with an independent chair and budget; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taxi Licences
      931. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow taxi licence holders to sell their vehicle licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      932. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements being made for private bus operators to compensate them for their loss of income (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Aviation Industry
      933. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the obligations on an airline to refund passengers that are unable to travel due to restrictions on undertaking unnecessary travel; the...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      934. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial position regarding the CIÉ group of companies; the changes that have been made to the public service obligation as a...
    • Greenways Provision
      935. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the Royal and Grand canal greenway projects; the progress made to date on works; and the expected completion...
    • Driver Test
      936. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when HGV driver tests will be resumed; and if the Road Safety Authority has contracts with the ETBs to provide theory tests for those...
    • Aviation Industry
      937. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to force an airline (details supplied) to provide a refund or a voucher to a pensioner that cannot catch a flight on 10 July...
    • Driver Test
      938. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the driver test; when driver testing will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9110/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      940. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised by the bus and coach sector due to Covid-19 (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aviation Industry
      942. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have had discussions with airlines based here in relation to the Covid-19 induced crisis in the airline business;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      943. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if financial support will be provided for those that had paid for flights which have not been cancelled but which cannot be used due to...
    • National Car Test
      944. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when NCT centres will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9211/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      945. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a comprehensive plan will be published for transport during the reopening process that will cover social distancing, face coverings,...
    • Aviation Industry
      946. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has directed airline companies which are offering vouchers rather than refunds for airline tickets to comply with the EU package...
    • Coast Guard Service
      947. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost if the budget for Irish Coast Guard increased by 4% in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9236/20]
    • Public Transport
      948. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount the NTA spent on installing real time passenger information displays on roads and in public transport stations in...
    • Driver Test
      949. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is not possible to carry out a driver test in view of the fact that two persons can share a taxi; if it is possible for...
    • National Car Test
      950. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is possible to hold CVRT testing but not possible to hold NCT testing; if all NCT test centre lifts have been repaired to...
    • Driver Test
      951. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when theory test centres will reopen; the reason it is not possible to operate these centres maintaining a two metre social distance in...
    • Road Projects
      954. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale for the construction and completion of an essential road project (details supplied); the funding to be provided for this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      955. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports he will introduce to support the bus and coach sector to help it through the difficult period forecast for the sector; if he...
    • Driver Test
      957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the matter of persons that passed their driver test in early March 2020 that cannot receive their licence due to...
    • Road Projects
      963. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the L2455 road upgrade: his plans to fund it; if the NTA has submitted each of its observations to Cork City Council; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      964. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that will enforce the new mandatory regulations for passengers arriving from overseas to complete a passenger location...
    • Aviation Policy
      965. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to establishing a task force to examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aviation sector and its...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      966. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support the staff and owners of limousine SPSV tour operating businesses during the recovery from Covid-19....
    • Public Transport
      968. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on establishing a public transport recovery taskforce including all key organisations involved in public transport to restart...
    • Road Tolls
      969. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a waiver on toll road charges on the M3 until the end of 2020 as a support to businesses in the north midlands...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      970. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to address the negative impact by Covid-19 on the bus and coach sector; if support will be provided until the...
    • Road Projects
      971. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N11 upgrade; if the consultation has been closed; if the upgrade is still under active consideration in view of...
    • National Car Test
      973. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when NCT and SGS testing will recommence. [9471/20]
    • Driver Test
      975. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the phase in which driving instructors can recommence their businesses under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [9473/20]
    • Public Transport
      977. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including taxis in the Leap card payments system to allow for greater integration of the public transport system....
    • Sports Facilities
      978. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that will be put in place to ensure the continued existence of the sporting groups in Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County...
    • Rural Transport Services
      979. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial support that will be put in place to ensure that the rural bus link services will remain in operation post Covid-19. [9550/20]
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      981. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the need to include County Wexford will be examined in a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      983. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver tests conducted, cancelled or rescheduled during the period January to May 2020 inclusive; the phase of the Roadmap...
    • Bus Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress of the BusConnects network redesign programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9746/20]
    • Departmental Advertising
      986. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and agency on social media platforms (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services
      987. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when protocols and guidance will be issued to the owners of childcare facilities on the steps that need to be put in place in such...
    • City and County Child Care Committees
      988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role and powers of city and county childcare committees; the way in which the membership of such committees is appointed; if there is a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      989. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allocating a family resource status to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      990. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which decisions will be made regarding childcare access in which there is an excess of demand, for example, if essential...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1001. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she had planned on spending the €4.7 million per week on the childcare scheme for essential workers; the way in...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1003. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to an independent inquiry into the abuses in an organisation (details supplied). [8572/20]
    • Childcare Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a childcare provider has indicated that no provision of physical comfort to children will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1005. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the impact of Covid-19 on the early...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1009. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the ECCE scheme in order that a child born on 8 January 2018 and is due to start primary school in September 2022, is...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      1011. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports being put in place in County Cavan to support victims of domestic violence during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if...
    • Child Detention Centres
      1014. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies by job title at Oberstown Children’s Detention Centre as of 22 May 2020; and when each vacant post will be...
    • National LGBTI+ Strategy
      1015. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the objectives from the National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy which have been completed; the objectives which are outstanding; when the...
    • Childcare Services
      1016. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide financial and procedural supports to childcare facilities as they reopen following the Covid-19...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1018. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published in June 2020; and if she will...
    • Early Years Sector
      1019. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if applications to the early years capital programme 2020 will be reopened in view of the fact that they were suspended before the...
    • Childcare Services
      1020. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the introduction of pods in centre-based settings as part of the reopening of services from 29 June 2020; if all providers...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      1022. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to establish a refuge for victims of domestic abuse in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      1023. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers expected to reopen at each phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; the number of...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1024. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals to Tusla in March and April 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, by referring body and reason in tabular form; and if she...
    • Childcare Services
      1025. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the childcare measures in place for front-line workers; and her definition of the term front-line worker. [9316/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      1027. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the childcare temporary wage subsidy scheme will be extended to; and if the current rate of the payment will be...
    • Childcare Services
      1028. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the advisory group on reopening early learning and care and school-age childcare services. [9333/20]
    • Youth Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her recent meeting with EU ministers to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the youth sector; and the actions she will...
    • Childcare Services
      1030. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include representative groups for au pairs and in home care in her Department’s planning for reopening services on 29...
    • Youth Services
      1031. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1032. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions regarding the establishment of a transition task force or an alternative version by which a multi-departmental...
    • Online Safety
      1033. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts she is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if...
    • Counselling Services
      1034. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be extra funding for counselling and other therapeutic interventions for youth and children services when they reopen; and...
    • Childcare Services
      1035. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her discussions with childcare providers to ensure sufficient supports are in place to allow them to open in the coming...
    • Early Years Sector
      1036. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the pressure that owners and operators of childcare facilities are experiencing as the direct result of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1038. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • CLÁR Programme
      1039. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason County Kildare is not named as one of the counties in the target group as mentioned in the CLÁR funding round; and if...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1041. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local improvement scheme allocations to local authorities nationwide; if further funding will be allocated to clear...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1042. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the CLÁR scheme for 2020; when applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8332/20]
    • Community Services Programme
      1043. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the length of time he plans for the community services programme support fund 2020 to remain in place to support community...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1044. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for funding by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8479/20]
    • Voluntary Sector
      1045. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason funding for amateur groups nationally that have experienced very heavy losses announced through Pobal prohibited...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      1046. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a grant aid package will be made available for social enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1047. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made under the community and voluntary stability scheme; the number of applications received; the value of the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1049. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the eligibility criteria for each element of the CLÁR funding programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9208/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1050. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports which will be provided to community, social and tourism enterprises that have lost large levels of revenue; and if he...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      1054. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that will be put in place to ensure the continued existence of the community groups in Columb Barracks, Mullingar,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1055. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied)...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Rights
      1056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who works in childcare can be forced to use two weeks of their annual leave during lockdown whilst receiving the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1057. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support the workers in the bus, tour bus and coach industry (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Job Losses
      1058. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to support employees of a company (details supplied) in view of the announcement by the CEO to...
    • Employment Rights
      1059. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend workplace protections such as holiday pay and sick leave to school secretaries paid by boards of...
    • School Meals Programme
      1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will extend the school lunch programme until the end of August 2020; if not, the reason; and if she will...
    • Company Closures
      1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contacts she or her officials had with a company (details supplied) prior to or since the announced closure of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the cited figure of 38% recipients on the pandemic unemployment payment being disincentivised was arrived...
    • Domestic Violence Services
      1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement will be reconsidered in view of that fact this would...
    • Company Liquidations
      1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has been in contact with the union representing the workers of a company (details supplied); the position in this...
    • Disability Allowance
      1066. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an increased payment can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Benefit
      1067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review application for carer’s benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance
      1068. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension will be given to those in receipt of jobseeker's benefit before Covid-19 restrictions were introduced in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic can continue to remain on the pandemic unemployment payment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1072. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1258, 1259 and 1260 of 20 May 2020, when a cheque will issue to the person (details...
    • Redundancy Payments
      1073. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation being faced by the former workers of a company (details supplied) who are...
    • Disability Allowance
      1074. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8548/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being considered to address the issue of employees returning to employment from maternity leave who do not meet...
    • Carer's Allowance
      1076. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1081. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance is available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in addition to the person's disability payment;...
    • Illness Benefit
      1082. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department working in the welfare fraud section; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      1086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and include those in receipt of the domiciliary care...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workers brought to Dublin by a company (details supplied) in April 2020 were in receipt of the Covid-19 payment...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to continue on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      1090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce appropriate measures to ensure that carers who are in receipt of the carer’s allowance and who...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the exclusion of persons over 66 years of age from applying for the pandemic unemployment payment. [8739/20]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      1094. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new rent supplement applications received from 12 March 2020 to the most recent date for which figures are...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1095. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment is carried out, if it will allow unemployed taxi drivers...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      1097. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension
      1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8862/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment counts as contributions or reckonable contributions for the State pension,...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s grant by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of those who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously qualified for a social...
    • Jobs Protection
      1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the employment protections being considered or that are in place to ensure security and protection of employees’...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the pandemic unemployment payment by a person (details supplied) will be investigated; if the other...
    • Disability Allowance
      1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is entitled to receive his or her means-tested disability allowance payment in another EU member state for a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      1108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discussions are taking place to close an office (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this matter; if she...
    • Data Protection
      1109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of personal information sharing and-or exchange between her Department and An Garda Síochána. [9012/20]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being considered to ensure that employees participating in the wage subsidy scheme do not have their social...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will facilitate oral social welfare appeal hearings using video call technology for those applicants who are willing...
    • Invalidity Pension
      1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9052/20]
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      1113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the position of assistant supervisor will be funded to manage the meals on wheels project operated by a community...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered giving further relief to a greater number of women who stayed at home to raise their family at a time...
    • Local Employment Service
      1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the review by external consultants of all contracted public employment services; the outcome of this review;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will continue after 8 June 2020; if so, the length of time; the rate which will be...
    • Job Losses
      1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of businesses that have notified her Department regarding their intention to consider collective redundancies in...
    • Redundancy Payments
      1121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department issued in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 in statutory redundancy payments to workers whose...
    • Legislative Measures
      1122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring legislation forward to give effect to the recommendations in a report (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients who were owed arrears; the number who have received arrears payments;...
    • Disability Allowance
      1125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability appeal by a person (details supplied). [9338/20]
    • Carer's Allowance
      1126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied). [9339/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the pandemic unemployment payment by county in tabular form; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the €112.70, €203 and other varying...
    • Disability Allowance
      1131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      1132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the one parent family payment; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance
      1133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have lost employment due to Covid-19. [9361/20]
    • Data Protection
      1135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the firewall will continue with regard to information sharing with the Department of Justice and Equality on social...
    • Direct Provision System
      1136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending payment eligibility to those who have lost employment due to Covid-19 but reside in direct provision....
    • Disability Allowance
      1137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to review the anomalies in operational guidelines on disability allowance (details supplied). [9365/20]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      1138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of restoring young persons under 25 years of age on the reduced rates of jobseeker’s allowance to the full...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fortnightly payments; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      1140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be expedited;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when restrictions allow, if an oral hearing can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [9418/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the pandemic unemployment payment which her Department has rejected due to there being no...
    • Fuel Allowance
      1144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will make available grants or extend current grants such as the fuel allowance to those workers aged 66...
    • Citizens Information Services
      1146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the citizens’ information services, including the telephone service, the money...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if vulnerable persons who were not able to go on Covid-19 illness benefit previously are now eligible; and if vulnerable...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided regarding one parent families in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and another social...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a trial of a basic income model will be supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9732/20]
    • Departmental Advertising
      1155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rental Sector
      1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1389 of 20 May 2020, the number of recommendations of the working group report on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rates exemption applied to businesses that had to close also applies to businesses that have partially opened...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is permissible under the Covid-19 emergency legislation for landlords to move family members into properties rented to...
    • Architects Register
      1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the register for architectural technicians. [8303/20]
    • Fire Stations
      1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assurance will be provided that the fire stations in Bundoran and Ballyshannon, County Donegal, will be retained to ensure...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children and adults deemed homeless in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth and in each county nationwide in each...
    • Registration of Title
      1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the Land Registry to resume its function following the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding streams available to support traditional seaweed harvesters in maintaining their boat and safety equipment; his...
    • Local Authority Functions
      1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a directive has issued to exclude the press from having access to the virtual meetings and briefings being held by the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the advertisement of a senior executive officer role for Drogheda, County Louth as agreed in late...
    • Fire Service
      1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current and long-standing issue of the recruitment and retention crisis within the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      1171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the tenant incremental purchase scheme and the €15,000 minimum income requirement to avail of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the opening of offices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Sector
      1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding persons that are in arrears in their housing accommodation during the Covid-19 crisis; if landlords...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital grants provided to Kerry County Council in 2018 and 2019 under the social housing investment programme to assist...
    • Pyrite Incidence
      1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if houses in County Sligo will be included for compensation regarding pyrite defects in their construction (details...
    • Land Development Agency
      1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if contact had been made between his Department and the EU Director General for Competition on the issue of the Land...
    • Septic Tanks
      1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a grant for the replacement of old septic tanks; if so, if it is available to all households; if a review of...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans drawn down by each local authority; if all local authorities have allocated the...
    • Water Services
      1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for decisions on national funding under the Multi-Annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8668/20]
    • Land Development Agency
      1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Land Development Agency staff are designated as public officials under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; if not, the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being provided for the social and affordable housing development at Shanganagh Castle, Dún Laoghaire, County...
    • Land Development Agency
      1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the land that has been transferred to the Land Development Agency to date; and if no such land can or will be transferred to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the planning application submitted by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department is providing a latent defects redress scheme for homeowners affected by pyrite and MICA in counties...
    • Housing Data
      1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 733 leased Part V units delivered in 2019 were in addition to or included in the 1,326 Part V units reported in the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 20 May 2020, if he will clarify the role and function of the RTB in enforcing...
    • Land Development Agency
      1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters regarding a project (details supplied); the details of the project; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the 11,498 site finish social housing units referenced in appendix 2 of the social housing construction...
    • Fire Service
      1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the retirement age for retained firefighters will be extended from 58 to 60 years of age following the recommendation of...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord agreed a rent increase on the housing assistance payment scheme with both the tenant and the local authority...
    • Rental Sector
      1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the temporary ban on evictions will be extended if deemed necessary; his plans to review a putative expansion to take...
    • Vacant Sites
      1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to ensure a full collection of the vacant site levy (details supplied). [8867/20]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to replace lost revenue due to Covid-19 in view of the fact Tipperary County Council...
    • Property Registration Authority
      1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application for a boundary change lodged with the Property Registration Authority submitted by persons (details...
    • Rental Sector
      1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be an extension to the current rent and eviction freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/20]
    • Protected Disclosures
      1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a final decision will be made on a protected disclosure (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost guidelines issued to each local authority for the acquisition of houses and apartments for use as social housing...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Traveller halting sites considered by his Department to be overcrowded; the number of Travellers living in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the effectiveness of communications campaign commissioned by the RTB to make landlords and tenants aware of...
    • Vacant Sites
      1212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that were removed from the vacant site registers in 2019; the number of sites that were inspected to...
    • Register of Electors
      1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the proposals to modernise the electoral register as per his statement of 27 December 2019; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of capital assistance scheme and capital loan and subsidy scheme funded social housing units which have exited...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rent pressure zone cap of 4% applies to a property which is being transferred from a social rental tenancy with...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the views of the European Commission on the delayed timetable for upgrading a number of the non-compliant plants as detailed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the expansion of the housing first scheme to reduce the demand for emergency accommodation; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities which have not to date sought funding for Covid-19 support measures for Travellers since the circular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mobile home units in each case that the local authorities have or are in the process of obtaining for...
    • Land Development Agency
      1225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the ongoing work of the Land Development Agency; the details of the members appointed to the board; the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average approval offering by each local authority of the 1,550 Rebuilding Ireland home loan approvals made in 2019; the...
    • Credit Unions
      1229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the remaining policy, legislative or regulatory obstacles that are preventing credit unions from being able to provide...
    • Local Authority Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct local authorities to accept emails in lieu of stamped salary certificates as is the policy of the...
    • Road Projects
      1231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a funding application to develop the northern port access route in Drogheda, County Louth;...
    • Legislative Measures
      1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1368 of 20 May 2020, if section 146B of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide public housing in County Monaghan through the local authority and approved housing bodies; and if he...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have requested additional finding under the Traveller accommodation programme to address the needs...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      1235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures put in place across the four Dublin local authorities and funded by his Department for homeless families and for...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation sought by Cork City Council under the Traveller accommodation programme to fund projects (details supplied)....
    • Student Accommodation
      1238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to give direction to private landlords of third-level on-campus accommodation to issue rent rebates or provide...
    • Mica Redress Scheme
      1239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the guidelines required to facilitate the mica redress scheme to open for applications will be published by his...
    • Disabilities Data
      1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority from January 2016 to April 2020 in...
    • Planning Issues
      1241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the instances in which he or a Minister of State in his Department made decisions contrary to the advice of the Office of the...
    • Housing Provision
      1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on local authorities altering their development plans to accommodate individual large-scale developments. [9371/20]
    • Vacant Properties
      1244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall national percentage of local authority housing currently vacant, awaiting refurbishment, reallocation or other...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if temporary water supplies installed at Traveller sites nationally during Covid-19 will be retained into the future; if they...
    • Departmental Reports
      1246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the advisory body for marine protected areas; when the report on marine protected areas from the advisory body...
    • Housing Issues
      1247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will now reconsider all co-living developments including a site (details supplied) following the Covid-19 pandemic....
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if inter-county HAP transfer lists are operating in some or all local councils to facilitate those with housing needs to seek...
    • Housing Data
      1251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing applicants in long-term leased properties in County Longford; the number of those on the housing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties owned by Longford County Council; the number that are occupied; the number that are voids; and the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a revenue stream will be provided for Kildare County Council to bid for homes nearing completion in view of the fact that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if contingency plans have been considered relating to holding elections and referenda during the Covid-19 pandemic; if so,...
    • Housing Issues
      1260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials will liaise with a housing association (details supplied) to ensure that all public health guidelines are...
    • Legislative Measures
      1261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the strategic housing development legislation will be suspended in view of the fact that the current health crisis shows...
    • Obesity Strategy
      1262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work being carried out within his Department in respect of the national obesity plan specifically regarding developing...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Data
      1264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of reported cases of wildlife illegal poisonings and or killings from January 2016 to April 2020, in tabular form; and...
    • Arts Policy
      1265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will engage with arts and arts workers in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8291/20]
    • Offshore Islands
      1266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding travel to offshore islands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision to not shoot wood pigeon in 2020 has been made; and if so, the way in which the decision was arrived at. [8474/20]
    • Inland Waterways
      1268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated for the restoration of the Ulster Canal in 2019; the expenditure at the end of 2019; the works that were...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if further clarity will be provided to photographers and other artists on the way in which they can ensure compliance with...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the price achieved in the sale of a site (details supplied) which was owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta; the number of...
    • Commemorative Events
      1272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date the National Famine Commemoration Day 2021, due to take place in Buncrana, County Donegal, will be held on; and if she...
    • Arts Funding
      1274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with representatives of a theatre (details supplied) further to correspondence of 8 May 2020 to her detailing its...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial provisions and supports her Department will make available to theatres once they are permitted to re-open that will...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      1280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a turf compensation payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8755/20]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action being taken by her Department on the redesignation of the main channel of the Blackwater River as a special area of...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of some members of the local community in the Baile Ghib Gaeltacht, County Meath,...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      1283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a fhógrofar pacáiste cúnaimh dúnadh Coláistaí Gaeilge mná tí agus pobail de...
    • National Parks
      1285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding the condition of the roads within Killarney National Park (details supplied); and if she...
    • Greenways Provision
      1286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to the Royal and Grand canal greenway projects; the progress made to date on works; and the expected...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      1288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht stádas an phróisis idirbheartaíochta atá ar siúl idir a Roinn, Údarás na Gaeltachta agus...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement measures at least in the special areas of conservation for which the species is a qualifying interest with...
    • Culture Ireland
      1292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding for grants Culture Ireland had available for 2020 before the Covid-19 emergency generally and for music-specific...
    • EU Funding
      1294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is or will receive funding from the EU Coronavirus response investment initiative; if her Department has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will be requesting that all artists, performers, technical and arts workers will be given extended access to the Covid-19...
    • Architectural Heritage
      1297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a list of the protected structures in Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath will be provided; the details of...
    • Arts Promotion
      1298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will organise and fund a series of small scale events in line with public health guidelines and physical...
    • National Monuments
      1299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider purchasing a property (details supplied) to add to the State list of great houses; and if she will make a...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      1300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she has taken or will take to address the fact that Irish film production companies making live action films at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will set out, including implementation dates, the procedural, licensing, publicity and customer service arrangements her...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review negative impacts of urban-living seagull colonies on communities and make recommendations with regard to the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      1303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details...

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