Written answers
Thursday, 23 July 2020
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the strategic housing development provisions will be abolished in the interest of sustainable development and local...
- Social and Affordable Housing
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide social and affordable houses in County Louth over the coming two years in view of the fact that 5,070...
- Local Authority Rates
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that small, non-profit sports clubs that are licensed to sell alcohol are...
- Rental Sector
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to address rentals by a company (details supplied); the regulations being considered by him; and if he...
- Legislative Programme
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of the marine planning and development Bill 2019. [17638/20]
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish revised terms for the housing incremental purchase scheme 2016 to make it more attractive to persons...
- Planning Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the failure of Bord na Móna to get planning consent to have an orderly wind down of peat...
- Local Authority Housing
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he plans to assess the housing need by way of reference to the number of applicants for local authority...
- Housing Data
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delays experienced by Rebuilding Ireland projects in the Kerry local authority area due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [17498/20]
- Homeless Persons Data
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons availing of homeless services in County Clare; and the steps he plans to take to reduce this number....
- Fire Stations
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide capital funding for fire stations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17500/20]
- Local Authority Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person will be appointed as biodiversity officer in Galway City Council in view of the obligations under climate change...
- Housing Data
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses that will be delivered in 2020; the extent to which the pandemic has impacted these figures; and if...
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for delivering funding under the urban regeneration and development fund to fund the North Quays project. [17377/20]
- Local Authority Rates
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to engage with Longford County Council in view of the significant reduction in commercial rates due to the...
- Local Authority Housing
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the vacant properties voids programme beyond 2020 in view of the negative impact that Covid-19 will have on...
- Home Loan Scheme
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reverse the blanket ban on the drawdown of Rebuilding Ireland home loans for applicants with approval in principle...
- Social and Affordable Housing
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to meet with either Cavan, Monaghan or Meath county councils to discuss social housing strategies; the housing...
- Departmental Reviews
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a review of the strategic housing development process under way in his Department; his views on the structure of...
- Irish Water
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will continue to ensure that Irish Water has sufficient funding to address issues arising at wastewater treatment plants...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the lack of effectiveness and the weight of delays with the local infrastructure housing activation fund....
- Approved Housing Bodies
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on proposals by approved housing bodies that they would be allowed to use some of their social housing stock to be...
- Regeneration Projects
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will invest in the regeneration of flat complexes in south inner city Dublin in the interest of good public health and...
- Housing Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the affordable rental scheme; his views on using public land for public housing; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his priority legislation to deal with the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/20]
- Housing Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to use the planning powers as set out in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 to ban co-living. [17632/20]
- Rental Sector
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a new planning offence and fine for short-term letting platforms and estate agents that advertise...
- Land Development Agency
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the LDA will address the housing crisis; if representatives of NGOs or bodies that have campaigned on behalf...
- Social and Affordable Housing
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the income eligibility limits for social housing; his plans to ensure that the income limits for areas such...
- County Development Plans
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Meath county development plan process will now be stalled in view of the commitment in the programme for Government to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 50,000 new social housing builds which will be built in north County Dublin; the yearly target for Fingal...
- Residential Tenancies Board
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the estimated spend on the Residential Tenancies Board has decreased from €12.4 million to €9.9...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the availability of the mortgage to rent scheme. [17641/20]
- Planning Data
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategic housing developments which have been granted permission since July 2017; the number that have had commencement...
- Local Authority Housing
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate additional funding to local authorities such as Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council for the...
- Housing Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts he will make to help upgrade existing uninhabitable housing stock nationally; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the €4 million that Tipperary County Council is borrowing to upgrade 114 houses in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the supply of affordable housing in County Clare. [17639/20]
- Housing Estates
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the taking in charge of housing estates process will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17119/20]
- Local Authority Housing
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time spent on the housing list by families consisting of one or more persons with one or more children that were...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the temporary rent freeze which is currently in place for a further 30 months will be extended; and if he will make a...
- Housing Assistance Payment
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of supporting a tenant on the HAP scheme for 25 years, including interest calculated, and equated to the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to give security to renters and help for those with rent arrears as a result of the continuing Covid-19...
- Social and Affordable Housing
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide reforms for those on social housing waiting lists in order that those living near the borders of local...
- Planning Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to ensure that local authorities protect the status of the Irish language in Gaeltacht areas in the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter regarding the credit guarantee scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Facilities
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the business restart scheme managed by local authorities to allow sports clubs with bars that paid commercial rates in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the need for assistance without...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Trading Online Voucher Scheme
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase funding for the trading online voucher to help sole traders upgrade their online presence through...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a scheme will be devised for the production of electricity using solar energy. [17704/20]
- Just Transition Fund
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €5 million contribution for the Just Transition Fund from the ESB is exclusively for the south County...
- Power Stations
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request the ESB to cease planning for the demolition of the power station at Lough Ree Power, Lanesboro,...
- Public Services Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to date to provide new public services through the post office network; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an organisation (details supplied) has an obligation to make a planning application. [17705/20]
- Driver Licences
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to persons that do not have public services cards are having difficulty in renewing their driver licence;...
- Driver Test
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in relation to the development of a driver test centre in Drogheda, County Louth; the location of the new facility; when it...
- National Car Test
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter will be resolved regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/20]
- Travel Trade Sector
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if travel agencies are obliged to provide cash refunds as opposed to credit notes under the refund credit note scheme in circumstances in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his office received an application for emergency funding from a group (details supplied); if so, the details of the submission; and if...
- Driver Test
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of waiting times for driver theory tests by each centre in tabular form; and the age of those awaiting for a test by centre....
- Airport Passenger Data
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recorded passenger numbers at Shannon, Dublin and Cork airports in each the years 2000 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form;...
- Aviation Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the National Aviation Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/20]
- Aviation Industry
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery report; his plans to implement the recommendations of the report; when a stimulus package...
- Road Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the Killaloe bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme which is of strategic...
- Road Safety
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter in relation to a road safety project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Roads Maintenance
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for emergency funding has been received from Kerry County Council in relation to a road (details supplied); and if he...
- Sports Capital Programme
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sporting organisations that are in receipt of funding through the sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Organisations
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of volunteers that are working with persons in sports; the different sports these persons are volunteering in, in tabular form;...
- Marine Casualty Investigations Board
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will establish a public enquiry into investigations carried out by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board following the European...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the need for assistance without...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposals put forward by an association (details supplied) will be given consideration; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Mortgage Schemes
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter contained in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/20]
- Revenue Commissioners
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Revenue.ie online system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Industry
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if he will liaise with insurance providers to refund and or rebate to all customers; and if he...
- Bus Operators
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/20]
- Banking Sector
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a letter of apology sent by a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17753/20]
- Fossil Fuels
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date to divest from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/20]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the pension case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17764/20]
- Flood Relief Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the Springfield Clonlara flood alleviation scheme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17813/20]
- National Parks
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will partially close Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park at weekends for the summer as per previous...
- Election Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of each Dáil Éireann bye-election that has taken place since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Ministerial Advisers
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests he has received for sanction of expenditure and or financial assistance for new advisers and special advisers for...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Kerry Project
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17818/20]
- National Archives
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a timeline to commit to for making all census returns accessible online for the benefit of historians and...
- Kerry Project
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17940/20]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Legislative Programme
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will provide full details on the draft land development agency Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Traveller Accommodation
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of providing a Traveller-specific accommodation unit as funded by the local authority Traveller accommodation...
- Public Parks
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that facilities such as public toilets are open at public amenities such as parks and beaches in view of...
- Local Authority Housing
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17770/20]
- Home Loan Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that couples are being rejected for Rebuilding Ireland home loans due to the fact...
- Homelessness Strategy
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the concerns of the many housing and homelessness organisations about the level of homelessness being masked by...
- Housing Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can foresee the provision of adequate private sites, affordable housing and Rebuilding Ireland loans in...
- Home Loan Scheme
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority Rebuilding Ireland loans approved in each of the past three years; the extent to which he...
- Housing Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private serviced sites on public land provided in each of the past three years to date; the number he expects to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses made available directly to each local authority through Part 8 or similar schemes in each of the past...
- Local Authority Housing
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he has examined the prospect of engaging major building firms to build on contracts for local authority...
- Social and Affordable Housing
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing applicants whose needs were met by Kildare County Council in each of the past four years...
- Local Authority Housing
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income qualification thresholds for local authority houses are likely to be increased; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rental Sector
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take in terms of reform to address the issue of families having to spend more than half the family income...
- Homeless Persons Data
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless by local authorities throughout the greater Dublin area; the number who have been...
- Planning Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which particular attention can be given to ensure that the rural indigenous population can obtain planning...
- Emergency Accommodation
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency housing units available for use by each local authority to meet the growing housing requirements by...
- Local Authority Rates
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to address the deficit caused by the reduction of funding which is usually obtained from commercial...
- Social and Affordable Housing
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a process will be initiated with Dublin City Council to build affordable homes on the 33 ha of mainly public land...
- Homeless Persons Supports
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the roll-out of the family-orientated Housing First scheme to Louth County Council; and the details of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Antarctic Treaty
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on possible accession to the Antarctic Treaty in view of its potential to impact positively on national climate action; and if he...
- Human Rights
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the live harvesting of human organs in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17763/20]
- Foreign Policy
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement he has had with Bahrain in the past two years; the nature of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person that is being discharged from the Army due to the fact they have diabetes and that has been deemed not of medical standard to serve...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Health and Safety
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available to schools to ensure they have enough teachers, cleaning staff and other resources necessary to...
- Medical Research and Training
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions will be considered to allow Irish persons studying medicine in other EU states to continue their studies at medical schools here...
- Sexual Education Curriculum
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the relationship and sexual education programme; when the stakeholder consultation will be completed; the level of funding that is...
- Gaelscoil Issues
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be appointed for the Gaelscoil campus in Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17716/20]
- Third Level Admissions
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to facilitate those that have not applied to university via CAO or UCAS and that may now miss out on their place in a university...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PLC courses are considered third-level courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17754/20]
- School Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools constructed under the design and build programme in the past five years by county in tabular form. [17758/20]
- Third Level Admissions
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation for international students that already have their results and are waiting to see whether they have been accepted into...
- Student Support Schemes
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she plans to address a matter regarding a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17774/20]
- School Transport
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increased funding made available to provide extra concessionary school transport tickets for the 2019/2020 school year; the number of extra...
- Pilot Training Courses
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding supports will be put in place for pilots that have lost their jobs due to Covid-19 or are on the temporary wage subsidy scheme to...
- Further Education and Training Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcomes of each of the 52 actions outlined in the Further Education and Training Strategy 2014-2019; the actions which have been...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the apprenticeship action plan 2020 will be published; the consultation process taking place to inform the action plan; if there is a...
- Third Level Education
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether many third-level students face challenges during the Covid-19 restrictions, such as issues of mental health and well-being,...
- School Transport
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the school bus transport scheme in view of the difficulties that arise with the scheme each year and in particular in the...
- Schools Building Projects
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the provision of the five-year school building capital investment programme; her plans to introduce a new five year...
- School Sale
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of a school in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the qualifying criteria for the pandemic unemployment payment in particular in...
- Oireachtas Inquiries Line
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Oireachtas enquiries line in view of staff working remotely. [17707/20]
- EU Pensions
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding split EU pensions; and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for rent supplement assessed since post-Covid-19 changes were made to the scheme; and the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal of a reduced pandemic unemployment payment in the case of a person...
- Pension Provisions
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the reintroduction of a transitionary pension from 65 to 66 years of age as outlined in the Programme for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter will be clarified (details supplied) regarding the collection of social welfare payments; and if she will make a...
- Enterprise Support Services
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when qualifying entrepreneurs can apply for the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 (details...
- Pension Provisions
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) to a contributory pension will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on jobseeker's payment that go abroad for a holiday will have their payments affected in view of SI No. 242 of...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Grant Payments
183. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a grant application (details supplied) will be successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17762/20]
- Food Industry
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline for the proposed food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17720/20]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the introduction of a new rural environmental type scheme; the budget that will be available for the new scheme; and if...
- Animal Welfare
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new sheep welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/20]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made on a new REPS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17812/20]
- Forestry Sector
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the speed, resources and capability will be increased to increase the current rate of forestry licensing approvals (details...
- Animal Diseases
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovine animals found to have failed the tuberculosis eradication test in each of the past ten years to date in respect...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Pobal Application
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an issue with regard to an application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the steps they should take to resolve the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Public Transport
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a pilot project in County Cork to trial transport police to stem antisocial behaviour on buses and...
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be fully implemented; and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Stations
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork. [17706/20]
- Mental Health Services
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of funding and resources for mental health services in An Garda Síochána over the past five years; and...
- Extradition Arrangements
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reviewing the extradition agreement with Hong Kong in view of the control that Chinese authorities are now...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Correspondence
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17772/20]
- Mental Health Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health if grants are available for clubs to access training in mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17824/20]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
202. To ask the Minister for Health if spinraza has been evaluated for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/20]
- Public Sector Pensions
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to care workers [17701/20]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a building (details supplied) in County Cork [17702/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
206. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to address the issue of passengers arriving in to Dublin Airport (details supplied); his plans to cease passenger flights arriving...
- Hospital Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 acute hospital beds; and the associated staffing and equipment costs, respectively in tabular form [17727/20]
- Sláintecare
213. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17729/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the NPHET advice on the mandatory quarantining of those travelling here. [17733/20]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end the practice of placing children into the care of adult psychiatric hospital and units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17740/20]
- Mental Health Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters contained in Sharing the Vision in which it states that a person with an addiction has a right to access relevant mental health supports;...
- Disease Management
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated for chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease in University of Limerick hospitals in each of the years 2016 to...
- Departmental Correspondence
220. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17746/20]
- Funeral Guidelines
221. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for undertakers during funerals in their funeral home, in the church and in the graveyard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17751/20]
- Medical Cards
223. To ask the Minister for Health the date the new thresholds for the weekly income limit for the medical card for persons over 70 years of age will come into effect [17768/20]
- Departmental Correspondence
225. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a date for stage 1 of a spinal cord stimulator [17771/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/20]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
227. To ask the Minister for Health if prosthetics used here are being supplied by a UK company; if so, if additional charges will result in relation to prosthetics after Brexit; his plans to...
- Disability Support Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen adult disability services to support those with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
232. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra funding to adult disability services to see them through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond while still supplying a high level of care;...
- Hospital Facilities
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17810/20]
- Mental Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to national governing bodies for mental health in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to replace income expected from private care in public hospitals...
- Hospital Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in eliminating the provision of private care by consultants in public hospitals; when same will be achieved; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting more than 12 weeks for an inpatient procedure, 10 weeks for an outpatient appointment and 10 days for a diagnostic test; and if...
- HSE Reviews
244. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the HSE directorate becoming a more strategic national centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17838/20]
- Departmental Funding
249. To ask the Minister for Health the advancements made in eHealth; the funding that has been made available to ensure the roll out of the electronic health record system; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
250. To ask the Minister for Health the spending in the healthcare system in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by year, amount, percentage and other categories (details...
- Sláintecare
251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the single national health fund promised under Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17845/20]
- Cancer Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health if a rapid review of cancer services will be performed to assess capacity and demand in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17872/20]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
279. To ask the Minister for Health the additional capacity he plans to make available in healthcare to facilitate a health catch up programme; if it will involve additional and immediate...
- Cancer Services
280. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand cancer services here including additional investment in oncology day wards, operating theatres, community diagnostics, elective only...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
282. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the 500 vacant consultant posts; the timeline to achieve same; the estimated cost to fill 500 posts; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cancer Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health the additional communications campaigns that will be rolled out regarding the signs and symptoms of cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
287. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to award consultant contracts to specialists in public health medicine in line with their specialist training and experience; the number of such...
- Hospital Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in additional public acute bed capacity in 2021 and 2022; the number of additional beds planned; the estimated cost of an acute care bed;...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
290. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end the two-tier nature of consultant pay; the way in which he plans to address same; the time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen AMUs and ASUs; his further plans to improve linkages with general practitioners in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
293. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase homecare supports and intensive homecare packages; the additional funding that will be made available for same; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
294. To ask the Minister for Health his views on clinical governance in private nursing homes; his plans for reform in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17888/20]
- Vaccination Programme
295. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prepare for the winter flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17889/20]
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
297. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the shortage of consultants by speciality (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17891/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
298. To ask the Minister for Health the decrease in community service activity that has occurred as a consequence of Covid-19; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cancer Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the backlog in screening by the four national screening programmes in tabular form; his plans to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Facilities
300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further increase hospital step-down capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to leverage the use of private health facilities and capacity to help deliver a public catch up programme to deal with missed care as a consequence...
- Cancer Services
302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancers which have gone undetected due to the suspension of screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
303. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to return all four national screening programmes to pre-Covid-19 levels; the time frame to achieving same; the additional resources...
- Disability Services Provision
304. To ask the Minister for Health when full access to disability day services will be restored; his views on whether additional funding and capacity will be needed to achieve same; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
305. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the two-metre rule on acute hospital capacity; the actual loss of capacity, by hospital and by hospital group in tabular form; and if he will...
- Departmental Correspondence
309. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not issued to a query (details supplied) which was sent to his Department on two separate occasions [17904/20]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17932/20]
- Hospice Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to develop a new urgent care centre at University Hospital Limerick; if the necessary resources will be provided...
